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The poet's house : a novel / by Thompson, Jean,1950-author.;
"A contemporary story about the insular world of writers, centering on a notable female poet and the young woman to whom she reveals her long-guarded secret about a famous manuscript"--
Subjects: Feminist fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Secrecy; Sexism; Women poets;
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How to think like a woman : four women philosophers who taught me how to love the life of the mind / by Penaluna, Regan,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-296)."An exhilarating account of the lives and works of influential seventeenth-and eighteenth-century feminist philosophers Mary Astell, Damaris Masham, Catharine Cockburn, and Mary Wollstonecraft, and a searing look at the author's experience of patriarchy and sexism in academia. Growing up in small-town Iowa, Regan Penaluna daydreamed about the big questions. In college she fell in love with philosophy and chose to pursue it as an academician, the first step, she believed, to living a life of the mind. What Penaluna didn't realize was that the Western philosophical canon taught in American universities, as well as the culture surrounding it, would grind her down through its misogyny, its harassment, and its devaluation of women and their intellect. Where were the women philosophers? One day, in an obscure monograph, Penaluna came across Damaris Cudworth Masham's name. A contemporary of John Locke, Masham wrote about knowledge, God, and the condition of women. Masham's work led Penaluna to other remarkable women philosophers of the era: Mary Astell, who moved to London at twenty-one and made a living writing philosophy; Catharine Cockburn, a philosopher, novelist, and playwright; and the better-known Mary Wollstonecraft, who wrote extensively in defense of women's minds. Together, these women rekindled Penaluna's love of philosophy and awakened her feminist consciousness. In How to Think Like a Woman, Penaluna blends memoir, biography, and criticism to tell these women's stories, weaving throughout an alternative history of philosophy as well as her own search for love and truth. Funny, honest, and wickedly intelligent, this is a moving meditation on what philosophy could look like if women were treated equally"--
Subjects: Sexism in higher education.; Women philosophers.;
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White tears/brown scars : how white feminism betrays women of color / by Hamad, Ruby,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Taking us from the slave era, when white women fought in court to keep "ownership" of their slaves, through the centuries of colonialism, when they offered a soft face for brutal tactics, to the modern workplace, White Tears/Brown Scars tells a charged story of white women's active participation in campaigns of oppression. It offers a long overdue validation of the experiences of women of color."--Publisher marketing.
Subjects: Racism.; Entitlement attitudes.; Sexism.; Race relations.; Women; Feminism;
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Fan the fame / by Priemaza, Anna.;
Lainey wouldn<U+2019>t mind lugging a camera around a video game convention for her mega-famous brother, aka YouTube streamer Codemeister, except for one big problem. He<U+2019>s funny and charming online, but around his friends, he is a sexist jerk. SamTheBrave came to this year<U+2019>s con with one mission: meeting Codemeister, and getting his attention could be the big break Sam needs. ShadowWillow is already a successful streamer, but half her fans are only interested in shipping her with Code. The three teens<U+2019> paths collide when Lainey catches one of Cody<U+2019>s hateful rants on video.LSC
Subjects: Video gamers; Internet personalities; Brothers and sisters; Fame; Sexism;
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Cinderella is dead / by Bayron, Kalynn.;
Black, queer girls team up to overthrow the kingdom in this unique and powerful retelling of 'Cinderella' from a stunning new voice that's perfect for fans of 'A Curse So Dark and Lonely'. This fresh take on a classic story will make readers question the tales they've been told, and root for girls to break down the constructs of the world around them. Ages 13+LSC
Subjects: Lesbians; Feminism; Sexism; Blacks; Characters and characteristics in literature;
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Cassandra speaks : when women are the storytellers, the human story changes / by Lesser, Elizabeth,author.;
"In her new book, bestselling author Elizabeth Lesser looks to the stories told about women over the ages and how they contribute to persistent misogyny and gender inequality, and offers a path towards framing new stories that honor all people"--
Subjects: Equality.; Feminism.; Misogyny.; Sex role in literature.; Sexism.; Women in literature.; Storytelling;
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A lab of one's own : one woman's personal journey through sexism in science / by Colwell, Rita R.,1934-author.; McGrayne, Sharon Bertsch,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.A memoir-manifesto from the first female director of the National Science Foundation about the entrenched sexism in science, the elaborate detours women have taken to bypass the problem, and how to fix the system--Publisher marketing.
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Colwell, Rita R., 1934-; Sexism in science.; Sex discrimination in science.; Women in science.;
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Doing harm : the truth about how bad medicine and lazy science leave women dismissed, misdiagnosed, and sick / by Dusenbery, Maya.;
Includes bibliographical references, Internet addresses and index.LSC
Subjects: Women; Women; Sexism in medicine.; Health education.;
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The exceptions : Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the fight for women in science / by Zernike, Kate,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In 1999, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology admitted to discriminating against women on its faculty, forcing institutions across the country to confront a problem they had long ignored: the need for more women at the top levels of science. Written by the journalist who broke the story for The Boston Globe, The Exceptions is the untold story of how sixteen highly accomplished women on the MIT faculty came together to do the work that triggered the historic admission"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Hopkins, Nancy (Nancy H.); Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Sex discrimination against women; Sex discrimination in employment; Sex discrimination in higher education; Sex discrimination in science; Sexism in education; Sexism in higher education; Sexism in science; Women college teachers; Women in science; Women scientists; Women;
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What about men? : a feminist answers the question / by Moran, Caitlin,1975-author.;
"Like anyone who discusses the problems of girls and women in public, Caitlin Moran has often been confronted with the question: "But what about men?" And at first, TBH, she DGAF. Boys, and men, are fine, right? Feminism doesn't need to worry about them. However, around the time she heard an angry young man saying he was "boycotting" International Women' Day because "It's easier to be a woman than a man these days," she started to wonder: are unhappy boys, and men, also making unhappy women? The statistics on male misery are grim: boys are falling behind in school, are at greater risk of depression, greater risk of suicide, and, most pertinently, are increasingly at risk from online misogynist radicalization. Will the Sixth Wave of feminism need to fix the men, if it wants to fix the women? Moran began to investigate--talking to her husband, close male friends, and her daughters' friends: bringing up very difficult and candid topics, and receiving vulnerable and honest responses. So: what about men? Why do they only go to the doctor if their partner makes them? Why do they never discuss their penises with each other--but make endless jokes about their balls? What is porn doing for young men? Is sexual strangling a good hobby for young people to have? Are men ever allowed to be sad? Are they ever allowed to lose? Have Men's Rights Activists confused "power" with "empowerment"? Are Mid-Life Crises actually quite cool? And what's the deal with Jordan Peterson's lobster? In this thoughtful, warm, provocative book, Moran opens a genuinely new debate about how to reboot masculinity for the twenty-first century, so that "straight white man" doesn't automatically mean bad news--but also uses the opportunity to make a lot of jokes about testicles, and trousers. Because if men have neither learned to mine their deepest anxieties about masculinity for comedy, nor answered the question "What About Men?," then it's up to a busy woman to do it."--
Subjects: Authority; Interpersonal communication in men.; Masculinity.; Men; Men; Sexism.;
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