By: Jessica Valenti
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
A star-studded roster of iconic women write powerfully about what it means to be a feminist yesterd…
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By: Rebecca Solnit
Format: 130 pages, Paperback
In her comic, scathing essay “Men Explain Things to Me,” Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wro… read more
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"...the Men Who Knew came out of the woodwork."-Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me
"By now you’ve noticed that Woolf says “I don’t know"-Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me
"Were revolutions ever really that we thought them to be?"-Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me
"You can use the power of words to bury meaning or to excavate it."-Rebecca Solnit, Men Explain Things to Me
By: Elena Ferrante , Ann Goldstein
Format: 139 pages, Paperback
Set in Naples, Italy, this debut novel by New York Times bestselling author Elena Ferrante (My Bril… read more
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By: Larry Mitchell , Ned Asta
Format: 114 pages, Paperback
The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions is a beloved queer utopian text written by Larry … read more
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"The strong women told the faggots that the more you share, the less you need."-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
"The women who love women wrote a song for the faggots. It was called, "Anything you do that the men don't like is o.k. by us."-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
"Ramrod has an empire. They have not had it very long yet already it is shabby and disreputable. Everyday the faggots and their friends can see, hear, and feel Ramrod's empire disintegrating as the me…"-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
"Nothing can defeat the spirit of the earth. The fairies know that the earth will not tolerate the men much longer. The earth, scarred and gouged and stripped and bombed, will deny life to the men in …"-Larry Mitchell, The Faggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions
By: Ira Levin
Format: None pages, Paperback
For Joanna, her husband, Walter, and their children, the move to beautiful Stepford seems almost to… read more
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By: Carrie Fisher
Format: 163 pages, Hardcover
In Wishful Drinking, Carrie Fisher tells the true and intoxicating story of her life with inimitabl… read more
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"I just have basically too much personality for one person, and not quite enough for two"-Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking
"And not that it matters, but my mother is not a lesbian! She's just a really, really bad heterosexual."-Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking
"You know how they say that religion is the opiate of the masses? Well, I took masses of opiates religiously."-Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking
"No motive is pure. No one is good or bad-but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away."-Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking
By: Tim Madigan
Format: 330 pages,
It was 1995 when the Fort Worth Star-Telegram assigned Tim Madigan to write a profile of Fred Roger… read more
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By: Laura Bates
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Too often, we blame women. For walking home alone at night. For not demanding a seat at the table. … read more
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"So how do we fix it? The short answer is that we don't. We have wasted decades telling women and girls how to fix things. How to fix themselves. How to stay safe. It hasn't worked. Because women were…"-Laura Bates, Fix the System, Not the Women
By: Laura Bates
Format: 366 pages, Kindle Edition
The first comprehensive undercover look at the terrorist movement no one is talking about. Men W… read more
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"Incels use the metaphor of the red pill to describe the moment a man's blinkers fall away and he suddenly realizes that he has been lied to his whole life. The world that he has been forced to believ…"-Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women
"When incels do occasionally crop up in news reports or conversations, they're so easily dismissed as a tiny fringe group of online weirdos. What you hear about them sounds so strange, so extreme, so …"-Laura Bates, Men Who Hate Women
By: Gregg Olsen
Format: 326 pages, Kindle Edition
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Tell comes the chilling, unputdownable stor… read more
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By: Stephanie Land
Format: 289 pages, Hardcover
At 28, Stephanie Land’s plans of breaking free from the roots of her hometown in the Pacific Northw… read more
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"Our space was a home because we loved each other in it."-Stephanie Land, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
"Being poor, living in poverty, seemed a lot like probation - the crime being a lack of means to survive."-Stephanie Land, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
"Most of my friendships had faded over the last year because I’d isolated myself and hidden from the embarrassment of my daily life."-Stephanie Land, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
"My parents had moved on leaving me emotionally orphaned. I vowed to never put the same amount of physical and emotional space between Mia and me."-Stephanie Land, Maid: Hard Work, Low Pay, and a Mother's Will to Survive
By: Mona Chollet
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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"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
By: Christina Dalcher
Format: 321 pages, Hardcover
Every child's potential is regularly determined by a standardized measurement: their quotient (Q). … read more
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By: Caroline Criado Pérez
Format: 448 pages, Hardcover
Data is fundamental to the modern world. From economic development, to healthcare, to education and… read more
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"When planners fail to account for gender, public spaces become male spaces by default."-Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
"It's not always easy to convince someone a need exists, if they don't have that need themselves."-Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
"You don’t have to realise you’re being discriminated against to in fact be discriminated against."-Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
"There is no such thing as a woman who doesn’t work. There is only a woman who isn’t paid for her work."-Caroline Criado Pérez, Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
By: Pauline Harmange
Format: 96 pages, Paperback
" Je vois dans la misandrie une porte de sortie. Une manière d'exister en dehors du passage clouté,… read more
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"Les modèles qu’on inculque sont nocifs dans les deux cas : ni la violence qu’on encourage chez les garçons ni la passivité qu’on impose aux filles ne sont des réponses appropriées, pour soi comme pou…"-Pauline Harmange, Moi les hommes, je les déteste
"Ce n'est pas pour cracher dans la soupe, mais il faut être honnête: non, mon amoureux n'est pas parfait. Il ne me viole pas et ne me frappe pas, il fait la vaisselle, passe l'aspirateur et me traite …"-Pauline Harmange, Moi les hommes, je les déteste
By: Sophie Passmann
Format: 211 pages, Kindle Edition
Sophie Passmann hat mit »Pick me girls« nicht nur ihr persönlichstes Buch geschrieben, sondern auch… read more
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By: Sonya Renee Taylor
Format: 137 pages, Paperback
A global movement guided by love. Humans are a varied and divergent bunch with all manner of bel… read more
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"There is gorgeous potential and heinous instinct in us all."-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
"Being different is difficult in a world that tells us there is a "normal."-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
"The most powerful antidote to a world of body terrorism is a world of compassion. Giving yourself the gift of grace is an act of revolution!"-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
"Systems do not maintain themselves; even our lack of intervention is an act of maintenance. Every structure in every society is upheld by the active and passive assistance of other human beings."-Sonya Renee Taylor, The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
By: Fatimah Asghar
Format: 100 pages, Paperback
Poet and co-creator of the Emmy-nominated web series "Brown Girls" captures the experience of being… read more
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"Do all survivors carry villian inside them?"-Fatimah Asghar, If They Come for Us
"I didn't know I need to worry about them until they were gone."-Fatimah Asghar, If They Come for Us
"Every year I manage to live on this earth I collect more questions than answers."-Fatimah Asghar, If They Come for Us
"Every year I managed to live on this earth I collect more questions than answers."-Fatimah Asghar, If They Come for Us
By: Jessie Burton
Format: 224 pages, Hardcover
A dazzling, feminist retelling of Greek myth from the internationally bestselling author of The Min… read more
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"I'd never known a change that wasn't monstrous."-Jessie Burton, Medusa
"I was lonely and I was angry, and rage and loneliness can end up tasting the same."-Jessie Burton, Medusa
"I'm a half-finished map and I'm always trying to plot my points, and I won't have anyone do it for me."-Jessie Burton, Medusa
"Sometimes, not even folding yourself into the smallest, littlest shape is enough. So you might as well stay the size you're supposed to be"-Jessie Burton, Medusa
By: Lucy Clarke
Format: 416 pages, Hardcover
A SECRET BEACH. A HOLIDAY OF A LIFETIME. WISH YOU WERE HERE? THINK AGAIN… It should be like an… read more
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"For so long I believed that I should only feel pleasure when I no longer feel all the other things: the sadness, the loss, the fear. But emotions don't come parcelled neatly. They're shaken together …"-Lucy Clarke, The Castaways
By: Mikki Kendall
Format: 267 pages, Hardcover
Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream femi… read more
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"Poverty is an apocalypse in slow motion, inexorable and generational."-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
"I tell you this story because sometimes the story of your life is the story of a lot of lives."-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
"Mainstream, white-centered feminism hasn't just failed women of color, it has failed white women."-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
"Ignoring the treatment of the most marginalized women doesn't set a standard that can protect any woman."-Mikki Kendall, Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
By: Ian McEwan
Format: 306 pages, Paperback
Britain has lost the Falklands war, Margaret Thatcher battles Tony Benn for power and Alan Turing a… read more
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"Caen las hojas. Llega la primavera, y tu caída."-Ian McEwan, Machines like Me
"could tell you similar stories of machine sadness."-Ian McEwan, Machines like Me
"Nel suo sguardo, c'è un mondo d'amore. Amo il mondo!"-Ian McEwan, Machines like Me
"But when you’ve lost a fortune, you don’t clean up the kitchen."-Ian McEwan, Machines like Me
By: Bolu Babalola
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
A high-born Nigerian goddess, who has been beaten down and unappreciated by her gregarious lover, l… read more
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"What matters most is that you feel like you are at your fullest."-Bolu Babalola, Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
"I didn't like doing things I wasn't good at, but it turned out I loved learning how to love with him."-Bolu Babalola, Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
"Psy was smiling. It was warm and soft, and to Eros it looked like the perfect place to lie in and just be."-Bolu Babalola, Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
"Thank you for letting me love you. Thank you for loving me back. Thank you for staying, I know it was hard sometimes. I hope you now live free."-Bolu Babalola, Love in Colour: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold
By: Karen Kilgariff
Format: 300 pages, Hardcover
The instant #1 New York Times and USA Today best seller by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, t… read more
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"if i could just stop eating for 5 seconds, maybe i could be anorexic like a model"-Karen Kilgariff, Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide
"Why does everyone think whistling indicates relaxation? It’s literally one of the weirdest things you can do in public without breaking the law."-Karen Kilgariff, Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide
"if you’re a model go with god, enjoy your endless flow of worship and have a great time for the rest of us, reenact the father-figure video, that’s what i’d do"-Karen Kilgariff, Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide
"Politeness doesn’t require actual humanity. It’s just cultural ritual... Politeness is fancy curtains in your front window. Kindness is the home-cooked meal on your dinner table."-Karen Kilgariff, Stay Sexy & Don't Get Murdered: The Definitive How-To Guide
By: Juno Dawson
Format: 448 pages, Paperback
If you look hard enough at old photographs, we're there in the background: healers in the trenches;… read more
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By: Ijeoma Oluo
Format: 248 pages, Hardcover
In this breakout book, Ijeoma Oluo explores the complex reality of today's racial landscape--from w… read more
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"Conversations on racism should never be about winning."-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
"Our humanity is worth a little discomfort, it's actually worth a lot of discomfort."-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
"Our police forces were created not to protect Americans of color, but to control Americans of color."-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
"When we say ‘Asian American’ we are talking about so much more than can be fit in a single stereotype."-Ijeoma Oluo, So You Want to Talk About Race
By: Kay Dick
Format: 94 pages, Hardcover
They is a dream, a surreal nightmare which sends a shock right to the heart of our cultural complac… read more
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"It was no good listening for footsteps; they wore no shoes."-Kay Dick, They: A Sequence of Unease
By: Michele Filgate
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2019 *Most Anticipated Reads of 2019 by Publishers Weekly, BuzzFeed, The… read more
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"His hands are worms, my body dirt."-Michele Filgate, What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence
"I've spent enough time in Catholic churches to know what it means to sweep things underneath the rug."-Michele Filgate, What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence
"Hearing this, I get a flash of pride at the fact that Peter wanted to be with my mother more than she wanted to be with him. This pride comes from the same internal place as the delusion I spent much…"-Michele Filgate, What My Mother and I Don't Talk About: Fifteen Writers Break the Silence
By: Ziwe
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
From a rapidly rising comedy star, a bold, biting, and deeply hilarious takedown—and send-up—of our… read more
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"You can't have my body, but you can have my body of work."-Ziwe, Black Friend: Essays
By: Grace Perry
Format: 256 pages, Paperback
From The Onion and Reductress contributor, this collection of essays is a hilarious nostalgic trip … read more
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"That’s the thing about being a queer millennial: it’s not about things getting better in any linear fashion but holding a painful past and an optimistic future together, one in each hand, at the same…"-Grace Perry, The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture
"God, how much easier it would be, I felt, if coming out were something that just happened to me . For queerness to seek me out, and not the other way around. To be a passive observer in my personal j…"-Grace Perry, The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture
"Dressing femme to the nines and then hanging on the arm of another woman all night—a fuck-you to straight men—can feel electrifying. And butch confidence, the grit to invert every traditional way a w…"-Grace Perry, The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture
" The closet implies a literal, physical boundary dividing one’s life before publicly declaring queerness, and after. It’s a threshold impossible to recross, two distinct places to live: in the darkne…"-Grace Perry, The 2000s Made Me Gay: Essays on Pop Culture
By: Jessica Valenti
Format: 144 pages, Hardcover
A star-studded roster of iconic women write powerfully about what it means to be a feminist yesterd… read more
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By: Poppy Jamie
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
A clear path to overcoming uncertainty, perfectionism, and fears of rejection so you can finally fi… read more
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"Suffering is the key to growth and adapting if we allow it to be."-Poppy Jamie, Happy Not Perfect: Upgrade Your Mind, Challenge Your Thoughts, and Free Yourself from Anxiety
"Nothing can change unless our body and mind are playing on the same team."-Poppy Jamie, Happy Not Perfect: Upgrade Your Mind, Challenge Your Thoughts, and Free Yourself from Anxiety
"Stiff thoughts grow in a fear-based life. Flexible thoughts grow in a love-based life."-Poppy Jamie, Happy Not Perfect: Upgrade Your Mind, Challenge Your Thoughts, and Free Yourself from Anxiety
"It’s an odd paradox: life’s challenges have the capability to actually make us happier in the end."-Poppy Jamie, Happy Not Perfect: Upgrade Your Mind, Challenge Your Thoughts, and Free Yourself from Anxiety