Gender

A Murder Over a Girl: Justice, Gender, Junior High (Hardcover)

By Ken Corbett

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ISBN: 9780805099201

Availability: Out of Print

Published: Henry Holt and Co. - March 1st, 2016

A psychologist’s in depth account of the murder of a teenage transgender boy, the classmate who killed him, and the subsequent trial. A thought provoking journey through the legal system, white supremacist culture, gender identity, and teenage social dynamics. ~ Reviewed by Nate George

I Am Not a Slut: Slut-Shaming in the Age of the Internet (Paperback)

By Leora Tanenbaum

$16.99

ISBN: 9780062282590

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Published: Harper Perennial - February 3rd, 2015

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Tanenbaum explores the ideas of slut shaming and slut bashing in this book and how these issues are sometimes a part of everyday life for young women. This book discusses the double standards women face of being sexy but not too sexy and contains strategies for dealing with slut shaming. An appendix in the back also gives a helpful guide for how parents can talk to their teenage or college age daughters about the issue of slut shaming. This book is a valuable guide to navigating the world as a young woman, both online and off. ~ Reviewed by Amy Williams

The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Paperback)

By Jill Lepore

$17.95

ISBN: 9780804173407

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Published: Vintage - July 7th, 2015

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Those bullet-deflecting bracelets! Those kinky high-heeled red boots! Lepore shows how Wonder Woman's creator, William Moulton Marston, himself rather kinky, was influenced by suffragists and feminists, especially his female relatives and friends. A thoroughly engrossing, well-researched and eye-opening book. ~ Reviewed by Louise Jones

Homeward Bound: Why Women Are Embracing the New Domesticity (Night Glow Board Books) (Paperback)

By Emily Matchar

$19.99

ISBN: 9781451665451

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Published: Simon & Schuster - March 3rd, 2015

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From canning pickles to sewing your own clothes to homeschooling your kids, women are embracing blogs to share the intimate details of a new kind of domesticity. Matchar takes a hard look at whether these new homemakers are advancing women's roles or setting feminism back. A refreshing dose of analysis and skepticism on this widespread DIY culture. ~ Reviewed by Martha Cornwell

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (Paperback)

By Mary Wollstonecraft, Miriam Brody (Introduction by), Miriam Brody (Notes by)

$13.00

ISBN: 9780141441252

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Published: Penguin Classics - September 28th, 2004

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Yet another essential feminist text from one of the mothers of feminism. Read it and join the movement!

The Secret History of Wonder Woman (Hardcover)

By Jill Lepore

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ISBN: 9780385354042

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Published: Knopf Publishing Group - October 28th, 2014

Those bullet-deflecting bracelets! Those kinky high-heeled red boots! Lepore shows how Wonder Woman's creator, William Moulton Marston, himself rather kinky, was influenced by suffragists and feminists, especially his female relatives and friends. A thoroughly engrossing, well-researched and eye-opening book. ~ Reviewed by Louise Jones