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The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State

by Friedrich Engels
The most influential theory of the origins of women’s oppression in the modern era, in a beautiful new edition
Playing the Whore

by Melissa Gira Grant

“An important contribution to debates around sex and work ... deserves to be read.” – Nina Power

48 posts
The Power to Choose

by Naila Kabeer

A powerful analysis of how globalization is affecting the lives of women at work.

4 posts
Primate Visions

by Donna Haraway
What counts as nature in the late twentieth century?
4 posts

Promise of a Dream

by Sheila Rowbotham

A sparkling portrait of a time when women were breaking all the rules about sex, politics and their place in the world

1 post
Rape

by Mithu Sanyal

A bold, honest and unflinching look at the way we talk and think about rape

6 posts
Rebel Crossings

by Sheila Rowbotham

The transatlantic story of six radical pioneers at the turn of the twentieth century

19 posts
Red Velvet Seat

Edited by Antonia Lant
A comprehensive anthology of women’s film culture, from the origins of cinema to 1950
4 posts

Reversed Realities

by Naila Kabeer
Why development organizations are failing women in poverty.
6 posts
Revolting Prostitutes

by Juno Mac and Molly Smith

How the law harms sex workers—and what they want instead

41 posts
Revolutionary Feminisms

Edited by Brenna Bhandar and Rafeef Ziadah

A unique book, tracing forty years of anti-racist feminist thought

11 posts
The Rise and Decline of Patriarchal Systems: An Intersectional Political Economy

by Nancy Folbre

Why are inequalities based on gender so pervasive?

SCUM Manifesto

by Valerie Solanas

Avital Ronell reconsiders Solanas in light of her social milieu.

14 posts
Secrets of Life and Death

by Renate Siebert
Secrets of Life and Death is the first book to focus on women whose lives are entangled in the workings of the mafia. Drawing on courtroom...
Separate and Dominate

by Christine Delphy

An examination of how mainstream feminism has been mobilized in support of racist measures

60 posts
Sexuality and Class Struggle

by Reimut Reiche

This book which combines the methods and results of both Freud and Marx is by one of the leaders of the West German student left during its most...

3 posts

Sexuality in the Field of Vision

by Jacqueline Rose

A brilliantly original exploration of the interface between feminism, psychoanalysis, semiotics and film theory

13 posts
The Social Origins of Private Life

by Stephanie Coontz

A highly original account of the evolution of the family unit.

7 posts
Straight Sex

by Lynne Segal

A manifesto of sexual liberation, from the leading feminist thinker

32 posts
Sylvia Pankhurst

by Barbara Winslow

An extraordinary political biography of English suffragist, feminist, and socialist Sylvia Pankhurst

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