Gender and Sexuality Studies

Recent movers and shakers in gender and sexuality studies.

Updated July 7, 2025
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IMMACULATE FORMS: A HISTORY OF THE FEMALE BODY IN FOUR PARTS
KING, HELEN, 1957-
Paper Book
"Never has medical history been more entertaining" (Dr Jennifer Gunter, author of The Vagina Bible) than in this turbulent history of women's bodies from classical Greece to the modern age Breasts, clitoris, hymen, and womb. Across history, these body parts...
Erased : A History of International Thought Without Men
Owens, Patricia.
Ebook
How a field built on the intellectual labor and expertise of women erased them The academic field of international relations presents its own history as largely a project of elite white men. And yet women played a prominent role in the creation of this new cross-disciplinary...
She-Wolves
Paulina Bren, Rebecca Lam
Ebook
In development with Mark Gordon Pictures The propulsive story of the women who sought, and gained, a piece of the action on Wall Street. First came the secretaries from...
ENDING THE PURSUIT: ASEXUALITY, AROMANTICISM & AGENDER IDENTITY
PARAMO, MICHAEL
Paper Book
A groundbreaking deep dive into the history, politics and lived experiences of three often-misunderstood identities: Asexuality, Aromanticism and Agender. How did asexual identity form? What is aromanticism? How does agender identity function? Researcher and writer...
FAUX FEMINISM: WHY WE FALL FOR WHITE FEMINISM AND HOW WE CAN STOP
KHADER, SERENE J
Paper Book
Winner of the North American Society for Social Philosophy's 2025 Best Book Award For readers of Hood Feminism and Against White Feminism, an incisive examination of why the pillars of feminism have eroded--and how all women, not just the #girlbosses, can rebuild...
Bright Circle: Five Remarkable Women in the Age of Transcendentalism
Randall Fuller
Ebook
A group biography of five women who played path-breaking roles in the transcendentalist movementIn November 1839, a group of young women in Boston formed a conversation society "to answer the great questions" of special importance to women: "What are we born to do? How shall we do it?" The lives and...
WHAT SHE SAID: CONVERSATIONS ABOUT EQUALITY
RENZETTI, ELIZABETH
Paper Book
The fight for women's rights was supposed to have been settled. Or, to put it another way, women were supposed to have settled - for what we were grudgingly given, for the crumbs from the table that we had set. For thirty per cent of the seats in Canada's Parliament; for five per cent of the CEO's...
QUEER ARAB GLOSSARY
Paper Book
A groundbreaking survey of the language used around queerness in the Arab world, with contributions by leading Arab queer writers, thinkers and activists, The Queer Arab Glossary is a first-of-its-kind surveyof the linguistic landscape surrounding...
Tackling Rape Culture
Jordan, Jan.
Ebook
In Tackling Rape Culture: Ending Patriarchy, Jan Jordan asks why, despite decades of feminist activism, does rape culture remain so endemic within contemporary society. She argues that, in order to understand the global pandemic of sexual violence, we must view rape culture as a...
Mother Persia : Women in Iran's History
Noorian, Zhinia.
Ebook
This book tells the story of Iranian women's accomplishments and struggles over the course of history, spanning from ancient Elam to the present day. It explores the evolving conditions of women's lives in each era, and how women's choices and initiatives have shaped Persian civilization. In the...
The Woman Question in Islamic Studies
Ali, Kecia.
Ebook
The interconnected ways that sexism functions in academic Islamic studies and how to shift professional norms toward parity Despite remarkable shifts in the demographics of Islamic studies in recent decades, the field continues to be dominated by men, who often relegate other...
Blood Loss : A Love Story of AIDS, Activism, and Art
Lane, Keiko.
Ebook
In 1991, sixteen-year-old activist Keiko Lane joined the Los Angeles chapters of Queer Nation and ACT UP. Their members protested legislation aimed at dismantling rights for LGBTQ people, people living with HIV, and immigrants while fighting for needle-exchange programs, reproductive justice, safer...

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