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A New Gender Equality Contract for Europe

Amandine Clavaud , Andrea Peto , Laeticia Thissen

This open access book, supported by FEPS and Fondation Jean-Jaurès, centres on the work of contemporary progressive feminist thinkers and the idea that there is no democracy without gender equality. The authors develop the concept of a feminism that works for everyone –...

Gender Magic

Rae Mcdaniel

This Won't Hurt

Marieke Bigg

200 Words to Help you Talk about Sexuality & Gender

Kate Sloan

If you have ever felt at a disadvantage when joining in a conversation on a subject that you aren't confident about, this new series is for you. Each book features definitions of two hundred words frequently used to describe and discuss a smart subject. Gender and...

The Quickening

Talulah Riley

'Does the world seem right, to you?'Years ago, Dana Mayer had a vision of a better world: one where women are in charge. Now her manifesto, The Quickening, has established the rules for a new order, designed to elevate and protect women. A genteel and peaceful society...

Before We Were Trans

Kit Heyam

'A beautiful, brilliant, lively book that weaves together fascinating and moving examples with thoughtful analysis. Both heartfelt and rigorous, entertaining and scholarly, Before We Were Trans invites us to expand our sense of communities - past and present - in...

All My Friends Are Invisible

Jonathan Joly

*A mesmeric, harrowing and uplifting childhood memoir that will open up much-needed conversations about identity and mental health*'This will blow you away'- Stylist'Joly's prose is sensitive and heartbreaking...darkly compelling' - Business Post'An extraordinary and...

Testosterone

Carole Hooven

***RECOMMENDED AS ONE OF THE TIMES' BEST SCIENCE BOOKS OF 2021'With all the talk about testosterone in sex, sports and politics, we need a good explanation of the science and its implications, and this one is outstanding.' STEVEN PINKER, bestselling author of The Blank...

Breaking Through Bias

Alton B. Harris , Andrea S. Kramer

More than fifty years after the beginning of the Women's Movement, women are still not "making it" in traditionally male careers.Women start their careers on parity with men but generally end them far earlier, having achieved less status, lower compensation, and less...

Gender Mosaic

Prof. Daphna Joel , Luba Vikhanski

This timely manifesto calls for a future free from gender-based assumptions about human potential. Written by the internationally renowned neuroscientist whose game-changing research debunks the myth of male and female brains.For generations we've been taught that women...

The Little Book of Queer Icons

Samuel Alexander

Discover the fascinating stories behind 38 queer icons, all of them ground-breakers, risk-takers and game-changers. Whether they are activists, sportspeople, scientists or superstars, every one of these people has been a trailblazer in their field, and deserves to have...

Fed Up

Gemma Hartley

Gemma Hartley wrote an article in Harper's Bazaar in September 2017 called 'Women Aren't Nags - We're Just Fed Up', which instantly went viral.The piece, and this book, are about 'emotional labour', i.e. the unpaid, often unnoticed effort and work that goes into keeping...

Women who Changed the World

Pyramid

The 20th century began with a sense of great optimism after centuries of oppression. It was to be one of the most violent and tumultuous in world history and paved the way for many people to seize opportunities and make a difference. And women have been there every step...

Can We All Be Feminists?

June Eric-Udorie

'A map for how feminism can move forward inclusively' (GRAZIA), featuring essays by writers including Brit Bennett, bestselling author of The Vanishing Half, and Afua Hirsch, bestselling author of Brit(ish)Black Lives Matter * Trans Rights * Sex Workers' Rights * Body...

That's What She Said

Joanne Lipman

A FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE MONTH'Urgently needed' Charles Duhigg, bestselling author of THE POWER OF HABIT and SMARTER'Attention, good guys: this book is for you' Adam Grant, bestselling author of ORIGINALS and OPTION B with Sheryl Sandberg 'I know what...

You Play The Girl

Carina Chocano

We all know who The Girl is. She holds The Hero's hand as he runs through the Pyramids, chasing robots. Or she nags him, or foils him, plays the uptight straight man to his charming loser. She's idealised, degraded, dismissed, objectified and almost always...

The Gender Games

Juno Dawson

*WINNER OF THE UK BLACK PRIDE LITERARY PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION DIVA AWARDS 2017**AS SEEN ON TRANSFORMATION STREET* 'Opens minds, breaks down myths and vaporises prejudice - I loved it!' Rebecca Root, star of Boy Meets Girl 'Funny, thoughtful and honest' Stylist'It's a...

Targeted and Trolled

Rossalyn Warren

A feminist campaigner is sent death threats online at a rate of over fifty-per-hour.A woman who shares on social media her experience of rape, so that others might feel brave enough to speak out, is bombarded with abusive messages. More than a hundred female celebrities...

A Brief History of Misogyny

Jack Holland

In this compelling, powerful book, highly respected writer and commentator Jack Holland sets out to answer a daunting question: how do you explain the oppression and brutalization of half the world's population by the other half, throughout history? The result takes the...