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Tomorrow Sex Will Be Good Again

by Katherine Angel

A provocative, elegantly written analysis of female desire, consent, and sexuality in the age of MeToo

2 posts
Feminism for the 99%

by Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, et al.

This is a manifesto for the 99 percent

37 posts
The Anti-Social Family

by Michèle Barrett and Mary McIntosh

Sensitive but uncompromising socialist-feminist critique of the nuclear family

29 posts
Feminist Radical Thinkers

by Michèle Barrett, Mary McIntosh, et al.
A collection of extracts from leading second-wave feminists, including Michèle Barrett, Mary McIntosh, Lynne Segal, Sheila Rowbotham and Juliet Mitchell
8 posts

Women’s Oppression Today

by Michèle Barrett

“This book is a school of thought.” – Frigga Haug, Das Argument

28 posts
Revolutionary Feminisms

Edited by Brenna Bhandar and Rafeef Ziadah

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

12 posts
The Social Origins of Private Life

by Stephanie Coontz

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

7 posts
Women’s Work, Men’s Property

Edited by Stephanie Coontz and Peta Henderson

Exploring the sociohistorical roots of gender inequality.

21 posts

A Kick in the Belly

by Stella Dadzie

The story of how enslaved women struggled for freedom in the West Indies

7 posts
Close to Home

by Christine Delphy
Classic analysis of gender relations and patriarchy under capitalism
29 posts
Separate and Dominate

by Christine Delphy

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

60 posts
Flora Tristan

by Sandra Dijkstra

1 post

Cinderella Goes to Market

by Barbara Einhorn
Assessing the position of women before and after the fall of state socialism.
4 posts
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
American Homo

by Jeffrey Escoffier

A sweeping account of the way lesbian, gay, and bisexual people have challenged and changed society

2 posts
Burn It Down!

Edited by Breanne Fahs

The most comprehensive collection of feminist manifestos, chronicling our rage and dreams from the nineteenth century to today

26 posts

False Choices

Edited by Liza Featherstone

“Intensely engrossing ... A damning portrait of both Clinton and American politics.” – Publisher's Weekly

53 posts
The Dialectic of Sex

by Shulamith Firestone

“A landmark manifesto” — Susan Faludi, New Yorker

38 posts
Bushwomen

by Laura Flanders
Laura Flanders assesses the central role of women—and sexual politics—in the 2004 Republican victory.
1 post
The Rise and Decline of Patriarchal Systems: An Intersectional Political Economy

by Nancy Folbre

A major new work of feminism from the MacArthur Award–winning economist

3 posts

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