Feminism

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
Anti-Racist Feminism Critical Race and Gender Studies Fernwood Publishing	This collection adds to our understanding and critical engagement of how gendered and racially minoritized bodies can and do negotiate their identities and politics across several historical …	Agnes Calliste; George J. Sefa Dei	190	2000	View
Being Heard The Experiences of Young Women in Prostitution Fernwood Publishing	Being Heard examines, from their own perspectives and experiences, the lives of young women sexually exploited through prostitution. Putting their voices in the centre of its analysis, the book …	Jane Runner; Kelly Gorkoff	135	2003	View
Beyond the Periphery of the Skin Rethinking, Remaking, and Reclaiming the Body in Contemporary Capitalism Between The Lines	More than ever, “the body” is today at the center of radical and institutional politics. Feminist, antiracist, trans, ecological movements–all look at the body in its manifold …	Silvia Federici	161	2020	View
Closer Notes from the Orgasmic Frontier of Female Sexuality Coach House Books	We think of the modern woman as sexually liberated –- if anything, we’re told we’re oversexed. Yet a striking number of women are dissatisfied with their sex lives. Over …	Sarah Barmak	169	2016	View
NEW! Decolonize Self-Care Between The Lines	Decolonize Self-Care mounts a sharply critical investigation into contemporary “self-care” practices—particularly those that embrace using mindfulness and other techniques such …	Alyson K. Spurgas; Zoë Meleo-Erwin	284	2023	View
F-Bomb Dispatches from the War on Feminism Goose Lane Editions	From pop icons to working mothers, women are abandoning feminism in unprecedented numbers. Even scarier, they are also leading the charge to send it to its grave. Across North America, women head …	Lauren McKeon	280	2017	View
Feminist City A Field Guide Between The Lines	Leslie Kern wants your city to be feminist. An intrepid feminist geographer, Kern combines memoir, theory, pop culture, and geography in this collection of essays that invites the reader to think …	Leslie Kern	216	2019	View
From Suffragette to Homesteader Exploring British and Canadian Colonial Histories and Women's Politics Through Memoir Fernwood Publishing	From Suffragette to Homesteader opens a unique window into the past. Central to this book is a powerful memoir written in 1952 by Ethel Marie Sentance as an anniversary present for her husband, …	Emily van der Meulen	203		View
Hard to Do The Surprising, Feminist History of Breaking Up Coach House Books	From Jane Austen to Taylor Swift, Hard to Do breaks down the surprising politics of romantic love and its dissolution. Whatever the underlying motives – love, money, or mere masochism …	Kelli Maria Korducki	146	2018	View
Ineligble Single Mothers Under Welfare Surveillance Fernwood Publishing	While the poor have always been monitored and surveilled by the state when seeking financial support, the methods, techniques, and capacity for surveillance within and across government …	Krys Maki	224	2021	View
Insurgent Love Abolition and Domestic Homicide Fernwood Publishing	Domestic homicide is violence that strikes within our most intimate relations. The most common strategy for addressing this kind of transgression relies on policing and prisons. But through …	Ardath Whynacht	161	2021	View
Making Space For Indigenous Feminism Fernwood Publishing	The majority of scholarly and activist opinion by and about Aboriginal women claims that feminism is irrelevant for them. Yet, there is also an articulate, theoretically informed and activist …	Joyce Green	254	2007	View
Motherhood, The Mother of All Sexism A Plea for Parental Equality Baraka Books	Quebec spoils its families, according to some, with those “long” parental leaves—a full year for mothers (Imagine!)—well-subsidized childcare and more. Marilyse Hamelin …	Marilyse Hamelin	180	2018	View
Nerve Lessons on Leadership from Two Women Who Went First ECW Press	Candid and insightful perspectives on the dilemmas and opportunities women confront as they take on leadership positions. Martha Piper and Indira Samarasekera had vastly different career paths on …	Indira Samarasekera; Martha Piper	320	2021	View
No Choice The 30-Year Fight for Abortion on Prince Edward Island Fernwood Publishing	In 1969, Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau passed a law legalizing abortion in Canada. But making abortion legal did not guarantee women access to these services. In many communities around the …	Kate McKenna	124	2018	View
No More Nice Girls Gender, Power, and Why It’s Time to Stop Playing by the Rules House of Anansi Press	A groundbreaking, insightful book about women and power from award-winning journalist Lauren McKeon, which shows how women are disrupting the standard (very male) vision of power, ditching …	Lauren McKeon	384	2020	View