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In Defense of Witches

The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial

de Mona Chollet ...

Traducido por Sophie R. Lewis ...

Mona Chollet's In Defense of Witches is a “brilliant, well-documented” celebration (Le Monde) by an acclaimed French feminist of the witch as a symbol of female rebellion and independence in the face of misogyny and persecution.Centuries after the infamous witch hunts that swept through Europe and America, witches continue to hold a unique fascination for many: as fairy tale villains, ... Leer más

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Mona Chollet's In Defense of Witches is a “brilliant, well-documented” celebration (Le Monde) by an acclaimed French feminist of the witch as a symbol of female rebellion and independence in the face of misogyny and persecution.Centuries after the infamous witch hunts that swept through Europe and America, witches continue to hold a unique fascination for many: as fairy tale villains,
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How to Kill a Witch

The Patriarchy's Guide to Silencing Women

de Zoe Venditozzi, Claire Mitchell ...

"Terrifying, fascinating, and important." —Sara Sheridan, author of Where Are the Women? and The Fair BotanistsNothing brings people together like a common enemy, and witches were the greatest enemy of all.Scotland, 1563: Crops failed. People starved. And the Devil's influence was stronger than ever—at least, that's what everyone believed. If you were a woman living in Scotland during this ... Leer más

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"Terrifying, fascinating, and important." —Sara Sheridan, author of Where Are the Women? and The Fair BotanistsNothing brings people together like a common enemy, and witches were the greatest enemy of all.Scotland, 1563: Crops failed. People starved. And the Devil's influence was stronger than ever—at least, that's what everyone believed. If you were a woman living in Scotland during this
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Marriage, a History

How Love Conquered Marriage

de Stephanie Coontz ...

Just when the clamor over "traditional" marriage couldn’t get any louder, along comes this groundbreaking book to ask, "What tradition?" In Marriage, a History, historian and marriage expert Stephanie Coontz takes readers from the marital intrigues of ancient Babylon to the torments of Victorian lovers to demonstrate how recent the idea of marrying for love is—and how absurd it would have seemed ... Leer más

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Just when the clamor over "traditional" marriage couldn’t get any louder, along comes this groundbreaking book to ask, "What tradition?" In Marriage, a History, historian and marriage expert Stephanie Coontz takes readers from the marital intrigues of ancient Babylon to the torments of Victorian lovers to demonstrate how recent the idea of marrying for love is—and how absurd it would have seemed
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Our Women on the Ground

Essays by Arab Women Reporting from the Arab World

Edición de Zahra Hankir ...

**Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it’s like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour“A stirring, provocative and well-made new anthology . . . that rewrites the hoary rules of the foreign correspondent playbook, deactivating the old clichés.” —Dwight Garner, ... Leer más

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**Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it’s like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection, with a foreword by CNN chief international correspondent Christiane Amanpour“A stirring, provocative and well-made new anthology . . . that rewrites the hoary rules of the foreign correspondent playbook, deactivating the old clichés.” —Dwight Garner,
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The Girls Who Went Away

The Hidden History of Women Who Surrendered Children for Adoption in the Decades Before Roe v. Wade

de Ann Fessler ...

**“It would take a heart of stone not to be moved by the oral histories of these women and by the courage and candor with which they express themselves.” —The Washington Post“A remarkably well-researched and accomplished book.” —The New York Times Book Review**“A wrenching, riveting book.” —Chicago TribuneThe astonishing untold history of the million and a half women who surrendered children for ... Leer más

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**“It would take a heart of stone not to be moved by the oral histories of these women and by the courage and candor with which they express themselves.” —The Washington Post“A remarkably well-researched and accomplished book.” —The New York Times Book Review**“A wrenching, riveting book.” —Chicago TribuneThe astonishing untold history of the million and a half women who surrendered children for
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Cunt (20th Anniversary Edition)

A Declaration of Independence

de Inga Muscio ...

Series series Live Girls
The twentieth-anniversary edition of the original women’s empowerment manifestoAn ancient title of respect for women, the word ‘cunt’ long ago veered off this noble path. Inga Muscio traces the road from honor to expletive, giving women the motivation and tools to claim ‘cunt’ as a positive and powerful force in their lives.In Cunt, she explores, with candidness and humor, such traditional ... Leer más

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The twentieth-anniversary edition of the original women’s empowerment manifestoAn ancient title of respect for women, the word ‘cunt’ long ago veered off this noble path. Inga Muscio traces the road from honor to expletive, giving women the motivation and tools to claim ‘cunt’ as a positive and powerful force in their lives.In Cunt, she explores, with candidness and humor, such traditional
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Conversations with RBG

Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Life, Love, Liberty, and Law

de Jeffrey Rosen ...

The New York Times BestsellerIn her own words, Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers an intimate look at her life and career, through an extraordinary series of conversations with the head of the National Constitution Center.This remarkable book presents a unique portrait of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, drawing on more than twenty years of conversations with Jeffrey Rosen, starting in the 1990s and ... Leer más

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The New York Times BestsellerIn her own words, Ruth Bader Ginsburg offers an intimate look at her life and career, through an extraordinary series of conversations with the head of the National Constitution Center.This remarkable book presents a unique portrait of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, drawing on more than twenty years of conversations with Jeffrey Rosen, starting in the 1990s and
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Girl, Interrupted

A Memoir

de Susanna Kaysen ...

**30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. Her memoir of the next two years is a "poignant, honest ... triumphantly funny ... and heartbreaking story" (The New York Times Book Review).WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR**The ward for ... Leer más

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**30th ANNIVERSARY EDITION • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In 1967, after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before, eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi and sent to McLean Hospital. Her memoir of the next two years is a "poignant, honest ... triumphantly funny ... and heartbreaking story" (The New York Times Book Review).WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR**The ward for
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An Unexpected Life

A Memoir

de Gloria Steinem ...

In her final memoir, Gloria Steinem offers a candid, inspiring portrait of her early life and journey as an activist, while looking ahead to the next chapters of the fight for equality—a rare opportunity to learn directly from one of feminism’s most enduring voices.“In revisiting the equal-rights movements Steinem helped build, she offers wisdom to new generations.”—Vanity Fair“An Unexpected Life ... Leer más

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In her final memoir, Gloria Steinem offers a candid, inspiring portrait of her early life and journey as an activist, while looking ahead to the next chapters of the fight for equality—a rare opportunity to learn directly from one of feminism’s most enduring voices.“In revisiting the equal-rights movements Steinem helped build, she offers wisdom to new generations.”—Vanity Fair“An Unexpected Life
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The Portable Feminist Reader

Edición de Roxane Gay ...

**A New York Times BestsellerA dynamic and strikingly relevant look at a feminist canon as expansive rather than definitiveA Penguin Classic**One of Library Journal's Best Books of the YearFor Roxane Gay, a feminist canon is subjective and always evolving. A feminist canon represents a long history of feminist scholarship, embraces skepticism, and invites robust discussion and debate. Selected ... Leer más

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**A New York Times BestsellerA dynamic and strikingly relevant look at a feminist canon as expansive rather than definitiveA Penguin Classic**One of Library Journal's Best Books of the YearFor Roxane Gay, a feminist canon is subjective and always evolving. A feminist canon represents a long history of feminist scholarship, embraces skepticism, and invites robust discussion and debate. Selected
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Emma

de Jane Austen ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
'I wonder what will become of her!' So speculate the friends and neighbours of Emma Woodhouse, the lovely, lively, wilful,and fallible heroine of Jane Austen's fourth published novel. Confident that she knows best, Emma schemes to find a suitable husband for her pliant friend Harriet, only to discover that she understands the feelings of others as little as she does her own heart. As Emma puzzles ... Leer más

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'I wonder what will become of her!' So speculate the friends and neighbours of Emma Woodhouse, the lovely, lively, wilful,and fallible heroine of Jane Austen's fourth published novel. Confident that she knows best, Emma schemes to find a suitable husband for her pliant friend Harriet, only to discover that she understands the feelings of others as little as she does her own heart. As Emma puzzles
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Tomboy

The Surprising History and Future of Girls Who Dare to Be Different

de Lisa Selin Davis ...

Based on the author’s viral New York Times op-ed, this heartfelt book is a celebration and exploration of the tomboy phenomenon and the future of girlhood.We are in the middle of a cultural revolution, where the spectrum of gender and sexual identities is seemingly unlimited. So when author and journalist Lisa Selin Davis's six-year-old daughter first called herself a "tomboy," Davis was hesitant. ... Leer más

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Based on the author’s viral New York Times op-ed, this heartfelt book is a celebration and exploration of the tomboy phenomenon and the future of girlhood.We are in the middle of a cultural revolution, where the spectrum of gender and sexual identities is seemingly unlimited. So when author and journalist Lisa Selin Davis's six-year-old daughter first called herself a "tomboy," Davis was hesitant.
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Girly Drinks

A World History of Women and Alcohol

de Mallory O'Meara ...

*A Finalist for the Spirited Award for Best New Book on Drinks Culture, History or Spirits**A Guardian Best History and Politics Book of 2022*“At last, the feminist history of booze we’ve been waiting for!” —Amy Stewart, author of The Drunken BotanistThe James Beard Award-winning history of women drinking through the agesStrawberry daiquiris. Skinny martinis. Vodka sodas with lime. T... ... Leer más

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*A Finalist for the Spirited Award for Best New Book on Drinks Culture, History or Spirits**A Guardian Best History and Politics Book of 2022*“At last, the feminist history of booze we’ve been waiting for!” —Amy Stewart, author of The Drunken BotanistThe James Beard Award-winning history of women drinking through the agesStrawberry daiquiris. Skinny martinis. Vodka sodas with lime. T...
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Yes Means Yes!

Visions of Female Sexual Power and a World without Rape

Edición de Jaclyn Friedman, Jessica Valenti ...

This groundbreaking feminist classic dismantles the way we view rape in our culture and replaces it with a genuine understanding and respect for female sexual pleasure.In the original edition, feminist, political, and activist writers alike presented their ideas for a paradigm shift from the "No Means No" model--and the result was the groundbreaking shift to today's affirmative consent model ("Yes ... Leer más

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This groundbreaking feminist classic dismantles the way we view rape in our culture and replaces it with a genuine understanding and respect for female sexual pleasure.In the original edition, feminist, political, and activist writers alike presented their ideas for a paradigm shift from the "No Means No" model--and the result was the groundbreaking shift to today's affirmative consent model ("Yes
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Bitch

On the Female of the Species

de Lucy Cooke ...

A zoologist’s “compelling and often hilarious” (Science) look at the queens of the animal kingdomSomewhere in the ocean, an orca matriarch leads her pod to better hunting grounds. At the same time, a male clownfish, alone after the death of his mate, changes sex. All the while, humans battle over sex and gender: One side argues evolutionary biology dictates how we should be, and the other that it ... Leer más

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A zoologist’s “compelling and often hilarious” (Science) look at the queens of the animal kingdomSomewhere in the ocean, an orca matriarch leads her pod to better hunting grounds. At the same time, a male clownfish, alone after the death of his mate, changes sex. All the while, humans battle over sex and gender: One side argues evolutionary biology dictates how we should be, and the other that it
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Women Remembered

Jesus' Female Disciples

de Helen Bond, Joan Taylor ...

Do you think that Jesus only surrounded himself with men? Think again.Inspired by their popular Channel 4 documentary Jesus' Female Disciples, historians Helen Bond and Joan Taylor explore the way in which Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Mary, Martha and a whole host of other women - named and unnamed - have been remembered by posterity, noting how many were silenced, tamed or slurred by ... Leer más

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Do you think that Jesus only surrounded himself with men? Think again.Inspired by their popular Channel 4 documentary Jesus' Female Disciples, historians Helen Bond and Joan Taylor explore the way in which Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Mary, Martha and a whole host of other women - named and unnamed - have been remembered by posterity, noting how many were silenced, tamed or slurred by
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The Women's Suffrage Movement

Edición de Sally Roesch Wagner ...

An intersectional anthology of works by the known and unknown women that shaped and established the suffrage movement, in time for the 2020 centennial of women's right to vote, with a foreword by Gloria SteinemComprised of historical texts spanning two centuries, The Women's Suffrage Movement is a comprehensive and singular volume with a distinctive focus on incorporating race, class, and gender, ... Leer más

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An intersectional anthology of works by the known and unknown women that shaped and established the suffrage movement, in time for the 2020 centennial of women's right to vote, with a foreword by Gloria SteinemComprised of historical texts spanning two centuries, The Women's Suffrage Movement is a comprehensive and singular volume with a distinctive focus on incorporating race, class, and gender,
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Intersectional Chicana Feminisms

Sitios y Lenguas

de Aída Hurtado ...

Series series The Mexican American Experience
Chicana feminisms are living theory deriving value and purpose by affecting social change. Advocating for and demonstrating the importance of an intersectional, multidisciplinary, activist understanding of Chicanas, Intersectional Chicana Feminisms provides a much-needed overview of the key theories, thinkers, and activists that have contributed to Chicana feminist thought.Aída Hurtado, a leading ... Leer más

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Chicana feminisms are living theory deriving value and purpose by affecting social change. Advocating for and demonstrating the importance of an intersectional, multidisciplinary, activist understanding of Chicanas, Intersectional Chicana Feminisms provides a much-needed overview of the key theories, thinkers, and activists that have contributed to Chicana feminist thought.Aída Hurtado, a leading
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Searching for Jane Crow

Black Women and Mass Incarceration in America from the Auction Block to the Cell Block

de Talitha L. LeFlouria ...

**A Ms. Magazine "Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2026" PickGives voice to the Black women whose lives were devastated by the carceral system and sheds powerful light on its slavery-based roots to transform how we think about mass incarceration**Historian Talitha L. LeFlouria centers Black women at the core of a fresh argument: that the system of mass incarceration was established as protection ... Leer más

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**A Ms. Magazine "Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2026" PickGives voice to the Black women whose lives were devastated by the carceral system and sheds powerful light on its slavery-based roots to transform how we think about mass incarceration**Historian Talitha L. LeFlouria centers Black women at the core of a fresh argument: that the system of mass incarceration was established as protection
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King Kong Theory

de Virginie Despentes ...

Traducido por Frank Wynne ...

A Punk Feminist Manifesto: Virginie Despentes' Provocative and Personal Autobiography"I write from the realms of the ugly, for the ugly, the old, the bull dykes, the frigid, the unfucked, the unfuckable, the hysterics, the freaks, all those excluded from the great meat market of female flesh. And if I'm starting here it's because I want to be crystal clear: I'm not here to make excuses, I'm not ... Leer más

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A Punk Feminist Manifesto: Virginie Despentes' Provocative and Personal Autobiography"I write from the realms of the ugly, for the ugly, the old, the bull dykes, the frigid, the unfucked, the unfuckable, the hysterics, the freaks, all those excluded from the great meat market of female flesh. And if I'm starting here it's because I want to be crystal clear: I'm not here to make excuses, I'm not
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They Were Her Property

White Women as Slave Owners in the American South

de Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers ...

A bold and searing investigation into the role of white women in the American slave economyBridging women’s history, the history of the South, and African American history, this book makes a bold argument about the role of white women in American slavery. Historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers draws on a variety of sources to show that slave†‘owning women were sophisticated economic actors who ... Leer más

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A bold and searing investigation into the role of white women in the American slave economyBridging women’s history, the history of the South, and African American history, this book makes a bold argument about the role of white women in American slavery. Historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers draws on a variety of sources to show that slave†‘owning women were sophisticated economic actors who
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I'll Never Call Him Dad Again

Turning Our Family Trauma of Sexual Assault and Chemical Submission into a Collective Fight

de Caroline Darian ...

**International Bestseller**"I am in awe of your courage...for you to be willing to share the truth of your life is an act of victory and triumph... You are a mighty woman. Thank you for writing this book." —Oprah Winfrey, Global Media Leader and Host of The Oprah PodcastWhat if your greatest protector became your deepest betrayal?When Caroline Darian received a call from the police, her world ... Leer más

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**International Bestseller**"I am in awe of your courage...for you to be willing to share the truth of your life is an act of victory and triumph... You are a mighty woman. Thank you for writing this book." —Oprah Winfrey, Global Media Leader and Host of The Oprah PodcastWhat if your greatest protector became your deepest betrayal?When Caroline Darian received a call from the police, her world
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Girl on Girl

How Pop Culture Turned a Generation of Women Against Themselves

de Sophie Gilbert ...

**A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book • Named one of the Best Books of the Year by TIME, NPR, Elle, and The Boston Globe“Searing… rigorously researched but never stuffy… Gilbert has compiled perhaps the first comprehensive examination of turn-of-the-millennium mainstream, cool-kid trends and ephemera, and how they were largely molded by those in power to sell a generation of girls ... Leer más

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**A New York Times and Washington Post Notable Book • Named one of the Best Books of the Year by TIME, NPR, Elle, and The Boston Globe“Searing… rigorously researched but never stuffy… Gilbert has compiled perhaps the first comprehensive examination of turn-of-the-millennium mainstream, cool-kid trends and ephemera, and how they were largely molded by those in power to sell a generation of girls
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Burnout

The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle

de Emily Nagoski PhD, Amelia Nagoski DMA ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This book is a gift! I’ve been practicing their strategies, and it’s a total game changer.”—Brené Brown, PhD, author of Dare to Lead“A primer on how to stop letting the world dictate how you live and what we think of ourselves, Burnout is essential reading [and] . . . excels in its intersectionality.”—BustleThis groundbreaking book explains why women experience burnout ... Leer más

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This book is a gift! I’ve been practicing their strategies, and it’s a total game changer.”—Brené Brown, PhD, author of Dare to Lead“A primer on how to stop letting the world dictate how you live and what we think of ourselves, Burnout is essential reading [and] . . . excels in its intersectionality.”—BustleThis groundbreaking book explains why women experience burnout
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