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Books are listed in order of year of publication - newest titles are at the top. There are 40 books in this booklist

  • Cover image of book Hags by Victoria Smith
    Hags - by Victoria Smith

    £10.99   paperback   (2024) - ISBN 13: 9780349726984 | ISBN 10: 0349726981

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE NERO PRIZE 2023  ‘A book that could not be more necessary’ Observer  ‘Eloquent, clever and devastating’ The Times  ‘Deftly illustrates how ageist misogyny remains an acceptable prejudice’ Guardi ... more

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  • Cover image of book Lean on Me: A Politics of Radical Care by Lynne Segal
    Lean on Me: A Politics of Radical Care - by Lynne Segal

    £17.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781804292945 | ISBN 10: 180429294x

    What's left to say, to keep hope alive today?  Have you ever relied on the kindness of strangers? What brings people together to find hope and solidarity? What do we owe each other as citizens and comrades?  Questions of care, intimac ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Pocket Guide to the Patriarchy by Maya Oppenheim
    The Pocket Guide to the Patriarchy - by Maya Oppenheim

    £12.99   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781398718739 | ISBN 10: 1398718734

    ‘This is a vital book. Hand this out in schools, in the workplace, everywhere. It’s also beautifully written.’ Olivia Colman  ‘Brilliant. Patriarchy 101’ Amnesty UK  ‘Immersive and accessible’ Dazed  The essential guide for ... more

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  • Cover image of book In Defence of Witches: Why Women Are Still on Trial by Mona Chollet
    In Defence of Witches: Why Women Are Still on Trial - by Mona Chollet

    £9.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9781529034066 | ISBN 10: 152903406x

    "What remains of the witch hunts? A stubborn misogyny, which still tints the way our societies look at single women, childless women, aging women, or quite simply, free women... Today more than ever, witches tell us about our world and lead the way." ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing by Hannah Dawson (Editor)
    The Penguin Book of Feminist Writing - by Hannah Dawson (Editor)

    £14.99   paperback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780241633977 | ISBN 10: 0241633974

    'A joyous multiplicity of writings incorporating collective manifestos, poetry, fiction, and autobiography... endlessly fascinating' Catherine Taylor, Financial Times  'A tour de force of feminist thinking, spanning seven centuries and multiple c ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Feminist Killjoy Handbook by Sara Ahmed
    The Feminist Killjoy Handbook - by Sara Ahmed

    £20.00   hardback   (2023) - ISBN 13: 9780241619537 | ISBN 10: 024161953x

    'Not only a dazzling analysis of the workings of sexism, but a balm for the soul. It will teach you how to survive and how to transform the world' ~ Hannah Dawson  We have to keep saying it because they keep doing it.  Do colleagues ... more

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  • Cover image of book Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons From Five Revolutionary Women by Kristen Ghodsee
    Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons From Five Revolutionary Women - by Kristen Ghodsee

    £14.99   hardback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781839766602 | ISBN 10: 1839766603

    The lives of five socialist women and their legacy for modern-day feminists.  Red Valkyries explores the history of socialist feminism in Eastern Europe. Through the revolutionary careers of five prominent socialist women active in the ninete ... more

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  • Cover image of book Don
    Don't Let It Get You Down: Essays on Race, Gender and the Body - by Savala Nolan

    £12.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9781911648437 | ISBN 10: 1911648438

    A powerful and provocative collection of essays that offers poignant reflections on living between society’s most charged, politicised, and intractably polar spaces — between black and white, rich and poor, thin and fat.   The twelve essa ... more

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  • Cover image of book What Do Men Want? Masculinity and Its Discontents by Nina Power
    What Do Men Want? Masculinity and Its Discontents - by Nina Power

    £18.99   paperback   (2022) - ISBN 13: 9780241356500 | ISBN 10: 0241356504

    From the acclaimed philosopher and author of One-Dimensional Woman, a bold, playful and open-minded exploration of the role of men in the twenty-first century.   Something is definitely up with men. From millions online who engage with the man ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Seven Necessary Sins For Women And Girls by Mona Eltahawy
    The Seven Necessary Sins For Women And Girls - by Mona Eltahawy

    £11.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781916291447 | ISBN 10: 1916291449

    The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls identifies seven sins women and girls are socialised to avoid anger, attention, profanity, ambition, power, violence and lust.   With essays on each, Mona Eltahawy creates a stunning manifesto encourag ... more

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  • Cover image of book Letters To My Weird Sisters: On Autism and Feminism by Joanne Limburg
    Letters To My Weird Sisters: On Autism and Feminism - by Joanne Limburg

    £14.99   hardback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781838950057 | ISBN 10: 1838950052

    'It seemed to me that many of the moments when my autism had caused problems, or at least marked me out as different, were those moments when I had come up against some unspoken law about how a girl or a woman should be, and failed to meet it.'  ... more

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  • Cover image of book More Than a Woman by Caitlin Moran
    More Than a Woman - by Caitlin Moran

    £8.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781529102772 | ISBN 10: 1529102774

    A decade ago, Caitlin Moran thought she had it all figured out.  Her instant bestseller How to Be a Woman was a game-changing take on feminism, the patriarchy, and the general 'hoo-ha' of becoming a woman. Back then, she firmly believed 'the diff ... more

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  • Cover image of book Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women White Feminists Forgot by Mikki Kendall
    Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women White Feminists Forgot - by Mikki Kendall

    £9.99   paperback   (2021) - ISBN 13: 9781526622709 | ISBN 10: 152662270x

    All too often the focus of mainstream feminism is not on basic survival for the many, but on increasing privilege for the few.   Meeting basic needs is a feminist issue. Food insecurity, the living wage and access to education are feminist issue ... more

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  • Cover image of book Why Women Are Blamed For Everything by Dr Jessica Taylor
    Why Women Are Blamed For Everything - by Dr Jessica Taylor

    £17.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780244498344 | ISBN 10: 0244498342

    She asked for it. She was flirting. She was drinking. She was wearing a revealing dress. She was too confident. She walked home alone. She stayed in that relationship. She was naïve. She didn't report soon enough. She didn't fight back. She wanted i ... more

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  • Cover image of book Sex, Power, Money by Sara Pascoe
    Sex, Power, Money - by Sara Pascoe

    £9.99   paperback   (2020) - ISBN 13: 9780571336005 | ISBN 10: 0571336000

    Award-winning comedian Sara Pascoe turns her attention to the things that really matter to humans – sex, power and money.  Following her hit book Animal, Sara Pascoe decides to confront her fear of the male libido, and turns her attention to th ... more

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  • Cover image of book Becoming Dangerous: Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers, and Magical Rebels by Katie West and Jasmine Elliott (Editors)
    Becoming Dangerous: Witchy Femmes, Queer Conjurers, and Magical Rebels - by Katie West and Jasmine Elliott (Editors)

    £12.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781578636709 | ISBN 10: 1578636701

    "A fierce and voluble refutation of the patriarchy and its soul-crushing oppression of female power. These writers make clear that as witches, femmes, and queers, they will use their own strength, ingenious rituals, beauty routines, and spells to ris ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Feminist Papers: A Vindication of the Rights of Women by Mary Wollstonecraft
    The Feminist Papers: A Vindication of the Rights of Women - by Mary Wollstonecraft

    £12.99   hardback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781423650973 | ISBN 10: 1423650972

    Part of the Gibbs Smith Women's Voices series: A collection of literary voices written by, and for, extraordinary women — to encourage, challenge, and inspire.   By the matriarch of feminism, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights ... more

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  • Cover image of book Don
    Don't Call Me Princess: Essays on Girls, Women, Sex, and Life - by Peggy Orenstein

    £16.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9780062688903 | ISBN 10: 0062688901

    Named one of the "40 women who changed the media business in the last 40 years" by the Columbia Journalism Review, Peggy Orenstein is one of the most prominent, unflinching feminist voices of our time. Her writing has broken ground and broken silence ... more

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  • Cover image of book Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto by Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, and Nancy Fraser
    Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto - by Cinzia Arruzza, Tithi Bhattacharya, and Nancy Fraser

    £7.99   paperback   (2019) - ISBN 13: 9781788734424 | ISBN 10: 1788734424

    From three of the organizers of the International Women’s Strike: a manifesto for when “leaning in” is not enough.   Unaffordable housing, poverty wages, healthcare, climate change, border policing; not the issues you ordinarily hear fem ... more

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  • Cover image of book The Mental Load: A Feminist Comic by Emma
    The Mental Load: A Feminist Comic - by Emma

    £12.99   paperback   (2018) - ISBN 13: 9781609809188 | ISBN 10: 1609809181

    In her first book of comic strips, Emma reflects on social and feminist issues by means of simple line drawings, dissecting the mental load, i.e. all that invisible and unpaid organizing, list-making and planning women do to manage their lives, and t ... more

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  • Cover image of book Vajournal: Feminist Interactions and Interventions by Isabella Bunnell
    Vajournal: Feminist Interactions and Interventions - by Isabella Bunnell

    £9.95   paperback   (2017) - ISBN 13: 9781908714473 | ISBN 10: 1908714476

    Vajournal is a canvas on which to explore feminist rage.   Thought-provoking activities ask readers to list all the people they have ever slept with, describe their worst and best sexual experiences, draw their breasts and pubic hair, explore ... more

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  • Cover image of book Fifty Shades of Feminism by Lisa Appignanesi, Susie Orbach, and Rachel Holmes
    Fifty Shades of Feminism - by Lisa Appignanesi, Susie Orbach, and Rachel Holmes

    £9.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9780349008448 | ISBN 10: 0349008442

    The antidote to the idea that being a woman is all about submitting to desire. There are many more shades than that and here are fifty women to explore them.  Fifty years after the publication of The Feminine Mystique, have women really exchanged p ... more

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  • Cover image of book A Feminist Manifesto for Education by Miriam E. David
    A Feminist Manifesto for Education - by Miriam E. David

    £15.99   paperback   (2016) - ISBN 13: 9781509504275 | ISBN 10: 1509504273

    The idea that gender equality in education has been achieved is now a staple of public debate. As a result, educational policies and practices often do not deal explicitly with gender issues, such as sexual abuse, harassment or violence. Exaggeration ... more

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  • Cover image of book This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa (Editors)
    This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color - by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa (Editors)

    £21.50   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781438454382 | ISBN 10: 1438454384

    Bronze Medalist 2016 Independent Publisher Book Awards in the Anthologies CategoryFINALIST 2015 ForeWord INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award in the Anthologies Category  Updated and expanded edition of the foundational text of women of color feminism ... more

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  • Cover image of book Practising Feminist Political Ecologies: Moving Beyond the
    Practising Feminist Political Ecologies: Moving Beyond the 'Green Economy' - by Wendy Harcourt and Ingrid Nelson

    £19.99   paperback   (2015) - ISBN 13: 9781783600878 | ISBN 10: 178360087x

    Destined to transform its field, this volume features some of the most exciting feminist scholars and activists working within feminist political ecology, including Giovanna Di Chiro, Dianne Rocheleau, Catherine Walsh and Christa Wichterich.  Of ... more

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  • Cover image of book Men Explain Things to Me: And Other Essays by Rebecca Solnit
    Men Explain Things to Me: And Other Essays - by Rebecca Solnit

    £12.99   hardback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781783780792 | ISBN 10: 1783780797

    Rebecca Solnit's essay 'Men Explain Things to Me' has become a touchstone of the feminist movement, inspired the term 'mansplaining', and established Solnit as one of the leading feminist thinkers of our time - one who has inspired everyone from radi ... more

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  • Cover image of book We Should All be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
    We Should All be Feminists - by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

    £5.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9780008115272 | ISBN 10: 0008115273

    What does feminism mean today? That is the question at the heart of We Should All Be Feminists, a personal, eloquently-argued essay adapted from her much-viewed Tedx talk of the same name by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the award-winning author of ... more

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  • Cover image of book Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Womans Guide to Why Feminism Matters by Jessica Valenti
    Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Womans Guide to Why Feminism Matters - by Jessica Valenti

    £12.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781580055611 | ISBN 10: 1580055613

    Now in its updated second edition, Full Frontal Feminism is a book that continues to embody the forward-looking messages that author Jessica Valenti propagated as founder of the popular website, Feministing.com. Full Frontal Feminism is a smart a ... more

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  • Cover image of book What Should We Tell Our Daughters? The Pleasures and Pressures of Growing Up Female by Melissa Benn
    What Should We Tell Our Daughters? The Pleasures and Pressures of Growing Up Female - by Melissa Benn

    £9.99   paperback   (2014) - ISBN 13: 9781848546301 | ISBN 10: 1848546300

    A manifesto for modern womanhood - and a guide through the perils and pitfalls of parenting girls. We have reached a tricky crossroads in modern women's lives and our collective daughters are bearing the brunt of some intolerable pressures. Alt ... more

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  • Cover image of book Women, Sexuality and the Political Power of Pleasure by Susie Jolly, Andrea Cornwall and Kate Hawkins
    Women, Sexuality and the Political Power of Pleasure - by Susie Jolly, Andrea Cornwall and Kate Hawkins

    £19.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781780325712 | ISBN 10: 1780325711

    This pioneering collection explores the ways in which positive, pleasure-focused approaches to sexuality can empower women.   Gender and development has tended to engage with sexuality only in relation to violence and ill-health. Although this ... more

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  • Cover image of book Feminism and Popular Culture: Investigating the Postfeminist Mystique by Rebecca Munford and Melanie Waters
    Feminism and Popular Culture: Investigating the Postfeminist Mystique - by Rebecca Munford and Melanie Waters

    £17.99   paperback   (2013) - ISBN 13: 9781850438953 | ISBN 10: 1850438951

    Feminism and Popular Culture maps the fraught and often unpredictable relationship between popular culture, feminism and postfeminism. From the shadowy city spaces of Mad Men and Homeland to the dystopic suburbia of The Stepford Wives and American Ho ... more

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  • Cover image of book And The Bridge Is Love by Faye Moskowitz
    And The Bridge Is Love - by Faye Moskowitz

    £11.99   paperback   (2011) - ISBN 13: 9781558617704 | ISBN 10: 1558617701

    FP brings back into print a literary gem.   Personal essays by a great Jewish American writer. "Bridges the gap between humor and despair, past and present, Jew and gentile, to reveal its authors simple humanity, deeply rooted in her u ... more

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  • Cover image of book Glamour: Women, History, Feminism by Carol Dyhouse
    Glamour: Women, History, Feminism - by Carol Dyhouse

    £75.00   hardback   (2010) - ISBN 13: 9781848134072 | ISBN 10: 184813407x

    How do we understand "Glamour"? Has it empowered women or turned them into objects? Once associated with modernity and the cutting edge, is it entirely bound up with nostalgia and tradition?  This unique and fascinating book tells the story o ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown by Jennifer Scanlon
    Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown - by Jennifer Scanlon

    £17.99   hardback   (2009) - ISBN 13: 9780195342055 | ISBN 10: 0195342054

    When reviewing the great figures of feminism, few would call to mind the creator of the Cosmo Girl, but as Jennifer Scanlon argues in her fascinating biography Bad Girls Go Everywhere: The Life of Helen Gurley Brown, the longtime editor of Cosmopolit ... more

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  • Cover image of book Fight Like a Girl: How to Be a Fearless Feminist by Megan Seely
    Fight Like a Girl: How to Be a Fearless Feminist - by Megan Seely

    £18.99   paperback   (2007) - ISBN 13: 9780814740026 | ISBN 10: 0814740022

    A fearless vision for the future of feminism. By boldly detailing what is at stake for women and girls today, Megan Seely outlines the necessary steps to achieve true political, social and economic equity for all. Reclaiming feminism for a new genera ... more

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  • Cover image of book Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture by Ariel Levy
    Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture - by Ariel Levy

    £9.99   paperback   (2006) - ISBN 13: 9781416526384 | ISBN 10: 1416526382

    If the male chauvinist pigs of past years thought of women as vacuous sex objects, then the female chauvinist pigs of today are going one step better - embracing raunch culture all by themselves. This is a world in which young women attend lap-dancin ... more

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  • Cover image of book Cunt: A Declaration of Independence by Inga Muscio
    Cunt: A Declaration of Independence - by Inga Muscio

    £12.99   paperback   (2004) - ISBN 13: 9781580050753 | ISBN 10: 1580050751

    An ancient title of respect for women, the word "cunt" long ago veered off this noble path. Inga Muscio traces the road from honor to expletive, giving women the motivation and tools to claim "cunt" as a positive and powerful force in their lives. In ... more

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  • Cover image of book Feminism without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity by Chandra Talpade Mohanty
    Feminism without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity - by Chandra Talpade Mohanty

    £20.99   paperback   (2003) - ISBN 13: 9780822330219 | ISBN 10: 0822330210

    Bringing together classic and new writings of the trailblazing feminist theorist Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Feminism without Borders addresses some of the most pressing and complex issues facing contemporary feminism.   Forging vital links ... more

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  • Cover image of book Bitching by Marion Meade
    Bitching - by Marion Meade

    £11.99   paperback   (2001) - ISBN 13: 9780595151899 | ISBN 10: 0595151892

    One of the classic books from the Second Wave of Feminism, Bitching is based on the kinds of conversations that women have with each other about their life experiences, from birth to old age, particularly about their relationships with the male sex. ... more

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  • Cover image of book Feminist Counselling in Action by Jocelyn Chaplin
    Feminist Counselling in Action - by Jocelyn Chaplin

    £35.99   paperback   (1999) - ISBN 13: 9780761963110 | ISBN 10: 0761963111

    Feminist Counselling in Action is for counsellors, therapists, trainees and others who want a deeper understanding of how society affects them psychologically. Drawing on feminist theory Jocelyn Chaplin points to deeply entraneched, hierarchical ways ... more

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