Gender

Aiming to set the agenda for British feminism in the 21st century, this work deals specifically with the experiences and desires of women below 35; those who are perceived to...

Susan Shapiro Barash has exploded the myth that women help one another, are supportive of one another, and want each other to succeed. Based on interviews with women across a...

This volume brings together the major political writings of Mary Wollstonecraft in the order in which they appeared in the revolutionary 1790s. It traces her passionate and indignant response to...

This is a compilation of the many letters sent to the author by women sharing their most intimate sexual fantasies about topics such as masturbation, oral sex, sex with more...

She Said is a wonderful celebration of the wit and wisdom of women through the ages.In it you'll find writers, artists, politicians, actors, musicians, fashionistas, from Sappho to Beyonce and...

This path-breaking anthology illuminates the lives of ten influential twentieth-century American women and looks at the challenges experienced by the women who have written about them. Exploring the frequently complicated...

When precisely did the ideas, symbols and metaphors of patriarchy take hold of Western civilization? When were women, so central to the creation of society, moved on to the sidelines?...

The Creation of Feminist Consciousness sweeps over more than 1000 years of Western history - from the Dark Ages to the revolutionary and industrialized nineteenth century. It was under patriarchal...

AN INDEPENDENT 'BEST BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2025''Alice Vincent is on song' -KATHERINE MAY'Stimulating and humane' -AMY LIPTROT'This book is a quiet and profound kind of miracle' -CLOVER...

'Marvellous fun' THE TIMES'Glorious ' LUCY COOKE'Colourful' GUARDIANWe find ourselves in a time of great social upheaval. People are testing the boundaries of just about everything related to sex and...

'A blueprint for how to sustain friendships.' GUARDIAN'Thought-provoking, open-hearted.' FINANCIAL TIMES'A brilliant ode to the necessity and complexity of female friendship.' SPECTATOR'A generous, timely book.' OBSERVER'Will leave you moved, hopeful...

Unaffordable housing, poverty wages, healthcare, climate change, border policing; not the issues you ordinarily hear feminists talking about. But don't these issues impact the vast majority of women globally? Taking...

A unique combination of the activist and the academic, Feminist Review has an acclaimed place within women's studies courses and the women's movement. Feminist Review is produced by a London...

'BOOK EVERY YOUNG WOMAN SHOULD READ' Daily Mail'BOLD AND THOUGHT-PROVOKING' GlamourAs heard on BBC Radio 4's Woman's HourA Stylist pick of the best non-fiction for 2024A Cosmopolitan and Glamour best...

This book brings to the understanding of the female body the talents of one of the most gifted science writers in English. Beginning with the egg & ending with the...

There are 15 million women drivers in the UK, yet so often they can feel at a disadvantage when it comes to dealing with the male-dominated motor industry. The solution...

You can't live with them - and you can't live without them! This is a lively book on successful communication between the sexes, allowing people all over the world to...

'I was riveted by every single page' ELIZABETH DAY * 'Dazzling and surprising' CLOVER STROUD * 'I loved this book' JULIA SAMUEL * 'Timely and important' JEANETTE WINTERSONA beautifully written...

WINNER OF THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024SELECTED FOR THE BBC AND READING AGENCY'S BIG SPORTING READ 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 - WOMEN'S SPORT WRITING...

When hundreds gathered in 1970 for the UK's first women's liberation conference, a movement that had been gathering strength for years burst into a frenzy of radical action that was...

'Seamlessly melding scholarship with passion, Unwell Women is the definition of unputdownable' Telegraph'A richly detailed, wide-ranging and enraging history... Unwell Women is not just a compelling investigation, but an essential...

Doing anything 'like a woman' used to be an insult. Now, as the women in this book show, it means being brave, speaking out, and taking risks, changing the world...

ADHD in women is often misunderstood, misdiagnosed or entirely overlooked, leaving millions silently fighting an internal, invisible battle. Outwardly, they can be labeled flaky, intense, dramatic or unreliable, while inwardly...

There is a history of humanity that has never been told - overlooked and unrecorded for millennia: the story of how we are born.Acclaimed cultural historian Lucy Inglis takes the...

Is feminism still a dirty word? We asked twenty-five of the brightest, funniest, bravest young women what being a feminist in 2015 means to them.We hear from Laura Bates (of...

'Erudite, ambitious and richly global in scope' - PETER FRANKOPAN, author of The Silk Roads'This book sets a new standard in economic history' - TIM HARFORD, author of How To...

In such works as Gender Trouble and Bodies That Matter Judith Butler broke new ground in understanding the construction and performance of identities. While Butler's writings have been crucial and...

'Once they are aroused, once they are determined, nothing on earth and nothing in heaven will make women give way; it is impossible.'A potted history of the women who pioneered...

From the best-selling author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists comes a powerful new statement about feminism today - written as a letter to a friend. I have...

The author talks to 15 women throughout the world who are, or have been, leaders of their country. Each has a story of her own, revealing cultural diversities, successes and...

The Sunday Times BestsellerNational Book Awards Winner 2018!This is the must-read book that every woman needs. "Brilliant, hysterical, truthful and real. These essays illuminate the path for our future female...