Feminism

Everything You Already Know About Your Own Racism and How to Do Better In the vein of So You Want to Talk About Race and Me and White Supremacy, a no-holds-barred guidebook aimed...

A tangled history of feminism’s complicity and resistance How did feminists end up turning to the police and the law to make them safe? Every week it seems there is...

International Women's Networks in Hawai'i, 1820–1940 (Global America) As competing American, European, and later Japanese imperial and colonial ambitions spread across the ocean in the nineteenth century, Honolulu emerged as...

A groundbreaking, intimate, and refreshingly hopeful book for anyone facing PMDD, from a journalist who has lived with the disorder herself. Most days, Shalene Gupta was the person she’d always...

Passionate, powerful and thought-provoking, in The Hidden Face of Eve, leading feminist writer Nawal El Saadawi provides a shocking account of the oppression of women in the Arab world. Inspired...

The Early Life of Nawal El Saadawi, In Her Own Words Volume one of the autobiography of Nawal El Saadawi, the Arab world's leading feminist. In A Daughter of Isis,...

Bringing together multi-award-winning author Hazel Carby's most important and influential essays, Cultures in Bablyon analysed diverse aspects of US and British culture. Carby's writing is invariably sharp and provocative, her...

A fierce and galvanizing reminder that resistance is everywhere in the fight for abortion and reproductive justice in the United States. Fighting Mad is a book about what "reproductive justice" means...

A deeply personal, politically impassioned portrait of the historic protests taking place in Iran, by a female witness and participant who must remain strictly anonymous. With an introduction by Christina...

‘The Glass Cliff is a conversation about what happens when women break the rules, and break through The Glass Ceiling.’ Have you ever wondered why there are so few success...

Calling Forth Your Inner Council of Wise, Brave, Crazy, Rebellious, Loving, Luminous Selves “A woman’s work is to define herself,” says award-winning slam poet Dominique Christina. While this task is...

The first ever collection of writing from the Brixton Black Women’s Group, one of the first and most important black radical organisations of the 1970s "We came to Britain in...

Leta Hong Fincher's landmark book Leftover Women shone a light on the resurgence of gender inequality in 21st-century China. Ten years on, women in China continue to experience a dramatic...

An eye-opening reckoning with the care economy, from its roots in racial capitalism to its exponential growth as a new site of profit and extraction. Since the earliest days of...

In a complex world, who is allowed to be complicated? Who is entitled to a messy life full of triumphs, mistakes and tedium? Until recently, not Black women. Kimberly McIntosh...

In the early years of the People's Republic of China, the Communist Party sought to transform gender relations, but those gains have been steadily eroded in recent decades during China's...

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...

'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...

Esperanza risked her life fleeing the Dominican Republic for the glittering dream she saw on television but years later she is still stuck in a cramped tenement with her husband,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

The Power of Radical Self-LoveThis pioneering bestseller has become a rallying cry for a movement of radical self-love — the second edition shows readers how to grow the movement from...

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,...

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...

A Woman's Guide to Earning More, Building Wealth, and Gaining Economic PowerAre you ready to fill your life with more peace, power, and joy?We Should All Be Millionaires details a...

The dramatic story of a musician and artist whose unconventional journey to international success was far more important than her family name. Growing up in the shadow of her superstar...

Featuring contributions from Candice Carty-Williams, Jessica Horn, Ebele Okobi, Funmi Fetto and Freddie Harrel.In the vein of Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist, but wholly its own, Girl is a provocative, heartbreaking...

Hidden Stories from Women of AfghanistanCompelling, enlightening, heart-breaking, Dear Zari is a collection of true stories from women in Afghanistan that is more urgent now than ever.Dear Zari gives voice...

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...

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...

150 Ways to Radically Accept & Prioritize Your Mind, Body, & SoulPrioritize your wellbeing with these 150 self-care exercises designed specifically to help Black women revitalize their outlook on life,...

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,...

Spanning more than 35 years of work, the first comprehensive collection of essays, criticism, and articles by the legendary author of the Harlem Renaissance, Zora Neale Hurston, showcasing the evolution...

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 —...

40th Anniversary EditionOriginally released in 1981, This Bridge Called My Back is a testimony to women of color feminism as it emerged in the last quarter of the twentieth century....

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...

Addressing gender alone won't help women rise to the top. Although women come from widely diverse backgrounds, they share a common assumption upon entering the workforce: 'I have a chance.'...

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...

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...

How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill WomenExplore real women’s tales of healthcare trauma and medical misogyny with this meticulously researched, in-depth examination of the women’s health crisis in America...

A Black Fat Girl's Guide to Living Life Unapologetically'The truth is, body positivity is for white women. White female bodies being safe is paramount to maintaining white supremacy.' — Stephanie...

A tale of survival from one of the most beloved Nigerian writers, now in Penguin Modern Classics for the first timeWhen Adah's dream of moving to England becomes a reality,...

Translated by Jessica Powell With 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 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,...

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...