Women & Gender Studies

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Being Heard

Being Heard

The Experiences of Young Women in Prostitution

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 … 135 View
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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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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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Between the Boat and the Dock

Between the Boat and the Dock

From: Gender Failure

In this chapter, Coyote discusses the tension between butch and trans male identities and how both communities face a scarcity of representation. 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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Birthing Hope

Birthing Hope

From: Hope Is a Woman's Name

In this chapter, Alh’jooj describes the events following the C-section delivery of twins, Moad and Adan, at a hospital where she had worked as a social worker for Bedouin children. 2 $0.20 Add
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Black Friday…With and Without the Question Mark

Black Friday…With and Without the Question Mark

From: Any Other Way

Alec Butler discusses the significance of her play Black Friday and the role queer representation plays in theatre. 4 $0.40 Add
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Blackness Yes!: Blockorama; Making Black Queer Diasporic Space in Toronto Pride

Blackness Yes!: Blockorama; Making Black Queer Diasporic Space in Toronto Pride

From: Any Other Way

Lord and Zuberi reflect on the Black queer diasporic space, Blockorama. ; 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