Women & Gender Studies

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Victim No More

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
Victim or Aggressor?

Victim or Aggressor?

Typecasting Muslim Women for their Attire

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Violence against Indigenous Women and Dramatic Subversion

Violence against Indigenous Women and Dramatic Subversion

From: Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada

The first chapter of Indigenous Women’s Theatre in Canada articulates the purpose of the book in light of continued violence against Indigenous women and girls, to demonstrate the links … 29 $2.90 Add
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Volunteers
NEW!

Volunteers

Part 3. Beginning Your Campaign

From: Women Winning Office

In Volunteers Nash explores why people volunteer and the role they play in elections. The chapter explores the motives for volunteering, where to find volunteers, who can be a volunteer, … 9 $0.90 Add
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Wages against Housework

Wages against Housework

1975

From: Revolution at Point Zero

The essays in part 1 of the book explore the theoretical foundations of the politicization of housework. These essays explore the wages against housework movement, the transactional nature of … 8 $0.80 Add
Walking Away from Hate

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
“Walking the Hyphen”

“Walking the Hyphen”

Discourses of Immigration and Gendered Racism

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Wanting a Child versus Human Dignity

Wanting a Child versus Human Dignity

From: Stolen Motherhood

The author critiques the for-profit contract based model of surrogacy and looks at the implications of this model. She touches on concepts of medical ethics, individualism, social infertility, … 22 $2.20 Add
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War, Globalization, and Reproduction

War, Globalization, and Reproduction

2000

From: Revolution at Point Zero

The essays in part 2 of the book explore the patriarchal foundations that the global economy is built on. The essays in this section cover topics including the International Women’s … 9 $0.90 Add
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LGBTQ2S Parenting: Some Milestones

LGBTQ2S Parenting: Some Milestones

From: Any Other Way

A brief timeline of landmark legal decisions and milestones that allowed queer and trans people to claim their sexual identities while maintaining their right to parent. 2 $0.20 Add
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We Have Seen Other Countries and Have Another Culture: Migrant Domestic Workers and the International Production and Circulation of Feminist Knowledge and Organization

We Have Seen Other Countries and Have Another Culture: Migrant Domestic Workers and the International Production and Circulation of Feminist Knowledge and Organization

2016

From: Revolution at Point Zero

The essays in part 3 of the book explore the modern female experience from a variety of perspectives. These include individuals involved in elder care, migrant domestic workers and subsistence farmers. 14 $1.40 Add
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We, Women, are out there, fishing

We, Women, are out there, fishing

From: Changing Tides

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We're Desperate
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We’re Desperate

to breed or not to breed?

From: Bleed

In this chapter, Lindeman examines how reproductive health is impacted by the financially lucrative pharmaceutical industry. She recounts the non-consensual drug trials, mass-sterilizations, and … 44 $4.40 Add
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We're Not Taking Care of Our Mothers

We’re Not Taking Care of Our Mothers

From: Rock Paper Sex, Volume II

This chapter focuses on a woman whose husband has frequented sex workers. She believes that far from being "bored at home," men turn to sex workers because their wives are exhausted … 8 $0.80 Add
We're Talking Vulva!

We’re Talking Vulva!

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We’ve got a long way to go, baby: Confronting the dangerous myth that we’ve made it

We’ve got a long way to go, baby: Confronting the dangerous myth that we’ve made it

From: F-Bomb

In this chapter, the author confronts the dangerous 21st century myth that the push for gender equality has been a success and that the struggle is over. She argues that this is in no way the … 24 $2.40 Add