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…
Want to Read $ 10.99"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
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1. Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body
By: Sara Pascoe
3.99
Format: 208 pages, Paperback
Take a funny and illuminating tour of the female body with award-winning comedian Sara Pascoe. Wome… read more
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2. Everyday Sexism
By: Laura Bates
4.26
Format: 384 pages, Paperback
In 2012 after being sexually harassed on London public transport Laura Bates, a young journalist, s… read more
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- womens
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"Women who lead, read"-Laura Bates, Everyday Sexism
"Disbelief is the first great silencer."-Laura Bates, Everyday Sexism
"This is not a men vs women issue. It’s about people vs prejudice."-Laura Bates, Everyday Sexism
"Women are silenced by both the invisibility and the acceptability of the problem."-Laura Bates, Everyday Sexism
3. The Good Immigrant
By: Nikesh Shukla
4.32
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
How does it feel to be constantly regarded as a potential threat, strip-searched at every airport? … read more
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"You cannot have meaning without knowledge of the environment from which it stems."-Nikesh Shukla, The Good Immigrant
"If cultures were to survive in England it would be on the shoulders of bastardisation"-Nikesh Shukla, The Good Immigrant
"Integrate well. Move upwards in society. Be praised – until people worry that you’re doing too well, and then they remember that you’re foreign." (from "The Good Immigrant" by Nikesh Shukla)"-Nikesh Shukla, The Good Immigrant
"It is there in the white men and women who do not understand, to the point of frustration, why we still walk with the noose of our ancestors around our necks, as we cannot comprehend how they do not …"-Nikesh Shukla, The Good Immigrant
4. Fix the System, Not the Women
By: Laura Bates
4.52
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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- womens
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- audiobook
"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
5. Men Who Hate Women
By: Laura Bates
4.34
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
6. Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
By: Rory Stewart
4.36
Format: 434 pages, Kindle Edition
A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from Rory Stewart, former Cabi… read more
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"Proper searching could stop drugs being carried through the gates. In the US and Sweden, where there was proper searching, I had discovered, the drug rates were far lower. But when I shared these sug…"-Rory Stewart, Politics On the Edge: A Memoir From Within
7. God Save the Queer: Catechismo femminista
By: Michela Murgia
3.74
Format: 152 pages, ebook
Come fai a tenere insieme la tua fede cattolica e il tuo femminismo? È una domanda che Michela Murg… read more
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- nonfiction
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"Il potere agito senza considerare la libertà individuale non è potenza, ma prepotenza."-Michela Murgia, God Save the Queer: Catechismo femminista
"L'immaginazione immersiva genera nel cervello le stesse reazioni dell'esperienza sensibile. È reale, cioè produce effetti di realtà, qualunque esperienza che attiva un mutamento nella persona che la …"-Michela Murgia, God Save the Queer: Catechismo femminista
"Il rifiuto di essere definit3 da un dentro e da un fuori - che in questo libro chiamerò anche "pratica della soglia" - oggi ha il nome di queerness e la sola esistenza della parola apre alla possibil…"-Michela Murgia, God Save the Queer: Catechismo femminista
"Ogni distinzione tra reale e virtuale, quando si tratta dell'interiorità delle persone, è quindi prima di tutto inutile, perché impedisce di capire l'altrə e non genera alcun incontro, ed è in second…"-Michela Murgia, God Save the Queer: Catechismo femminista
8. Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
By: Caroline Criado Pérez
4.35
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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- feminism
- politics
- gender
- nonfiction
- womens
- sociology
- audiobook
"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
9. 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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- history
- historical
- politics
- feminism
- gender
- nonfiction
- society
- womens
- sociology
- audiobook
"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
10. Empireworld: How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe
By: Sathnam Sanghera
4.04
Format: 464 pages, Hardcover
In his ground-breaking new book, Sathnam Sanghera traces the legacies of British empire around the … read more
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- politics
- history
- nonfiction
- audiobook
11. 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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- politics
- gender
- nonfiction
- society
- womens
- sociology
- audiobook
12. 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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- politics
- gender
- nonfiction
- womens
- sociology
"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
13. The Story of Art Without Men
By: Katy Hessel
4.31
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before th… read more
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- history
- historical
- feminism
- gender
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
14. 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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- gender
- nonfiction
- society
- womens
- sociology
- audiobook
15. Disobedient Bodies: Reclaim Your Unruly Beauty
By: Emma Dabiri
4.06
Format: 94 pages, Kindle Edition
An unmissable essay from Emma Dabiri, Sunday Times bestselling author of Don't Touch My Hair and Wh… read more
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- gender
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- womens
- audiobook
16. Bloody Brilliant Women: Pioneers, Revolutionaries & Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention
By: Cathy Newman
3.78
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
‘A litany of fresh heroes to make the embattled heart sing’ Caitlin Moran A fresh, opinionated h… read more
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- historical
- politics
- feminism
- nonfiction
- womens
- audiobook
"Increasing openness about sex wasn’t the same as increasing openness about how it was used by the powerful to oppress the weak."-Cathy Newman, Bloody Brilliant Women: Pioneers, Revolutionaries & Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention
17. Misjustice: How British Law is Failing Women
By: Helena Kennedy
4.41
Format: 344 pages, Paperback
Helena Kennedy forensically examines the pressing new evidence that women are still being discrimin… read more
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- politics
- gender
- nonfiction
- womens
- sociology
- audiobook
18. Coward: Why We Get Anxious & What We Can Do About It
By: Tim Clare
4.10
Format: 428 pages, Hardcover
Tim Clare has suffered from anxiety and panic attacks for over a decade. At their worst, his attack… read more
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- audiobook
19. 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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- politics
- gender
- nonfiction
- sociology
"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
20. Conformity: The Power of Social Influences
By: Cass R. Sunstein
3.43
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Bestselling author Cass R. Sunstein reveals the appeal and the danger of conformity We live in a… read more
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21. The Sex Lives of African Women
By: Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah
3.92
Format: None pages, Paperback
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