The Feminist Utopia Project: Fifty-Seven Visions of a Wildly Better Future

Fifty Shades of Feminism

Lisa Appignanesi, Rachel Holmes, Susie Orbach · 331 pages

50 years after the publication of 'The Feminine Mystique', have women really exchanged purity and maternity to become desiring machines inspired only by variations of sex, shopping, and masochism - all coloured a brilliant neuro-pink? In this volume, 50 women reflect on the shades that inspired them and what being woman means to them today.

BITCHfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine

Lisa Jervis, Andi Zeisler · 386 pages

Offers an assortment of the most provocative essays, reporting, rants, and raves from Bitch magazine's first ten years, along with new pieces written especially for this collection.

The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities

Ching-In Chen, Jai Dulani, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha · 325 pages

Long demanded and urgently needed, The Revolution Starts at Home: Confronting Intimate Violence Within Activist Communities finally breaks the dangerous silence surrounding the secret” of intimate violence within social justice circles. This watershed collection of stories and strategies tackles the multiple forms of violence encountered right where we live, love, and work for social change and de

We Should All Be Feminists

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie · 64 pages

In this essay -- adapted from her TEDx talk of the same name -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, award-winning author of Americanah, offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century, one rooted in inclusion and awareness. Drawing extensively on her own experiences and her understanding of the often masked realities of sexual politics, here is one remarkable author's exploration

Bad Feminist

Roxane Gay · 360 pages

A collection of essays spanning politics, criticism, and feminism from one of the most-watched young cultural observers of her generation, Roxane Gay. "Pink is my favorite color. I used to say my favorite color 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 l

A Room of One's Own

Virginia Woolf · 129 pages

A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published on 24 October 1929, the essay was based on a series of lectures she delivered at Newnham College and Girton College, two women's colleges at Cambridge University in October 1928. While this extended essay in fact employs a fictional narrator and narrative to explore women both as writers of and characters in fiction, the m

Transforming a Rape Culture

Emilie Buchwald, Pamela R. Fletcher, Martha Roth · 412 pages

Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed: Sixteen Writers on The Decision Not To Have Kids

Meghan Daum · 282 pages

Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black

bell hooks · 189 pages

Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power and A World Without Rape

Jaclyn Friedman, Jessica Valenti · 372 pages

In this groundbreaking new look at rape edited by writer and activist Jaclyn Freidman and ‘Full Frontal Feminism’ and ‘He’s A Stud, She’s A Slut’ author Jessica Valenti, the way we view rape in our culture is finally dismantled and replaced with a genuine understanding and respect for female sexual pleasure. Feminist, political, and activist writers alike will present their ideas for a paradigm sh

Mommy Wars: Stay-at-Home and Career Moms Face Off on Their Choices, Their Lives, Their Families

Leslie Morgan Steiner · 346 pages

With motherhood comes one of the toughest decisions of a woman's life: Stay at home or pursue a career? The dilemma not only divides mothers into hostile, defensive camps but pits individual mothers against themselves. Leslie Morgan Steiner has been there. As an executive at The Washington Post, a writer, and mother of three, she has lived and breathed every side of the "mommy wars." Rather than j

How to Be a Woman

Caitlin Moran · 313 pages

Though they have the vote and the Pill and haven't been burned as witches since 1727, life isn't exactly a stroll down the catwalk for modern women. They are beset by uncertainties and questions: Why are they supposed to get Brazilians? Why do bras hurt? Why the incessant talk about babies? And do men secretly hate them? Caitlin Moran interweaves provocative observations on women's lives with l

Outrageous Acts and Everyday Rebellions

Gloria Steinem · 406 pages

Steinem's most diverse and timeless collection of essays are found here, from the humorous expose "I Was a Playboy Bunny" to the moving tribute to her mother, "Ruth's Song." The satirical and hilarious "If Men Could Menstruate" is alone worth the price of admission.

Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women

Elizabeth Wurtzel · 426 pages

Verhandeling over de stelling dat onafhankelijke, eigenzinnige vrouwen veel boeiender zijn dan brave, volgzame types en dat de maatschappij op hun gedrag veel negatiever reageert dan op vergelijkbaar gedrag van mannen.

Manifesta: Young Women, Feminism, and the Future

Jennifer Baumgardner, Amy Richards · 240 pages

Unspeakable Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution

Laurie Penny · 288 pages

Smart, clear-eyed and irreverent, 'Unspeakable Things' is a fresh look at gender and power in the 21st century which asks difficult questions about dissent and desire, money and masculinity, sexual violence, menial work, mental health, queer politics and the Internet. Journalist and activist Laurie Penny draws on a broad history of feminist thought and her own experience in radical subcultures in

I Call Myself A Feminist: The View from Twenty-Five Women Under Thirty

Victoria Pepe, Rachel Holmes, Amy Annette, Martha Mosse, Alice Stride · 278 pages

Following the success of Fifty Shades of Feminism comes a collection by twenty-five girls and women under thirty. Here are some of the brightest, funniest, bravest young women including: Laura Bates (of Everyday Sexism), Emeli Sande (singer at the 2012 Olympics), Reni Eddo-Lodge (award-winning journalist), Yas Necarti (eighteen-year-old activist against Page 3), Meltem Avcil (campaigner for the en

To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism

Rebecca Walker · 292 pages

Determined to extend the boundaries of feminism to embrace social, political, and economic equality for all humanity, these twenty-one exciting young activists and thinkers recast the concepts of feminism to reflect their own personal experiences and beliefs. Inspired by activist and writer Rebecca Walker, they speak out, challenging many of their assumptions about the women's movement and demand

Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity

Julia Serano · 416 pages

A provocative manifesto, Whipping Girl tells the powerful story of Julia Serano, a transsexual woman whose supremely intelligent writing reflects her diverse background as a lesbian transgender activist and professional biologist. Serano shares her experiences and observations—both pre- and post-transition—to reveal the ways in which fear, suspicion, and dismissiveness toward femininity shape our

Essential Labor: Mothering as Social Change

Angela Garbes · 256 pages

But Some Of Us Are Brave: All the Women Are White, All the Blacks Are Men: Black Women's Studies

Akasha Gloria Hull, Patricia Bell Scott, Barbara Smith · 418 pages

Winner of the Outstanding Women of Colour Award, and the Women Educator's Curriculum Material Award. This ground-breaking collection provides a wealth of materials needed to develop course units on black women, from political theory to literary essays on major writers to work on black women's contributions to the blues. Bibliographies and a collection of syllabi provide readers with essential clas

The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

Melinda Gates · 288 pages

Words of Fire: An Anthology of African-American Feminist Thought

Beverly Guy-Sheftall · 577 pages

An anthology of African American Feminist thought.

Spinster: Making a Life of One's Own

Kate Bolick · 308 pages

"A single woman considers her life, the life of the bold single ladies who have gone before her, and the long arc of slowly changing attitudes towards women"--