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Feminism books

Below are the best books we could find on Feminism.

While feminism has traditionally been a social and political movement of women’s empowerment in a largely patriarchal world, it is fundamentally the belief in and work towards gender equality. Feminist movements have embraced varied ideologies and perspectives, exploring the complex impact that gendered hierarchy has with class, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender expression. The common theme is that when we remove the cultural hierarchy of gender, we not only remove social, political, economic, and personal limitations on women, nonbinary, and agender individuals, we remove limitations on men. When all genders have equal access to social spaces, institutional resources, and legal protections, everyone benefits.

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The Selected Works of Audre Lorde

Self-described “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet” Audre Lorde is an unforgettable voice in twentieth-century literature, and one of the first to center the experiences of black, queer women.

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Mouths of Rain: An Anthology of Black Lesbian Thought

A groundbreaking collection tracing the history of intellectual thought by Black Lesbian writers, in the tradition of The New Press’s perennial seller Words of Fire Using “Black Lesbian” as a capacious signifier, Mouths of Rain includes writing by Black women who have shared intimate and...

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Becoming Heroines: Unleashing Our Power for Revolution and Rebirth

What if women forgot everything they’d been taught and radically redefined modern leadership? For those who have spent years playing by the rules only to suffer the cost, and who are now ready to transform their world and work, a soulful guide to knowing their power and using it for change at the...

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As If Women Matter: The Essential Gloria Steinem Reader

As if Women Matter is a collection of thought provoking essays on feminism, which brings out the many forms of disgraceful facts that revolve around it. Gloria has done many extensive researches on the subject in a developing country like India and also in the developed countries.

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My Life on the Road

My Life on the Road is the moving, funny, and profound story of Gloria’s growth and also the growth of a revolutionary movement for equality—and the story of how surprising encounters on the road shaped both.

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Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism

A classic work of feminist scholarship, Ain’t I a Woman has become a must-read for all those interested in the nature of black womanhood.

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Feminism Is for Everybody: Passionate Politics

What is feminism? In this short, accessible primer, bell hooks explores the nature of feminism and its positive promise to eliminate sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.

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The Cancer Journals

First published over forty years ago, The Cancer Journals is a startling, powerful account of Audre Lorde's experience with breast cancer and mastectomy.

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Of Woman Born: Motherhood as Experience and Institution

Adrienne Rich’s influential and landmark investigation concerns both the experience and the institution of motherhood. The experience is her own―as a woman, a poet, a feminist, and a mother―but it is an experience determined by the institution, imposed on all women everywhere.

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Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions (Third Edition)

Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions has sold over half a million copies since its original publication in 1983, acclaimed for its witty, warm, and life-changing view of the world, “as if women mattered.

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