Women & Gender Studies

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Not Having Children

From: Abortion to Abolition

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Reproductive justice includes the right to choose to have children or not, and to parent any children you choose to have in safety. This chapter opens with the case of Dr. Emily Stowe, who is … 32 $3.20 Add
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Not Too Pretty

From: Not Just a Pretty Face

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The detective search begins for chemicals linked to birth defects in shampoo, deodorant, fragrance and hair gel. 22 $2.20 Add
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Oh Bondage, Up Yours!

how the system got its power

From: Bleed

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In this chapter, Lindeman examines how the power imbalance of the doctor-patient relationship and the feminization of "sick role" impact the medical care received by women and those … 38 $3.80 Add
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Part 2 Repatriation

From: No Choice

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Part 1: Baby Stripper

From: This is My Real Name

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Chapter 2 recounts Brunet’s early experiences and the process of learning the unspoken rules of the strip club and strippers. Topics discussed include competition, body image and aesthetics, … 13 $1.30 Add
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Preface

From: Brotherhood to Nationhood

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The Preface by the co-author Doreen Manuel, George Manuel’s daughter, shares her perspectives on her father and the purpose and updates of the new edition. 7 $0.70 Add
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Queer Alchemy

Perverting the Health System, Fighting to Win

From: The Care We Dream Of

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The author describes queer activism and asks if a system is wrong, is it wrong to pervert it? She pledges to leave no one behind and explores what that means for disability justice, with personal … 21 $2.10 Add
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Section Two Legal Challenge/Reform and Resistance Flight

Woman Abuse and the Hague Convention

From: Victim No More

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Selfless Service

Women and Volunteering in Wartime

From: Material Traces of War

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In both world wars, volunteering was arguably the most socially acceptable manner for women to support the war effort. This chapter includes a number of stories of individuals whose contributions … ; ; 54 $5.40 Add
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Setting the Stage: What Does it Mean to be a Woman or a Man?

From: Gendered Intersections

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Settler Colonialism and Intimate Terrorism

From: Insurgent Love

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In this chapter, Whynacht explores the link between systems of colonialism and domestic homicide. She proceeds to argue that the first formations of coercive control relations in the Americas … 25 $2.50 Add
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Shame and silence in health care

From: Bent out of Shape

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Shifting Professional Boundaries: Gender Conflict in Public Health, 1920-1925

From: Caring and Curing

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Conflict and contradictions were inevitable as public health nurses and physicians attempted to work together. 21 $2.31 Add
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Sins Invalid’s Origin Story

From: Crip Kinship

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Topics discussed include crip beauty and sexuality, ableism, historical eugenics, assumptions about disabled folks, intersectionality, medicalization, disability justice, activism through … 14 $1.40 Add
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Surviving My Cousin

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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In this essay, the author writes about his childhood relationship with his close cousin Dee, who was also gay, and Dee’s death of AIDS-related penumonia in 1998. He posits that Dee’s … 15 $1.50 Add
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The Aboriginal Women’s Movement

From: The Fourth World

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