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The Trouble with White Women

A Counterhistory of Feminism

by Kyla Schuller ...

An incisive history of self-serving white feminists and the inspiring women who’ve continually defied themWomen including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Margaret Sanger, and Sheryl Sandberg are commonly celebrated as leaders of feminism. Yet they have fought for the few, not the many. As award-winning scholar Kyla Schuller argues, their white feminist politics dispossess the most marginalized to liberate ... Read more

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An incisive history of self-serving white feminists and the inspiring women who’ve continually defied themWomen including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Margaret Sanger, and Sheryl Sandberg are commonly celebrated as leaders of feminism. Yet they have fought for the few, not the many. As award-winning scholar Kyla Schuller argues, their white feminist politics dispossess the most marginalized to liberate
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The Biopolitics of Feeling

Race, Sex, and Science in the Nineteenth Century

by Kyla Schuller ...

Series series ANIMA
In The Biopolitics of Feeling Kyla Schuller unearths the forgotten, multiethnic sciences of impressibility—the capacity to be transformed by one's environment and experiences—to uncover how biopower developed in the United States. Schuller challenges prevalent interpretations of biopower and literary cultures to reveal how biopower emerged within the discourses and practices of sentimentalism. ... Read more

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In The Biopolitics of Feeling Kyla Schuller unearths the forgotten, multiethnic sciences of impressibility—the capacity to be transformed by one's environment and experiences—to uncover how biopower developed in the United States. Schuller challenges prevalent interpretations of biopower and literary cultures to reveal how biopower emerged within the discourses and practices of sentimentalism.
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The Trouble with White Women

A Counterhistory of Feminism

by Kyla Schuller ...

Narrated by Christine Lakin, Mela Lee ...

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11 hours 34 min

An incisive history of self-serving white feminists and the inspiring women who’ve continually defied themWomen including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Margaret Sanger, and Sheryl Sandberg are commonly celebrated as leaders of feminism. Yet they have fought for the few, not the many. As award-winning scholar Kyla Schuller argues, their white feminist politics dispossess the most marginalized to liberate ... Read more

$27.99 USD

An incisive history of self-serving white feminists and the inspiring women who’ve continually defied themWomen including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Margaret Sanger, and Sheryl Sandberg are commonly celebrated as leaders of feminism. Yet they have fought for the few, not the many. As award-winning scholar Kyla Schuller argues, their white feminist politics dispossess the most marginalized to liberate
... Read more

When Women Invented Television

The Untold Story of the Female Powerhouses Who Pioneered the Way We Watch Today

by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong ...

"Leaps at the throat of television history and takes down the patriarchy with its fervent, inspired prose," a biography of four female television pioneers (Nathalia Holt, New York Times– bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls ).It was the Golden Age of Radio and powerful men were making millions in advertising dollars reaching thousands of listeners every day. When telev... ... Read more

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"Leaps at the throat of television history and takes down the patriarchy with its fervent, inspired prose," a biography of four female television pioneers (Nathalia Holt, New York Times– bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls ).It was the Golden Age of Radio and powerful men were making millions in advertising dollars reaching thousands of listeners every day. When telev...
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Queer Heroes of Myth and Legend

A celebration of gay gods, sapphic saints, and queerness through the ages

by Dan Jones ...

Hidden in the margins of history books, classical literature, and thousands of years of stories, myths and legends, through to contemporary literature, TV and film, there is a diverse and other-worldly super community of queer heroes to discover, learn from, and celebrate.Be captivated by stories of forbidden love like Patroclus & Achilles (explored in Madeleine Miller's bestseller Song of ... Read more

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Hidden in the margins of history books, classical literature, and thousands of years of stories, myths and legends, through to contemporary literature, TV and film, there is a diverse and other-worldly super community of queer heroes to discover, learn from, and celebrate.Be captivated by stories of forbidden love like Patroclus & Achilles (explored in Madeleine Miller's bestseller Song of
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Seeing Ghosts

A Memoir

by Kat Chow ...

This "graceful, captivating" (New York Times Book Review) story from a singular new talent paints a portrait of grief and the search for meaning as told through the prism of three generations of her Chinese American family—perfect for readers of Helen Macdonald and Elizabeth Alexander.Kat Chow has always been unusually fixated on death. She worried constantly about her parents dying---especially ... Read more

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This "graceful, captivating" (New York Times Book Review) story from a singular new talent paints a portrait of grief and the search for meaning as told through the prism of three generations of her Chinese American family—perfect for readers of Helen Macdonald and Elizabeth Alexander.Kat Chow has always been unusually fixated on death. She worried constantly about her parents dying---especially
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Tired as F*ck

Burnout at the Hands of Diet, Self-Help, and Hustle Culture

by Caroline Dooner ...

“I laugh-cried all the way though this biting critique of self-help bullshit and manipulative power structures. Dooner has written something deeply of the moment and relatable as f*ck.”—Amanda Montell, author of Cultish and NYT Bestselling The Age of Magical OverthinkingBlending memoir and blistering social observations, the author of The F*ck It Diet looks back at her desperate attempts to heal ... Read more

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“I laugh-cried all the way though this biting critique of self-help bullshit and manipulative power structures. Dooner has written something deeply of the moment and relatable as f*ck.”—Amanda Montell, author of Cultish and NYT Bestselling The Age of Magical OverthinkingBlending memoir and blistering social observations, the author of The F*ck It Diet looks back at her desperate attempts to heal
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The Genius Bat

The Secret Life of the Only Flying Mammal

by Yossi Yovel ...

"[A] wonderful book." —Nature**"A mind-opening adventure." —**Natural HistoryAn awe-inspiring tour of bat world by the world’s leading expertWith nearly 1500 species, bats account for more than twenty percent of mammalian species. The most successful and most diverse group of mammals, bats come in different sizes, shapes, and colors, from the tiny bumblebee bat to the giant golden-crowned flying ... Read more

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"[A] wonderful book." —Nature**"A mind-opening adventure." —**Natural HistoryAn awe-inspiring tour of bat world by the world’s leading expertWith nearly 1500 species, bats account for more than twenty percent of mammalian species. The most successful and most diverse group of mammals, bats come in different sizes, shapes, and colors, from the tiny bumblebee bat to the giant golden-crowned flying
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Be a Revolution

How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You Can, Too

by Ijeoma Oluo ...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre, an eye-opening and galvanizing look at the current state of anti-racist activism across America.In the #1 New York Times bestseller So You Want To Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo offered a vital guide for how to talk about important issues of race and racism in society. In Mediocre: T... ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre, an eye-opening and galvanizing look at the current state of anti-racist activism across America.In the #1 New York Times bestseller So You Want To Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo offered a vital guide for how to talk about important issues of race and racism in society. In Mediocre: T...
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Neon Roses

SHORTLISTED FOR THE POLARI PRIZE 2024

by Rachel Dawson ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE POLARI PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE BETTY TRASK PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR WALES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024'A BIG-HEARTED STORY ABOUT FINDING YOUR FEET AND FOLLOWING YOUR HEART' SARAH WATERS'JOYFULLY QUEER, FILTHY AND FUN' CHLOE TIMMS'A HUG AND A SNOG OF A BOOK' SO MAYEREluned Hughes is stuck. It's 1984 in a valley in sout... ... Read more

$2.99 USD

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE POLARI PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE BETTY TRASK PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR WALES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024'A BIG-HEARTED STORY ABOUT FINDING YOUR FEET AND FOLLOWING YOUR HEART' SARAH WATERS'JOYFULLY QUEER, FILTHY AND FUN' CHLOE TIMMS'A HUG AND A SNOG OF A BOOK' SO MAYEREluned Hughes is stuck. It's 1984 in a valley in sout...
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Unproven, Unlikely, and Firmly Believed

Why We Fall for History's Most Seductive Conspiracy Theories, and How We Rediscover Reality

by Jonn Elledge, Tom Phillips ...

From the internationally bestselling authors of A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders (Jonn Elledge) and Truth and Humans (Tom Phillips), an insightful, illuminating, often hilarious, and extremely timely journey through conspiracy theories, how they spread, and how not to fall for themFrom skepticism about the moon landing to the “deep-state” claims of QAnon, it’s always been human nature to ... Read more

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From the internationally bestselling authors of A Brief History of the World in 47 Borders (Jonn Elledge) and Truth and Humans (Tom Phillips), an insightful, illuminating, often hilarious, and extremely timely journey through conspiracy theories, how they spread, and how not to fall for themFrom skepticism about the moon landing to the “deep-state” claims of QAnon, it’s always been human nature to
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Shield Maiden

by Sharon Emmerichs ...

Both epic and intimate, Sharon Emmerichs's extraordinary debut novel reimagines Beowulf from the perspective of a young woman reclaiming her power.All her life, Fryda has longed to be a shield maiden, an honor reserved for Geatland’s mightiest warriors. When a childhood accident leaves her tragically injured and unfit for the battlefield, her dreams are dashed—or so she thinks. But a strange, ... Read more

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Both epic and intimate, Sharon Emmerichs's extraordinary debut novel reimagines Beowulf from the perspective of a young woman reclaiming her power.All her life, Fryda has longed to be a shield maiden, an honor reserved for Geatland’s mightiest warriors. When a childhood accident leaves her tragically injured and unfit for the battlefield, her dreams are dashed—or so she thinks. But a strange,
... Read more

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