Women & Gender Studies

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Victim No More

Women's Resistance to Law, Culture and Power

This book challenges the idea that women are simply victims. It celebrates women’s resistance. It explores the moments beyond victimization. It argues that women do not stay crushed and … ; 224 View

Walking Away from Hate

Our Journey through Extremism

As a troubled teen, Lauren Manning sought refuge online in the angry world of black metal music. When she met a recruiter who offered her the acceptance she craved, the doctrine of white … ; 240 View
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What’s Up With White Women

Unpacking Sexism and White Privilege in Pursuit of Racial Justice

What’s Up with White Women? is a practical guide for white women who are interested in becoming more effective in their cross-cultural, anti-racist practices. Blending real-life stories, … ; 274 View

White Femininity

Race, Gender & Power

This book contributes to the emerging field of white studies – an examination of the notion that whiteness is not an invisible category, but is itself a category of race. Looking at … 144 View

Witches, Witch-Hunting, and Women

We are witnessing a new surge of interpersonal and institutional violence against women, including new witch hunts, which have occurred alongside an expansion of capitalist social relations. In … 121 View

Women and Work

Feminism, Labour, and Social Reproduction

With #MeToo dominating headlines and an unprecedented number of women running for office, the fight for women’s equality has perhaps never been higher on the political agenda. Around … 192 View
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Women Winning Office

An Activist's Guide to Getting Elected

When Peggy Nash first decided to run for elected office, she had no idea where to start, who to contact, or what the rules were. For those who are underrepresented in political life, politics can … 282 View

Working for the Common Good

Canadian Women Politicians

In Working for the Common Good, Madelyn Holmes details the political policy work of eight social democratic Canadian women and highlights their largely unrecognized struggles and accomplishments. 182 View

You Only Live Twice

Sex, Death and Transition

YOLT explores two artists’ lives before and after transitions: from female to male, and from near-dead to alive. The unspoken promise was that in our second life we would become the question to … ; 153 View
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“Just a Simple Story, Simply Told”

From: From Suffragette to Homesteader

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A Memoir in Context 10 $1.00 Add
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A Reparative Manifesto

From: Conflict Is Not Abuse

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A brief introduction about events in recent history and nature of Abuse. The author talks about Normative Conflict and Resistance, and how reasonable stances of difference can be misrepresented … 22 $0.44 Add
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Acknowledgements

From: Women and Work

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Author’s acknowledgements. 2 $0.20 Add
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Acknowledgements

From: Feminist City

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Kern’s acknowledgements 2 $0.20 Add
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Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

An Introduction

From: Between Certain Death and a Possible Future

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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 Abortion

From: Abortion to Abolition

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This chapter introduces the history of and context surrounding abortion in Canada as well as explores how prison abolition is connected to reproductive justice. The author talks about her own … 10 $1.00 Add
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Chapters 1-20

From: Double Pregnant

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