Women's Studies

From one of the world's leading experts on the voice comes this call to arms for women to reclaim their voices....

First published three years ago before the print edition of Women Who Run with the Wolves made publishing history, this original audio edition quickly became an underground best seller....

>"Each one of us is a triumvirate being - at once the union of the body, soul, and all that lies within." For any that exprience disharmony amongst these three vital aspects....

Maternal instinct - the all-consuming, utterly selfless love that mothers lavish on their children - has long been assumed to be an innate, indeed defining element of a woman's nature....

Some days—or weeks, or months, or even years—being trans feels bad. Yet as Hil Malatino points out, there is little space for trans people to think through, let alone speak of, these bad feelings....

Women who opt not to be mothers are frequently warned that they will regret their decision later in life, yet we rarely talk about the possibility that the opposite might also be true - that women who have children might regret it. Drawing on years of research....

Simone de Beauvoir’s essential masterwork is a powerful analysis of the Western notion of "woman", and a revolutionary exploration of inequality and otherness....

The pain of abandonment, both real and metaphorical, can cast a shadow over our entire adult experience....

What is feminism?

In this short, accessible primer, Bell Hooks explores the nature of feminism and its positive promise to eliminate sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression. With her....

The Bengalis are the third largest ethno-linguistic group in the world, after the Han Chinese and the Arabs. A quarter of a billion strong and growing, the community has produced three Nobel laureates, world-class scientists, legendary political leaders and revolutionaries....

Momwell founder and CEO and maternal mental health specialist Erica Djossa invites mothers everywhere to break free from societal conditioning that demands we do it all, and step into a new way of thinking that unburdens us.

Get ready to encounter a book that will change your experience as a woman in a powerful new way....

Hannah McGregor explores everyone’s favorite dinosaur movie and the female dinosaurs who embody what it means to be angry, monstrous, and free.

What fuels and sustains activism and organizing when it feels like our worlds are collapsing? Let This Radicalize You is a practical and imaginative resource for activists and organizers building power in an era of destabilization and catastrophe.

An empowering audiobook about standing your ground in dating, in marriage, in your career, and anywhere else....

When professional researcher and writer Bethany Saltman gave birth to her daughter, Azalea, she loved her deeply but felt as if something was missing....

This audiobook narrated by Nancy Crane traces women’s journey to close the gender wage gap and sheds new light on the continued struggle to achieve equity between couples at home....

The bestselling classic that redefined our view of the relationship between beauty and female identity....

Incisive, eclectic and politically engaged, Seeing like a Feminist is a bold and wide-ranging book that reorders contemporary society....

The Heroine’s Journey describes contemporary woman’s search for wholeness in a society where she has been defined according to masculine values....

Within you is a wellspring of strength and resilience, the ability to create and enjoy abundance, and an expansive sense of inner freedom and divinity. Yet after centuries of living in patriarchal societies, many women don’t realize how powerful they are....

It's time to take control of your life and get the love you deserve. This isn't about online dating gimmicks, how to submit to male techniques, or any nonsense that publishers push down your throat....

Anna Prushinskaya explores the deep life shifts of pregnancy, birth and motherhood in the United States, a world away from the author's Soviet homeland. Prushinskaya captures the inherent togetherness of motherhood alongside its accompanying estrangement....

A new work by the author of “In Defense of Witches” that seeks to redefine heterosexual relationships and give women back their voice....

With searing honesty, intimacy and humor too, America's leading young Black feminist celebrates the power of rage in this piercing audiobook....

"بكل رقة وتعاطف وتضامن تستكشف وفاء مشاكل المرأة: الأم والزوجة والعاملة والمحرومة، وبضربات سريعة ماهرة ترسم الصورة التالية لتنطلق منها إلى الماضي أو المستقبل، وقد تتناوب بينهما بما يخدم قصتها ويوصلك إلى هدفها.

يتناول هذا الكتاب دراسة للمرأة المسلمة ومدى تأثير العولمة عليها وكيف قامت بمواجهة الطباع والأمر الخاصة بالعولمة المناقضة لها.

Lynn Cohick provides an accurate and fulsome picture of the earliest Christian women by examining a wide variety of first-century Jewish and Greco-Roman documents that illuminate their lives. She organizes the book around three major spheres of life: family, religious community, and society in general.

Hair is not simply a biological feature; it's a canvas for expression. Yet, its significance extends beyond mere aesthetics. Hair can carry profound moral, spiritual, and cultural connotations, serving as a reflection of one's beliefs, heritage, and even political stance. In Natural, Chelsea Mary Elise Johnson delves into the complex world surrounding Black women's hair, and offers a firsthand look into the kitchens, beauty shops, conventions, and blogs that make up the twenty-first century natural hair movement, the latest evolution in Black beauty politics.

El audiolibro Dicen de mí: Mujer y cuerpo, es la segunda entrega de la serie sonora Dicen de mí. Mujeres y mitos de la sociedad, audiolibros que cuestionan algunos de los mitos que la sociedad construyó alrededor de las mujeres.

كتاب " المرأة فى القرآن " للعقاد مكون من 15 فصل (للرجال عليهن درجة - من الأخلاق - هذه الشجرة - الأخلاق الاجتماعية - مكانة المرأة - الحجاب - حقوق المرأة - الزواج - زواج النبي - الطلاق - السرارى والإماء - المعاملة - مشكلات البيت - القرآن والزمن - تعقيب) الكتاب يحمل الكثير من المقارنات بين الرجال والنساء علي مر العصور .. فحديث القرآن عن المرأة يتناولة الكاتب بطريقة جديدة، ويهتم بالمرأة كشخصية مستقلة ويتناولها بالدراسة من خلال القرآن. كم يحتوي علي الكثير من القصص من إسرائيليات وكتب أديان من العهد القدي.

Movimento MeToo, divario retributivo di genere, manspreading, catcalling - questi termini si sentono sempre più spesso al giorno d'oggi, e ruotano tutti intorno ad un unico argomento: il femminismo. Il femminismo riguarda tutti noi e una solida conoscenza di base dell'argomento è essenziale, soprattutto oggi. In questo libro, imparerà a conoscere il significato di tutti questi termini e il loro rapporto con il femminismo. Ma cos'è esattamente il femminismo? Non abbiamo tutti uguali diritti da molto tempo? In quali settori il femminismo è necessario? Il femminismo aiuta anche gli uomini?

يخون ولا يتجوزش عليا.. ويموت وبرده ما يتجوزش عليا.. ايوووة زى ما سمعتم كده.. هو ده رأى معظم الستات لما اتخيروا بين الموت والخيانة والجواز التانى لأزواجهم.. أصله لما يموت هعيش مجروحة بس هعيش على ذكراه الطيبة وعلى ميراث الحب والأمان والوفاء اللى سابهم لى لكن لما يتجوز عليا هيبقى هو الجانى اللى بيقطعنى وانا حية وهكرهه وهكره الأيام اللى عشتها معاه.. ماهو صحيح مش لازم ننسى أبدا أن الست زى الفريك ما تحبش شريك وخاصة لو الشريك ده هيكون فى جوزها أو حبيبها.

الكتاب موجه بالدرجة الأولى للمرأة، فهو يتحدث ويهتم بالابنة والأخت والزوجة والأم وربة المنزل والمرأة العاملة، وهو عبارة عن مجموعة مقالات كل منها يحمل موضوعا مختلفا يستهدف المرأة في مرحلة من مراحل حياتها.

لا يوجد هناك شيء اسمه "صح" بالمطلق كما لا يوجد "خطأ" بالمطلق أيضًا فهي عبارة عن عملية نسبية تختارين منها ما يناسبك انتِ...فمعتقداتك هي التي تتحكّم في حياتك وفي سعادتك حتى تصلين لما تريدين.

الدكتورة هبة شريف هي أكاديمية ومتخصصة في الأدب المقارن، والأدب الناطق بالألمانية وقد عملت في تدريس الأدب المقارن في جامعة القاهرة حتى عام 2013.

Mother Trouble traces white maternal angst in popular culture across a span of more than fifty years, from the iconic Rosemary’s Baby to anti-vaxx mom memes and HGTV shows. The book narrows in on popular media to think about white maternal angst as a manifestation of feminism’s unrealized possibilities and continued omissions since the second wave. It interrogates intersecting systems of power which make mothers and their children the most impoverished people in the world and urges a greater appreciation in academic and popular thinking of the work that mothers do.

Poznaj świat kobiet, które zapoczątkowały polski feminizm. Maria Konopnicka spędza wiosnę 1910 roku w Żarnowcu, w dworku podarowanym jej przez naród. Opiekuje się nią Maria Dulębianka, wierna przyjaciółka i towarzyszka życia. Na pół roku przed śmiercią Konopnicka wspomina swoją drogę życiową, dokonuje bilansu i podsumowań. W tej kameralnej opowieści spotykamy najważniejsze dla niej osoby: męża Jarosława, córki, Elizę Orzeszkową, Dulębiankę, a także Henryka Sienkiewicza.

Hoje, depois de décadas de pesquisas científicas e questionamentos à indústria do fast-food, sabemos que os alimentos ultraprocessados são grandes promotores de doenças crônicas não transmissíveis, como diabetes e hipertensão, além de contribuírem para a destruição da natureza, já que se apoiam sobre monoculturas de commodities como soja, trigo, milho e cana-de-açúcar. Também sabemos que a comida de panela feita em casa com ingredientes frescos ou minimamente processados é a melhor opção para nutrir o corpo, fortalecer as culturas regionais e respeitar o meio ambiente.

ببساطة الرجل يختلف عن المرأة .. كل منهما ينتهج أسلوب مختلف عند تعامله مع مستجدات الحياة، كل منهما له طريقة في التعامل مع الاضطرابات والمشاكل، تعبير كل طرف عن الحب يختلف عن الآخر، بل أن كلامهما وحديثهما ليس واحدًا!!