Women’s Studies

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“a quick read, an often sarcastic and easily relatable tome for anyone who appreciates a woman with cojones.”

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Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity is a collection of essays by Julia Serano originally released in 2007.

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“For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.”

—Rudyard Kipling, from the poem “The Female of the Species.”

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“An interesting aspect raised in the book is the role that adoption agencies . . . play in placing children.

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“Dr. Gunter provides girls and women with a sound, well-researched discourse on what they need to know about their bodies as well as what to demand of doctors.”

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“Southon tells the story of the Roman Republic and Empire from beginning to end ‘as told through women.’ The author’s history is that of a ‘bigger, richer—a more realistic empire.’”

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“If she had not chased those bright Medusas, 20th century American literature would have not had one of its most beautiful voices.”

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“it is the vividness and frankness of her personal recollections that helps to lift this book above the usual run of self-help books on women’s empowerment.”

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"Winnington has done an impressive amount of research and uses Lily's own writing to vivid effect."

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"Ashes and Stones is an adventure in the form of a tour of the places and people the author encountered in a search for the stories of Scotland’s people condemned as witches.”

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“for all its limitations NOW has transformed thinking on feminism and sexism in America.”

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“Farley translates medical case studies, interviews, and other records into dynamic prose, weaving a fluid and immersive story of the sisters' lives and experiences.”

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“Faderman’s engaging style defies the fear of this being a dense, obtuse, textbook. It isn’t.

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“The book runs the gamut from amusing to sad, with a bit of frustration and eye-rolling thrown in for good measure. . . .

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If the place of art is to ask difficult questions, not to provide easy answers, then Monsters: A Fan’s Dilemma is art, as much as it is about art.

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Bagby’s immaculate research, coupled with her keen sense for real-life character development and dramatic arcs, makes for a fascinating and surprisingly quick read on a fo

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“A book for our times with the current focus on social justice . . . a magnificent portrait of a political life lived with passion and integrity.”

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In her often witty and trenchant publication calling for revolution through female alliance, legal expert Diane L.

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New Women of Empire is never less than a fascinating read, and many of these chapter case studies could well be expanded for fuller publication.”

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Unshaved: Resistance and Revolution in Women’s Body Hair Politics deals with compliance with cultural norms of body hair removal—largely on the basis of data from American women— and the e

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Miranda Seymour has produced a detailed and exhaustive account of the life of novelist Jean Rhys on the basis of her short stories, novels, and an unfinished autobiography, Smile Please, w

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“Part memoir, part cultural critique, part manifesto, Hysterical is a tour de force, a powerful response and critique of the subjugation of girls and women across all aspects of ou

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“Horowitz has pieced together a fascinating story of a woman who ‘lied all her life’ and died in 1954 at the age of 86 in a Hove nursing home, taking her secrets with her.”

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The investment giant Goldman Sachs continues to make headlines by insisting all its workers report back into the office five days a week.

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