Feminist books
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Sula
Toni Morrison • 2004
But Some of Us are Brave Black Women's Studies
Gloria T. Hull • 1982
The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House
Audre Lorde • 2018
When I Dare to be Powerful
Audre Lorde • 2020
Invisible Women Exposing Data Bias in a World Designed for Men
Caroline Criado-Perez · 2020
<b>*THE <i>SUNDAY TIMES</i> NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER*</b><br> <b>*OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD*</b><br> <br> '<b>HELL YES. This is one of those books that has the potential to change things - a monumental piece of research' Caitlin Moran</b><br> <br> <b>Imagine a world where...</b><br> <br> <b>Your phone is too big for your hand</b><br> <b>Your doctor prescribes a drug that is wrong for your body</b><br> <b>In a car accident you are 47% more likely to be injured.</b><br> <br> <b>If any of that sounds familiar, chances are you're a woman.</b><br> <br> From government policy and medical research, to technology, workplaces, and the media. <i>Invisible Women</i> reveals how in a world built for and by men we are systematically ignoring half of the population, often with disastrous consequences. Caroline Criado Perez brings together for the first time an impressive range of case studies, stories and new research from across the world that illustrate the hidden ways in which women are forgotten, and the profound impact this has on us all.<br> <br> <b>Discover the shocking gender bias that affects our everyday lives as discussed in Caroline's new podcast, <i>Visible Women</i>.</b><br> <br> <b>'A book that changes the way you see the world' <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br> <br> <b>'Revelatory, frightening, hopeful' Jeanette Winterson</b>
Women, Race & Class
Angela Y. Davis · 1983
<b>From one of our most important scholars and civil rights activist icon, a powerful study of the women’s liberation movement and the tangled knot of oppression facing Black women.<br><br>“Angela Davis is herself a woman of undeniable courage. She should be heard.”—</b><i><b>The New York Times<br></b><br></i> Angela Davis provides a powerful history of the social and political influence of whiteness and elitism in feminism, from abolitionist days to the present, and demonstrates how the racist and classist biases of its leaders inevitably hampered any collective ambitions. While Black women were aided by some activists like Sarah and Angelina Grimke and the suffrage cause found unwavering support in Frederick Douglass, many women played on the fears of white supremacists for political gain rather than take an intersectional approach to liberation. Here, Davis not only contextualizes the legacy and pitfalls of civil and women’s rights activists, but also discusses Communist women, the murder of Emmitt Till, and Margaret Sanger’s racism. Davis shows readers how the inequalities between Black and white women influence the contemporary issues of rape, reproductive freedom, housework and child care in this bold and indispensable work.
Hood Feminism Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Mikki Kendall · 2020
<b>A <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER<br><br> “<b>The fights against hunger, homelessness, poverty, health disparities, poor schools, homophobia, transphobia, and domestic violence are feminist fights. Kendall offers a feminism rooted in the livelihood of everyday women.”</b> <b>—Ibram X. Kendi, #1 <i>New York Times-</i>bestselling author of <i>How to Be an Antiracist</i>, in <i>The Atlantic</i></b><br><br>“One of the most important books of the current moment.”—<i>Time</i></b><br> <br> <b>“A rousing call to action... It should be required reading for everyone.”—Gabrielle Union, author of</b> <i><b>We’re Going to Need More Wine</b></i><br> <br> <b><br> <b>A potent and electrifying critique of today’s feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in black feminism</b></b><br><br>Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminists rarely talk about meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, argues Mikki Kendall, but food insecurity, access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, a living wage, and medical care are all feminist issues. All too often, however, the focus is not on basic survival for the many, but on increasing privilege for the few. That feminists refuse to prioritize these issues has only exacerbated the age-old problem of both internecine discord and women who rebuff at carrying the title. Moreover, prominent white feminists broadly suffer from their own myopia with regard to how things like race, class, sexual orientation, and ability intersect with gender. How can we stand in solidarity as a movement, Kendall asks, when there is the distinct likelihood that some women are oppressing others? <br><br>In her searing collection of essays, Mikki Kendall takes aim at the legitimacy of the modern feminist movement, arguing that it has chronically failed to address the needs of all but a few women. Drawing on her own experiences with hunger, violence, and hypersexualization, along with incisive commentary on reproductive rights, politics, pop culture, the stigma of mental health, and more, <i>Hood Feminism</i> delivers an irrefutable indictment of a movement in flux. An unforgettable debut, Kendall has written a ferocious clarion call to all would-be feminists to live out the true mandate of the movement in thought and in deed.
The Second Sex
Simone De Beauvoir · 2012
A Brief History of Misogyny
Jack Holland · 2012
In this compelling, powerful book, highly respected writer and commentator Jack Holland sets out to answer a daunting question: how do you explain the oppression and brutalization of half the world's population by the other half, throughout history? The result takes the reader on an eye-opening journey through centuries, continents and civilizations as it looks at both historical and contemporary attitudes to women. Encompassing the Church, witch hunts, sexual theory, Nazism and pro-life campaigners, we arrive at today's developing world, where women are increasingly and disproportionately at risk because of radicalised religious belief, famine, war and disease. Well-informed and researched, highly readable and thought-provoking, this is a refreshingly straightforward investigation into an ancient, pervasive and enduring injustice. It deals with the fundamentals of human existence -- sex, love, violence -- that have shaped the lives of humans throughout history. The answer? It's time to recognize that the treatment of women amounts to nothing less than an abuse of human rights on an unthinkable scale. A Brief History of Misogyny is an important and timely book that will make a long-lasting contribution to the efforts to improve those rights throughout the world.
