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Discover the hidden history of women--and the world--through this visual exploration of intimate objects and the surprising, sometimes shocking stories behind them. "I adored this book!"--Olivia Colman This is a neglected history. Not a sweeping,...

An eye-opening and richly detailed history of women's sexuality that upends entrenched perceptions of the long eighteenth century.   Libertine London investigates the sex lives of women throughout the period 1680 to 1830, known as the long eighteenth...

A reclamation of essential history and a hopeful gesture toward a better political future, this is what listening to Black women looks like-from a professor of political science and columnist for Teen Vogue. "Jenn M. Jackson is a beautiful writer and excellent scholar....

A new portrait of Betty Friedan, the author and activist acclaimed as the mother of second-wave feminism   Finalist, 2024 National Book Critics Circle Awards in Biography * A New Yorker Best of the Week Pick   ...

From Playboyto Jay-Z, the racial origins of toxic masculinity and its impact on women, especially Black and "insufficiently white" women More men than ever are refusing loving partnerships and commitment, and instead seeking out "situationships." When these men deign to...

A personal and cultural look at the dark underbelly of Western beauty standards and the lethal culture of disordered eating they've wrought "An authoritative, generous, and persuasive debut that I wish I could go back in time and gift to my teenage self."--Melissa Febos, author of...

Unapologetically brings gay rodeo out of the closet Campy and competitive, gay rodeo offers a community of refuge that straddles the urban and rural. Since the mid-1970s, gay rodeos have provided space to both embrace and challenge the idealized masculinity...

Starting in the 1970s, small groups of feminist activists met regularly to study anatomy, practice pelvic exams on each other, and learn how to safely perform a procedure known as menstrual extraction, which can end a pregnancy, using equipment easily bought and assembled at home. This 'self-help'...

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...

White feminists performing to maintain privilege Mean girl feminism encourages girls and women to be sassy, sarcastic, and ironic as feminist performance. Yet it coopts its affect, form, and content from racial oppression and protest while aiming meanness toward people in marginalized...