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The essential writings of black lesbian poet and feminist writer Audre LordeThe woman's place of power within each of us is neither white nor surface; it is dark, it is...

Notes From the Women That White Feminists Forgot I'm a feminist. Mostly.I'm an asshole. Mostly. All too often the focus of mainstream feminism is not on basic survival for the...

How White Feminism Betrays Women of ColourA confronting reality check for the privileged position of the white woman.When white people cry foul it is often people of colour who suffer....

Gothic, intoxicating, feminist, darkly provoking and deeply romantic — this is the breathtakingly imagined untold story of the brides of Dracula, by bestselling author Kiran Millwood Hargrave in her much-anticipated...

Nineteen Arab women journalists speak out about what it's like to report on their changing homelands in this first-of-its-kind essay collection.A growing number of intrepid Arab and Middle Eastern sahafiyat...

The riveting, powerful, New York Times bestselling memoirChanel Miller's story changed our world forever. In 2016 Brock Turner was sentenced to just six months in jail after he was caught...

Intimate Histories of Riotous Black Girls, Troublesome Women and Queer RadicalsRevolution in a minor key: how young Black women invented freedom.At the dawn of the twentieth century, Black women in...

A passionate account of the toxic culture of bullying and overwork that junior doctors can experience in the workplace as part of their training.Yumiko Kadota was every Asian parent's dream...

we are all just one small disaster away from sinking, and sometimes you only realise when you're gasping for air On a daylight street in Minneapolis Minnesota, a Black man...

The Sex Lives of African Women uniquely amplifies individual women from across the African continent and its global diaspora, as they speak of their diverse experiences of sex, sexualities and...

A New York Times bestseller and enduring classic, All About Love is the acclaimed first volume in feminist icon bell hooks' "Love Song to the Nation" trilogy. All About Love...

The start of a bold and immersive West African-inspired, feminist fantasy series for fans of Children of Blood and Bone and Black Panther.We all have a choice. Are we girls,...

Three generations of Palestinian-American women living in Brooklyn are torn between individual desire and the strict mores of Arab culture in this heart-wrenching story of love, intrigue and courage.Palestine, 1990....

'I am a woman's rights. I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that? I am as strong as any...

A New York Times 'Notable Book of 2020' One of Elena Ferrante's 'Top 40 Books by Female Authors' 'A sharply observed and heartbreaking portrait of what it means to be...

A bold and uncompromising feminist manifesto that shows women and girls how to defy, disrupt, and destroy the patriarchy by embracing the qualities they’ve been trained to avoid.Seizing upon the...

Falling in love wasn't part of the plan.Eliza Quan fully expects to be voted the next editor in chief of her school paper. She works hard, she respects the facts,...

Inspired by real historical events, The Mercies is a breathtaking story of love, fear and obsession, and the strength and courage of women.On Christmas Eve, 1617, the sea around the...

Feminism in the Twenty-First CenturyA landmark book that provides us with a new way of thinking about sex, from one of the most exciting and important young intellectuals at work...

The powerful and poignant new novel from the author of the much-loved A Woman is No Man. Raised in a conservative Palestinian family in Brooklyn, Yara thought she would finally...

The True Power of Women and the Science That Shows ItAre women more nurturing than men? Are men more promiscuous than women? Are males the naturally dominant sex? And can...

The Feminist Awakening in ChinaHow the Feminist Five and the rise of China's feminist movement are challenging China's authoritarian governmentOn the eve of International Women's Day in 2015, the Chinese...

In Complaint! Sara Ahmed examines what we can learn about power from those who complain about abuses of power. Drawing on oral and written testimonies from academics and students who...

How to Dismantle Systems of Oppression to Protect People + PlanetClimate change is the great equaliser. Or is it?In The Intersectional Environmentalist, activist and environmental scientist Leah Thomas shows how...

Real Lives, Real LessonsAn inspirational and practical book written by two high-achieving women, sharing the experience and advice of some of our most extraordinary women leaders, in their own words.As...

Unravelling unconscious biasUncovers the science behind our 'unintentional' biases using real world stories underpinned by scientific theories and research.For the first time, behavioural and data scientist, activist and writer Dr...

A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave RouteA profound and harrowing meditation by a descendant of slaves who journeyed to Africa to understand her past.The slave, Saidiya Hartman observes, is a...

PERIOD founder and Harvard College student Nadya Okamoto offers a manifesto on menstruation and why we can no longer silence those who bleed—and how to engage in youth activism.Throughout history,...

A timely and impassioned exploration of how our society has commodified feminism and continues to systemically shut outwomen of colour. Join the important conversation about race, empowerment, and inclusion with...

Translated by Jessica PowellWith unguarded humor and breathtaking directness, Nine Moons questions the dogmas, upends the stereotypes, and embraces all the terror, beauty, and paradoxes of the propagation of the...

Powerfully persuasive, personal and provocative — an unforgettable takedown of white feminism and an empowering manifesto for revolutionMost of us believe that feminism is a force for good. In the...

Exposing how the law silences womenHOW MANY MORE WOMENhave to be raped or abused before we act?need to accuse him before we believe her?will be failed by the criminal justice...

Plastered over t-shirts and tote bags, the word 'feminist' has entered the mainstream and is fast becoming a popular slogan for our generation. But feminism isn't a commodity up for...

In this landmark work, four of the world's leading scholar-activists set out a vital, urgent manifesto for a truly intersectional, internationalist, abolitionist feminism.A powerful work from four activist scholars on...

On the choices of being a woman Part memoir and reflective analysis, Pragya Agarwal examines motherhood and fertility and how it shapes all our lives. In a world where women...

All you have are your words.AS RECOMMENDED BY MALALA YOUSAFZAI AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A TOP TEN SUNDAY POST BESTSELLER A STYLIST BEST BOOK OF 2020'A stunning novel...

A powerful feminist folktale rooted in Ugandan historySmart, headstrong Kirabo is raised by her grandparents in rural Uganda. But as she enters her teens, she starts to feel overshadowed by...

'A brave new voice that reaches out to us all' — Miranda Doyle, author of A Book of Untruths 28-year-old Zeba Talkhani charts her experiences growing up in Saudi Arabia...

How the Mothers of Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X and James Baldwin Shaped a NationIn her groundbreaking debut, Anna Malaika Tubbs tells the incredible, moving story of three women...

A deeply personal, thoroughly researched and unflinching examination of feminism through the lens of race calling for a new understanding of our relationships with ourselves and one another — from...

Breaking Barriers as a Queer Indian WomanA call to South Asian women to question everything they’ve been taught about self-love.Part memoir, part guide, Burning My Roti is essential reading for...

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2021 * LONGLISTED FOR THE 2022 PEN AMERICA OPEN BOOK AWARDLibertie Sampson was named by her father as he lay dying, in honour...

An urgent exploration of how the gendering of emotions came about, and what we can do to change these damaging stereotypes, by award-winning behavioural and data scientist Dr Prayga AgarwalHow...

How Men Came to RuleIn this bold and radical book, award-winning science journalist Angela Saini goes in search of the true roots of gendered oppression, uncovering a complex history of...

The Twelve Strangest Women in MusicRaucous, sensual and sublime — how twelve pioneering female artists rewrote the rules of pop.From Kate Bush to Nicki Minaj, from Janet Jackson to TLC...

Changing Everything I Knew About Women’s StrengthA groundbreaking book about women's strength, inspired by author Poorna Bell's journey to get physically strong after her husband, Rob, died and the huge...

Tamil Women and Work in Postwar Sri LankaBeyond nostalgic tea industry ads romanticizing colonial Ceylon and the impoverished conditions that beleaguer Tamil tea workers are the stories of the women,...

From widely acclaimed comedian and author, Shappi Khorsandi, comes a modern fable about the rise and fall of a beautiful, but vulnerable, young woman in a world obsessed with money,...

One of Patricia Grace's most popular novels, this is the unforgettable story of three women's intersecting lives.Makareta is the chosen one — carrying her family's hopes.Missy is the observer —...

In 2020, the lives of Australian women changed irrevocably. With insight, intelligence and empathy, Jane Gilmore, Santilla Chingaipe and Emily J. Brooks explore this through the lenses of work, love...