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The new age of sexism : how AI and emerging technologies are reinventing misogyny / by Bates, Laura,1986-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Gender equality is something that has been a constant battle. With the advent of ever more high-tech equipment at our fingertips, there is a new wave of technologies that threaten this notion. With misogyny baked into their design, these technologies are dragging women back to the dark ages. The New Age of Sexism will take the reader deep into the heart of this strange new world. It will dive into where and what the dangers are, exploring everything from AI to sex robots and the metaverse. This is not a book about the future. This is happening right now, and it could become part of our daily lives much sooner than we realize"-- Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Misogyny.; Sexism.; Technological innovations;

Beautiful girl : celebrating the wonders of your body / by Northrup, Christiane.; Tracy, Kristina.; Blanz, Aurélie.;
Presents this simple but important message: that to be born female is a very special thing and carries with it magical gifts and powers that must be recognized and nurtured. Dr. Northrup believes that helping girls learn at a young age to value the wonder and uniqueness of their bodies can have positive benefits that will last throughout their lives. By reading this lovely book, little girls will learn how their bodies are perfect just the way they are, the importance of treating themselves with gentle care, and how changes are just a part of growing up.LSC
Subjects: Body image in girls; Self-esteem in children; Self-perception in children; Body image in women; Self-esteem in women; Self-perception in women; Girls;
© 2013., Hay House,

What's eating us : women, food, and the epidemic of body anxiety / by Kazdin, Cole,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Blending personal narrative and investigative reporting, Emmy Award-winning journalist Cole Kazdin reveals that disordered eating is an epidemic crisis killing millions of women. Women of all ages struggle with disordered eating, preoccupation with food, and body anxiety. Journalist Cole Kazdin was one such woman, and she set out to see if the impossibility of her own full recovery from an eating disorder was all in her head. Interviewing women across the country as well as the world's most renowned researchers, she discovered that most people with eating disorders never receive treatment--the fact that she did made her one of the lucky ones. Kazdin takes us to the doorstep of the diet industry and research community, exposing the flawed systems that claim to be helping us, and revealing disordered eating for the crisis that it is: a mental illness with the second highest mortality rate (after opioid-related deaths) that no one wants to talk about. Along the way, she identifies new treatments not yet available to the general public, grass roots movements to correct racial disparities in care, and strategies for navigating true health while still living in a dysfunctional world. What would it feel like to be free? To feel gorgeous in your body, not ruminate about food, feel ease at meals, exercise with no regard for calories-burned? To never making a disparaging comment about your body again, even silently to yourself. Who can help us with this? We can. What's Eating Us is an urgent battle cry coupled with stories and strategies about what works and how to finally heal-for real"--
Subjects: Kazdin, Cole; Body image in women; Eating disorders in women; Women;

The lighthouse keeper's daughter : a novel / by Gaynor, Hazel,author.;
1838: Northumberland, England. When lighthouse keeper's daughter, Grace Darling, is involved in the daring rescue of the stranded survivors of a terrible shipwreck, she becomes one of the most celebrated women of her age. But the friendship that develops between Grace and an artist who sets out to capture her subtle beauty, is far more precious to her than her unwanted fame. 1938: Newport, Rhode Island. Nineteen-years-old, pregnant and in disgrace, Matilda Emmerson has been banished from Ireland to stay with her reclusive relative, Harriet, the assistant lighthouse keeper. When a discarded, half-finished portrait opens a window into her family history, Matilda finds her destiny inextricably linked to Grace Darling.
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Lighthouse keepers; Fame; Artists; Teenage pregnancy; Unmarried mothers;

Mother of invention : how good ideas get ignored in an economy built for men / by Marçal, Katrine,author.; translation of:Marçal, Katrine.Att uppfinna världen.English.;
Includes bibliographical references."It all starts with a rolling suitcase. The wheel was invented some 5,000 years ago, and the modern suitcase in the mid-nineteenth century, but it wasn't until the 1970s that someone successfully married the two. What was the hold up? For writer and journalist Katrine Marçal, the answer is both shocking and simple: because "real men" carried their bags, no matter how heavy. There were rolling suitcases before the '70s, but they were marketed as a niche product for (the presumably few) women travelling alone, and the wheeled suitcase wasn't "invented" until it was no longer threatening to masculinity. Mother of Invention draws on this example and many others, from electric cars to tech billionaires, to show how gender bias stifles the economy and holds us back. Our traditional notions about men and women have delayed innovations, sometimes by hundreds of years, and have distorted our understanding of our history. While we talk about the Iron Age and the Bronze Age, we might as well talk about the Ceramic Age or the Flax Age, since these technologies were just as important. But inventions associated with women are not considered to be technology in the same way. Katrine Marçal's Mother of Invention is a fascinating examination of business, technology, and innovation through a feminist lens. Marçal takes us on a tour of the global economy, arguing that gendered assumptions dictate which businesses get funding, how we value work, and how we trace human progress. And it carries a powerful message: If we upend our biases, we can unleash our full potential, tackling climate change and wielding technology to become more human, rather than less."--
Subjects: Feminist economics.; Inventions.; Inventors.; Sex discrimination in economics.; Technology and women.; Women intellectuals.; Women inventors.; Women; Technological innovations;

Jack at bat / by Barnett, Mac.; Pizzoli, Greg.;
Ages 4-8.LSC
Subjects: Baseball stories.; Rabbits; Dogs; Older women;

A grand old time / by Leigh, Judy,author.;
Evie Gallagher is regretting her hasty move into a care home. She may be seventy-five and recently widowed, but she's absolutely not dead yet. And so, one morning, Evie walks out of Sheldon Lodge and sets off on a Great Adventure across Europe. But not everyone thinks Great Adventures are appropriate for women of Evie's age, least of all her son Brendan and his wife Maura, who follow a trail of puzzling text messages to bring her home. When they finally catch up with her, there are shocks in store ... because while Brendan may have given up on life and love, Evie certainly has not.
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Domestic fiction.; Families; Older women; Widows; Parent and adult child;

Jack goes west / by Barnett, Mac.; Pizzoli, Greg.;
Ages 4-8.LSC
Subjects: Rabbits; Older women; Ranches; Swindlers and swindling;

Born reading : 20 stories of women reading their way into history / by Krull, Kathleen.; Loh-Hagan, Virginia.; Lewis, Aura.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Cleopatra (69 BC-30 BC) -- Wu Zetian (624-705) -- Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603) -- Sor (Sister) Juana Inés de la Cruz (1651-1695) -- Phillis Wheatley Peters (1753-1784) -- E. Pauline Johnson (1861-1913) -- Chien-Shiung Wu (1912-1997) -- Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) -- Shirley Chisholm (1924-2005) -- Patsy Mink (1927-2002) -- Audre Lorde (1934-1992) -- Temple Grandin (1947- ) -- Sally Ride (1951-2012) -- Oprah Winfrey (1954- ) -- Sonia Sotomayor (1954- ) -- Serena Williams (1981- ) -- Taylor Swift (1989- ) -- Malala Yousafzai (1997- ) -- Amanda Gorman (1998- ) -- Marley Dias (2005- )."Once books change their brains, girls change history. Discover the foundation of reading that empowered some of the world's most influential women in this collection of 20 biographies"--Ages 8-12.
Subjects: Women; Women;

Lucky / by Smiley, Jane,author.;
"Before Jodie Rattler became a star, she was a girl growing up in St. Louis. One day in 1955, when she was just six years old, her Uncle Drew took her to the racetrack, where she got lucky - and that roll of two-dollar bills she won has never since left her side. Jodie thrived in the warmth of her extended family, and then - through a combination of hard work and serendipity - started a singing career, which catapulted her from St. Louis to New York City, from the English countryside to the tropical beaches of St. Thomas, from Cleveland to Los Angeles, and back again. Jodie comes of age in recording studios, backstage, and on tour, and tries to hold her own in the wake of Janis Joplin, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and Joni Mitchell. Yet it feels like something is missing. Could it be true love? Or is that not actually what Jodie is looking for? Full of atmosphere, shot through with longing and exuberance, romance and rock'n'roll, Lucky is a story of chance and grit and the glitter of real talent, a colorful portrait of one woman's journey in search of herself"--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Self-realization in women; Women folk musicians;

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