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The last housewife : a novel / by Winstead, Ashley,author.;
"During their senior year of college, Shay Evans and her best friend Laurel escaped from a violent, magnetic man and his equally violent views about women and society. Eight years later, Shay has built a new life for herself. But the horrifying news of Laurel's death shatters her world and makes her suspect that the people from her past are back and more dangerous than ever. Recruiting the help of a true-crime podcast host, Shay is determined to find out the truth. When clues lead her to a secret cult devoted to male superiority, she discovers what happened to her eight years ago was only the beginning. When Shay's search for answers turns into an obsession, forcing her to confront her own complicity and conditioning, she'll have to make a life-changing decision: how much would she give up to take down the men who've ruled her life?"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Cults; Justice; Misogyny; Murder; Podcasters; Women;
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This little light / by Lansens, Lori,author.;
"Taking place over 48 hours in the year 2023, this is the story of Rory Ann Miller, on the run with her best friend because they are accused of bombing their posh Californian high school during an American Virtue Ball. There's a bounty on their heads, and a social media storm of trolls flying around them, not to mention a posse of law enforcement, attack helicopters and drones trying to track them down. Rory's mom, a social activist and lawyer, has been arrested and implicated in her daughter's "crimes" whereas her dad (who betrayed his wife and daughter in a nasty divorce) is cooperating with the authorities. The story exists in a universe of gated communities, born-again Christians, Probationary Citizens (once known as "Dreamers"), re-criminalized abortion and birth control, teenage virginity oaths and something called the Red Market, which is either a Conservative bogey-man created to further polarize the "base" or a criminal network making money from selling unwanted babies to whomever wants them and fetal tissue to cosmetics and drug companies. Rory is cynical and scared, furious and scathing, betrayed and looking for something or someone to trust. What she has to say about the dads and bosses and politicians lining up to keep women in their place, and about the ways women collaborate in their own undermining, is fierce, and funny, and sad, and true."--
Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Feminist fiction.; Political fiction.; Teenage girls; Fugitives from justice; Misogyny; Fundamentalism;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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The birth yard : a novel / by Tater, Mallory,1992-author.;
Sable Ursu has just turned eighteen, which means she is ready to breed. Within the confines of her world, a patriarchal cult known as the Den, female fertility and sexuality are wholly controlled by Men. In the season they come of age, Sable and her friends Mamie and Dinah are each paired with a Match with the purpose of conceiving a child. Sable is paired with Ambrose, the son of a favoured Man in the Den. Others are not so lucky. In their second trimester, girls are sent to the Birth Yard, where they are prepared for giving birth and motherhood, but are also regularly drugged and monitored by their midwives. Sable is unable to ignore her unease about the pills they are forced to swallow and the punishments they receive for stepping out of line. Too many of the girls, including Mamie and Dinah, have secrets and it is impossible to know whom to trust. When Sable's loyalty is questioned and her safety within the Den is threatened, she must rebel against the only life she has ever known-- the only life she has been designed for.
Subjects: Feminist fiction.; Misogyny; Cults; Patriarchy; Pregnant women; Man-woman relationships; Women;
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The handmaid's tale. [videorecording] / by Brugel, Amanda,1978-actor.; Dowd, Ann,actor.; Fiennes, Joseph,1970-actor.; Miller, Bruce,creator.; Minghella, Max,1985-actor.; Moss, Elisabeth,1983-actor.; Strahovski, Yvonne,1982-actor.; television adaptation of (work):Atwood, Margaret,1939-Handmaid's tale.; MGM-TV,production company.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.,publisher.;
Elisabeth Moss, Max Minghella, Yvonne Strahovski, Joseph Fiennes, Ann Dowd, Amanda Brugel.Originally released by Hulu in 2018.The Emmy and Golden Globe award-winning drama series returns with a second season shaped by Offred's pregnancy and her ongoing fight to free her future child from the dystopian horrors of Gilead. In season two, Offred and all our characters will fight against or succumb to this dark truth.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.2018 Golden Globe Award for best television series, drama
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Dystopian television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Dystopias; Man-woman relationships; Misogyny; Theocracy; Pregnancy;
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Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The handmaid's tale. [videorecording] / by Fiennes, Joseph,1970-actor.; Miller, Bruce,creator.; Moss, Elisabeth,1983-actor.; Strahovski, Yvonne,1982-actor.; television adaptation of (work):Atwood, Margaret,1939-Handmaid's tale.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc,publisher.;
Elisabeth Moss, Yvonne Strahovski, Joseph Fiennes.A religion-based autocracy has taken over most of the United States, renaming the country Gilead. In this country women are second-class citizens. Anyone trying to escape is punished. One such person is June, who is captured while trying to escape with her husband and child and is sentenced to be a handmaid, bearing children for childless government officials. As a handmaid, June is renamed Offred.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.2018 Golden Globe Award for best television series, drama
Subjects: Dystopian television programs.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Dystopias; Man-woman relationships; Misogyny; Pregnancy; Theocracy;
For private home use only.
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Bully Market : my story of money and misogyny at Goldman Sachs / by Higgins, Jamie Fiore,author.;
'Bully Market' is a rare, riveting insiders account on Wall Street - an updated 'Liars Poker' - where greed coupled with misogyny and discrimination enforces a culture of exclusion in the upper echelons of Goldman Sachs.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Higgins, Jamie Fiore.; Goldman, Sachs & Co.; Discrimination.; Sex discrimination against women.; Sex discrimination in employment.; Women executives; Women;
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Butter : a novel of food and murder / by Yuzuki, Asako,1981-author.; Barton, Polly(Translator),translator.; translation of:Yuzuki, Asako,1981-Butter.English.;
"The cult Japanese bestseller about a female gourmet cook and serial killer and the journalist intent on cracking her case, inspired by a true story"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Misogyny; Murder; Women cooks; Women journalists; Women serial murderers;
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The women could fly : a novel / by Giddings, Megan,author.;
"Reminiscent of the works of Margaret Atwood, Shirley Jackson, and Octavia Butler, a biting social commentary from the acclaimed author of Lakewood that speaks to our times--a piercing dystopian novel about the unbreakable bond between a young woman and her mysterious mother, set in a world in which witches are real and single women are closely monitored"--
Subjects: Dystopian fiction.; Witch fiction.; Novels.; Dystopias; Family secrets; Misogyny; Missing persons; Mothers and daughters; Witches;
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Entitled : how male privilege hurts women / by Manne, Kate,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."An urgent exploration of men's entitlement and how it serves to police and punish women, from the acclaimed author of Down Girl, which Rebecca Traister called "jaw-droppingly brilliant." In this bold and stylish critique, Cornell philosopher Kate Manne offers a radical new framework for understanding misogyny. Ranging widely across the culture, from the Kavanaugh hearings and "Cat Person" to Harvey Weinstein and Elizabeth Warren, Manne shows how privileged men's sense of entitlement--to sex, yes, but more insidiously to admiration, medical care, bodily autonomy, knowledge, and power--is a pervasive social problem with often devastating consequences. In clear, lucid prose, she argues that male entitlement can explain a wide array of phenomena, from mansplaining and the undertreatment of women's pain to mass shootings by incels and the seemingly intractable notion that women are "unelectable." Moreover, Manne implicates each of us in toxic masculinity: It's not just a product of a few bad actors; it's something we all perpetuate, conditioned as we are by the social and cultural currents of our time. The only way to combat it, she says, is to expose the flaws in our default modes of thought, while enabling women to take up space, say their piece, and muster resistance to the entitled attitudes of the men around them. With wit and intellectual fierceness, Manne sheds new light on gender and power and offers a vision of a world in which women are just as entitled as men to our collective care and concern"--
Subjects: Entitlement attitudes.; Male domination (Social structure); Misogyny.; Privilege (Social psychology); Sex role.;
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House of Beauty / by Escobar, Melba,1976-author.; Bryer, Elizabeth,translator.; translation of:Escobar, Melba,1976-Casa de la belleza.English.;
House of Beauty is a high-end salon in Bogota's exclusive Zona Rosa area, and Karen is one of its best beauticians. But there is more to her role than the best way to apply wax, or how to give the perfect massage. Her clients confide in her, and she knows all about them. Their breast implants, their weekends in Miami, their divorces and affairs. Karen has problems of her own. She's in trouble, and she needs money. More money than she can make at House of Beauty. Most serious of all: a teenage girl has been found dead, and Karen was one of the last people to see her alive. So the girl's mother is desperate to talk to her.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Beauty operators; Teenagers; Misogyny; Murder; Social classes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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