Women & Gender Studies

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Stampede

Misogyny, White Supremacy and Settler Colonialism

 Kimberly A. Williams wants the annual Calgary Stampede to change its ways. An intrepid feminist scholar with a wry sense of humour, Williams deftly weaves theory, history, pop culture and … 232 View
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Still Hopeful

Lessons from a Lifetime of Activism

 “Canada’s best-known voice of dissent.” — CBC In this timely book, Barlow counters the prevailing atmosphere of pessimism that surrounds us and offers lessons of hope that … 240 View

Stolen Motherhood

Surrogacy and Made-to-Order Children

 Neither marginal nor secret, contracting surrogate mothers is growing rapidly and is regarded as socially progressive. Yet the “process” is vitiated from the get go, i.e., … 194 View

Surrogacy in Canada

Critical Perspectives in Law and Policy

 This book brings together a range of critical perspectives on the governance of surrogacy in Canada. The chapters offer insight into how to address the challenges of regulating surrogacy (in … ; ; 327 View

Take Back the Fight

Organizing Feminism for the Digital Age

 Two decades of neoliberalism have destroyed a structured, pan-regional feminist movement in Canada. As a result, new generations of feminists have come to age without ever seeing the force that … 256 View

The Care We Dream Of

Liberatory & Transformative Approaches to LGBTQ+ Health

 What if you could trust in getting the health care you need in ways that felt good and helped you thrive? What if the health system honoured and valued queer and trans people’s lives, … 352 View

The Dictionary of Homophobia

A Global History of Gay & Lesbian Experience

 Based on the work of seventy researchers in fifteen countries, The Dictionary of Homophobia is a mammoth, encyclopedic book that documents the history of homosexuality, and various … 496 View

The Fourth World

An Indigenous Perspective on Feminism and Aboriginal Women's Activism

 This book is not about feminism. Rather, feminism is the basis of the discussion, an example of how understanding oppression must consider a number of barriers. Euro-Canadian feminists rarely … 103 View

The M Word

Conversations about Motherhood

 A Dropped Threads-style anthology, assembling original and inspiring works by some of Canada’s best younger female writers — such as Heather Birrell, Saleema Nawaz, Susan Olding, … 320 View

The Mean Girl Motive

Negotiating Power and Femininity

 Prior to the 1980s, girls were completely excluded from research on childhood aggression, presumably because their ‘sugar and spice and everything nice’ made them averse to … 96 View

The Seed

Infertility Is a Feminist Issue

 Notes on desire, reproduction, and grief, and how feminism doesn’t support women struggling to have children. In pop culture as much as in policy advocacy, the feminist movement has … 145 View

The Teen Sex Trade

My Story

 Jade Brooks grew up like any other kid — she played with friends, lovingly teased and was teased by her siblings, and excelled at school. It wasn’t until she was removed from her … 200 View

The Time Has Come

Why Men Must Join the Gender Equality Revolution

 In the vein of Tim Wise’s White Like Me and Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In, The Time Has Come —by co-founder of the White Ribbon campaign Michael Kaufman — offers a … 274 View

This is My Real Name

A Stripper's Memoir

 The frank and bracing memoir of a woman who spent ten years as a stripper. This Is My Real Name is the memoir of Cid V Brunet, who spent ten years working as a dancer at strip clubs, using the … 289 View
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Vancouver Vice

Crime and Spectacle in the City's West End

 The late 1970s and early 1980s were a volatile period in the history of Vancouver, where broad social and cultural changes were afoot. This was perhaps most clearly evident in the West End, the … 256 View