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For colored girls who have considered suicide/When the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 31 ratingsIn celebration of its highly anticipated Broadway revival, Ntozake Shange’s classic, award-winning play centering the wide-ranging experiences of Black women, now with introductions by two-time National Book Award winner Jesmyn Ward and Broadway director Camille A. Brown... -
![The Women's Room by Marilyn French]()
The Women's Room by Marilyn French
Rated: 3.95 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThe bestselling feminist novel that awakened both women and men, The Women's Room follows the transformation of Mira Ward and her circle as the women's movement begins to have an impact on their lives... -
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Scarred Souls by Nick Kove
Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCan two scarred souls make each other whole? Damian I’ve never given thoughts to any relationship with anyone. All I want is to start medical school and keep full focus on my education. At least, that’s what I used to want. Meeting Josh one rainy night changes everything... -
![All In the Mind by Alastair Campbell]()
All In the Mind by Alastair Campbell
Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAlastair Campbell’s powerful first novel is a gripping portrait of the strange dependency between patient and doctor. Martin Sturrock desperately needs a psychiatrist. The problem? He is one. Emily is a traumatized burn victim; Arta a Kosovan refugee recovering from a rape. David Temple is a long term depressive, while the Rt. Hon... -
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![The Facility by Simon Lelic]()
The Facility by Simon Lelic
Rated: 3.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratings"Who are you? Are you the police? This isn't legal, you know. You can't hold me like this." In a near-future dystopian Britain, democracy has been undermined. Emboldened by new anti-terrorism laws, police start to “disappear” people from the streets for unspecified crimes... -
![What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon]()
What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey Gordon
Rated: 4.46 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsFrom the creator of Your Fat Friend, an explosive indictment of the systemic and cultural bias facing plus-size people that will move us toward creating an agenda for fat justice.Anti-fatness is everywhere...Categorized as:
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![How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi]()
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 41 ratingsAntiracism is a transformative concept that reorients and reenergizes the conversation about racism—and, even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other...Categorized as:
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![Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon]()
Beyond the Gender Binary by Alok Vaid-Menon
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsBeyond the Gender Binary, spoken word poet Alok Vaid-Menon challenges the world to see gender not in black and white, but in full color. Taking from their own experiences as a gender-nonconforming artist, they show us that gender is a malleable and creative form of expression. The only limit is your imagination...Categorized as:
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![Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist by Eli Saslow]()
Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist by Eli Saslow
Rated: 4.45 of 5 stars · 20 ratingsThis book tells the intensely personal saga of one man who eventually disavowed everything he was taught to believe, at tremendous personal cost. Derek Black grew up at the epicenter of white nationalism. His father founded Stormfront, the largest racist community on the Internet...Categorized as:
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![Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay]()
Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsIn this valuable and revealing anthology, cultural critic and bestselling author Roxane Gay collects original and previously published pieces that address what it means to live in a world where women have to measure the harassment, violence, and aggression they face, and where they are “routinely second-guessed, blown off, discredited, denigrated, besmirched, belittled, patronized, mocked,...Categorized as:
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![Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum]()
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsWalk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups...Categorized as:
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![Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo]()
Poor Economics: A Radical Rethinking of the Way to Fight Global Poverty by Abhijit V. Banerjee, Esther Duflo
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWinner of the 2011 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Best Business Book of the Year AwardBillions of government dollars, and thousands of charitable organizations and NGOs, are dedicated to helping the world's poor. But much of their work is based on assumptions that are untested generalizations at best, harmful misperceptions at worst...Categorized as:
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정의란 무엇인가 by Michael J. Sandel
Rated: 4.27 of 5 stars · 26 ratingsKorean edition of JUSTICE: What's the Right Thing to Do? by Michael J. Sandel, a Professor of Government at Harvard University. This book is based on the one of the most popular courses at Harvard. Praised by numerous media including BBS, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today. Translated by Lee Chang Shin...Categorized as:
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![Sprache und Sein by Kübra Gümüşay]()
Sprache und Sein by Kübra Gümüşay
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsKübra Gümüşay beschreibt wie Sprache unser Denken prägt und unsere Politik bestimmt. „Ein beeindruckendes Buch, poetisch und politisch zugleich.“ Margarete StokowskiDieses Buch folgt einer Sehnsucht: nach einer Sprache, die Menschen nicht auf Kategorien reduziert. Nach einem Sprechen, das sie in ihrem Facettenreichtum existieren lässt...Categorized as:
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![The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max Fisher]()
The Chaos Machine: The Inside Story of How Social Media Rewired Our Minds and Our World by Max Fisher
Rated: 4.36 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsFrom a New York Times investigative reporter and Pulitzer Prize finalist, “an essential book for our times” (Ezra Klein), tracking the high-stakes inside story of how Big Tech’s breakneck race to drive engagement—and profits—at all costs fractured the worldWe all have a vague sense that social media is bad for our minds, for our children, and for our democracies...Categorized as:
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![Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools by Jonathan Kozol]()
Savage Inequalities: Children in America's Schools by Jonathan Kozol
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsNational Book Award-winning author Jonathan Kozol presents his shocking account of the American educational system in this stunning "New York Times" bestseller, which has sold more than 250,000 hardcover copies."An impassioned book, laced with anger and indignation, about how our public education system scorns so many of our children...Categorized as:
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![The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity by Douglas Murray]()
The Madness of Crowds: Gender, Race and Identity by Douglas Murray
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDouglas Murray examines the twenty-first century's most divisive issues: sexuality, gender, technology and race. He reveals the astonishing new culture wars playing out in our workplaces, universities, schools and homes in the names of social justice, identity politics and intersectionality...Categorized as:
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![The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative by Thomas King]()
The Truth About Stories: A Native Narrative by Thomas King
Rated: 4.31 of 5 stars · 16 ratings"Stories are wondrous things. And they are dangerous." In The Truth About Stories, Native novelist and scholar Thomas King explores how stories shape who we are and how we understand and interact with other people...Categorized as:
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![The War on the West by Douglas Murray]()
The War on the West by Douglas Murray
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsAn Instant New York Times Bestseller!China has concentration camps now. Why do Westerners claim our sins are unique?It is now in vogue to celebrate non-Western cultures and disparage Western ones. Some of this is a much-needed reckoning, but much of it fatally undermines the very things that created the greatest, most humane civilization in the world...Categorized as:
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![Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence by Jonathan Sacks]()
Not in God's Name: Confronting Religious Violence by Jonathan Sacks
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 12 ratings***2015 National Jewish Book Award Winner***In this powerful and timely book, one of the most admired and authoritative religious leaders of our time tackles the phenomenon of religious extremism and violence committed in the name of God. If religion is perceived as being part of the problem, Rabbi Sacks argues, then it must also form part of the solution...Categorized as:
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![Der tiefe Graben: Die Geschichte der gespaltenen Staaten von Amerika by Ezra Klein]()
Der tiefe Graben: Die Geschichte der gespaltenen Staaten von Amerika by Ezra Klein
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsDiscover how today’s rigidly partisan politics came to be, why we all participate in it, and what it means for America’s future—from star journalist, political commentator, and cofounder of Vox, Ezra Klein. Over the past 50 years, our partisan identities have merged with our racial, religious, geographic, ideological, and cultural identities...Categorized as:
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![Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates]()
Everyday Sexism by Laura Bates
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsWomen are standing up and #shoutingback. In a culture that's driven by social media, for the first time women are using this online space (@EverydaySexism www.everydaysexism.com) to come together, share their stories and encourage a new generation to recognise the problems that women face...Categorized as:
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![Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? by Mark Fisher, Марк Фишер]()
Capitalist Realism: Is There No Alternative? by Mark Fisher, Марк Фишер
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 25 ratingsAfter 1989, capitalism has presented itself as the only realistic political-economic system...Categorized as:
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![The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff]()
The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Jonathan Haidt, Greg Lukianoff
Rated: 4.19 of 5 stars · 26 ratings'Excellent, their advice is sound . . . liberal parents, in particular, should read it' Financial TimesThe New York Times bestsellerWhat doesn't kill you makes you weakerAlways trust your feelingsLife is a battle between good people and evil peopleThese three Great Untruths contradict basic psychological principles about well-being, as well as ancient wisdom from many cultures...Categorized as:
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![Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us by C.N. Lester]()
Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us by C.N. Lester
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsWhat does it mean to be transgender? How do we discuss the subject? In this eye-opening book, C.N...Categorized as:
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![The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century by Louise Perry]()
The Case Against the Sexual Revolution: A New Guide to Sex in the 21st Century by Louise Perry
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsDitching the stuffy hang-ups and benighted sexual traditionalism of the past is an unambiguously positive thing.The sexual revolution has liberated us to enjoy a heady mixture of erotic freedom and personal autonomy.Right? Wrong, argues Louise Perry in her provocative new book...Categorized as:
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![Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America by Melissa V. Harris-Perry]()
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America by Melissa V. Harris-Perry
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsJezebel's sexual lasciviousness, Mammy's devotion, and Sapphire's outspoken anger—these are among the most persistent stereotypes that black women encounter in contemporary American life. Hurtful and dishonest, such representations force African American women to navigate a virtual crooked room that shames them and shapes their experiences as citizens...Categorized as:
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![Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne]()
Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny by Kate Manne
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings'An important and compelling analysis of a phenomenon that's everywhere' Cordelia Fine, Big Issue'Offers a sharply cut prism through which to view our everyday experience' Afua Hirsch, The TLSA powerful, lucid analysis of the logic of misogyny from a remarkable feminist thinker, Down Girl is essential reading for the #MeToo era.Misogyny is a hot topic, yet it's often misunderstood...Categorized as:
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![The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning by Maggie Nelson]()
The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning by Maggie Nelson
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsToday both reality and entertainment crowd our fields of vision with brutal imagery. The pervasiveness of images of torture, horror, and war has all but demolished the twentieth-century hope that such imagery might shock us into a less alienated state, or aid in the creation of a just social order... -
![Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You by Sofie Hagen]()
Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You by Sofie Hagen
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratings‘Perfect, kind, hilarious and persuasive’ Lena Dunham‘You need this book. Your mum needs this book. Your best friend needs this book. Everyone needs a dose of Happy Fat!’ Julie MurphyIn Happy Fat, comedian Sofie Hagen shares how she removed fatphobic influences from her daily life and found self-acceptance in a world where judgement and discrimination are rife...Categorized as:
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