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"Sinuous and sensual, the poems of In Full Velvet interrogate the nuances of desire, love, gender, ecology, LGBTQ lineage and community, and the tension between a body's material limits and the forms made possible by the imagination. Characterized by formal poise, vulnerability, and compassion, Johnson's debut collection is one of resounding generosity and grace. Jenny Johnson is a recipient of the 2015 Whiting Writers' Award, and the 2016 Hodder...
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This pioneering 1859 deconstruction of capitalism and classical economics includes many of the ideas later incorporated into Marx's masterwork, Das Kapital. The preface introduces the author's economic theory of history: the idea that the way goods and services are produced determines the political and ideological nature of society.
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Trans Life Survivors by Walt Heyer powerfully portrays the human toll inflicted by so-called "gender experts", who push gender transition on people, who don't need it.
Experience for yourself the raw emotions and "aha" moments from 30 people, who were convinced gender change was the answer, but came to see it was not.
This one-of-a-kind book is packed with information:
• Emails from 30 transgender survivors
• The latest research and information
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Over the last decade, Timor-Leste has made substantial progress in state building and strengthening the economy, governance, and infrastructure. Gender equality has been a fundamental principle in these efforts and remains key to achieving sustainable development into the future. This assessment examines gender issues across the different socioeconomic sectors of Timor-Leste, such as health, education, work, and political participation. It brings...
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The Liminal Chrysalis: Imagining Reproduction and Parenting Futures Beyond the Binary is an edited collection that works to identify and deconstruct many of the countless binaries that operate within the realms of parenting and reproduction. Weaving poetry, speculative fiction, and autobiography with interviews, critical analysis, and research, the authors take as their starting place that there is magical potential and possibility in the ambiguous,...
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Fue impulsora del movimiento feminista en Chile y quien dedicó su formación y vocación tanto sociológica como politológica para dar contenido al feminismo como concepción de una nueva cultura reestructuradora de una sociedad igualmente nueva. A través de su prolífica producción académica se comprometió siempre con la visión feminista, procurando de manera sistemática que la exposición de ideas alcanzara el objetivo de impactar en la...
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This is a book about speech and the silencing of speech; about who gets to speak and who does not; about who is listened to and who is ignored. In this down-to-earth analysis of the democratic principle of freedom of speech, Betty McLellan insists that, if this prized democratic principle is to have any continuing credibility, free speech must be free for all. Written from the perspective of feminist ethics, Unspeakable focuses on how women are silenced...
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This anthology takes an international and cross-cultural approach to discussions about friendship by curating a set of diverse contributions situated in a transnational context. These interdisciplinary contributions take friendship seriously as a subject of feminist and legal study and hone in specifically on polyamory, polygamy, and Platonic affinities, considering the sexual and non-sexual ties of affect and affinity that link a diverse range of...
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Matthew Arnold was a British school inspector for over three decades, giving him the opportunity to travel around England and the Continent surveying schools. A French Eton is a study of the French educational system, including its highly democratic nature, and an argument that the English system needed to be reformed.
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"Necesitamos visualizar un mundo que celebre el amor en cualquier forma, orientación sexual o expresión de género." En Barreras para Amar, la psicoterapeuta Marina Peralta utiliza su propia historia de vida para hacer frente a la cuestión de la identidad bisexual. Situado en México y California, Marina revela cómo el abuso sexual a una edad temprana, la llevó a una confusión sexual en su adolescencia. Plantada por su primer novio, reconfortada...
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I think it's safe to say our culture is a parody of gender identity. Men desire to be men, but most men haven't the slightest clue what real manhood looks like. Women desire to be women, but most women are stuck in the same rut. And this is because we're always going about it the wrong way. We can be sure of at least one thing: What we're doing isn't working. Not only is it not working, but it's making things worse. Our vision for what men and women...
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This pamphlet first appeared as a series of articles in 1849. An early precursor to the landmark Das Kapital, here Marx develops the ideas of supply, demand, labor-as-commodity, the distinction between labor and power, and capitalism's dependence on the exploitation of labor, with the prediction that capitalism would eventually collapse.
16) Vitruvian Women
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This book is a tribute to life's eternal feminine. It is an acknowledgement of women, of all women, for being wonderful and for simply being women. It starts in an intense and delicate way with women tackling the topic of dignity, democracy with the face of a woman, and the violation of her rights. She is abused, beaten, and killed; her genitals are mutilated; her face and body are burned with acid; and she is paid less than man is for the same work....
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Zafra es una de las nuevas voces destinadas a convertirse en imprescindibles en el pensamiento crítico y artístico, como este libro viene a confirmar. (h)adas no es un ensayo convencional ni habla solamente de mujeres y tecnología; (h)adas trata sobre los tiempos propios y las formas de domesticación y emancipación que se deducen de las tecnologías de la vida cotidiana, sobre su poder invisible en la apropiación y gestión de tiempos y expectativas....
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In this 1922 work Paton addresses the unmet need to tend professionally to mental health as well as physical health. Asking whether humankind possesses sufficient soundness of mind to exercise intelligent control over civilization, he covers such topics as "Are Sanity and Insanity Inherited?", "The Sound Body," and "Man's Old and New Brain."
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Despite economic growth, decreasing fertility rates, and rising education levels, women in Asia are on average 70% less likely than men to be in the labor force, with the country-to-country percentage varying anywhere from 3% to 80%. Results of a new simulation model suggest that closing the gender gap could generate a 30% increase in the per capita income of a hypothetical average Asian economy in one generation. This report discusses the reasons...
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An excellent guide for collectors and students, this invaluable primer on the study of folklore includes an elementary introduction to the scientific aspects of the subject, information on types of folklore such as magic and divination, beliefs about reincarnation, regional customs and superstitions, and guidelines for collecting.
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