Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women
By: Victoria Smith
3.67
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
What is about about women in their forties and beyond that seems to enrage - almost everyone? In…
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1. The Identity Trap: A Story of Ideas and Power in Our Time
By: Yascha Mounk
4.08
Format: 414 pages, Kindle Edition
One of our leading public intellectuals traces the origin of a set of ideas about identity and soci… read more
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2. Went to London, Took the Dog: A Diary
By: Nina Stibbe
3.66
Format: 346 pages, Hardcover
How do I get rid of the mosquitoes infesting the garden? Should my kids be drinking so much? And wh… read more
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3. Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights
By: Helen Lewis
4.23
Format: 368 pages, Kindle Edition
Well-behaved women don’t make history: difficult women do. Feminism’s success is down to compli… read more
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"Women's history should not be a shallow hunt for heroines."-Helen Lewis, Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights
"If feminism doesn't frighten people with power, it is toothless."-Helen Lewis, Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights
"Women need time and space to play - particularly when we work so hard"-Helen Lewis, Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights
"Feminism has to fight 'the tyranny of niceness'. It is, and has always been, one of the most potent forces holding women back."-Helen Lewis, Difficult Women: A History of Feminism in 11 Fights
4. The Authority Gap: Why Women Are Still Taken Less Seriously Than Men, and What We Can Do About It
By: Mary Ann Sieghart
4.36
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An incisive, intersectional look at the mother of all gender biases: a resistance to women’s author… read more
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5. Feminism Against Progress
By: Mary Harrington
4.09
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Modern feminism increasingly benefits only a small class of professional women. There is no reason … read more
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"But the weakness of these proposals isn't that they're unworkable, or even that they're 'traditional,' but that they're not traditional enough. For most of history, men and women worked together, in …"-Mary Harrington, Feminism Against Progress
6. Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia
By: Hadley Freeman
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
From Hadley Freeman, bestselling author of House of Glass , comes a “riveting” ( The New York Times… read more
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"Life, unfortunately, is not like an ‘80s movie, in which a character has an epiphany, a triumphal rock track plays on the soundtrack, and everyone smiles at one another: roll end credits. If my teena…"-Hadley Freeman, Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia
7. Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism
By: Kathleen Stock
4.22
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
'A clear, concise, easy-to-read account of the issues between sex, gender and feminism . . . an imp… read more
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"I am critical of gender identity theory – but not of trans people, for whom I have friendly sympathy and respect."-Kathleen Stock, Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism
"The background assumption seems to be that, paradoxically, by identifying and discussing socially produced inequalities, we further entrench them; whereas if we ignore them, perhaps they will go away."-Kathleen Stock, Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism
"A first thing to note, in case it’s unclear, is that I am not arguing against legal protections for trans people against violence, discrimination or coercive surgeries. I enthusiastically support the…"-Kathleen Stock, Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism
"And perhaps most awkwardly, they have been left unable properly to explain why, internationally, half the population in a given culture might be disproportionately subject to specific experiences lik…"-Kathleen Stock, Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism
8. Hags: The Demonisation of Middle-Aged Women
By: Victoria Smith
3.67
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
What is about about women in their forties and beyond that seems to enrage - almost everyone? In… read more
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9. Toxic: Women, Fame, and the Tabloid 2000s
By: Sarah Ditum
3.58
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
A scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities in the 2000s, and the sexist, expl… read more
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10. The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World
By: Andrew Doyle
4.26
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
'A sober but devastating skewering of cancel culture and the moral certainties it shares with relig… read more
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"Where the New Left promoted the politics of unity, today’s intersectional reactionaries promote the politics of division."-Andrew Doyle, The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World
"Theres no harm un recognizing the more vindictive side of human nature, so long as we do not allow our reason to be dominated by our passion."-Andrew Doyle, The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World
"The belief of the apparatchiks of Critical Social Justice - that all our problems will magically disappear once we outlaw certain points of view or words that cause 'harm' - is a utopian delusion."-Andrew Doyle, The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World
"Just as the symbol of Christ's crucifix encapsulates the triumph of the victim and has been exploited historically as a means to exert power over others, the rainbow Pride flag now serves a similar f…"-Andrew Doyle, The New Puritans: How the Religion of Social Justice Captured the Western World
11. Tough Crowd: How I Made and Lost a Career in Comedy
By: Graham Linehan
4.44
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The Bafta-garlanded creator of Father Ted and The IT Crowd tells of his rise and painful fall. Part… read more
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12. An Uneasy Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals
By: Polly Toynbee
4.14
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
'Fascinating' Spectator'Entertaining' Sunday Times'Enthralling' Guardian'Beautiful, funny and movin… read more
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"Children know. They breathe it in early, for there's no unknowing the difference between nannies, cleaners, below stairs people and the family upstairs. Children are the go-betweens, one foot in each…"-Polly Toynbee, An Uneasy Inheritance: My Family and Other Radicals
13. Feminism for Women: The Real Route to Liberation
By: Julie Bindel
4.17
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Part feminist manifesto, part call to arms, Feminism for Women is a radical, new exploration of fem… read more
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14. Invisible Doctrine: The Secret History of Neoliberalism
By: George Monbiot
4.44
Format: 224 pages, Paperback
A sharp, fiercely argued takedown of neoliberalism that not only defines this slippery concept but … read more
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15. The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht: Voices from the Front Line of Scotland's Battle for Women's Rights
By: Susan Dalgety
4.56
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
On the 25th anniversary of the Scottish Parliament, this book captures an important moment in conte… read more
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16. Pixel Flesh: How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women
By: Ellen Atlanta
4.35
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An up-close and striking look at modern beauty culture―from Botox and Instagram filters to lip flip… read more
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"We invited each other into our spaces when parents would allow – girls only in these altars of beauty. We were christened into girlhood, not by holy water or the consumption of Christ’s body and bloo…"-Ellen Atlanta, Pixel Flesh: How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women
17. Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children
By: Hannah Barnes
4.40
Format: 455 pages, Hardcover
Time to Think goes behind the headlines to reveal the truth about the NHS’s flagship gender service… read more
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"GIDS’s own limited data, which found ‘no evidence of change in psychological function’ with puberty-blocker treatment."-Hannah Barnes, Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children
"The Gender Identity Development Service (GIDS) has undoubtedly helped some people. It has unquestionably harmed others."-Hannah Barnes, Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children
"NHS England. Why did they allow the early blocking of puberty to be rolled out as routine practice without demanding to see some data supporting this radical shift? Why didn’t it insist on seeing any…"-Hannah Barnes, Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children
"It is mad,’ was the reply. Hutchinson paused. When one of the leaders of a service that helps children to access powerful, life-changing drugs comments that what they’re doing is ‘mad’, there is clea…"-Hannah Barnes, Time to Think: The Inside Story of the Collapse of the Tavistock's Gender Service for Children
18. In Her Nature: How Women Break Boundaries in the Great Outdoors: A Past, Present and Personal Story
By: Rachel Hewitt
4.06
Format: 513 pages, Hardcover
When Rachel loses five family members in five months, grief magnifies other absences. Long-distance… read more
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19. Great Britain?: The must-read Sunday Times bestseller on How We Get Our Future Back
By: Torsten Bell
4.37
Format: 290 pages, Kindle Edition
Thrilling and essential campaign reading from one of our most influential and profound economists'T… read more
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20. Diary of an MP's Wife: Inside and Outside Power
By: Sasha Swire
3.47
Format: 591 pages, Kindle Edition
What is it like to be a wife of a politician in modern-day Britain? Sasha Swire finally lifts the l… read more
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21. Unfair Play: The Battle For Women's Sport
By: Sharron Davies
4.24
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
On the face of it, women’s sport is on the rise, garnering more attention and grassroots involvemen… read more
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