90s Bitch: Media, Culture, and the Failed Promise of Gender Equality
By: Allison Yarrow
4.03
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
The close of the 20th century promised a new era of gender equality. However, the iconic women of t…
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1. Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution
By: Sara Marcus
3.97
Format: 367 pages, Paperback
Girls to the Front is the epic, definitive history of Riot Grrrl, the radical feminist uprising tha… read more
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"i want to scream because no matter how much I scream, no one will listen."-Sara Marcus, Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution
"The girls couldn't block out these things and they didn't want to; they wanted to stay acutely aware of the war against them so they could fight back."-Sara Marcus, Girls to the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution
2. Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture
By: Ariel Levy
3.66
Format: 236 pages, Paperback
Meet the Female Chauvinist Pig – the new brand of "empowered woman" who embraces "raunch culture" w… read more
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- feminism
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- womens
- sociology
"You have to understand, a man is a man; it's doesn't matter what position he's in"-Ariel Levy, Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture
"Why is this the "new feminism" and not what it looks like: the old objectification?"-Ariel Levy, Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture
"A tawdry, cartoonlike version of female sexuality has become so ubiquitous, it no longer seems particular. What we once regarded as a *kind* of sexual expression we now regard *as* sexuality."-Ariel Levy, Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture
"It can be fun to feel exceptional--to be the loophole woman, to have a whole power thing, to be an honorary man. But if you are the exception that proves the rule, and the rule is that women are infe…"-Ariel Levy, Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture
3. Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
By: Amanda Montell
4.29
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
The word "bitch" conjures many images for many people but is most often meant to describe an unplea… read more
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- history
- feminism
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"Language pedantry is snobbery and snobbery is prejudice,"-Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
"One of the burdens of being a woman is the imperative to be nice."-Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
"Hitler wasn’t any less fascist because he could write a coherent sentence."-Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
"Anytime language reform happens, it has to happen in the context of social change,"-Amanda Montell, Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language
4. In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
By: Mona Chollet
4.10
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Mona Chollet's In Defense of Witches is a celebration by an acclaimed French feminist of the witch … read more
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- historical
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"En somme, si on voulait être cohérent, il faudrait soit lever le pied sur l'éducation des filles, soit intégrer à leur formation un sérieux entraînement à la guérilla contre le patriarcat, tout en s'…"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
"No obstante, algunas mujeres, vivan o no con hombres, se sientan o no llamadas por una vocación, encuentran otro modo de evitar ser engullidas por el papel de la devota sirvienta: no tener hijos; dar…"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
"Certaines, cependant, qu'elles vivent avec les hommes ou pas, qu'elles se sentent ou non requises par une vocation, trouvent un autre moyen d'échapper à l'engloutissement dans le rôle de la servante …"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
"Il serait temps que les femmes - souvent si peu sûres d'elles, de leurs capacités, de la pertinence de ce qu'elles ont à apporter, de leur droit à une vie pour elles-mêmes - apprennent à se défendre …"-Mona Chollet, In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women Are Still on Trial
5. This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
By: Lyz Lenz
3.99
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
A manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America… read more
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- feminism
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- audiobook
"So much of our culture depicts young girls dreaming about their weddings. But every middle-aged woman I know dreams about living alone in the woods, maybe with a dog."-Lyz Lenz, This American Ex-Wife: How I Ended My Marriage and Started My Life
6. Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
By: Cat Bohannon
4.32
Format: 624 pages, Hardcover
THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved,… read more
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- history
- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
7. Flowers of Fire: The Inside Story of South Korea's Feminist Movement and What It Means for Women's Rights Worldwide
By: Hawon Jung
4.35
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
An eye-opening firsthand account of the ongoing and trailblazing feminist movement in South Korea—o… read more
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- history
- historical
- politics
- feminism
- gender
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
8. Tits Up: What Sex Workers, Milk Bankers, Plastic Surgeons, Bra Designers, and Witches Tell Us about Breasts
By: Sarah Thornton
3.77
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An innovative investigation of the five strange worlds that worship women’s chests After years o… read more
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- history
- feminism
- gender
- nonfiction
- womens
- sociology
- audiobook
9. The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
By: Amanda Montell
3.54
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Cultish and host of the podcast Sounds Like a Cult, a delicious blen… read more
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- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
"While magical thinking is an age-old quirk, overthinking feels distinct to the modern era—a product of our innate superstitions clashing with information overload, mass loneliness, and a capitalistic…"-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
"Information transmission research suggests that folks with higher anxiety are quicker to engage with, and slower to disengage from, negative information; so "as a trait and state," anxiety itself per…"-Amanda Montell, The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality
10. 60 Songs That Explain the '90s
By: Rob Harvilla
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The 1990s were a chaotic and gritty and utterly magical time for music, a confounding barrage of ge… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- pop culture
- audiobook
"There is no true, clean, definitive way to separate the art from the artist. Art fully separated from the artist ceases, in a fundamental way, to be art at all. The artist gives the art meaning."-Rob Harvilla, 60 Songs That Explain the '90s
11. Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
By: Anna Bogutskaya
3.72
Format: 340 pages, Paperback
How bitches, trainwrecks, shrews, and crazy women have taken over pop culture and liberated women f… read more
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- feminism
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- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
"All high school experiences are inherently dramatic because they are being experienced for the first time."-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"Unlikeable" is code. It's code for "fair game." If a woman in unlikable, she is stepping out of bounds. Which makes it fair game to decimate her socially, emotionally, or physically. Likeability give…"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"In 2015, a study about jury deliberation bias conducted at Arizona State University found that "when men expressed their opinion with anger, participants rated them as more credible, which made them …"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
"When men get angry onscreen, they're angry at the system. When women are angry onscreen, they're angry at someone. Women are not allowed to be angry at the system, because that would be a tacit accep…"-Anna Bogutskaya, Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
12. Selling the Dream: The Billion-Dollar Industry Bankrupting Americans
By: Jane Marie
3.78
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
Peabody and Emmy Award–winning journalist Jane Marie expands on her popular podcast The Dream to ex… read more
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- history
- sociology
- audiobook
13. Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
By: Kelly Hayes
4.64
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let T… read more
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- history
- feminism
- politics
- nonfiction
- sociology
- audiobook
14. So Fetch
By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
3.60
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
From the New York Times bestselling author of Seinfeldia comes the totally fetch story of one of th… read more
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- pop culture
- feminism
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- sociology
- audiobook
15. That Librarian: The Fight Against Book Banning in America
By: Amanda Jones
4.14
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Part memoir, part manifesto, the inspiring story of a Louisiana librarian advocating for inclusivit… read more
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- politics
- nonfiction
- audiobook
16. You Will Find Your People: How to Make Meaningful Friendships as an Adult
By: Lane Moore
3.29
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
From Lane Moore, the critically acclaimed author of How to Be Alone, comes a searingly intimate, ye… read more
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- audiobook
17. Rainbow Black
By: Maggie Thrash
3.96
Format: 404 pages, Paperback
Rainbow Black is part murder mystery, part gay international-fugitive love story—set against the ’9… read more
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18. Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
By: Rebecca Traister
4.37
Format: 320 pages, ebook
From Rebecca Traister, the New York Times bestselling author of All the Single Ladies comes a vital… read more
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- womens
- audiobook
"Women's anger has been buried, over and over again. But it has seeded the ground; we are the green shoots of furies covered up long ago."-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
"Women's ire in any political context remains coded as chaotic, while men's is comprehensible, understood as rational and often admirable."-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
"As Amanda Litman... has written, 'Instead of resisting (anger) or avoiding it, let your fury push you to action. Embrace your anger and put it to work."-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
"When somebody manages to project a lot of strength and a lot of warmth, we say they're charismatic and magnetic, we want to be with that person, we want to be that person,' said Neffinger."-Rebecca Traister, Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women's Anger
19. Craft: Stories I Wrote for the Devil
By: Ananda Lima
3.52
Format: 181 pages, Hardcover
At a Halloween party in 1999, a writer slept with the devil. She sees him again and again throughou… read more
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20. It's Not Hysteria: Everything You Need to Know About Your Reproductive Health (But Were Never Told)
By: Karen Tang
4.34
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An inclusive and essential guide to reproductive health—including period problems, pelvic pain, men… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- audiobook
21. Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
By: Patty Krawec
4.58
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
We find our way forward by going back. The invented history of the Western world is crumbling fast,… read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
"Blood quantum is a race theory that still forms the basis for legal Indian status in the United States and Canada."-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
"Each of these terms is correct and wrong, and it is likely that whatever term you use will at some point be corrected by somebody else to a term they think is more appropriate. The best thing to do i…"-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
"Settlers and migrants and the forcibly displanted get worried when Native people start talking about Land Back. What about their house? Where will they go? Unable to imagine any scenario other than w…"-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
"It isn't wrong to think about your ancestors, to hear their stories and understand where they came from. And if your ancestors have been in the United States or Canada for a long period of time, it i…"-Patty Krawec, Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future
22. American Rapture
By: C.J. Leede
4.51
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust. Sop… read more
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23. Emotional Labor: The Invisible Work Shaping Our Lives and How to Claim Our Power
By: Rose Hackman
4.22
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
“ An urgent look at emotional labor ....Hackman’s words reveal the agency of women is still possibl… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
- sociology
- audiobook
24. A Fellowship of Librarians & Dragons (Adenashire, #2)
By: J. Penner
4.03
Format: 343 pages, Kindle Edition
Spilling the tea has never been so cozy…In the quaint town of Adenashire, Doli Butterbuckle, a peop… read more
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- audiobook
25. 90s Bitch: Media, Culture, and the Failed Promise of Gender Equality
By: Allison Yarrow
4.03
Format: 416 pages, Paperback
The close of the 20th century promised a new era of gender equality. However, the iconic women of t… read more
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- history
- pop culture
- historical
- politics
- feminism
- gender
- nonfiction
- womens
- sociology
- audiobook
26. Period: The Real Story of Menstruation
By: Kate Clancy
3.97
Format: 249 pages, Hardcover
A bold and revolutionary perspective on the science and cultural history of menstruation Men… read more
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- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
27. The Genius of Judy: How Judy Blume Rewrote Childhood for All of Us
By: Rachelle Bergstein
3.92
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
An intimate and expansive look at Judy Blume’s life, work, and cultural impact, focusing on her mos… read more
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- nonfiction
- history
- audiobook
28. But What Will People Say?: Navigating Mental Health, Identity, Love, and Family Between Cultures
By: Sahaj Kaur Kohli
4.58
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A deeply personal, paradigm-shifting book from therapist, writer, and founder of @browngirltherapy … read more
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- nonfiction
- audiobook
29. The Cookie Crumbles
By: Tracy Badua
3.97
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
The Great British Bake Off meets Knives Out in this fun and propulsive middle grade novel following… read more
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30. Dearest
By: Jacquie Walters
4.24
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A new mom in need of help opens her door to her long-estranged mother—only to invite something much… read more
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31. Where Tyranny Begins: The Justice Department, the FBI, and the War on Democracy
By: David Rohde
4.16
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
How Donald Trump subverted the law and Merrick Garland misjudged the need to hold him accountable b… read more
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