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Updated February 26, 2023
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(M)otherhood : On the choices of being a woman
Agarwal, Pragya.
Paper Book
Extremely open in its honesty and meticulously researched, (M)otherhood probes themes of infertility, childbirth and reproductive justice, and makes a powerful and urgent argument for the need to tackle society's obsession with women's bodies and fertility.
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Fight like a girl
Ford, Clementine
Paper Book
'This rallying cry will persuade you to battle for true equality' Stylist An incendiary debut taking the world by storm, Fight Like A Girl is an essential manifesto for feminists new, old and soon-to-be.
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A secret sisterhood : the hidden friendships of Austen, Bront©±, Eliot and Woolf
Midorikawa, Emily
Paper Book
'In digging up the forgotten friendships chronicled in A Secret Sisterhood, Emily Midorikawa and Emma Claire Sweeney have done much service to literary history.' Margaret Atwood 'A Secret Sisterhood will...
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A thousand ships
Haynes, Natalie
Paper Book
Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction Powerfully told from an all-female perspective, in A Thousand Ships, classicist and author of Divine Might, Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War - putting the women, girls and goddesses at the centre...
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Ambition redefined : why the corner office doesn't work for every woman & what to do instead
Sollman, Kathryn
Paper Book
"This is the playbook for how to get flexibility in your career." - Molly Beck, author, Reach Out and founder of MessyBun.com "Critical advice for women when the traditional office job doesn't fit family life." - Meredith Bodgas, Editor-in-Chief, Working Mother magazine...
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Hag : forgotten folktales retold
Paper Book
'Engaging, modern fables with a feminist tang' Sunday Times DARK, POTENT AND UNCANNY, HAG BURSTS WITH THE UNTOLD STORIES OF OUR ISLES, CAPTURED IN VOICES AS VARIED AS THEY ARE VIVID. Here are sisters fighting for the love of the same...
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I am Malala : the girl who stood up for education and was shot by the Taliban
Yousafzai, Malala
Paper Book
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Born lippy : how to do female
Brand, Jo
Paper Book
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Boudicca : brilliant biographies of the dead famous
Harrison, Paul
Paper Book
Read all about the Queen of the Iceni tribe, Boudicca, who led a rebellion against Roman rule that is still remembered to this day! From when she crowned Queen on the death of her husband, to her great battle against the Roman Army in which thousands were killed, and in which she was ultimately...
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Catch and kill : lies, spies, and a conspiracy to protect predators
Farrow, Ronan
Paper Book
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Difficult women : a history of feminism in 11 fights
Lewis, Helen
Paper Book
*A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, FINANCIAL TIMES AND DAILY TELEGRAPH* *SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* *BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK* *SHORTLISTED IN THE 2020 PARLIAMENTARY BOOK AWARDS* ...
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Fat is a feminist issue
Orbach, Susie
Paper Book
THE ORIGINAL ANTI-DIET BOOK IS BACK - in one volume together with its best-selling sequel. When it was first published, Fat Is A Feminist Issue became an instant classic and it is as relevant today as it was then. Updated throughout, it includes a frank new...
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Everywoman : one woman's truth about speaking the truth
Phillips, Jess
Paper Book
'Joyfully candid and very funny.' Guardian 'Jess Phillips knows the truth . . . and here she shows how scary and sad as well as joyful and liberating the answers can be.' Damian Barr 'Everywoman has all the laughs [of Lena Dunham and...
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Fight like a girl : 50 feminists who changed the world
Barcella, Laura
Ebook
Nearly every day there's another news story or pop cultural anecdote related to feminism and women's rights. #YesAllWomen, conversations around consent, equal pay, access to contraception, and a host of other issues are foremost topics of conversation in American (and worldwide) media right now....
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Give birth like a feminist : your body your baby your choices
Hill, Milli
Paper Book
As featured on BBC Radio 2 and BBC Radio 5 LiveSelected as one of the Independent's 10 best pregnancy books for expectant parentsBirth is a feminist issue. It's the feminist issue nobody's talking about. For too long women have been told, âe~a healthy baby is all that mattersâe(tm)....
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Her again : becoming Meryl Streep
Schulman, Michael
Paper Book
A portrait of Meryl Streep that explores her beginnings as a young woman of the 1970s grappling with love, feminism, and her astonishing talent.
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How it was
Ellis, Janet, (Novelist)
Paper Book
'IMMERSIVE, AMAZING, REMARKABLE' MARIAN KEYES 'WONDERFUL' EMMA KENNEDY 'JANET ELLIS WRITES WITH TENDERNESS AND WISDOM' ERIN KELLY 'AN ATMOSPHERIC, CLEVER NOVEL THAT WILL GET UNDER YOUR SKIN' RED Marion Deacon sits by the hospital bed of...
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I know why the caged bird sings
Angelou, Maya.
Paper Book
Maya Angelou's six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration.In this first...
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It's not about the burqa : Muslim women on faith, feminism, sexuality and race
Khan, Mariam
Paper Book
When was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter? It's Not About the Burqa is an anthology of essays by Muslim women about the contemporary Muslim female experience. Now in paperback.In 2016, Mariam Khan read that David Cameron had linked the...
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Make more noise!
Carroll, Emma
Paper Book
An incredible collection of brand new short stories, from ten of the UK's very best storytellers, celebrating inspirational girls and women, being published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of women's suffrage in the UK.
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Let her fly : a father's journey and the fight for equality
Yousafzai, Ziauddin
Paper Book
In this intimate and extraordinary memoir, Ziauddin Yousafzai, the father of Malala, gives a moving account of fatherhood and his lifelong fight for equality - proving there are many faces of feminism. "Whenever anybody has asked me how Malala became who she is, I...
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Living a feminist life
Ahmed, Sara
Paper Book
In Living a Feminist Life Sara Ahmed shows how feminist theory is generated from everyday life and the ordinary experiences of being a feminist at home and at work. Building on legacies of feminist of color scholarship in particular, Ahmed offers a poetic and personal meditation on how...
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Malala's magic pencil
Yousafzai, Malala
Paper Book
** Shortlisted for the Little Rebels Children's Book Award! ** As a child in Pakistan, Malala made a wish for a magic pencil that she could use to redraw reality. She would use it to give gifts to her family, to erase the smell from the rubbish dump near her house, to sleep an...
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My body
Ratajkowski, Emily
Paper Book
*THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* A deeply honest investigation of what it means to be a woman and a commodity from Emily Ratajkowski, the archetypal, multi-hyphenate celebrity of our time. _____________...
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My life in full
Nooyi, Indra
Paper Book
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My Past Is a Foreign Country
Talkhani, Zeba
Paper Book
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Pleasure activism : the politics of feeling good
Brown, Adrienne M.
Ebook
How do we make social justice the most pleasurable human experience? How can we awaken within ourselves desires that make it impossible to settle for anything less than a fulfilling life? Editor adrienne maree brown finds the answer in something she calls "Pleasure Activism," a politics of...
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Rebel writers : the accidental feminists : Shelagh Delaney, Edna O'Brien, Lynne Reid-Banks, Charlotte Bingham, Nell Dunn, Virginia Ironside, Margaret Forster
Brayfield, Celia
Paper Book
'Make this your next inspirational read. Trust us, it's Oprah's Book Club worthy' Vice In London in 1958, a play by a 19-year-old redefined women's writing in Britain. It also began a movement that would change women's lives forever. The play was A Taste of...
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