WSQ, a journal dedicated to multi-disciplinary, cutting edge perspectives on women’s issues, builds on the impressive achievements of its predecessor, Women’s Studies Quarterly, in an exploration of how we think locally and act globally. The... (read more)
Fat? Chunky? Less than svelte? So what! In this hilarious and eye-opening book, fat and proud activist/zinester Marilyn Wann takes on Americas' biggest fear—worse than the fear of public speaking or nuclear weapons—our fear of fat.Statistics... (read more)
Drawn from the secret, never-before-seen diaries, journals, and sexual records of the novelist, poet, and university professor Samuel M. Steward, Secret Historian is a sensational reconstruction of one of the more extraordinary hidden lives of the... (read more)
This approachable and absorbing book offers a unique window into Japanese culture and language. Highlighting the overlooked world of the _silent majority,_ the housewives and mothers who are the mainstay of Japanese society, this work tells the stories... (read more)
A revealing look at stay-at-home fatherhood-for men, their families, and for American society It's a growing phenomenon among American families: fathers who cut back on paid work to focus on raising children. But what happens when dads stay home... (read more)
A heartfelt memoir by the father of a gay teen, and an eye-opening guide for families who hope to bring up well-adjusted gay adults. Three years ago, John Schwartz, a national correspondent at The New York Times, got the call that every parent hopes... (read more)
For law and public policy students, policy makers, and business and
human resources professionals, Bender-Baird (National Council for
Research on Women) documents the workplace experiences of 20
transgender employees from across the US to provide an... (read more)
PMSituated Lives brings together the most important recent feminist and critical research that situates gender in relationship to the historical and material circumstances where gender, race, class and sexual orientation intersect and shape everyday... (read more)
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