feminism

Examines the true story of Indian woman Sampat Pal, founder of the "Gulabi Gang," a gang of nearly ten thousand women in India who rebel against the traditional chauvinism of India by wearing pink saris and officiating marriages of love, not of parental arrangement.

Contains speeches, essays, and articles that show Helen Keller as a political activist and thinker, offering her sometimes radical opinions on disability and class, socialism, war, and women.

Brittney Cooper discusses what it means to be a black feminist and how she found her own strength to self identify as one.

Includes a wide range of opinions surrounding issues concerning reproductive rights.

Author Mary Wollstonecraft presents her argument for the emancipation of women.

Examines the role of feminism today, and the role women's rights have played through the eyes of academics, politicians, and advocates.

"A critical assessment of feminism today by the founding editor and creative director of Bitch magazine draws on the stories of institutions and everyday women to illuminate how feminism has been compromised by market forces, subversive politics and popular culture, sharing strategic recommendations for how to reverse marginalizing trends."--NoveList.

"The year is 1994, and alternative is in. But not for alternative girl Tabitha Denton; she hates her life. She is uninterested in boys, lonely, and sidelined by former friends at her suburban high school. When she picks up a zine at a punk concert, she finds an escape--an advertisement for a Riot Grrrl meetup. At the meeting, Tabitha finds girls who are more like her and a place to belong. But just as Tabitha is settling in with her new friends and beginning to think she understands herself, eighteen-year-old Jackie Hardwick walks into a meeting and changes her world forever. The out-and-proud Jackie is unlike anyone Tabitha has ever known. As her feelings for Jackie grow, Tabitha begins to learn more about herself and the racial injustices of the punk scene, but to be with Jackie, she must also come to grips with her own privilege and stand up for what's right"--Provided by publisher.

Provides a history of American women's movements from the 1920s to the early twenty-first century.

"Only women and girls are allowed in the Red Abbey, a haven from abuse and oppression. Maresi arrived at the Abbey four years ago, during the hunger winter, and now lives a happy life under the protection of the Mother. Maresi spends her days reading in the Knowledge House, caring for the younger novices, and contentedly waiting for the moment when she will be called to serve one of the Houses of the Abbey."--Back cover.