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[2023]
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"Renowned journalist Elizabeth Flock investigates what few dare to confront, or even imagine: the role and necessity of female-led violence in response to systems built against women. In The Furies, Elizabeth Flock examines how three real-life women have used violence to fight back, and how views of women who defend their lives are often distorted by their depictions in media and pop culture. These three immersive narratives follow Brittany Smith,...
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"It's not so long ago that a woman's expressed interest in other realms would have ruined her reputation, or even killed her. And yet spiritualism, in various incarnations, has influenced numerous men - including lauded modernist artists such as Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, Kazimir Malevich and Paul Klee - without repercussion. The fact that so many radical women artists of their generation - and earlier - also drank deeply from the same spiritual...
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Ce livre est un condensé des meilleures chroniques « Grenades » de Safia Kessas diffusées sur La Première. Les thèmes qui y sont abordés avec un ton décalé, parfois acide mais jamais méchant touchent aux féminismes et aux diversités. De metoo au Black Live matters, Safia brosse de façon incisive et malicieuse un fait d'actualité marquant. Qu'est-ce que la masculinité toxiques ? Savez-vous que les sorcières existent vraiment ? Pourquoi...
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¿Qué significa (y qué debería significar) "ser hombre" hoy en día. Este divertidísimo e inteligente manifiesto nos da la clave.
¿Qué clase de hombres haría "del mundo un lugar mejor para todos"? ¿Qué pasaría si redefiniésemos la vieja, machista y anticuada versión de la masculinidad para abrazar una nueva manera de "ser hombre"? La práctica de lo masculino suele identificarse con experiencias extremas: ganar batallas, seducir a mujeres...
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Get the Summary of Janina Ramirez's Femina in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Femina" by Janina Ramirez offers a comprehensive exploration of medieval women's lives, examining their roles in diplomacy, art, warfare, literacy, and leadership. The book emphasizes the importance of considering social class, religion, age, and family status in historical narratives and advocates for an inclusive perspective that acknowledges...
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"What if money didn't mean restriction, and instead, choice? The ability to luxuriously travel, quit toxic jobs, donate to important organizations, retire early? ... Tori founded Her First $100K to teach women to overcome the unique obstacles standing in the way of their financial freedom. In [this book], she distills the principles of her shame- and judgment-free approach to paying off debt, figuring out your value categories to spend mindfully,...
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L'avenir est en marche, et il est féminin. Les femmes sont la clé du progrès. Trop souvent, nous, Européens, considérons le respect de leurs droits comme une affaire réglée. Les inégalités et injustices frappant les femmes ne s'observeraient plus que dans d'autres régions du monde. Hélas, c'est loin d'être le cas et il faut que cela change. Dans le cadre de ses fonctions, Alexander De Croo a découvert que dans le monde entier (y compris...
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Mike Pauro, aka 'Ajax Moon' and his daughter, Morgan Deeble, aka 'Bridey Moon' remake the aphorism examined by James Allen for women. In this transposition of Allen's classic, the authors revisit the impact of thought on health, purpose, achievement, ideas, and serenity from the female perspective. The work is accompanied by imagery from early 20th century postcards passed down for generations in their family. The images were selected to be contemporaneous...
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"A partir de la crítica hacia los falsos universales heredados de la teoría política liberal, Contraciudadanía y democracia feminista examina formas de impugnación que configuran la praxis de la contraciudadanía, claves en la puesta en ejercicio de una democracia feminista. Para Nicole Darat, tal objetivo implica preguntarse qué significa dicha democracia, cuál es su
relación con la institucionalidad y con las políticas afirmativas. A lo...
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Las sociedades actuales no pueden entenderse sin las transformaciones sociales que han logrado los movimientos feministas. Más allá de los cambios estructurales desde lo material, cultural, educativo o político este libro recoge, desde la experiencia personal y en un estilo que mezcla realidad y ficción, el relato de vida de varias mujeres de diferentes edades, procedencias y que se encuentran en distintos momentos vitales. Mujeres que afrontan...
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¿Cómo se cruzan el género y la diversidad funcional? ¿Tienen las personas discapacitadas derecho al sexo? ¿Es la discapacidad una identidad política? Este libro analiza la intersección entre patriarcado y capacitismo e invita a la discusión entre sus lecturas críticas –el feminismo y el anticapacitismo– en torno al género, los cuidados, la violencia, la sexualidad y la politización de la diferencia.
«Desde la investigación, la cultura...
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This book is a radical critique of gender ideology and transhuman design. Silvia Guerini shows how the TQ+ rights agenda is being pushed by eugenicist capitalist technocrats at the top of Big Business, Big Philanthropy, Big Tech and Big Pharma companies. She argues that dissociation from our sexed bodies leads to dissociation from reality, with the human body transformed into a permanent construction site besieged by synthetic and artificial interventions....
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Men and women used to cheer: vive la différence!
But now, contrary to all science and common sense, we're supposed to believe that there is no difference. (And if you insist there is, you just might be accused of a hate crime!)
Our culture-and our laws-are endorsing a worldview rooted in craziness.
For instance, we're told that:
• Boys who think they're girls (and who could change their minds tomorrow) should be allowed to participate in girls'...
15) A toda teta
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Las lactancias maternas en la época moderna se mueven en un abanico de opciones, posibilidades y controversias, y siempre hay instancias que consideran que pueden y deben apropiarse del tema, ya sea el Estado, la industria farmacéutica, las instituciones de salud, la pediatría e incluso blogs y webs de moda. En contraparte, este libro da voz a protagonistas que amamantan, y además, las lectoras y lectores vamos de la mano de una asesora de lactancia,...
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Sarah Margaret Fuller Ossoli (1810-1850) was an American journalist, critic, and women's rights advocate associated with the American transcendentalism movement. She was the first full-time American female book reviewer in journalism. Fuller was an advocate of women's rights and, in particular, women's education and the right to employment. Her book "Woman in the Nineteenth Century" is considered the first major feminist work in the United States....
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This book delves into the diverse roles of women within the familial context of ancient Indian and Tibetan cultures, examining the nuances of their contributions, responsibilities, and enduring impact on the social landscape. In the ancient landscapes of India and Tibet, the roles of women were intricately woven into the rich tapestry of familial life, forming the foundation of societal structures. Beyond the realms of familial duties, women in these...
18) Contre-offensive
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Tout homme sécrète-t-il fatalement en lui une violence dirigée vers les femmes ? Voici une réflexion motivée en réponse aux attaques des féministes. Cette humble diatribe explore la psyché féminine avec quelques mots sur le mystère et l'ambivalence, sans accorder la moindre excuse aux hommes pervers, brutaux ou criminels. Nous tentons d'imaginer les raisons qui peuvent conduire à des actes irréparables et fatals, tout en examinant les...
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This critical anthology of writings by Carlos Monsiváis represents a foundational set of texts by an exceptional (yet under‑translated) Mexican cultural critic. Fatefully, Faithfully Feminist situates the urgencies of social movements as they developed in real time. Spanning from 1973 to 2008, Monsiváis's essays, which were originally compiled by scholar Marta Lamas, analyze the role of women in a patriarchal culture from pre‑Columbian times...
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