sexism

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sexism

The future of another timeline

2019
"1992: After a confrontation at a riot grrl concert, seventeen-year-old Beth finds herself in a car with her friend's abusive boyfriend dead in the backseat, agreeing to help her friends hide the body. This murder sets Beth and her friends on a path of escalating violence and vengeance as they realize many other young women in the world need protecting too. 2022: Determined to use time travel to create a safer future, Tess has dedicated her life to visiting key moments in history and fighting for change. But rewriting the timeline isn't as simple as editing one person or event. And just when Tess believes she's found a way to make an edit that actually sticks, she encounters a group of dangerous travelers bent on stopping her at any cost. Tess and Beth's lives intertwine as war breaks out across the timeline--a war that threatens to destroy time travel and leave only a small group of elites with the power to shape the past, present, and future. Against the vast and intricate forces of history and humanity, is it possible for a single person's actions to echo throughout the timeline?"--Publisher description.
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What makes girls sick and tired

2018
"A feminist manifesto that denounces the discrimination against and unfairness felt by women from childhood to adulthood . . . [Illustrated] with images of girls with varied body types and personalities, [this book] invites teenagers to question thesexism that surrounds us, in ways that are obvious and hidden, simple and complex"--OCLC.

The body language of politics

decide who is lying, who is sincere, and how you'll vote
2020
"Body language expert Dr. Donna Van Natten provides . . . [readers] with the tools and resources . . . to analyze movements of . . . notable politicians . . . [including] Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Nancy Pelosi, Mitch McConnell, Chuck Schumer, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, among others--and analyzes their physical behaviors, breaking down the lies and deceptions embedded in their everyday movements"--Provided by publisher.

Bea is for blended

Soon after her mother marries a man with three sons, sixth-grader Bea Embers fights to form a girls' soccer team at school, despite discrimination and setbacks.

Score for imagination

Lola and her friends want to play soccer. The girls are not only good players, they're also strategic, and end up scoring for the team.

White tears

how white feminism betrays women of color
2020
"Ruby Hamad undertakes a new investigation of gender and race. She shows how the division between innocent white women and racialized, sexualized women of color was created, and why this division is crucial to confront"--Amazon.

Score for imagination

2020
Lola, with help from Grampa Ed and neighbor Gabriel, figures out a way to show the boys at school that they should be letting girls play soccer with them at recess.

Doing harm

the truth about how bad medicine and lazy science leave women dismissed, misdiagnosed, and sick
2018
Discusses sexism in the medical community, focusing on how women are neglected and medical symptoms of women are often not believed or overlooked.

Don't judge me

2020
"Hazel doesn't like to make waves. Middle school is hard enough without causing more trouble, right? She's happy just eating lunch in the library with her BFF, writing secret haikus, and taking care of an adorable rescue tortoise. But then Hazel discovers a list that rates the girls at her middle school based on their looks--started by her best friend's older brother. She knows she has to do something, and she can't do it alone. The wave she'll be making might turn into a tsunami, but if Hazel can find the courage to speak up, she might just change everything"--Provided by publisher.

Rules for being a girl

2021
"A girl . . . fights to expose sexism at her school after a run-in with a predatory teacher"--Amazon.com.

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