Hope In The Dark - Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities by Rebecca Solnit
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Category: society culture gender | Series: Canons Ser.
With Hope in the Dark, Rebecca Solnit makes a radical case for hope as a commitment to act in a world whose future remains uncertain and unknowable. Drawing on her decades of activism and a wide reading of environmental, cultural, and political history, Solnit argued that radicals have a long, neglected ...Show more
Sophie Calle: "Take Care of Yourself" by Sophie Calle
$140.00 AUD
Category: society culture gender
I received an email telling me it was over. I didn't know how to respond. It was as if it wasn't meant for me. It ended with the words: Take Care of Yourself. I took this recommendation literally. I asked a hundred and two women, chosen for their profession, to interpret the letter in their professional ...Show more
Mortals: How the fear of death shaped human society by Rachel Menzies, Ross Menzies
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Category: society culture gender
Human society is shaped by many things, but underlying them all is one fundamental force - our fear of death. This is the ground-breaking theory explored in Mortals.Mortals is a ground-breaking book uncovering the fear of death as the hidden driver of most of our species' endeavours over millennia. The ...Show more
Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths by Natalie Haynes
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Category: society culture gender
'Natalie Haynes is the nation's muse' - Adam Rutherford The Greek myths are among the world's most important cultural building blocks and they have been retold many times, but rarely do they focus on the remarkable women at the heart of these ancient stories.Stories of gods and monsters are the mainstay ...Show more
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women White Feminists Forgot by Mikki Kendall
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Category: society culture gender
'It is absolutely brilliant, I think every woman should read it' PANDORA SYKES, THE HIGH LOW'My wish is that every white woman who calls herself a feminist will read this book in a state of hushed and humble respect ... Essential reading' ELIZABETH GILBERTAll too often the focus of mainstream feminism i ...Show more
Calling Bullshit: The Art of Scepticism in a Data-Driven World by Carl T. Bergstrom, Jevin D. West
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Category: society culture gender
We think we know bullshit when we hear it, but do we? A spotter's guide to bullshit in the wild from two brilliantly contrarian scientists The world is awash in bullshit, and we're drowning in it. Politicians are unconstrained by facts. Science is conducted by press release. Startup culture elevates bul ...Show more
White Feminism by Koa Beck
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Category: society culture gender
A timely and impassioned exploration of how our society has commodified feminism and continues to systemically shut out women of colour. Join the important conversation about race, empowerment, and inclusion with this powerful new feminist classic and rousing call for change. Koa Beck, writer and former ...Show more
Women of a Certain Rage by Liz Byrski
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Category: society culture gender
Selected and introduced by Liz Byrski Contributors- Anne Aly, Nadine Browne, Nandi Chinna, Claire G. Coleman, Carrie Cox, Eva Cox, Sarah Drummond, Carly Findlay, Goldie Goldbloom, Rafeif Ismail, Margot Kingston, Jay Martin, Meg McKinlay, Olivia Muscat, Mihaela Nicolescu, Renee Pettitt-Schipp, Fiona Stan ...Show more
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
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Category: society culture gender | Series: Penguin Modern Classics Ser.
Landmark, groundbreaking, classic -- these adjectives barely describe the earthshaking and long-lasting effects of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique. This is the book that defined "the problem that has no name," that launched the Second Wave of the feminist movement, and has been awakening women and ...Show more
The French Art of Not Trying Too Hard by Ollivier Pourriol; Helen Stevenson (Translator)
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Category: society culture gender
Sick of striving? Giving up on grit? Had enough of hustle culture? Daunted by the 10,000-hour rule? Relax: As the French know, it's the best way to be better at everything. In the realm of love, what could be less seductive than someone who's trying to seduce you? Seduction is the art of succeeding with ...Show more
Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
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Category: society culture gender
'Pink is my favourite colour. I used to say my favourite colour was black to be cool, but it is pink - all shades of pink. If I have an accessory, it is probably pink. I read Vogue, and I'm not doing it ironically, though it might seem that way. I once live-tweeted the September issue.' In these funny a ...Show more
Women Don't Owe You Pretty: The record-breaking best-selling book every woman needs by Florence Given
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Category: society culture gender
Women Don't Owe You Pretty tells you to love sex, hate sexism, protect your goddamn energy, life is short, dump them, and that you owe men nothing, least of all pretty. Florence's debut book explores all progressive corners of the feminist conversation; from insecurity projection and refusing to find co ...Show more