Genus

Genus formar varje aspekt av våra liv, från dynamiken på arbetsplatsen och intima relationer till kulturella rörelser och historiska maktstrukturer. Dessa tankeväckande böcker undersöker det komplexa samspelet mellan feminism, maskulinitet, sexualitet och identitet genom akademisk forskning, personliga berättelser och kritisk analys av samhällets föränderliga förståelse av könsroller.

Genus Boksammanfattningar

FUCCFILES

av Rian Stone • 2020

Ten years of being shot down taught one man the rules of attraction that actually work.

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💘 Dating Strategies 💪 Masculinity 👩‍🔬 Female Psychology 🛡️ Emotional Boundaries 👥 Male Bonding

FUCCFILES

Ten years of being shot down taught one man the rules of attraction that actually work.

av Rian Stone 2020 280 sidor

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💘 Dating Strategies 💪 Masculinity 👩‍🔬 Female Psychology 🛡️ Emotional Boundaries 👥 Male Bonding

Beyond the Gender Binary

av Alok Vaid-Menon • 2020

The gender binary is a political fiction. Four arguments prop it up. All of them fail.

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🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theory 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 🧱 Gender As Construct ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🎭 Shame And Identity

Beyond the Gender Binary

The gender binary is a political fiction. Four arguments prop it up. All of them fail.

av Alok Vaid-Menon 2020 64 sidor

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🏳️‍🌈 Queer Theory 🏳️‍⚧️ Trans Rights 🧱 Gender As Construct ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🎭 Shame And Identity

A Vindication of the Rights of Women

av Mary Wollstonecraft • 1792

Women aren't born inferior; they're trained to be. The 1792 argument that invented modern feminism.

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🌱 Proto-Feminism 🏛️ Political Philosophy 🎓 Women's Education 💍 Marriage Reform 💼 Economic Independence

A Vindication of the Rights of Women

Women aren't born inferior; they're trained to be. The 1792 argument that invented modern feminism.

av Mary Wollstonecraft 1792 224 sidor

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🌱 Proto-Feminism 🏛️ Political Philosophy 🎓 Women's Education 💍 Marriage Reform 💼 Economic Independence

Why Women Are Poorer Than Men and What We Can Do About It

av Annabelle Williams • 2021

No single policy fixes it: the interlocking traps that keep women poorer across their entire lives.

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📊 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

No single policy fixes it: the interlocking traps that keep women poorer across their entire lives.

av Annabelle Williams 2021 336 sidor

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📊 Gender Economics 💸 Gender Pay Gap 🏢 Workplace Bias 📖 Financial Literacy 🧹 Unpaid Care Work

What About Men?

av Caitlin Moran • 2023

Boys get no instruction manual for feelings. What a feminist found when she finally asked about men.

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🧔 Modern Masculinity 💬 Emotional Literacy ⚠️ Toxic Masculinity 🤝 Male Friendship 🫥 Body Image

What About Men?

Boys get no instruction manual for feelings. What a feminist found when she finally asked about men.

av Caitlin Moran 2023 319 sidor

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🧔 Modern Masculinity 💬 Emotional Literacy ⚠️ Toxic Masculinity 🤝 Male Friendship 🫥 Body Image

Well-Spoken Woman

av Christine K. Jahnke • 2011

Voice, posture, message: the three levers that make a room listen when a woman speaks.

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🎙️ Public Speaking 🎤 Vocal Technique 🕴️ Body Language ✍️ Message Crafting 📝 Speechwriting

Well-Spoken Woman

Voice, posture, message: the three levers that make a room listen when a woman speaks.

av Christine K. Jahnke 2011 360 sidor

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🎙️ Public Speaking 🎤 Vocal Technique 🕴️ Body Language ✍️ Message Crafting 📝 Speechwriting

BoyMom

av Ruth Whippman • 2024

A feminist mother of three sons on the masculinity scripts that leave boys lonely and disconnected.

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🧒 Raising Boys 🚹 Masculinity Crisis 🧠 Gender Socialization 💔 Male Loneliness 🤱 Nurturing Boys

BoyMom

A feminist mother of three sons on the masculinity scripts that leave boys lonely and disconnected.

av Ruth Whippman 2024 320 sidor

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🧒 Raising Boys 🚹 Masculinity Crisis 🧠 Gender Socialization 💔 Male Loneliness 🤱 Nurturing Boys

Against White Feminism

av 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

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

av Rafia Zakaria 2021 256 sidor

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

The Power of Women

av Denis Mukwege • 2021

A Nobel surgeon proves wartime rape is military strategy. The survivors showed him the remedy.

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🩺 Conflict Zone Medicine ⚔️ Rape In War 💪 Survivor Narratives 🧠 Trauma Recovery 🚑 Humanitarian Medicine

The Power of Women

A Nobel surgeon proves wartime rape is military strategy. The survivors showed him the remedy.

av Denis Mukwege 2021 315 sidor

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🩺 Conflict Zone Medicine ⚔️ Rape In War 💪 Survivor Narratives 🧠 Trauma Recovery 🚑 Humanitarian Medicine

Bully Market

av Jamie Fiore Higgins • 2022

Tracked by her husband, ground down by Goldman: it took four children to walk away.

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🏦 Wall Street 📈 Investment Banking 🚺 Workplace Sexism ☠️ Toxic Work Culture 🧠 Mental Health At Work

Bully Market

Tracked by her husband, ground down by Goldman: it took four children to walk away.

av Jamie Fiore Higgins 2022 320 sidor

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🏦 Wall Street 📈 Investment Banking 🚺 Workplace Sexism ☠️ Toxic Work Culture 🧠 Mental Health At Work

Music

av Ted Gioia • 2019

Why music's most forbidden elements are what actually make it change and survive.

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🎵 Music History 🔄 Cultural Evolution 💥 Subversive Art ⚡ Power And Music 🙏 Sacred And Profane

Music

Why music's most forbidden elements are what actually make it change and survive.

av Ted Gioia 2019 528 sidor

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🎵 Music History 🔄 Cultural Evolution 💥 Subversive Art ⚡ Power And Music 🙏 Sacred And Profane

Men With Adult ADHD

av Edgar Wise • 2022

ADHD is different in men. A guide to managing focus, emotions, and follow-through without shame.

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🧠 Adult Adhd 🧔 Men's Mental Health ⚙️ Executive Function 🎛️ Emotional Regulation ⏳ Procrastination

Men With Adult ADHD

ADHD is different in men. A guide to managing focus, emotions, and follow-through without shame.

av Edgar Wise 2022 144 sidor

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🧠 Adult Adhd 🧔 Men's Mental Health ⚙️ Executive Function 🎛️ Emotional Regulation ⏳ Procrastination

An Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique

av 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

A 15-year reunion questionnaire exposed the misery no one was talking about, and a revolution began.

av Elizabeth Whitaker 2017 116 sidor

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43 betyg

✊ Second Wave Feminism 📖 Feminist Theory 🎓 Womens Studies ⚧️ Gender Roles 🏠 Domestic Ideology

Nice Girls Don't Speak Up or Stand Out

av Lois P. Frankel • 2020

Specific scripts for the conversations where being agreeable gets women overlooked at work.

3.35

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💬 Workplace Communication 👩‍💼 Women In Business 📣 Self-Advocacy ✋ Assertiveness Training 🗣️ Difficult Conversations

Nice Girls Don't Speak Up or Stand Out

Specific scripts for the conversations where being agreeable gets women overlooked at work.

av Lois P. Frankel 2020 377 sidor

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250 betyg

💬 Workplace Communication 👩‍💼 Women In Business 📣 Self-Advocacy ✋ Assertiveness Training 🗣️ Difficult Conversations

Mismeasure of Woman

av Carol Tavris • 1992

Men's bodies became the universal template, and a century of science mistook women for broken men.

4.07

431

🧪 Science And Sexism 🏥 Medical Sexism 👤 Male As Default 🏗️ Gender Constructs 🧠 Psychology And Gender

Mismeasure of Woman

Men's bodies became the universal template, and a century of science mistook women for broken men.

av Carol Tavris 1992 400 sidor

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🧪 Science And Sexism 🏥 Medical Sexism 👤 Male As Default 🏗️ Gender Constructs 🧠 Psychology And Gender

The Social Sex

av Marilyn Yalom • 2015

For centuries, women's friendships were ignored. Letters, clubs, and convents made them visible.

3.17

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📜 Women's History 💌 Romantic Friendships ✍️ Women's Letter Writing 👥 Gender And Friendship 💻 Digital Friendships

The Social Sex

For centuries, women's friendships were ignored. Letters, clubs, and convents made them visible.

av Marilyn Yalom 2015 400 sidor

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📜 Women's History 💌 Romantic Friendships ✍️ Women's Letter Writing 👥 Gender And Friendship 💻 Digital Friendships

Sextrology

av Stella Starsky • 2003

The zodiac's twelve signs hide twenty-four sexual identities, one for each gender.

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🔮 Sexual Astrology 💑 Relationship Astrology ♈ Zodiac Archetypes 📖 Astrology Reference ⚧️ Gender Differences

Sextrology

The zodiac's twelve signs hide twenty-four sexual identities, one for each gender.

av Stella Starsky 2003 560 sidor

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🔮 Sexual Astrology 💑 Relationship Astrology ♈ Zodiac Archetypes 📖 Astrology Reference ⚧️ Gender Differences

Dr Cuterus

av Tanaya Narendra • 2022

What's actually going on down there: a doctor's myth-free guide to your own body.

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🩺 Reproductive Health 🛡️ Sexual Health 🧠 Body Literacy 📚 Sex Education ✊ Feminist Health

Dr Cuterus

What's actually going on down there: a doctor's myth-free guide to your own body.

av Tanaya Narendra 2022 262 sidor

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🩺 Reproductive Health 🛡️ Sexual Health 🧠 Body Literacy 📚 Sex Education ✊ Feminist Health

WARRIORS AND WORRIERS

av BENENSON • 2014

Men and women evolved to survive different threats, producing two human natures visible from birth.

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ♂️ Sex Differences ⚡ Risk And Fear 👥 Female Competition 🤝 Male Bonding

WARRIORS AND WORRIERS

Men and women evolved to survive different threats, producing two human natures visible from birth.

av BENENSON 2014 292 sidor

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🧠 Evolutionary Psychology ♂️ Sex Differences ⚡ Risk And Fear 👥 Female Competition 🤝 Male Bonding

Transgender History

av Susan Stryker • 2008

The trans rights battle traces to 1850s dress-code laws. Stonewall was the middle, not the start.

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📜 Transgender History 🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History 🏥 Medical Gatekeeping 🌱 Grassroots Organizing ✊ Feminist Sex Wars

Transgender History

The trans rights battle traces to 1850s dress-code laws. Stonewall was the middle, not the start.

av Susan Stryker 2008 208 sidor

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📜 Transgender History 🏳️‍🌈 Lgbtq History 🏥 Medical Gatekeeping 🌱 Grassroots Organizing ✊ Feminist Sex Wars

The Purity Myth

av Jessica Valenti • 2009

The virginity movement teaches shame as science, then codifies it. Real women bear the cost.

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🏛️ Purity Culture ✊ Body Autonomy 💪 Toxic Masculinity 🎯 Victim Blaming ⚖️ Sexual Ethics

The Purity Myth

The virginity movement teaches shame as science, then codifies it. Real women bear the cost.

av Jessica Valenti 2009 263 sidor

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🏛️ Purity Culture ✊ Body Autonomy 💪 Toxic Masculinity 🎯 Victim Blaming ⚖️ Sexual Ethics

Labor of Love

av Moira Weigel • 2016

The dinner-and-a-movie date is a recent invention, and its real author is capitalism.

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🏛️ Cultural History ✊ Feminist History ⚧️ Gendered Expectations 💰 Economic Sociology 📉 Anti-Self-Help

Labor of Love

The dinner-and-a-movie date is a recent invention, and its real author is capitalism.

av Moira Weigel 2016 304 sidor

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🏛️ Cultural History ✊ Feminist History ⚧️ Gendered Expectations 💰 Economic Sociology 📉 Anti-Self-Help

Scandals of Classic Hollywood

av Anne Helen Petersen • 2014

Hollywood scandals were never just gossip. They were the culture's ugliest arguments, in public.

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🎬 Hollywood History 🎞️ Classic Cinema ⭐ Star System 💥 Celebrity Scandal 🚫 Film Censorship

Scandals of Classic Hollywood

Hollywood scandals were never just gossip. They were the culture's ugliest arguments, in public.

av Anne Helen Petersen 2014 289 sidor

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🎬 Hollywood History 🎞️ Classic Cinema ⭐ Star System 💥 Celebrity Scandal 🚫 Film Censorship

Yes Means Yes!

av Jaclyn Friedman • 2008

Rape culture silences women's desire. The real consent standard requires an enthusiastic yes.

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✋ Consent Culture 🔥 Sex-Positive Feminism ⚠️ Rape Culture 🧘 Body Politics 📚 Feminist Anthologies

Yes Means Yes!

Rape culture silences women's desire. The real consent standard requires an enthusiastic yes.

av Jaclyn Friedman 2008 361 sidor

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✋ Consent Culture 🔥 Sex-Positive Feminism ⚠️ Rape Culture 🧘 Body Politics 📚 Feminist Anthologies

A House in Gross Disorder

av Cynthia B. Herrup • 1999

An earl's trial for rape and sodomy in 1631 was a battle over patriarchy, not just sex.

3.54

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🏛️ Early Modern England ⚖️ Legal History 🔬 Microhistory 🎭 Trial Narratives 👑 Patriarchal Authority

A House in Gross Disorder

An earl's trial for rape and sodomy in 1631 was a battle over patriarchy, not just sex.

av Cynthia B. Herrup 1999 232 sidor

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🏛️ Early Modern England ⚖️ Legal History 🔬 Microhistory 🎭 Trial Narratives 👑 Patriarchal Authority

Delusions of Gender

av Cordelia Fine • 2010

The brain science of gender difference, examined closely, collapses. A psychologist explains why.

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🧠 Gender And Brain 🎯 Implicit Bias 🔄 Neuroplasticity 👶 Gender Socialization 🔍 Pseudoscience

Delusions of Gender

The brain science of gender difference, examined closely, collapses. A psychologist explains why.

av Cordelia Fine 2010 338 sidor

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🧠 Gender And Brain 🎯 Implicit Bias 🔄 Neuroplasticity 👶 Gender Socialization 🔍 Pseudoscience

Asking for It

av Kate Harding • 2014

Ninety-eight percent of rape reports are true. Why does the two percent dominate every conversation?

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⚠️ Rape Culture 👉 Victim Blaming 🗯️ Rape Myths 🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Legal System Failure

Asking for It

Ninety-eight percent of rape reports are true. Why does the two percent dominate every conversation?

av Kate Harding 2014 326 sidor

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⚠️ Rape Culture 👉 Victim Blaming 🗯️ Rape Myths 🎓 Campus Sexual Assault ⚖️ Legal System Failure

Adam and Eve After the Pill

av Mary Eberstadt • 2012

The sexual revolution promised freedom but delivered misery to women, children, and the poor.

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🏴 Sexual Revolution ✝️ Catholic Social Thought 🔗 Hookup Culture 🏛️ Cultural Conservatism 💔 Decline Of Marriage

Adam and Eve After the Pill

The sexual revolution promised freedom but delivered misery to women, children, and the poor.

av Mary Eberstadt 2012 175 sidor

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🏴 Sexual Revolution ✝️ Catholic Social Thought 🔗 Hookup Culture 🏛️ Cultural Conservatism 💔 Decline Of Marriage

Sex Matters

av 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

Feminism won, yet women's happiness declined for fifty years. The data explains why.

av Mona Charen 2018 320 sidor

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🔍 Feminism Critique 🧬 Sex Differences 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💍 Marriage Defense 🍸 Hookup Culture

Pixel Flesh

av Ellen Atlanta • 2024

Beauty culture promised freedom and delivered algorithms. The empowerment was always a sales pitch.

3.98

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💄 Beauty Culture ✊ Body Politics 📱 Social Media Harm 🍽️ Diet Culture Critique 🌍 Racialized Beauty

Pixel Flesh

Beauty culture promised freedom and delivered algorithms. The empowerment was always a sales pitch.

av Ellen Atlanta 2024 384 sidor

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💄 Beauty Culture ✊ Body Politics 📱 Social Media Harm 🍽️ Diet Culture Critique 🌍 Racialized Beauty

Rethinking Sex

av Christine Emba • 2022

Consent was meant to be enough. It isn't. Why sex needs an older, more demanding rule.

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🧭 Sexual Ethics 📱 Hookup Culture ⚖️ Consent Critique 😞 Sexual Dissatisfaction 👫 Heterosexual Dynamics

Rethinking Sex

Consent was meant to be enough. It isn't. Why sex needs an older, more demanding rule.

av Christine Emba 2022 256 sidor

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🧭 Sexual Ethics 📱 Hookup Culture ⚖️ Consent Critique 😞 Sexual Dissatisfaction 👫 Heterosexual Dynamics

The Underground Girls of Kabul

av Jenny Nordberg • 2014

Afghan families disguise daughters as sons for survival and status, but puberty calls a halt.

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🇦🇫 Afghanistan Culture 👦 Son Preference 🚫 Gender Nonconformity 🎭 Gender As Performance 🤫 Quiet Resistance

The Underground Girls of Kabul

Afghan families disguise daughters as sons for survival and status, but puberty calls a halt.

av Jenny Nordberg 2014 350 sidor

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🇦🇫 Afghanistan Culture 👦 Son Preference 🚫 Gender Nonconformity 🎭 Gender As Performance 🤫 Quiet Resistance

Unshrinking

av Kate Manne • 2024

Dieting fails almost everyone; the real threat to fat people is stigma, not fat itself.

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🧡 Fat Acceptance 🍽️ Diet Culture ⚖️ Weight Stigma 🔗 Intersectionality 🗣️ Body Politics

Unshrinking

Dieting fails almost everyone; the real threat to fat people is stigma, not fat itself.

av Kate Manne 2024 320 sidor

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🧡 Fat Acceptance 🍽️ Diet Culture ⚖️ Weight Stigma 🔗 Intersectionality 🗣️ Body Politics

Manifesting Justice

av Valena E. Beety • 2022

Wrongful convictions target women and queer people differently. A legal method to fight back.

4.33

126

⚖️ Wrongful Convictions 🔄 Criminal Justice Reform 🫂 Restorative Justice 🔗 Mass Incarceration 🕊️ Innocence Movement

Manifesting Justice

Wrongful convictions target women and queer people differently. A legal method to fight back.

av Valena E. Beety 2022 402 sidor

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126 betyg

⚖️ Wrongful Convictions 🔄 Criminal Justice Reform 🫂 Restorative Justice 🔗 Mass Incarceration 🕊️ Innocence Movement

A Return to Modesty

av Wendy Shalit • 1998

The sexual revolution's casualties are women, and the way back is the virtue it mocked.

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🔄 Sexual Revolution Critique 🛡️ Protecting Girlhood 🧱 Emotional Boundaries 🚫 Hookup Culture ⚧️ Sex Differences

A Return to Modesty

The sexual revolution's casualties are women, and the way back is the virtue it mocked.

av Wendy Shalit 1998 304 sidor

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🔄 Sexual Revolution Critique 🛡️ Protecting Girlhood 🧱 Emotional Boundaries 🚫 Hookup Culture ⚧️ Sex Differences

Knowing Woman

av Irene Claremont de Castillejo • 1973

A woman's harshest inner critic can become her sharpest ally. The bridge is sincere dialogue.

4.16

140

🧠 Jungian Psychology 🏺 Feminine Archetypes 🌑 Shadow Work ⚡ Animus And Anima 🌙 Feminine Spirituality

Knowing Woman

A woman's harshest inner critic can become her sharpest ally. The bridge is sincere dialogue.

av Irene Claremont de Castillejo 1973 192 sidor

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🧠 Jungian Psychology 🏺 Feminine Archetypes 🌑 Shadow Work ⚡ Animus And Anima 🌙 Feminine Spirituality

Women with Attention Deficit Disorder

av Sari Solden • 1995

Your ADHD hides as anxiety and burnout. A treatment and life-design guide for finally unmasking.

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🧠 Adhd In Women 🧑 Adult Adhd 🎭 Masking 📋 Executive Dysfunction 💔 Adhd Relationships

Women with Attention Deficit Disorder

Your ADHD hides as anxiety and burnout. A treatment and life-design guide for finally unmasking.

av Sari Solden 1995 354 sidor

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🧠 Adhd In Women 🧑 Adult Adhd 🎭 Masking 📋 Executive Dysfunction 💔 Adhd Relationships

Colonize This!

av Bushra Rehman • 2002

Mainstream feminism left out women of color. This generation explains how, and what comes next.

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🔀 Intersectional Feminism ✊🏽 Women Of Color Feminism 📚 Feminist Anthologies 🪪 Racial Identity 🧭 Cultural Navigation

Colonize This!

Mainstream feminism left out women of color. This generation explains how, and what comes next.

av Bushra Rehman 2002 432 sidor

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🔀 Intersectional Feminism ✊🏽 Women Of Color Feminism 📚 Feminist Anthologies 🪪 Racial Identity 🧭 Cultural Navigation

Text Me When You Get Home

av Kayleen Schaefer • 2018

How a parting ritual signaled that female friendship had become the true love story.

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👯 Female Friendship 💞 Platonic Bonds 👩 Modern Womanhood ✍️ Feminist Memoir 📺 Media Representation

Text Me When You Get Home

How a parting ritual signaled that female friendship had become the true love story.

av Kayleen Schaefer 2018 288 sidor

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👯 Female Friendship 💞 Platonic Bonds 👩 Modern Womanhood ✍️ Feminist Memoir 📺 Media Representation

City of Women

av Christine Stansell • 1986

In early New York, working-class women built a hidden city of mutual aid and sexual exchange.

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👩 Working-Class Women 👷 Labor History 🏚️ Urban Poverty 👥 Sex And Class 🏠 Cult Of Domesticity

City of Women

In early New York, working-class women built a hidden city of mutual aid and sexual exchange.

av Christine Stansell 1986 320 sidor

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👩 Working-Class Women 👷 Labor History 🏚️ Urban Poverty 👥 Sex And Class 🏠 Cult Of Domesticity

Power Shift

av Sally Armstrong • 2019

Sexual inequality is not ancient; it started with farming. The worldwide pushback has already begun.

4.17

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📜 Women's History 🌐 Global Feminism 🏛️ Patriarchy Origins 💰 Economic Empowerment ⚠️ Violence Against Women

Power Shift

Sexual inequality is not ancient; it started with farming. The worldwide pushback has already begun.

av Sally Armstrong 2019

4.17

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📜 Women's History 🌐 Global Feminism 🏛️ Patriarchy Origins 💰 Economic Empowerment ⚠️ Violence Against Women

For Her Own Good

av Barbara Ehrenreich • 1976

Male experts sold science and child-rearing advice; the price was women's autonomy.

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📜 Women's History 💊 Medicalization 🏠 Domestic Ideology 👶 Child-Rearing Advice 😰 Motherhood And Anxiety

For Her Own Good

Male experts sold science and child-rearing advice; the price was women's autonomy.

av Barbara Ehrenreich 1976 432 sidor

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📜 Women's History 💊 Medicalization 🏠 Domestic Ideology 👶 Child-Rearing Advice 😰 Motherhood And Anxiety

Aman

av Virginia Lee Barnes • 1994

Famine. Circumcision. Child marriage. Aman survived all three before thirteen. Then came the choice.

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🐪 Somali Culture 🌍 East Africa 👧 Girlhood And Tradition 👩🏾 Somali Women's Lives 💍 Arranged Marriage

Aman

Famine. Circumcision. Child marriage. Aman survived all three before thirteen. Then came the choice.

av Virginia Lee Barnes 1994 368 sidor

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🐪 Somali Culture 🌍 East Africa 👧 Girlhood And Tradition 👩🏾 Somali Women's Lives 💍 Arranged Marriage

Mask Off

av J.J. Bola • 2019

The biggest killer of men under 45 is not a disease. It is a script.

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🧨 Toxic Masculinity 🏛️ Patriarchy Critique 💔 Male Vulnerability 🧠 Men's Mental Health ⚠️ Rape Culture

Mask Off

The biggest killer of men under 45 is not a disease. It is a script.

av J.J. Bola 2019 128 sidor

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🧨 Toxic Masculinity 🏛️ Patriarchy Critique 💔 Male Vulnerability 🧠 Men's Mental Health ⚠️ Rape Culture

Women, Men, and the Whole Damn Thing

av 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

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

av David Leser 2021 336 sidor

4.02

460 betyg

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

Mad, Bad, and Sad

av Lisa Appignanesi • 2007

Madness is a cultural script, rewritten each century, and women have always been given the lead.

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🌀 Women And Madness 🏛️ History Of Psychiatry 📜 Feminist History 🏚️ Madhouses And Asylums 🎭 Hysteria Studies

Mad, Bad, and Sad

Madness is a cultural script, rewritten each century, and women have always been given the lead.

av Lisa Appignanesi 2007 560 sidor

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🌀 Women And Madness 🏛️ History Of Psychiatry 📜 Feminist History 🏚️ Madhouses And Asylums 🎭 Hysteria Studies

WHAT OUR MOTHERS DIDN'T TELL US

av 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

Feminism told women to delay marriage for careers. The biological clock was not listening.

av Danielle Crittenden 1999 208 sidor

3.71

454 betyg

🪄 Sexual Revolution 🔍 Critique Of Feminism ⚖️ Work-Life Balance ⏰ Biological Clock ♂️ Gender Differences

What Women Want Men to Know

av Barbara De Angelis • 2001

She isn't complicated, she's just built different. The blueprint for a woman's emotional circuitry.

3.66

500+

🧠 Female Psychology 💞 Emotional Connection 🗣️ Communication Styles 🔥 Sexual Intimacy 🧐 Pop Psychology

What Women Want Men to Know

She isn't complicated, she's just built different. The blueprint for a woman's emotional circuitry.

av Barbara De Angelis 2001 481 sidor

3.66

500+ betyg

🧠 Female Psychology 💞 Emotional Connection 🗣️ Communication Styles 🔥 Sexual Intimacy 🧐 Pop Psychology

How To Raise A Boy

av Michael C. Reichert • 2019

Boys are born as emotionally wired as girls. The parenting playbook for keeping them that way.

3.55

500+

🧒 Raising Boys 💭 Emotional Development 🤝 Connection Parenting 🎭 Masculinity Norms 💪 Healthy Masculinity

How To Raise A Boy

Boys are born as emotionally wired as girls. The parenting playbook for keeping them that way.

av Michael C. Reichert 2019 336 sidor

3.55

500+ betyg

🧒 Raising Boys 💭 Emotional Development 🤝 Connection Parenting 🎭 Masculinity Norms 💪 Healthy Masculinity

We Are Not Born Submissive. How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives

av Manon Garcia • 2018

Submission is trained, not born. Patriarchy teaches it through bodies, desire, and love.

3.90

500+

🇫🇷 French Feminism ✊ Patriarchy Critique 👁️ Sexual Objectification 🦵 Body Politics 💔 Love And Power

We Are Not Born Submissive. How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives

Submission is trained, not born. Patriarchy teaches it through bodies, desire, and love.

av Manon Garcia 2018 248 sidor

3.90

500+ betyg

🇫🇷 French Feminism ✊ Patriarchy Critique 👁️ Sexual Objectification 🦵 Body Politics 💔 Love And Power

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