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Publisher Comments What do Amy Poehler, Bjork, Felicia Day, Martha Stewart, Miranda July, and Zooey Deschanel have in common? Theyre just a few of the amazing women proving that geek is no longer a four-letter word. In recent years, male geeks have taken the world by storm. But what about their female counterparts? After all, fangirls are just like fanboysthey put on their Imperial Stormtrooper Lycra pants one leg at a time. Gee... read more>>>
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From the inside scoop on goddesses, Amazons, and ancient matriarchal societies, to feminist theology and pagan rituals--Women's Spirituality offers a comprehensive survey of what is happening in women's spirituality today. Mary Faulkner also provides a sweeping historical and social overview of women's spiritual experience from the dawn of civilization to present day:
-Goddesses, amazons, priestesses, and Magic
-the histo... read more>>>
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Publisher CommentsIn Cairo in the 1940s, Leila Ahmed was raised by a generation of women who never dressed in the veils and headscarves their mothers and grandmothers had worn. To them, these coverings seemed irrelevant to both modern life and Islamic piety. Today, however, the majority of Muslim women throughout the Islamic world again wear the veil. Why, Ahmed asks, did this change take root so swiftly, and what does this shift mean for women, Islam, and the West? ... read more>>>
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Northshire Bookstore Review Reviewed By... Jessica Krawczyk
"One is not born a woman, but becomes one."
Find out why, how, and the distinction in this feminist essential... and share it with everyone.
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