50 Books like The Story of Art Without Men

White Feminism

by Koa Beck • 2021

Individual success or collective liberation: the choice mainstream feminism keeps getting wrong.

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🕰️ Feminist History 📢 Mainstream Feminism 🧩 Intersectionality 💼 Corporate Feminism 🏗️ Movement Building

White Feminism 93%

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

A History of the World in 21 Women

by Jenni Murray • 2018

A personal history of the world, told through 21 women who refused to be told no.

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4k+

🕰️ Women In History 💪 Defying Gender Norms 🔥 Trailblazing Women ⭐ Feminist Icons 👑 Women Leaders

A History of the World in 21 Women Summary

A History of the World in 21 Women 93%

A personal history of the world, told through 21 women who refused to be told no.

by Jenni Murray 2018

3.81

4k+ ratings

🕰️ Women In History 💪 Defying Gender Norms 🔥 Trailblazing Women ⭐ Feminist Icons 👑 Women Leaders

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich • 2007

The famous slogan was never just about misbehavior. It was about how history itself erases women.

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🏛️ Women's History ✊ Feminist History ⚔️ Women Warriors ✍️ Early Women Writers ⛓️ Slave Narratives

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History Summary

Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History 93%

The famous slogan was never just about misbehavior. It was about how history itself erases women.

by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich 2007

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2k+ ratings

🏛️ Women's History ✊ Feminist History ⚔️ Women Warriors ✍️ Early Women Writers ⛓️ Slave Narratives

Women, Race, & Class

by Angela Y. Davis • 1981

From abolition to abortion, the women's movement has a race problem it has never solved.

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🖤 Black Feminism 🧩 Intersectionality 🏥 Reproductive Justice 🏠 Domestic Labor 🌱 Abolitionist Roots

Women, Race, & Class 92%

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

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz • 2014

Genocide, not liberty, built America. The counterinsurgency tactics born here now circle the globe.

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🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🪶 Native American History 📚 Revisionist History 🕯️ Genocide Studies 🌱 Decolonial Thought

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Summary

An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States 92%

Genocide, not liberty, built America. The counterinsurgency tactics born here now circle the globe.

by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 2014

4.37

21k+ ratings

🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🪶 Native American History 📚 Revisionist History 🕯️ Genocide Studies 🌱 Decolonial Thought

Against White Feminism

by Rafia Zakaria • 2021

Feminism cast brown women as victims to play savior. The script is colonial, and still running.

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🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🪞 White Feminism Critique 📚 Feminist Theory ⛓️ Colonialism And Gender 🦸‍♀️ White Saviorism

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

Mother of Invention

by Katrine Marçal • 2020

From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?

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💰 Feminist Economics ⚙️ History Of Technology 💡 Gender And Innovation 🕵️‍♀️ Hidden Women In History 🤲 Care Work

Mother of Invention 92%

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

Manifesta

by Jennifer Baumgardner • 2000

The next wave is hot pink, unapologetic, and political: feminism didn't die, it changed its look.

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🌊 Third Wave Feminism 💋 Reclaiming Femininity ✊ Everyday Activism 🔍 Consciousness Raising 🤝 Intersectional Feminism

Manifesta 92%

The next wave is hot pink, unapologetic, and political: feminism didn't die, it changed its look.

by Jennifer Baumgardner 2000

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3k+ ratings

🌊 Third Wave Feminism 💋 Reclaiming Femininity ✊ Everyday Activism 🔍 Consciousness Raising 🤝 Intersectional Feminism

Feminism Is for Everybody

by bell hooks • 2000

Feminism is about ending sexism, not fighting men. A primer that opens the door to everyone.

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🤝 Intersectional Feminism 🗣️ Consciousness Raising 🩺 Reproductive Rights 💄 Beauty Standards 👶 Feminist Parenting

Feminism Is for Everybody 92%

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

White Tears/Brown Scars

by Ruby Hamad • 2020

White women's tears aren't vulnerability. They're a weapon, and purity is its shield.

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🧬 White Feminism Critique 🤝 Intersectional Feminism ⚖️ Racialized Patriarchy 📜 Colonial Legacies 🔗 Systemic Oppression

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

We Need New Stories

by Nesrine Malik • 2021

The stories we tell about free speech, gender, and national virtue protect power, not truth.

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996

🎭 Political Myths 📰 Media Criticism 🌐 Cultural Myths ⛓️ Systemic Inequality 🗣️ Free Speech Debates

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

Sound Within Sound

by Kate Molleson • 2022

A microtonal Mexican, an Ethiopian nun, and eight more composers the classical canon erased.

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181

🧪 Experimental Music 🗓️ 20th Century Music 👩 Women Composers 📜 Forgotten Composers 🔌 Electronic Music

Sound Within Sound 92%

A microtonal Mexican, an Ethiopian nun, and eight more composers the classical canon erased.

by Kate Molleson 2022

4.34

181 ratings

🧪 Experimental Music 🗓️ 20th Century Music 👩 Women Composers 📜 Forgotten Composers 🔌 Electronic Music

Full Frontal Feminism

by Jessica Valenti • 2007

Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.

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8k+

✊ Third-Wave Feminism 📚 Feminist 101 🛑 Rape Culture 🪞 Body Image ⚖️ Reproductive Justice

Full Frontal Feminism 91%

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

Against Our Will

by Susan Brownmiller • 1975

Rape as terror, not desire: the 1975 argument that made sexual violence a political question.

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4k+

🛑 Sexual Violence 🏛️ Patriarchal Power ✊ Radical Feminism 🌊 Second Wave Feminism ⚖️ Feminist Legal Theory

Against Our Will 91%

Rape as terror, not desire: the 1975 argument that made sexual violence a political question.

by Susan Brownmiller 1975

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4k+ ratings

🛑 Sexual Violence 🏛️ Patriarchal Power ✊ Radical Feminism 🌊 Second Wave Feminism ⚖️ Feminist Legal Theory

In Search of Sisterhood

by Paula J. Giddings • 1988

Before it was two months old, this Black sorority was marching on Washington for women's votes.

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429

🏛️ Black Sororities 📜 Black Women's History 👥 Black Women's Clubs 🕊️ Racial Uplift ✊ Civil Rights Organizing

In Search of Sisterhood 91%

Before it was two months old, this Black sorority was marching on Washington for women's votes.

by Paula J. Giddings 1988

4.54

429 ratings

🏛️ Black Sororities 📜 Black Women's History 👥 Black Women's Clubs 🕊️ Racial Uplift ✊ Civil Rights Organizing

Blues Legacies & Black Feminism

by Angela Y. Davis • 1998

Before feminism had a vocabulary, three blues women sang its earliest demands into existence.

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🎸 Blues History 🎤 Women In Music ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🪧 Protest Music 🎵 Black Music

Blues Legacies & Black Feminism 91%

Before feminism had a vocabulary, three blues women sang its earliest demands into existence.

by Angela Y. Davis 1998

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2k+ ratings

🎸 Blues History 🎤 Women In Music ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🪧 Protest Music 🎵 Black Music

A Brief History of Misogyny

by Jack Holland • 2006

The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.

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🕰️ Feminist History 🏘️ Social History 🧹 Witch Hunts ✝️ Christianity And Women 🔬 Scientific Sexism

A Brief History of Misogyny 91%

The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.

by Jack Holland 2006

4.14

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Feminist History 🏘️ Social History 🧹 Witch Hunts ✝️ Christianity And Women 🔬 Scientific Sexism

A Room of One’s Own

by Virginia Woolf • 1929

Money and a private room: why five centuries of women's genius never reached the page.

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🧠 Feminist Theory 📖 Literary Criticism 🏠 Materialist Feminism ✍️ The Writer's Life 🎨 Gender And Art

A Room of One’s Own 91%

Money and a private room: why five centuries of women's genius never reached the page.

by Virginia Woolf 1929

4.22

266k+ ratings

🧠 Feminist Theory 📖 Literary Criticism 🏠 Materialist Feminism ✍️ The Writer's Life 🎨 Gender And Art

A Protest History of the United States

by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall • 2025

From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.

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🪧 Social Movements 📖 People's History ✊🏿 Racial Justice 🏹 Indigenous Sovereignty ⚒️ Labor History

A Protest History of the United States Summary

A Protest History of the United States 91%

From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.

by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 2025

4.12

188 ratings

🪧 Social Movements 📖 People's History ✊🏿 Racial Justice 🏹 Indigenous Sovereignty ⚒️ Labor History

Off With Her Head

by Eleanor Herman • 2022

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

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3k+

🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism 👗 Appearance Policing 😡 Anger And Gender

Off With Her Head 91%

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

by Eleanor Herman 2022

3.85

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism 👗 Appearance Policing 😡 Anger And Gender

In Search of The Color Purple

by Salamishah Tillet • 2021

A forgotten grave, a banned novel, and the Black women's voices America tried to erase.

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220

📚 Author Studies 🖋️ Black Women Writers 🌱 Womanist Thought ✊🏿 Black Feminism 🎨 Colorism

In Search of The Color Purple 91%

A forgotten grave, a banned novel, and the Black women's voices America tried to erase.

by Salamishah Tillet 2021

4.21

220 ratings

📚 Author Studies 🖋️ Black Women Writers 🌱 Womanist Thought ✊🏿 Black Feminism 🎨 Colorism

Broad Band

by Claire L. Evans • 2018

Women created the first program, the first compiler, and the early web. Then they were erased.

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👩‍💻 Women In Computing 🖥️ Computing History 🌐 Internet History 📜 Hidden Histories ⚡ Cyberfeminism

Broad Band 91%

Women created the first program, the first compiler, and the early web. Then they were erased.

by Claire L. Evans 2018

3.93

2k+ ratings

👩‍💻 Women In Computing 🖥️ Computing History 🌐 Internet History 📜 Hidden Histories ⚡ Cyberfeminism

Design Justice

by Sasha Costanza-Chock • 2020

Design decides who benefits and who gets hurt. The communities on the losing end are now leading.

4.18

548

🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Participatory Design ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🤖 Algorithmic Bias ✊🏿 Intersectional Feminism 🔍 Critical Design Studies

Design Justice 91%

Design decides who benefits and who gets hurt. The communities on the losing end are now leading.

by Sasha Costanza-Chock 2020

4.18

548 ratings

🫱🏾‍🫲🏽 Participatory Design ⚖️ Tech Ethics 🤖 Algorithmic Bias ✊🏿 Intersectional Feminism 🔍 Critical Design Studies

Black in Blues

by Imani Perry • 2025

Indigo was traded for human life. How blue became the keeper of Black grief, art, and survival.

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📖 African American History 📚 Black Cultural Criticism 🔵 Cultural History Of Color 🎶 Music And Identity 🕯️ Spiritual Folkways

Black in Blues 91%

Indigo was traded for human life. How blue became the keeper of Black grief, art, and survival.

by Imani Perry 2025

4.25

3k+ ratings

📖 African American History 📚 Black Cultural Criticism 🔵 Cultural History Of Color 🎶 Music And Identity 🕯️ Spiritual Folkways

Womanhood

by Laura Dodsworth • 2019

100 women photographed from a perspective they'd never seen themselves: their own vulva.

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⚖️ Body Politics 📸 Documentary Photography ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 🗣️ Oral History 💔 Body Shame

Womanhood 91%

100 women photographed from a perspective they'd never seen themselves: their own vulva.

by Laura Dodsworth 2019

4.45

107 ratings

⚖️ Body Politics 📸 Documentary Photography ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 🗣️ Oral History 💔 Body Shame

We Real Cool

by bell hooks • 2003

Slave-era patriarchy, street culture, and the wound of black masculinity: why only love heals.

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🖤 Black Masculinity ⚪️ White Supremacy ✳️ Intersectionality ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🚹 Patriarchal Culture

We Real Cool 91%

Slave-era patriarchy, street culture, and the wound of black masculinity: why only love heals.

by bell hooks 2003

4.27

1k+ ratings

🖤 Black Masculinity ⚪️ White Supremacy ✳️ Intersectionality ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🚹 Patriarchal Culture

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

✊ 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 91%

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

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

by Reni Eddo-Lodge • 2017

Britain's racism is structural, not personal. Why not seeing race protects the design.

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🔗 Structural Racism 🇬🇧 British Black Experience 🪞 White Privilege 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🛠️ Anti-Racism Practice

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race Summary

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race 91%

Britain's racism is structural, not personal. Why not seeing race protects the design.

by Reni Eddo-Lodge 2017

4.37

101k+ ratings

🔗 Structural Racism 🇬🇧 British Black Experience 🪞 White Privilege 🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🛠️ Anti-Racism Practice

Invisible Women

by Caroline Criado Pérez • 2019

Crash dummies are male. Drug trials skip women. GDP ignores unpaid care. The pattern runs deep.

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173k+

📊 Data Journalism 🔧 Inclusive Design 💰 Feminist Economics 🏠 Unpaid Care Work 🏥 Medical Gender Bias

Invisible Women 91%

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

How to Be Less Stupid About Race

by Crystal Marie Fleming • 2018

Racial ignorance is not innocent. A crash course in the history and theory that dismantle it.

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🏛️ Critical Race Theory ⚖️ Systemic Racism 📖 Racial Literacy ✊ Anti-Racism 🔀 Intersectionality

How to Be Less Stupid About Race Summary

How to Be Less Stupid About Race 91%

Racial ignorance is not innocent. A crash course in the history and theory that dismantle it.

by Crystal Marie Fleming 2018

4.27

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Critical Race Theory ⚖️ Systemic Racism 📖 Racial Literacy ✊ Anti-Racism 🔀 Intersectionality

On Our Best Behavior

by Elise Loehnen • 2023

Seven ancient sins keep women compliant, exhausted, ever-apologizing. The way out is through them.

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11k+

🏛️ Patriarchy Critique ⛪ Religious History 🎭 Emotional Repression 🔥 Women's Burnout 🫀 Body Autonomy

On Our Best Behavior 91%

Seven ancient sins keep women compliant, exhausted, ever-apologizing. The way out is through them.

by Elise Loehnen 2023

3.77

11k+ ratings

🏛️ Patriarchy Critique ⛪ Religious History 🎭 Emotional Repression 🔥 Women's Burnout 🫀 Body Autonomy

Living a Feminist Life

by Sara Ahmed • 2017

Feminism starts with a bodily sensation of wrongness. Living it means refusing to keep the peace.

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📖 Feminist Theory 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Feminism 🏛️ University Politics ✋ Political Refusal 🏠 Everyday Resistance

Living a Feminist Life 91%

Feminism starts with a bodily sensation of wrongness. Living it means refusing to keep the peace.

by Sara Ahmed 2017

4.30

3k+ ratings

📖 Feminist Theory 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Feminism 🏛️ University Politics ✋ Political Refusal 🏠 Everyday Resistance

Cassandra Speaks

by Elizabeth Lesser • 2020

The myths we inherited were written by men. Rewriting them rewrites power itself.

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🏛️ Feminist Mythology 🌑 Shadow Work 🎭 Impostor Syndrome ⚡ Women And Power 👩‍💼 Women's Leadership

Cassandra Speaks 91%

The myths we inherited were written by men. Rewriting them rewrites power itself.

by Elizabeth Lesser 2020

4.05

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Feminist Mythology 🌑 Shadow Work 🎭 Impostor Syndrome ⚡ Women And Power 👩‍💼 Women's Leadership

Women's Work

by Elizabeth Wayland Barber • 1994

String conquered the planet, and for 20,000 years, the hands that spun it were women's.

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🧶 Women's History 🧵 Textile Archaeology 🏹 Prehistoric Technology 🏛️ Feminist Archaeology ⚧ Gendered Labor

Women's Work 91%

String conquered the planet, and for 20,000 years, the hands that spun it were women's.

by Elizabeth Wayland Barber 1994

4.31

3k+ ratings

🧶 Women's History 🧵 Textile Archaeology 🏹 Prehistoric Technology 🏛️ Feminist Archaeology ⚧ Gendered Labor

Feminism for the 99%

by Cinzia Arruzza • 2019

Mainstream feminism wants more women at the top. Anticapitalist feminism wants no top at all.

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✊ Anticapitalist Feminism 🧹 Social Reproduction 🩺 Crisis Of Care 💼 Liberal Feminism Critique 🌍 Anti-Imperialist Politics

Feminism for the 99% 91%

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

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

💻 Digital Inequality 🔬 Critical Technology Studies ✏️ Participatory Design 🏫 Popular Education 👩‍🔬 Feminist Epistemology

Digital Dead End 90%

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

Lady Justice

by Dahlia Lithwick • 2022

The women lawyers who built the legal resistance to Trump and what the establishment missed.

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📜 Constitutional Law ⚖️ Legal Activism 👩‍⚖️ Women In Law 🏛️ Trump Presidency ✊ Political Resistance

Lady Justice 90%

The women lawyers who built the legal resistance to Trump and what the establishment missed.

by Dahlia Lithwick 2022

4.36

3k+ ratings

📜 Constitutional Law ⚖️ Legal Activism 👩‍⚖️ Women In Law 🏛️ Trump Presidency ✊ Political Resistance

Black AF History

by Michael Harriot • 2023

Stolen land, stolen labor, and Black genius: the history your textbook skipped.

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🇺🇸 American History ✊ Antiracism 🔄 Revisionist History ⛓️ Systemic Racism 💰 Racial Wealth Gap

Black AF History 90%

Stolen land, stolen labor, and Black genius: the history your textbook skipped.

by Michael Harriot 2023

4.60

10k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American History ✊ Antiracism 🔄 Revisionist History ⛓️ Systemic Racism 💰 Racial Wealth Gap

Find Your Artistic Voice

by Lisa Congdon • 2019

Voice is built, not born. Daily practice, borrowed influences, and the discomfort most artists flee.

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🎨 Artistic Practice 🔄 Creative Process 🖼️ Visual Arts 🪪 Creative Identity 📅 Creative Routines

Find Your Artistic Voice 90%

Voice is built, not born. Daily practice, borrowed influences, and the discomfort most artists flee.

by Lisa Congdon 2019

4.05

3k+ ratings

🎨 Artistic Practice 🔄 Creative Process 🖼️ Visual Arts 🪪 Creative Identity 📅 Creative Routines

Excellent Daughters

by Katherine Zoepf • 2016

Young Arab women are renegotiating sex, marriage, and honor, far from the headlines.

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👩 Arab Women 🕌 Islamic Feminism 🌸 Arab Spring ⚔️ Honor Cultures ⚠️ Sexual Violence

Excellent Daughters 90%

Young Arab women are renegotiating sex, marriage, and honor, far from the headlines.

by Katherine Zoepf 2016

3.88

1k+ ratings

👩 Arab Women 🕌 Islamic Feminism 🌸 Arab Spring ⚔️ Honor Cultures ⚠️ Sexual Violence

Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy

by Michael Baxandall • 1972

Art appreciation in 15th-century Italy began with a contract and a barrel-gauging formula.

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🏛️ Social History Of Art 🎨 Italian Renaissance Art 💰 Art Patronage 👁️ Visual Perception 📦 Material Culture

Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy Summary

Painting and Experience in Fifteenth-Century Italy 90%

Art appreciation in 15th-century Italy began with a contract and a barrel-gauging formula.

by Michael Baxandall 1972

3.95

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Social History Of Art 🎨 Italian Renaissance Art 💰 Art Patronage 👁️ Visual Perception 📦 Material Culture

How to Think Like a Woman

by Regan Penaluna • 2023

Sexism drove her from philosophy. Four forgotten women thinkers showed her how to find her way back.

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📚 Feminist Philosophy 🚫 Academic Sexism 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🗣️ Recovering Lost Voices 🕰️ Early Modern Philosophy

How to Think Like a Woman 90%

Sexism drove her from philosophy. Four forgotten women thinkers showed her how to find her way back.

by Regan Penaluna 2023

3.96

2k+ ratings

📚 Feminist Philosophy 🚫 Academic Sexism 🪞 Internalized Misogyny 🗣️ Recovering Lost Voices 🕰️ Early Modern Philosophy

Viral Justice

by Ruha Benjamin • 2022

The cure to systemic racism might be contagious: small everyday acts that replicate and spread.

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🕸️ Systemic Racism 🏥 Medical Racism 🤝 Community Organizing 🤲 Mutual Aid 🕊️ Restorative Justice

Viral Justice 90%

The cure to systemic racism might be contagious: small everyday acts that replicate and spread.

by Ruha Benjamin 2022

4.43

1k+ ratings

🕸️ Systemic Racism 🏥 Medical Racism 🤝 Community Organizing 🤲 Mutual Aid 🕊️ Restorative Justice

Re-Sisters

by Cosey Fanni Tutti • 2022

An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.

3.69

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🎛️ Electronic Music Pioneers ✊ Feminist Biography 🙏 Medieval Mysticism 🔥 Creative Defiance 🎧 Experimental Music

Re-Sisters 90%

An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.

by Cosey Fanni Tutti 2022

3.69

143 ratings

🎛️ Electronic Music Pioneers ✊ Feminist Biography 🙏 Medieval Mysticism 🔥 Creative Defiance 🎧 Experimental Music

Women, Men, and the Whole Damn Thing

by David Leser • 2021

#MeToo revealed the scaffolding of male entitlement. The dismantling depends on men.

4.02

460

✊ Modern Feminism 🏛️ Patriarchal Systems 🗣️ #MeToo Movement 🧨 Toxic Masculinity 🤝 Sexual Consent

Women, Men, and the Whole Damn Thing Summary

Women, Men, and the Whole Damn Thing 90%

#MeToo revealed the scaffolding of male entitlement. The dismantling depends on men.

by David Leser 2021

4.02

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4.05

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4.05

1k+ ratings

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