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Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
English is scattered with perfectly innocuous words that have devolved into insults hurled at women. The word ?bitch? originally meant male or female genitalia. ?Hussy? was simply a housewife, and a ?slut? was an untidy man or woman. Amanda Montell, feminist linguist and features editor at online magazine Byrdie, explains why words matter and why it?s imperative that women embrace their unique relationship with language. Drawing on fascinating research,...
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Publisher
Bolinda/Audible audio
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
I was 10 years old when I came across Boadicea, and she became the first woman to make me realise that the designated future of a girl born in 1950 - to be sweet, domesticated, undemanding and super feminine - was not always realistic. Boadicea battled the Romans. Nancy Astor fought in Parliament. Emmeline Pankhurst campaigned for female suffrage. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson became a pioneering physician in a man?s profession. Mary Quant revolutionised...
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English
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The 50th Anniversary edition of the ground-breaking, worldwide bestselling feminist tract.?The Female Eunuch retains that power of transformation; it asserts the possibility of creativity within female experience? GuardianA worldwide bestseller, translated into over twelve languages, The Female Eunuch is a landmark in the history of the women?s movement.Drawing liberally from history, literature and popular culture, past and present, Germaine Greer?s...
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Publisher
Manilla Press
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
'Something's not right here.' I was aware of Mr Booth's eyes on me, and he seemed to hold his breath. 'What do you mean?' 'In the house. With the family.' West Yorkshire, 1904. When newly graduated nurse Ruby May takes a position looking after the children of Charles and Lilian England, a wealthy couple from a powerful dynasty of mill owners, she hopes it will be the fresh start she needs. But as she adapts to life at the isolated Hardcastle House,...
Author
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
Vogue, 10 of the Most Anticipated Books of Spring 2018 Harper's Bazaar, 10 New Books to Add to Your Reading List in 2018 Elle, 21 Books We're Most Excited to Read in 2018 Boston Globe, 25 books we can't wait to read in 2018 Huffington Post, 60 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2018 Buzzfeed, 33 Most Exciting New Books of 2018 In this valuable and timely anthology, cultural critic and bestselling author Roxane Gay collects original and previously published...
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