Women & Gender Studies

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One at the top, five million at the bottom: How we sold ourselves the equal opportunity lie and grew the violent push to keep women out of the workforce

One at the top, five million at the bottom: How we sold ourselves the equal opportunity lie and grew the violent push to keep women out of the workforce

From: F-Bomb

This chapter discusses the ways in which workplaces remain far from equal into the 21st century. 27 $2.70 Add
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One Piece of Advice
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One Piece of Advice

Part 7. Afterwords

From: Women Winning Office

In One Piece of Advice as the books conclusion Nash shares advice from some progressive activists and elected officials who have inspired her and this book. This includes people such as Dr. Jill … 9 $0.90 Add
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Open 24 Hours

Open 24 Hours

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

In this essay, the author describes the importance of adult bookstores in his sexual awakening, and his relationship with, and marriage to, an HIV positive man. 8 $0.80 Add
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Open Up and Bleed
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Open Up and Bleed

the mental dimensions of pain

From: Bleed

Lindeman explores the correlation between psychological distress and physical pain, and how this manifests for people who suffer from endometriosis, PCOS, and other pelvic disorders. She … 17 $1.70 Add
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Organizations that Can Help

Organizations that Can Help

From: Walking Away from Hate

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Origins and Development of Sexual Work in the United States and Britain

Origins and Development of Sexual Work in the United States and Britain

From: Beyond the Periphery of the Skin

In this chapter, feminist scholar Silvia Federici explores sexual work as a component of capitalism. She suggests that capitalist systems seek to establish sex and reproduction as a utilitarian … 17 $1.70 Add
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Origins and Development of Sexual Work in the United States and Britain

Origins and Development of Sexual Work in the United States and Britain

From: Patriarchy of the Wage

This chapter focuses on sexual work; it discusses history, sexuality, class, and gender/labour politics. 16 $1.60 Add
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Oscar Wilde's Type (in Toronto)

Oscar Wilde’s Type (in Toronto)

From: Any Other Way

An excerpt from Of Toronto the Good: a Social Study: The Queen City of Canada as It Is , 1898. 1 $0.10 Add
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Cry

Cry

From: Any Other Way

A poem from Michael Lynch’s collection These Waves of Dying Friends 1 $0.10 Add
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Our Rights Get Stripped Away

Our Rights Get Stripped Away

From: Rock Paper Sex, Volume II

In this chapter, Cull interviews a woman who entered the sex trade as an escape from a violent relationship. She feels that sex work saved her life, and feels that the laws governing sex work … 9 $0.90 Add
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From St. Helens Avenue to Dewson Street

From St. Helens Avenue to Dewson Street

From: Any Other Way

Makeda Silvera recalls how she found community and acceptance on Dewson Street 3 $0.30 Add
Out on Main Street

Out on Main Street

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Outcomes and Origins of HTP

Outcomes and Origins of HTP

From: Get That Freak

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Ownership

Ownership

From: The Teen Sex Trade

A black Nova Scotian woman recounts how at 17 she was hit by her boyfriend and against the advice of others stayed with him. To prove her love for him he makes her have sex with his friend. 20 $2.00 Add
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Panhandling Bylaws and the Safe Streets Act

Panhandling Bylaws and the Safe Streets Act

The Return of Vagrancy Law

From: Cops, Crime and Capitalism

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Paper Darts

Paper Darts

Part 2: Statues of Lions

From: This is My Real Name

Chapter 4 begins with Brunet’s travel to Sarnia, Ontario and the experience of stripping there. Topics discussed include friendships, rules, and different clubs. 13 $1.30 Add