Women & Gender Studies

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Being the Best You
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Being the Best You

Part 5. Campaigning

From: Women Winning Office

In Being the Best You Nash provides her own advice to any candidate running for elected office, which is to be true to yourself but be the best you possible. She does this by exploring topics … 7 $0.70 Add
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Belonging

Belonging

From: The Teen Sex Trade

A black woman from Nova Scotia recounts how her relationship with her boyfriend when she was 16 became an obsession leading her mother to kick her out of the house. 15 $1.50 Add
Bent out of Shape

Bent out of Shape

Shame, Solidarity, and Women's Bodies at Work

Award-winning ergonomist Karen Messing is talking with women—women who wire circuit boards, sew clothes, clean toilets, drive forklifts, care for children, serve food, run labs. What she … 276 View
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Best-before date

Best-before date

PART 3: LIFE AFTER LEADING: THE NERVE TO REDEFINE YOURSELF

From: Nerve

The authors discuss the ending of a leadership position. They provide insight on their own experiences with selecting a successor, remaining focused through transitions, and how women can leave a … ; 10 $1.00 Add
Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

Queer Writing on Growing Up with the AIDS Crisis

Between Certain Death and a Possible Future: Queer Writing on Growing up with the AIDS Crisis offers crucial stories from this missing generation in AIDS literature and cultural politics. This … 368 View
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Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

An Introduction

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

The editor of the collection frames introduces the volume by exploring his youthful feelings about his sexuality, and the onset of the AIDS epidemic. 6 $0.60 Add
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Beyond Gender: Race, Realness, and What Counts as Drag
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Beyond Gender: Race, Realness, and What Counts as Drag

From: Decolonize Drag

Khubchandani examines drag in the context of race, ethnicity, location, class, and physical abilities. This chapter discusses the ballroom scene, the concept of "realness" in regards to … 28 $2.80 Add
Beyond the Fragments

Beyond the Fragments

Feminism and the Making of Socialism

Inspired by the activism of the 1970s that surrounded the triumph of the right under Margaret Thatcher in U.K., Beyond the Fragments was written to create stronger bonds of solidarity in a new … ; ; 324 View
Beyond the Periphery of the Skin

Beyond the Periphery of the Skin

Rethinking, Remaking, and Reclaiming the Body in Contemporary Capitalism

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 … 161 View
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Theatre as Settlement: Buddies in Bad Times

Theatre as Settlement: Buddies in Bad Times

From: Any Other Way

Sky Gillbert recalls his search for a space for his theatre company. 3 $0.30 Add
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Blazing the Trail

Blazing the Trail

From: Gay Marriage

Provides a time-line of the fight for Marriage eqality in Canada from the 1970s through to the passing of Bill C-23 in 2000 which recognized same-sex common-law unions ; ; ; 27 $2.70 Add
Bleed
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Bleed

Destroying Myths and Misogyny in Endometriosis Care

Journalist Tracey Lindeman knows it all too well. Decades of suffering from endometriosis propelled the creation of BLEED — part memoir, part investigative journalism, and all … 322 View
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Born or bred to lead?

Born or bred to lead?

PART 1: DEVELOPING THE NERVE TO LEAD

From: Nerve

The authors discuss how their childhoods influenced their journey to becoming leaders. They encourage readers to consider their own upbringing and the experiences that may have prepared them for … ; 15 $1.50 Add
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Borrowed Wisdom

Borrowed Wisdom

Using Lessons from Queer History and Community in Suicide Intervention

From: The Care We Dream Of

Drawing on twenty years doing suicide intervention in her communities, and five years teaching about it, the author outlines six lessons she hopes can guide the reader when supporting someone who … 9 $0.90 Add
Bread Rising

Bread Rising

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Breaking Bounds

Breaking Bounds

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