Women
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From  PART 2 – Dominating the Canadian Cotton IndustryFrom: Through the Mill |
This chapter explores the cotton textile industry’s evolution after the first world war, and specifically women’s experiences during this period. It covers the experiences of families … | Gail Cuthbert Brandt | 47 | 2018 | $4.70 Add |
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From  NEW! Part Two: Section IIBreaking the Frontier between Home and Street, Unwaged and Waged |
This reading consists of the following essays: Strike for a Millennium which Values all Women’s Work and all Women’s Lives: A Call to Action [2000] – The Impact of the IMF … | Alissa Trotz; Andaiye | 40 | 2020 | $4.00 Add |
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From  There is No Such Thing as a Fifteen-Year-Old ProstituteFrom: Rock Paper Sex |
The firsthand account of the experiences of a young abuse victim named Emily. She relays her experiences with sex slavery and the challenges that young women face trying to get justice in the … | Keri Cull | 7 | 2017 | $0.70 Add |
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From I Feel Like Mrs. AnybodyFrom: Rock Paper Sex |
The firsthand account of a strip dancer in St. John’s named Brook. A discussion about sex work in the context of body confidence, romantic relationships, maintaining a work-life balance and … | Keri Cull | 8 | 2017 | $0.80 Add |
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From PART 2 – New Technologies, Old ProblemsWorking Conditions and Wages From: Through the Mill |
This chapter explores the working conditions and wages throughout the 20th century for workers in the Quebec cotton textile industry. It looks at child labour, hours, working conditions, wages, … | Gail Cuthbert Brandt | 51 | 2018 | $5.10 Add |
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From NEW! Part Three: Section IMy Breast and Yours, and the Inequalities of Power |
This reading consists of the following essays: The War on Cancer as Seen by an Embattled Survivor [2017/2018] – Sister Survivor: For Audre Lorde [1992] | Alissa Trotz; Andaiye | 15 | 2020 | $1.50 Add |
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From  Revolution Begins at Home: Rethinking Marx, Reproduction, and the Class StruggleFrom: Patriarchy of the Wage |
This essay’s argument is divided in four parts. Part 1 examines the evidence and reasons for Marx’s undertheorization of “reproduction,” focusing on his reductive concept … | Silvia Federici | 20 | 2021 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Same, different, or understudied?From: Bent out of Shape |
- | Karen Messing | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
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From  Sharing Parental Leave– A Radical Step? |
Quebec is a trailblazer in North America when it comes to paternity leave, borrowing from a tried-and-true template popular in Scandinavian nations; however, fathers in Quebec are more hesitant … | Marilyse Hamelin | 30 | 2018 | $3.00 Add |
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From  NEW! Social Democracy in a Neo-Liberal EraFrom: Class Action |
In Social Democracy in a Neo-liberal Era Hanson explores how conditions changed, or failed to change, after the election of Ontario’s first NDP premier. The chapter discusses topics such … | Andy Hanson | 20 | 2021 | $2.00 Add |
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From  The WallReflections on a Workshop Methodology |
Chapter Five is a retrospective on The Wall methodology by Bev Burke and Suzanne Doerge, long-time social-movement eduators who created the methodology to empower women to take action on … | Bev Burke; Suzanne Doerge | 19 | 2019 | $1.90 Add |
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From Are Generation Y/Millennial Parents More Equal? |
This chapter looks at current gender roles and divisions of domestic/parental labour and asks whether we are on a good path towards equality. The author tries to get to the root of inequality for … | Marilyse Hamelin | 12 | 2018 | $1.20 Add |
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From Make it Clean Through Creative WorkFrom: Rock Paper Sex |
The firsthand account of a sex worker in St. John’s named Megan. An account of a sex worker’s professional practices as well as a discussion about the potential positive impact that … | Keri Cull | 5 | 2017 | $0.50 Add |
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From PART 2 – Struggling for Change in a Man’s WorldFrom: Through the Mill |
This chapter explores evolutions in the labour movement and the involvement and experiences of women in this movement throughout the 20th century. It looks at the experiences of working class … | Gail Cuthbert Brandt | 62 | 2018 | $6.20 Add |
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From NEW! Part Three: Section IIWomen and Depression: Auto/biographies |
This reading consists of the following essays: Asylum: Diary of the Last Seven Days in a Women’s Psychiatric Ward [c.1973] – M: A Daughter’s Tale [c.1982] | Alissa Trotz; Andaiye | 10 | 2020 | $1.00 Add |
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From Re-engineering women’s workFrom: Bent out of Shape |
- | Karen Messing | 15 | 2021 | $1.50 Add |
