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Books like Holding It Together

Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
by Kristen R. Ghodsee • 2018
East German women had more orgasms. The reason: they didn't need men's money.
3.98
8k+
🧮 Feminist Economics🔗 Political Economy🏠 Unpaid Care Work💰 Gender Wage Gap🏛️ Welfare State
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism Summary
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism 96%
East German women had more orgasms. The reason: they didn't need men's money.
by Kristen R. Ghodsee 2018
3.98
8k+ ratings
🧮 Feminist Economics🔗 Political Economy🏠 Unpaid Care Work💰 Gender Wage Gap🏛️ Welfare State
Essential Labor
by Angela Garbes • 2022
The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.
3.79
3k+
🧹 Care Work🤝 Intersectional Feminism✊ Anti-Capitalist Feminism⚖️ Reproductive Justice♿ Disability Justice
Essential Labor Summary
Essential Labor 96%
The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.
by Angela Garbes 2022
3.79
3k+ ratings
🧹 Care Work🤝 Intersectional Feminism✊ Anti-Capitalist Feminism⚖️ Reproductive Justice♿ Disability Justice
Labours of Love
by Madeleine Bunting • 2020
The work that sustains us from birth to death has been deliberately erased from economic view.
4.07
160
🏥 Care Work🔄 Social Reproduction🎭 Emotional Labor📉 Feminist Economics🤝 Ethics Of Care
Labours of Love Summary
Labours of Love 96%
The work that sustains us from birth to death has been deliberately erased from economic view.
by Madeleine Bunting 2020
4.07
160 ratings
🏥 Care Work🔄 Social Reproduction🎭 Emotional Labor📉 Feminist Economics🤝 Ethics Of Care
Unfinished Business
by Anne-Marie Slaughter • 2015
Closing the gender gap means changing work, not women: revaluing care and rewriting the rules.
3.91
3k+
🏢 Workplace Equality🧱 Care Infrastructure🔄 Career Reentry🏠 Flexible Work💼 Working Mothers
Unfinished Business Summary
Unfinished Business 96%
Closing the gender gap means changing work, not women: revaluing care and rewriting the rules.
by Anne-Marie Slaughter 2015
3.91
3k+ ratings
🏢 Workplace Equality🧱 Care Infrastructure🔄 Career Reentry🏠 Flexible Work💼 Working Mothers
Pay Up
by Reshma Saujani • 2022
The workplace broke mothers, and the pandemic proved it. Nine fixes employers refuse to make.
3.59
970
👩‍💼 Working Mothers⚖️ Workplace Equity💰 Unpaid Labor🍼 Intensive Parenting🔥 Burnout Culture
Pay Up Summary
Pay Up 96%
The workplace broke mothers, and the pandemic proved it. Nine fixes employers refuse to make.
by Reshma Saujani 2022
3.59
970 ratings
👩‍💼 Working Mothers⚖️ Workplace Equity💰 Unpaid Labor🍼 Intensive Parenting🔥 Burnout Culture
Ambitious Like a Mother
by Lara Bazelon • 2022
Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.
3.58
164
👩‍💼 Working Motherhood💪 Female Ambition🍼 Intensive Mothering⚖️ Gender Double Standards💰 Financial Independence
Ambitious Like a Mother Summary
Ambitious Like a Mother 96%
Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.
by Lara Bazelon 2022
3.58
164 ratings
👩‍💼 Working Motherhood💪 Female Ambition🍼 Intensive Mothering⚖️ Gender Double Standards💰 Financial Independence
The Wife Drought
by Annabel Crabb • 2014
We've spent decades getting women into the workplace. The harder project is getting men out.
4.15
4k+
🏠 Domestic Labor Inequality🍞 Breadwinner Homemaker Divide👻 Invisible Labor👩‍👧 Working Mothers📊 Feminist Economics
The Wife Drought Summary
The Wife Drought 95%
We've spent decades getting women into the workplace. The harder project is getting men out.
by Annabel Crabb 2014
4.15
4k+ ratings
🏠 Domestic Labor Inequality🍞 Breadwinner Homemaker Divide👻 Invisible Labor👩‍👧 Working Mothers📊 Feminist Economics
The New Feminist Agenda
by Madeleine Kunin • 2012
Most rich nations mandate paid family leave. The US does not. A former governor on why.
3.76
119
🏛️ Work-Family Policy🇩🇰 Nordic Social Model🧒 Child Poverty💰 Gender Wage Gap👩‍👧 Working Mothers
The New Feminist Agenda Summary
The New Feminist Agenda 95%
Most rich nations mandate paid family leave. The US does not. A former governor on why.
by Madeleine Kunin 2012
3.76
119 ratings
🏛️ Work-Family Policy🇩🇰 Nordic Social Model🧒 Child Poverty💰 Gender Wage Gap👩‍👧 Working Mothers
Mother of Invention
by Katrine Marçal • 2020
From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?
3.90
2k+
💰 Feminist Economics⚙️ History Of Technology💡 Gender And Innovation🕵️‍♀️ Hidden Women In History🤲 Care Work
Mother of Invention Summary
Mother of Invention 95%
From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?
by Katrine Marçal 2020
3.90
2k+ ratings
💰 Feminist Economics⚙️ History Of Technology💡 Gender And Innovation🕵️‍♀️ Hidden Women In History🤲 Care Work
Feminism for the 99%
by Cinzia Arruzza • 2019
Mainstream feminism wants more women at the top. Anticapitalist feminism wants no top at all.
4.01
8k+
✊ Anticapitalist Feminism🧹 Social Reproduction🩺 Crisis Of Care💼 Liberal Feminism Critique🌍 Anti-Imperialist Politics
Feminism for the 99% Summary
Feminism for the 99% 95%
Mainstream feminism wants more women at the top. Anticapitalist feminism wants no top at all.
by Cinzia Arruzza 2019
4.01
8k+ ratings
✊ Anticapitalist Feminism🧹 Social Reproduction🩺 Crisis Of Care💼 Liberal Feminism Critique🌍 Anti-Imperialist Politics
Screaming on the Inside
by Jessica Grose • 2022
Centuries of impossible ideals set the trap. The pandemic sprang it, and the exit is ambivalence.
3.47
5k+
🧩 Modern Motherhood😶 Maternal Ambivalence📱 Momfluencer Culture💼 Motherhood Penalty📜 History Of Motherhood
Screaming on the Inside Summary
Screaming on the Inside 95%
Centuries of impossible ideals set the trap. The pandemic sprang it, and the exit is ambivalence.
by Jessica Grose 2022
3.47
5k+ ratings
🧩 Modern Motherhood😶 Maternal Ambivalence📱 Momfluencer Culture💼 Motherhood Penalty📜 History Of Motherhood
Touched Out
by Amanda Montei • 2023
From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.
4.18
425
👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood✊ Feminist Critique🫂 Care Work✋ Bodily Autonomy🛑 Consent And Boundaries
Touched Out Summary
Touched Out 95%
From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.
by Amanda Montei 2023
4.18
425 ratings
👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood✊ Feminist Critique🫂 Care Work✋ Bodily Autonomy🛑 Consent And Boundaries
Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It
by Annabelle Williams • 2021
No single policy fixes it: the interlocking traps that keep women poorer across their entire lives.
4.17
535
📊 Gender Economics💸 Gender Pay Gap🏢 Workplace Bias📖 Financial Literacy🧹 Unpaid Care Work
Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It Summary
Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It 94%
No single policy fixes it: the interlocking traps that keep women poorer across their entire lives.
by Annabelle Williams 2021
4.17
535 ratings
📊 Gender Economics💸 Gender Pay Gap🏢 Workplace Bias📖 Financial Literacy🧹 Unpaid Care Work
The Moment of Lift
by Melinda French Gates • 2019
Empowering women does more to end poverty and disease than any technology.
4.27
65k+
🌍 Global Development📈 Feminist Economics👶 Family Planning🎓 Girls' Education🏠 Unpaid Care Work
The Moment of Lift Summary
The Moment of Lift 94%
Empowering women does more to end poverty and disease than any technology.
by Melinda French Gates 2019
4.27
65k+ ratings
🌍 Global Development📈 Feminist Economics👶 Family Planning🎓 Girls' Education🏠 Unpaid Care Work
Invisible Women
by Caroline Criado Pérez • 2019
Crash dummies are male. Drug trials skip women. GDP ignores unpaid care. The pattern runs deep.
4.34
173k+
📊 Data Journalism🔧 Inclusive Design💰 Feminist Economics🏠 Unpaid Care Work🏥 Medical Gender Bias
Invisible Women Summary
Invisible Women 94%
Crash dummies are male. Drug trials skip women. GDP ignores unpaid care. The pattern runs deep.
by Caroline Criado Pérez 2019
4.34
173k+ ratings
📊 Data Journalism🔧 Inclusive Design💰 Feminist Economics🏠 Unpaid Care Work🏥 Medical Gender Bias
Work Won't Love You Back
by Sarah Jaffe • 2021
From unpaid interns to burned-out coders, one ideology fuels it all: devotion to the job.
3.94
5k+
✊ Labor Organizing🧡 Passion Economy🎭 Emotional Labor🔥 Burnout Culture📝 Unpaid Internships
Work Won't Love You Back Summary
Work Won't Love You Back 94%
From unpaid interns to burned-out coders, one ideology fuels it all: devotion to the job.
by Sarah Jaffe 2021
3.94
5k+ ratings
✊ Labor Organizing🧡 Passion Economy🎭 Emotional Labor🔥 Burnout Culture📝 Unpaid Internships
Where We Stand
by bell hooks • 2000
Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.
4.24
3k+
🤝 Intersectional Feminism🏛️ Class Analysis✊🏾 Black Feminism💸 Poverty In America🏚️ Housing Discrimination
Where We Stand Summary
Where We Stand 94%
Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.
by bell hooks 2000
4.24
3k+ ratings
🤝 Intersectional Feminism🏛️ Class Analysis✊🏾 Black Feminism💸 Poverty In America🏚️ Housing Discrimination
White Feminism
by Koa Beck • 2021
Individual success or collective liberation: the choice mainstream feminism keeps getting wrong.
4.24
2k+
🕰️ Feminist History📢 Mainstream Feminism🧩 Intersectionality💼 Corporate Feminism🏗️ Movement Building
White Feminism Summary
White Feminism 94%
Individual success or collective liberation: the choice mainstream feminism keeps getting wrong.
by Koa Beck 2021
4.24
2k+ ratings
🕰️ Feminist History📢 Mainstream Feminism🧩 Intersectionality💼 Corporate Feminism🏗️ Movement Building
Maid
by Stephanie Land • 2019
A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.
3.86
114k+
💰 Working Poor🧹 Domestic Labor🌫️ Invisible Labor🏷️ Poverty Stigma📋 Welfare System
Maid Summary
Maid 93%
A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.
by Stephanie Land 2019
3.86
114k+ ratings
💰 Working Poor🧹 Domestic Labor🌫️ Invisible Labor🏷️ Poverty Stigma📋 Welfare System
Already Toast
by Kate Washington • 2021
Her husband's cancer made her an unpaid nurse. The system was counting on it.
3.92
666
🏥 Medical Memoir🔥 Caregiver Burnout👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving👩 Gendered Care Work🏛️ Healthcare Critique
Already Toast Summary
Already Toast 93%
Her husband's cancer made her an unpaid nurse. The system was counting on it.
by Kate Washington 2021
3.92
666 ratings
🏥 Medical Memoir🔥 Caregiver Burnout👨‍👩‍👧 Family Caregiving👩 Gendered Care Work🏛️ Healthcare Critique
The Most Important Job In The World
by Gina Rushton • 2022
The hardest question about having children isn't whether you're ready. It's whether the world is.
4.08
988
❓ Choosing Parenthood⚖️ Reproductive Justice🌍 Climate Anxiety💭 Emotional Labor🧬 Generational Trauma
The Most Important Job In The World Summary
The Most Important Job In The World 93%
The hardest question about having children isn't whether you're ready. It's whether the world is.
by Gina Rushton 2022
4.08
988 ratings
❓ Choosing Parenthood⚖️ Reproductive Justice🌍 Climate Anxiety💭 Emotional Labor🧬 Generational Trauma
Overwhelmed
by Brigid Schulte • 2014
The overwhelmed life is a structural trap, not a personal failure: three myths keep you frantic.
3.83
8k+
🧘 Work-Life Balance👩‍👧 Working Mothers🌿 Leisure And Rest⏰ Overwork Culture🍼 Intensive Parenting
Overwhelmed Summary
Overwhelmed 93%
The overwhelmed life is a structural trap, not a personal failure: three myths keep you frantic.
by Brigid Schulte 2014
3.83
8k+ ratings
🧘 Work-Life Balance👩‍👧 Working Mothers🌿 Leisure And Rest⏰ Overwork Culture🍼 Intensive Parenting
Fed Up
by Gemma Hartley • 2018
Noticing, planning, soothing: invisible work women are raised for and men are trained to ignore.
3.72
4k+
🧹 Domestic Labor⚖️ Marriage Equality✊ Feminist Self-Help🚧 Boundary Setting📣 Modern Feminism
Fed Up Summary
Fed Up 93%
Noticing, planning, soothing: invisible work women are raised for and men are trained to ignore.
by Gemma Hartley 2018
3.72
4k+ ratings
🧹 Domestic Labor⚖️ Marriage Equality✊ Feminist Self-Help🚧 Boundary Setting📣 Modern Feminism
Full Frontal Feminism
by Jessica Valenti • 2007
Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.
3.86
8k+
✊ Third-Wave Feminism📚 Feminist 101🛑 Rape Culture🪞 Body Image⚖️ Reproductive Justice
Full Frontal Feminism Summary
Full Frontal Feminism 93%
Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.
by Jessica Valenti 2007
3.86
8k+ ratings
✊ Third-Wave Feminism📚 Feminist 101🛑 Rape Culture🪞 Body Image⚖️ Reproductive Justice
An Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique
by Elizabeth Whitaker • 2017
A 15-year reunion questionnaire exposed the misery no one was talking about, and a revolution began.
3.49
43
✊ Second Wave Feminism📖 Feminist Theory🎓 Womens Studies⚧️ Gender Roles🏠 Domestic Ideology
An Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique Summary
An Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique 93%
A 15-year reunion questionnaire exposed the misery no one was talking about, and a revolution began.
by Elizabeth Whitaker 2017
3.49
43 ratings
✊ Second Wave Feminism📖 Feminist Theory🎓 Womens Studies⚧️ Gender Roles🏠 Domestic Ideology
Sex Matters
by Mona Charen • 2018
Feminism won, yet women's happiness declined for fifty years. The data explains why.
3.71
331
🔍 Feminism Critique🧬 Sex Differences🧠 Evolutionary Psychology💍 Marriage Defense🍸 Hookup Culture
Sex Matters Summary
Sex Matters 93%
Feminism won, yet women's happiness declined for fifty years. The data explains why.
by Mona Charen 2018
3.71
331 ratings
🔍 Feminism Critique🧬 Sex Differences🧠 Evolutionary Psychology💍 Marriage Defense🍸 Hookup Culture
Feminism Is for Everybody
by bell hooks • 2000
Feminism is about ending sexism, not fighting men. A primer that opens the door to everyone.
4.16
29k+
🤝 Intersectional Feminism🗣️ Consciousness Raising🩺 Reproductive Rights💄 Beauty Standards👶 Feminist Parenting
Feminism Is for Everybody Summary
Feminism Is for Everybody 93%
Feminism is about ending sexism, not fighting men. A primer that opens the door to everyone.
by bell hooks 2000
4.16
29k+ ratings
🤝 Intersectional Feminism🗣️ Consciousness Raising🩺 Reproductive Rights💄 Beauty Standards👶 Feminist Parenting
The Nordic Theory of Everything
by Anu Partanen • 2016
What Americans call socialist actually produces the world's most self-sufficient individuals.
3.86
9k+
🏔️ Nordic Model🏛️ Welfare State🌹 Social Democracy📊 Comparative Politics🏥 Universal Healthcare
The Nordic Theory of Everything Summary
The Nordic Theory of Everything 93%
What Americans call socialist actually produces the world's most self-sufficient individuals.
by Anu Partanen 2016
3.86
9k+ ratings
🏔️ Nordic Model🏛️ Welfare State🌹 Social Democracy📊 Comparative Politics🏥 Universal Healthcare
What We Owe Each Other
by Minouche Shafik • 2021
The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.
3.85
1k+
🏛️ Social Policy📉 Economic Inequality👷 Labor Markets🎓 Education Reform👶 Early Childhood
What We Owe Each Other Summary
What We Owe Each Other 93%
The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.
by Minouche Shafik 2021
3.85
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Social Policy📉 Economic Inequality👷 Labor Markets🎓 Education Reform👶 Early Childhood
Women, Race, & Class
by Angela Y. Davis • 1981
From abolition to abortion, the women's movement has a race problem it has never solved.
4.59
35k+
🖤 Black Feminism🧩 Intersectionality🏥 Reproductive Justice🏠 Domestic Labor🌱 Abolitionist Roots
Women, Race, & Class Summary
Women, Race, & Class 93%
From abolition to abortion, the women's movement has a race problem it has never solved.
by Angela Y. Davis 1981
4.59
35k+ ratings
🖤 Black Feminism🧩 Intersectionality🏥 Reproductive Justice🏠 Domestic Labor🌱 Abolitionist Roots
Kids These Days
by Malcolm Harris • 2017
Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.
3.77
2k+
👥 Generational Economics💼 Human Capital Theory💸 Student Debt Crisis🔧 Precarious Labor🏛️ Neoliberal Critique
Kids These Days Summary
Kids These Days 93%
Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.
by Malcolm Harris 2017
3.77
2k+ ratings
👥 Generational Economics💼 Human Capital Theory💸 Student Debt Crisis🔧 Precarious Labor🏛️ Neoliberal Critique
A World Without Men
by Aaron Clarey • 2023
Civilization runs on male labor. Remove it, and the grid fails, food stops, GDP drops by a fifth.
4.08
121
📊 Labor Economics👷 Gender And Work📉 Male Labor Force🔧 Skilled Trades⚡ Infrastructure Fragility
A World Without Men Summary
A World Without Men 92%
Civilization runs on male labor. Remove it, and the grid fails, food stops, GDP drops by a fifth.
by Aaron Clarey 2023
4.08
121 ratings
📊 Labor Economics👷 Gender And Work📉 Male Labor Force🔧 Skilled Trades⚡ Infrastructure Fragility
No Is Not Enough
by Naomi Klein • 2017
Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.
4.10
11k+
🏦 Political Economy✊ Progressive Activism🌀 Crisis Politics🌍 Climate Justice💸 Economic Inequality
No Is Not Enough Summary
No Is Not Enough 92%
Chaos as political strategy: its roots in neoliberal failure, and the coalition that can defeat it.
by Naomi Klein 2017
4.10
11k+ ratings
🏦 Political Economy✊ Progressive Activism🌀 Crisis Politics🌍 Climate Justice💸 Economic Inequality
For Her Own Good
by Barbara Ehrenreich • 1976
Male experts sold science and child-rearing advice; the price was women's autonomy.
3.96
3k+
📜 Women's History💊 Medicalization🏠 Domestic Ideology👶 Child-Rearing Advice😰 Motherhood And Anxiety
For Her Own Good Summary
For Her Own Good 92%
Male experts sold science and child-rearing advice; the price was women's autonomy.
by Barbara Ehrenreich 1976
3.96
3k+ ratings
📜 Women's History💊 Medicalization🏠 Domestic Ideology👶 Child-Rearing Advice😰 Motherhood And Anxiety
Against White Feminism
by Rafia Zakaria • 2021
Feminism cast brown women as victims to play savior. The script is colonial, and still running.
4.30
5k+
🔀 Intersectional Feminism🪞 White Feminism Critique📚 Feminist Theory⛓️ Colonialism And Gender🦸‍♀️ White Saviorism
Against White Feminism Summary
Against White Feminism 92%
Feminism cast brown women as victims to play savior. The script is colonial, and still running.
by Rafia Zakaria 2021
4.30
5k+ ratings
🔀 Intersectional Feminism🪞 White Feminism Critique📚 Feminist Theory⛓️ Colonialism And Gender🦸‍♀️ White Saviorism
The Trouble with Diversity
by Walter Benn Michaels • 2006
The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.
3.59
516
🏛️ Class Politics💸 Economic Inequality🏷️ Identity Politics🏦 Neoliberalism Critique⚖️ Wealth Redistribution
The Trouble with Diversity Summary
The Trouble with Diversity 92%
The left traded class war for culture war, and the rich couldn't believe their luck.
by Walter Benn Michaels 2006
3.59
516 ratings
🏛️ Class Politics💸 Economic Inequality🏷️ Identity Politics🏦 Neoliberalism Critique⚖️ Wealth Redistribution
Manifesta
by Jennifer Baumgardner • 2000
The next wave is hot pink, unapologetic, and political: feminism didn't die, it changed its look.
3.73
3k+
🌊 Third Wave Feminism💋 Reclaiming Femininity✊ Everyday Activism🔍 Consciousness Raising🤝 Intersectional Feminism
Manifesta Summary
Manifesta 92%
The next wave is hot pink, unapologetic, and political: feminism didn't die, it changed its look.
by Jennifer Baumgardner 2000
3.73
3k+ ratings
🌊 Third Wave Feminism💋 Reclaiming Femininity✊ Everyday Activism🔍 Consciousness Raising🤝 Intersectional Feminism
The Conscience of a Liberal
by Paul Krugman • 2007
Extreme inequality didn't just happen: a political movement used race to dismantle the middle class.
3.97
6k+
📊 Income Inequality🏛️ Political Economy🗳️ Racial Politics🏥 Universal Healthcare🛡️ Welfare State Politics
The Conscience of a Liberal Summary
The Conscience of a Liberal 92%
Extreme inequality didn't just happen: a political movement used race to dismantle the middle class.
by Paul Krugman 2007
3.97
6k+ ratings
📊 Income Inequality🏛️ Political Economy🗳️ Racial Politics🏥 Universal Healthcare🛡️ Welfare State Politics
White Tears/Brown Scars
by Ruby Hamad • 2020
White women's tears aren't vulnerability. They're a weapon, and purity is its shield.
4.55
13k+
🧬 White Feminism Critique🤝 Intersectional Feminism⚖️ Racialized Patriarchy📜 Colonial Legacies🔗 Systemic Oppression
White Tears/Brown Scars Summary
White Tears/Brown Scars 92%
White women's tears aren't vulnerability. They're a weapon, and purity is its shield.
by Ruby Hamad 2020
4.55
13k+ ratings
🧬 White Feminism Critique🤝 Intersectional Feminism⚖️ Racialized Patriarchy📜 Colonial Legacies🔗 Systemic Oppression
The Age of Dignity
by Ai-jen Poo • 2015
Ten thousand Americans turn sixty-five each day. The fix is infrastructure, not more nursing homes.
3.88
413
🧓 Elder Care🥪 Sandwich Generation📜 Aging Policy💰 Care Economy👪 Family Caregiving
The Age of Dignity Summary
The Age of Dignity 92%
Ten thousand Americans turn sixty-five each day. The fix is infrastructure, not more nursing homes.
by Ai-jen Poo 2015
3.88
413 ratings
🧓 Elder Care🥪 Sandwich Generation📜 Aging Policy💰 Care Economy👪 Family Caregiving
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie • 2017
Fifteen lessons for raising a daughter who knows her worth is unconditional, not a negotiation.
4.50
89k+
👶 Feminist Parenting👧 Raising Daughters🌍 African Feminism⚧️ Gender Roles✋ Bodily Autonomy
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Summary
Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions 92%
Fifteen lessons for raising a daughter who knows her worth is unconditional, not a negotiation.
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 2017
4.50
89k+ ratings
👶 Feminist Parenting👧 Raising Daughters🌍 African Feminism⚧️ Gender Roles✋ Bodily Autonomy
Modern Misogyny
by Kristin J. Anderson • 2014
A quiet bigotry replaced overt sexism; the illusion of equality makes it harder to fight.
4.14
92
🔍 Subtle Sexism🏷️ Post-Feminist Critique🛒 Neoliberal Feminism🎭 Double Bind⚔️ Backlash Against Women
Modern Misogyny Summary
Modern Misogyny 92%
A quiet bigotry replaced overt sexism; the illusion of equality makes it harder to fight.
by Kristin J. Anderson 2014
4.14
92 ratings
🔍 Subtle Sexism🏷️ Post-Feminist Critique🛒 Neoliberal Feminism🎭 Double Bind⚔️ Backlash Against Women
We Need New Stories
by Nesrine Malik • 2021
The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.
4.02
996
🎭 Political Myths📰 Media Criticism🌐 Cultural Myths⛓️ Systemic Inequality🗣️ Free Speech Debates
We Need New Stories Summary
We Need New Stories 92%
The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.
by Nesrine Malik 2021
4.02
996 ratings
🎭 Political Myths📰 Media Criticism🌐 Cultural Myths⛓️ Systemic Inequality🗣️ Free Speech Debates
Labor of Love
by Moira Weigel • 2016
The dinner-and-a-movie date is a recent invention, and its real author is capitalism.
3.69
1k+
🏛️ Cultural History✊ Feminist History⚧️ Gendered Expectations💰 Economic Sociology📉 Anti-Self-Help
Labor of Love Summary
Labor of Love 92%
The dinner-and-a-movie date is a recent invention, and its real author is capitalism.
by Moira Weigel 2016
3.69
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Cultural History✊ Feminist History⚧️ Gendered Expectations💰 Economic Sociology📉 Anti-Self-Help
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born
by Nancy Fraser • 2019
Progressive movements allied with finance, left working people behind, and the crisis isn't over.
3.93
1k+
🏛️ Gramscian Analysis💸 Neoliberalism Critique🇺🇸 American Politics🎭 Identity Politics✊ Socialist Feminism
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born Summary
The Old is Dying and the New Cannot Be Born 92%
Progressive movements allied with finance, left working people behind, and the crisis isn't over.
by Nancy Fraser 2019
3.93
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Gramscian Analysis💸 Neoliberalism Critique🇺🇸 American Politics🎭 Identity Politics✊ Socialist Feminism
WHAT OUR MOTHERS DIDN'T TELL US
by Danielle Crittenden • 1999
Feminism told women to delay marriage for careers. The biological clock was not listening.
3.71
454
🪄 Sexual Revolution🔍 Critique Of Feminism⚖️ Work-Life Balance⏰ Biological Clock♂️ Gender Differences
WHAT OUR MOTHERS DIDN'T TELL US Summary
WHAT OUR MOTHERS DIDN'T TELL US 92%
Feminism told women to delay marriage for careers. The biological clock was not listening.
by Danielle Crittenden 1999
3.71
454 ratings
🪄 Sexual Revolution🔍 Critique Of Feminism⚖️ Work-Life Balance⏰ Biological Clock♂️ Gender Differences
Digital Dead End
by Virginia Eubanks • 2011
Access is not the problem. Power designs inequality into code, and the marginalized already know it.
3.86
72
💻 Digital Inequality🔬 Critical Technology Studies✏️ Participatory Design🏫 Popular Education👩‍🔬 Feminist Epistemology
Digital Dead End Summary
Digital Dead End 92%
Access is not the problem. Power designs inequality into code, and the marginalized already know it.
by Virginia Eubanks 2011
3.86
72 ratings
💻 Digital Inequality🔬 Critical Technology Studies✏️ Participatory Design🏫 Popular Education👩‍🔬 Feminist Epistemology
A Call to Action
by Jimmy Carter • 2014
A former president's diagnosis: violence against women is rooted in religion and culture.
4.05
2k+
🚺 Gender-Based Violence👰 Child Marriage🌍 Human Trafficking⚖️ Women In Politics🙏 Faith-Based Activism
A Call to Action Summary
A Call to Action 92%
A former president's diagnosis: violence against women is rooted in religion and culture.
by Jimmy Carter 2014
4.05
2k+ ratings
🚺 Gender-Based Violence👰 Child Marriage🌍 Human Trafficking⚖️ Women In Politics🙏 Faith-Based Activism
The Business of Baby
by Jennifer Margulis • 2013
The birth industry profits when you lose control: what to question and when to say no.
3.66
317
🏥 Maternity Care💰 Corporate Medicine📊 Evidence-Based Birth🌿 Natural Childbirth✊ Birth Advocacy
The Business of Baby Summary
The Business of Baby 92%
The birth industry profits when you lose control: what to question and when to say no.
by Jennifer Margulis 2013
3.66
317 ratings
🏥 Maternity Care💰 Corporate Medicine📊 Evidence-Based Birth🌿 Natural Childbirth✊ Birth Advocacy
Drop the Ball
by Tiffany Dufu • 2017
A shared home spreadsheet, a real partner, and the surprising career gains of doing less.
3.83
4k+
👩‍💼 Working Mothers🏠 Household Labor Division🎈 Letting Go Of Perfection🤝 Delegation And Outsourcing💑 Spousal Partnership
Drop the Ball Summary
Drop the Ball 92%
A shared home spreadsheet, a real partner, and the surprising career gains of doing less.
by Tiffany Dufu 2017
3.83
4k+ ratings
👩‍💼 Working Mothers🏠 Household Labor Division🎈 Letting Go Of Perfection🤝 Delegation And Outsourcing💑 Spousal Partnership
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