✊ Female Rebellion

Women who refuse the roles assigned to them, rising up against oppressive systems with fury, strategy, or quiet defiance. Stories of resistance that feel both timeless and urgent.

Manifesta

by Jennifer Baumgardner • 2000

The next wave is hot pink, unapologetic, and political: feminism didn't die, it changed its look.

3.73

3k+

🌊 Third Wave Feminism 💋 Reclaiming Femininity ✊ Everyday Activism 🔍 Consciousness Raising 🤝 Intersectional Feminism

Manifesta 89%

The next wave is hot pink, unapologetic, and political: feminism didn't die, it changed its look.

by Jennifer Baumgardner 2000

3.73

3k+ ratings

🌊 Third Wave Feminism 💋 Reclaiming Femininity ✊ Everyday Activism 🔍 Consciousness Raising 🤝 Intersectional Feminism

A History of the World in 21 Women

by Jenni Murray • 2018

A personal history of the world, told through 21 women who refused to be told no.

3.81

4k+

🕰️ Women In History 💪 Defying Gender Norms 🔥 Trailblazing Women ⭐ Feminist Icons 👑 Women Leaders

A History of the World in 21 Women Summary

A History of the World in 21 Women 89%

A personal history of the world, told through 21 women who refused to be told no.

by Jenni Murray 2018

3.81

4k+ ratings

🕰️ Women In History 💪 Defying Gender Norms 🔥 Trailblazing Women ⭐ Feminist Icons 👑 Women Leaders

In Defense of Witches

by Mona Chollet • 2018

The witch hunts never ended; they just traded the stake for courtroom, clinic, and gossip.

4.04

24k+

🧙 Witch Trials 🚫 Childfree Women 👵 Aging Women 🏥 Medical Misogyny ✊ Bodily Autonomy

In Defense of Witches 88%

The witch hunts never ended; they just traded the stake for courtroom, clinic, and gossip.

by Mona Chollet 2018

4.04

24k+ ratings

🧙 Witch Trials 🚫 Childfree Women 👵 Aging Women 🏥 Medical Misogyny ✊ Bodily Autonomy

Badjens

by Delphine Minoui • 2024

In Iran, after a woman dies in custody, an unwanted girl joins the uprising.

4.25

2k+

🌱 Political Coming-Of-Age 👭 Female Solidarity 🧕 Hijab Rebellion 🕌 Religious Patriarchy 🇮🇷 Post-Revolution Iran

Badjens 88%

In Iran, after a woman dies in custody, an unwanted girl joins the uprising.

by Delphine Minoui 2024

4.25

2k+ ratings

🌱 Political Coming-Of-Age 👭 Female Solidarity 🧕 Hijab Rebellion 🕌 Religious Patriarchy 🇮🇷 Post-Revolution Iran

Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys.

by Viv Albertine • 2014

The Slits' guitarist became a suburban mother. Cancer forced her to ask what she'd abandoned.

4.27

14k+

🎸 Punk Memoirs 🎤 Women In Music 🌱 Midlife Reinvention 🎨 Art And Domesticity 💪 Cancer Memoirs

Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. Summary

Clothes, Clothes, Clothes. Music, Music, Music. Boys, Boys, Boys. 88%

The Slits' guitarist became a suburban mother. Cancer forced her to ask what she'd abandoned.

by Viv Albertine 2014

4.27

14k+ ratings

🎸 Punk Memoirs 🎤 Women In Music 🌱 Midlife Reinvention 🎨 Art And Domesticity 💪 Cancer Memoirs

Against Our Will

by Susan Brownmiller • 1975

Rape as terror, not desire: the 1975 argument that made sexual violence a political question.

4.05

4k+

🛑 Sexual Violence 🏛️ Patriarchal Power ✊ Radical Feminism 🌊 Second Wave Feminism ⚖️ Feminist Legal Theory

Against Our Will 88%

Rape as terror, not desire: the 1975 argument that made sexual violence a political question.

by Susan Brownmiller 1975

4.05

4k+ ratings

🛑 Sexual Violence 🏛️ Patriarchal Power ✊ Radical Feminism 🌊 Second Wave Feminism ⚖️ Feminist Legal Theory

Off With Her Head

by Eleanor Herman • 2022

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

3.85

3k+

🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism 👗 Appearance Policing 😡 Anger And Gender

Off With Her Head 88%

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

by Eleanor Herman 2022

3.85

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism 👗 Appearance Policing 😡 Anger And Gender

Right-Wing Women

by Andrea Dworkin • 1983

The right offers women safety from male violence in exchange for obedience. The men never deliver.

4.31

3k+

🗡️ Radical Feminism 📜 Second Wave Feminism ⚡ Sexual Politics ⛓️ Patriarchy And Violence 🚫 Antifeminism

Right-Wing Women 88%

The right offers women safety from male violence in exchange for obedience. The men never deliver.

by Andrea Dworkin 1983

4.31

3k+ ratings

🗡️ Radical Feminism 📜 Second Wave Feminism ⚡ Sexual Politics ⛓️ Patriarchy And Violence 🚫 Antifeminism

厌女：日本的女性嫌恶

by Chizuko Ueno • 2010

The emperor's throne and the family kitchen run on the same misogynist script. Here is why.

4.40

919

🇯🇵 Japanese Feminism 🏗 Structural Misogyny ⚖ Sexual Double Standards 👥 Homosociality 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict

厌女：日本的女性嫌恶 88%

The emperor's throne and the family kitchen run on the same misogynist script. Here is why.

by Chizuko Ueno 2010

4.40

919 ratings

🇯🇵 Japanese Feminism 🏗 Structural Misogyny ⚖ Sexual Double Standards 👥 Homosociality 👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Conflict

A Return to Modesty

by Wendy Shalit • 1998

The sexual revolution's casualties are women, and the way back is the virtue it mocked.

3.79

1k+

🔄 Sexual Revolution Critique 🛡️ Protecting Girlhood 🧱 Emotional Boundaries 🚫 Hookup Culture ⚧️ Sex Differences

A Return to Modesty 88%

The sexual revolution's casualties are women, and the way back is the virtue it mocked.

by Wendy Shalit 1998

3.79

1k+ ratings

🔄 Sexual Revolution Critique 🛡️ Protecting Girlhood 🧱 Emotional Boundaries 🚫 Hookup Culture ⚧️ Sex Differences

Superman Is an Arab

by Joumana Haddad • 2012

An Arab feminist declares war on God, marriage, and the toxic myth of the invincible man.

3.53

682

🧕 Arab Feminism 👩 Middle Eastern Women 💪 Toxic Masculinity 🔥 Sexual Liberation ⛪ Religious Critique

Superman Is an Arab 88%

An Arab feminist declares war on God, marriage, and the toxic myth of the invincible man.

by Joumana Haddad 2012

3.53

682 ratings

🧕 Arab Feminism 👩 Middle Eastern Women 💪 Toxic Masculinity 🔥 Sexual Liberation ⛪ Religious Critique

Kiss My Tiara

by Susan Jane Gilman • 2001

Earn more, eat more, apologize less. A loud, funny field guide for women done playing nice.

3.61

2k+

💅 Feminist Humor 😈 Irreverent Self-Help ✨ Body Positivity 🍕 Rejecting Diet Culture 💰 Financial Independence

Kiss My Tiara 88%

Earn more, eat more, apologize less. A loud, funny field guide for women done playing nice.

by Susan Jane Gilman 2001

3.61

2k+ ratings

💅 Feminist Humor 😈 Irreverent Self-Help ✨ Body Positivity 🍕 Rejecting Diet Culture 💰 Financial Independence

The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht

by Susan Dalgety • 2024

Scotland tried to erase the word woman from law. Ordinary women fought back, and a government fell.

4.44

347

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Politics 🧬 Gender Critical Feminism 🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Politics 🌱 Grassroots Activism 🏛️ Institutional Capture

The Women Who Wouldn't Wheesht 88%

Scotland tried to erase the word woman from law. Ordinary women fought back, and a government fell.

by Susan Dalgety 2024

4.44

347 ratings

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish Politics 🧬 Gender Critical Feminism 🏳️‍⚧️ Transgender Politics 🌱 Grassroots Activism 🏛️ Institutional Capture

Bad Mormon

by Heather Gay • 2023

A devout Mormon wife discovers that perfect obedience cannot save her marriage or her soul.

3.51

35k+

🎬 Celebrity Memoir ⛪ Religious Deconstruction 🏔️ Mormon Culture 💪 Good Girl Rebellion 😂 Irreverent Humor

Bad Mormon 88%

A devout Mormon wife discovers that perfect obedience cannot save her marriage or her soul.

by Heather Gay 2023

3.51

35k+ ratings

🎬 Celebrity Memoir ⛪ Religious Deconstruction 🏔️ Mormon Culture 💪 Good Girl Rebellion 😂 Irreverent Humor

Women & Power

by Mary Beard • 2017

Women have been silenced since Homer. The answer isn't fitting into power but redefining it.

4.02

40k+

🏛️ Women In Politics 🤫 Silencing Of Women 🏺 Myth And Misogyny 🎤 Gendered Speech ⚡ Redefining Power

Women & Power 88%

Women have been silenced since Homer. The answer isn't fitting into power but redefining it.

by Mary Beard 2017

4.02

40k+ ratings

🏛️ Women In Politics 🤫 Silencing Of Women 🏺 Myth And Misogyny 🎤 Gendered Speech ⚡ Redefining Power

An Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique

by Elizabeth Whitaker • 2017

A 15-year reunion questionnaire exposed the misery no one was talking about, and a revolution began.

3.49

✊ Second Wave Feminism 📖 Feminist Theory 🎓 Womens Studies ⚧️ Gender Roles 🏠 Domestic Ideology

An Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique Summary

An Analysis of Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique 88%

A 15-year reunion questionnaire exposed the misery no one was talking about, and a revolution began.

by Elizabeth Whitaker 2017

3.49

43 ratings

✊ Second Wave Feminism 📖 Feminist Theory 🎓 Womens Studies ⚧️ Gender Roles 🏠 Domestic Ideology

A Brief History of Misogyny

by Jack Holland • 2006

The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.

4.14

3k+

🕰️ Feminist History 🏘️ Social History 🧹 Witch Hunts ✝️ Christianity And Women 🔬 Scientific Sexism

A Brief History of Misogyny 88%

The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.

by Jack Holland 2006

4.14

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Feminist History 🏘️ Social History 🧹 Witch Hunts ✝️ Christianity And Women 🔬 Scientific Sexism

White Feminism

by Koa Beck • 2021

Individual success or collective liberation: the choice mainstream feminism keeps getting wrong.

4.24

2k+

🕰️ Feminist History 📢 Mainstream Feminism 🧩 Intersectionality 💼 Corporate Feminism 🏗️ Movement Building

White Feminism 88%

Individual success or collective liberation: the choice mainstream feminism keeps getting wrong.

by Koa Beck 2021

4.24

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Feminist History 📢 Mainstream Feminism 🧩 Intersectionality 💼 Corporate Feminism 🏗️ Movement Building

A Brief History of Misogyny

by Jack Holland • 2006

Two creation myths birthed a hatred that shaped laws, medicine, and war for three thousand years.

4.27

📜 Patriarchy History 🏛️ Gender History 🔥 Witch Hunts ⚔️ Rape As Weapon ⛓️ Female Subjugation

A Brief History of Misogyny 88%

Two creation myths birthed a hatred that shaped laws, medicine, and war for three thousand years.

by Jack Holland 2006

4.27

49 ratings

📜 Patriarchy History 🏛️ Gender History 🔥 Witch Hunts ⚔️ Rape As Weapon ⛓️ Female Subjugation

Kurdish Women's Stories

by Houzan Mahmoud • 2021

Kurdish women, cast as victims or fighters, tell their own stories here. Neither label fits.

4.40

194

🗺️ Kurdish History ⚔️ Women In Conflict 🗣️ Oral History 🌍 Transnational Feminism ✊ Revolutionary Politics

Kurdish Women's Stories 88%

Kurdish women, cast as victims or fighters, tell their own stories here. Neither label fits.

by Houzan Mahmoud 2021

4.40

194 ratings

🗺️ Kurdish History ⚔️ Women In Conflict 🗣️ Oral History 🌍 Transnational Feminism ✊ Revolutionary Politics

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl

by Carrie Brownstein • 2015

Two guitars, no bass, and a feminist punk revolution: the story of Sleater-Kinney from the inside.

3.83

37k+

🎸 Riot Grrrl Movement 🤘 Feminist Punk 🎤 Indie Rock Memoir 🤝 Band Dynamics 🚐 Touring Life

Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl 88%

Two guitars, no bass, and a feminist punk revolution: the story of Sleater-Kinney from the inside.

by Carrie Brownstein 2015

3.83

37k+ ratings

🎸 Riot Grrrl Movement 🤘 Feminist Punk 🎤 Indie Rock Memoir 🤝 Band Dynamics 🚐 Touring Life

Men Explain Things to Me

by Rebecca Solnit • 2014

Male confidence overwriting female expertise: a landmark essay on the roots of that silencing.

3.83

88k+

😊 Feminist Essays 🎭 Cultural Criticism ⚠️ Gender-Based Violence ✊ Modern Feminism 🗣️ Women's Voices

Men Explain Things to Me 88%

Male confidence overwriting female expertise: a landmark essay on the roots of that silencing.

by Rebecca Solnit 2014

3.83

88k+ ratings

😊 Feminist Essays 🎭 Cultural Criticism ⚠️ Gender-Based Violence ✊ Modern Feminism 🗣️ Women's Voices

Re-Sisters

by Cosey Fanni Tutti • 2022

An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.

3.69

143

🎛️ Electronic Music Pioneers ✊ Feminist Biography 🙏 Medieval Mysticism 🔥 Creative Defiance 🎧 Experimental Music

Re-Sisters 88%

An artist finds her countercultural lineage in a medieval mystic and an electronic music pioneer.

by Cosey Fanni Tutti 2022

3.69

143 ratings

🎛️ Electronic Music Pioneers ✊ Feminist Biography 🙏 Medieval Mysticism 🔥 Creative Defiance 🎧 Experimental Music

Full Frontal Feminism

by Jessica Valenti • 2007

Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.

3.86

8k+

✊ Third-Wave Feminism 📚 Feminist 101 🛑 Rape Culture 🪞 Body Image ⚖️ Reproductive Justice

Full Frontal Feminism 87%

Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.

by Jessica Valenti 2007

3.86

8k+ ratings

✊ Third-Wave Feminism 📚 Feminist 101 🛑 Rape Culture 🪞 Body Image ⚖️ Reproductive Justice

On Our Best Behavior

by Elise Loehnen • 2023

Seven ancient sins keep women compliant, exhausted, ever-apologizing. The way out is through them.

3.77

11k+

🏛️ Patriarchy Critique ⛪ Religious History 🎭 Emotional Repression 🔥 Women's Burnout 🫀 Body Autonomy

On Our Best Behavior 87%

Seven ancient sins keep women compliant, exhausted, ever-apologizing. The way out is through them.

by Elise Loehnen 2023

3.77

11k+ ratings

🏛️ Patriarchy Critique ⛪ Religious History 🎭 Emotional Repression 🔥 Women's Burnout 🫀 Body Autonomy

The Creation of Patriarchy

by Gerda Lerner • 1986

Patriarchy was invented, not discovered. A historian recovers the ancient blueprint of male power.

4.38

2k+

🏛️ Feminist History 👑 Patriarchy ⚧️ Gender Systems 📜 Ancient Mesopotamia 📖 Biblical Origins

The Creation of Patriarchy 87%

Patriarchy was invented, not discovered. A historian recovers the ancient blueprint of male power.

by Gerda Lerner 1986

4.38

2k+ ratings

🏛️ Feminist History 👑 Patriarchy ⚧️ Gender Systems 📜 Ancient Mesopotamia 📖 Biblical Origins

All the Single Ladies

by Rebecca Traister • 2016

Single women outnumber married ones; that shift is rewriting work, love, and the state.

4.00

17k+

📜 Feminist History 💍 Sociology Of Marriage 👭 Female Friendship 💰 Economic Independence 🤱 Single Motherhood

All the Single Ladies 87%

Single women outnumber married ones; that shift is rewriting work, love, and the state.

by Rebecca Traister 2016

4.00

17k+ ratings

📜 Feminist History 💍 Sociology Of Marriage 👭 Female Friendship 💰 Economic Independence 🤱 Single Motherhood

The Grace Year

by Kim Liggett • 2019

During their ritual exile to burn off magic, the real danger is the other girls.

4.13

250k+

🔴 Feminist Dystopia 😱 Mass Hysteria 👑 Queen Bee 🌲 Woods Survival ✊ Feminist Rebellion

The Grace Year 87%

During their ritual exile to burn off magic, the real danger is the other girls.

by Kim Liggett 2019

4.13

250k+ ratings

🔴 Feminist Dystopia 😱 Mass Hysteria 👑 Queen Bee 🌲 Woods Survival ✊ Feminist Rebellion

WHAT OUR MOTHERS DIDN'T TELL US

by Danielle Crittenden • 1999

Feminism told women to delay marriage for careers. The biological clock was not listening.

3.71

454

🪄 Sexual Revolution 🔍 Critique Of Feminism ⚖️ Work-Life Balance ⏰ Biological Clock ♂️ Gender Differences

WHAT OUR MOTHERS DIDN'T TELL US 87%

Feminism told women to delay marriage for careers. The biological clock was not listening.

by Danielle Crittenden 1999

3.71

454 ratings

🪄 Sexual Revolution 🔍 Critique Of Feminism ⚖️ Work-Life Balance ⏰ Biological Clock ♂️ Gender Differences

Bachelor Girl

by Betsy Israel • 2002

The hidden history of single women: from spinsters to the women who refused to settle.

3.72

1k+

💃 Single Women 📚 Cultural History 🏙️ Urban Life 🏭 Workplace History 💋 Sexual Revolution

Bachelor Girl 87%

The hidden history of single women: from spinsters to the women who refused to settle.

by Betsy Israel 2002

3.72

1k+ ratings

💃 Single Women 📚 Cultural History 🏙️ Urban Life 🏭 Workplace History 💋 Sexual Revolution

Living a Feminist Life

by Sara Ahmed • 2017

Feminism starts with a bodily sensation of wrongness. Living it means refusing to keep the peace.

4.30

3k+

📖 Feminist Theory 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Feminism 🏛️ University Politics ✋ Political Refusal 🏠 Everyday Resistance

Living a Feminist Life 87%

Feminism starts with a bodily sensation of wrongness. Living it means refusing to keep the peace.

by Sara Ahmed 2017

4.30

3k+ ratings

📖 Feminist Theory 🏳️‍🌈 Queer Feminism 🏛️ University Politics ✋ Political Refusal 🏠 Everyday Resistance

Real Estate

by Deborah Levy • 2021

She wanted a room of her own. At sixty, she realized she needed the whole house.

4.28

11k+

🧠 Feminist Memoir 🖋️ Writer's Memoir 🏠 Home And Identity 🦸‍♀️ Female Autonomy 🍂 Aging And Reinvention

Real Estate 87%

She wanted a room of her own. At sixty, she realized she needed the whole house.

by Deborah Levy 2021

4.28

11k+ ratings

🧠 Feminist Memoir 🖋️ Writer's Memoir 🏠 Home And Identity 🦸‍♀️ Female Autonomy 🍂 Aging And Reinvention

A Room of One’s Own

by Virginia Woolf • 1929

Money and a private room: why five centuries of women's genius never reached the page.

4.22

266k+

🧠 Feminist Theory 📖 Literary Criticism 🏠 Materialist Feminism ✍️ The Writer's Life 🎨 Gender And Art

A Room of One’s Own 87%

Money and a private room: why five centuries of women's genius never reached the page.

by Virginia Woolf 1929

4.22

266k+ ratings

🧠 Feminist Theory 📖 Literary Criticism 🏠 Materialist Feminism ✍️ The Writer's Life 🎨 Gender And Art

Modern Misogyny

by Kristin J. Anderson • 2014

A quiet bigotry replaced overt sexism; the illusion of equality makes it harder to fight.

4.14

🔍 Subtle Sexism 🏷️ Post-Feminist Critique 🛒 Neoliberal Feminism 🎭 Double Bind ⚔️ Backlash Against Women

Modern Misogyny 87%

A quiet bigotry replaced overt sexism; the illusion of equality makes it harder to fight.

by Kristin J. Anderson 2014

4.14

92 ratings

🔍 Subtle Sexism 🏷️ Post-Feminist Critique 🛒 Neoliberal Feminism 🎭 Double Bind ⚔️ Backlash Against Women

Girls on Film

by Alicia Malone • 2022

Landing her dream job as a TCM host was only act one of her film education.

3.82

272

🎬 Film Criticism 🎞️ Classic Cinema ✊ Feminist Media Criticism 🖼️ Representation In Media 📖 Media Memoir

Girls on Film 87%

Landing her dream job as a TCM host was only act one of her film education.

by Alicia Malone 2022

3.82

272 ratings

🎬 Film Criticism 🎞️ Classic Cinema ✊ Feminist Media Criticism 🖼️ Representation In Media 📖 Media Memoir

SCUM Manifesto

by Valerie Solanas • 1967

Male genes are a botched copy of female ones. The solution is total societal demolition.

3.79

12k+

✊ Radical Feminism ♀️ Second-Wave Feminism 🚺 Separatist Feminism 🚫💰 Anti-Capitalism 🤖 Technological Utopianism

SCUM Manifesto 87%

Male genes are a botched copy of female ones. The solution is total societal demolition.

by Valerie Solanas 1967

3.79

12k+ ratings

✊ Radical Feminism ♀️ Second-Wave Feminism 🚺 Separatist Feminism 🚫💰 Anti-Capitalism 🤖 Technological Utopianism

I'll Never Write My Memoirs

by Grace Jones • 2015

How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.

3.76

2k+

🎤 Music Memoirs 👗 Fashion And Style 🦋 Self Invention 🎭 Performance And Identity ⛓️ Breaking Free From Family

I'll Never Write My Memoirs 87%

How a girl from a repressive Jamaican church became the mirror-faced androgynous icon of disco.

by Grace Jones 2015

3.76

2k+ ratings

🎤 Music Memoirs 👗 Fashion And Style 🦋 Self Invention 🎭 Performance And Identity ⛓️ Breaking Free From Family

Power Shift

by Sally Armstrong • 2019

Sexual inequality is not ancient; it started with farming. The worldwide pushback has already begun.

4.17

253

📜 Women's History 🌐 Global Feminism 🏛️ Patriarchy Origins 💰 Economic Empowerment ⚠️ Violence Against Women

Power Shift 87%

Sexual inequality is not ancient; it started with farming. The worldwide pushback has already begun.

by Sally Armstrong 2019

4.17

253 ratings

📜 Women's History 🌐 Global Feminism 🏛️ Patriarchy Origins 💰 Economic Empowerment ⚠️ Violence Against Women

The Purity Myth

by Jessica Valenti • 2009

The virginity movement teaches shame as science, then codifies it. Real women bear the cost.

4.08

9k+

🏛️ Purity Culture ✊ Body Autonomy 💪 Toxic Masculinity 🎯 Victim Blaming ⚖️ Sexual Ethics

The Purity Myth 87%

The virginity movement teaches shame as science, then codifies it. Real women bear the cost.

by Jessica Valenti 2009

4.08

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Purity Culture ✊ Body Autonomy 💪 Toxic Masculinity 🎯 Victim Blaming ⚖️ Sexual Ethics

Fix the System, Not the Women

by Laura Bates • 2022

Every three days in the UK, a man kills a woman. That pattern isn't a coincidence.

4.49

6k+

🏛️ Institutional Sexism 🔀 Intersectional Feminism ⚠️ Violence Against Women 🚫 Rape Culture 👆 Victim Blaming

Fix the System, Not the Women 87%

Every three days in the UK, a man kills a woman. That pattern isn't a coincidence.

by Laura Bates 2022

4.49

6k+ ratings

🏛️ Institutional Sexism 🔀 Intersectional Feminism ⚠️ Violence Against Women 🚫 Rape Culture 👆 Victim Blaming

The Manipulated Man

by Esther Vilar • 1971

Women trade sex for lifelong security; men mistake their chains for love. The 1971 polemic.

3.58

2k+

🔄 Gender Roles 💋 Sexual Politics ⚔️ Anti-Feminism ♂️ Men's Rights ⚡ Power Dynamics

The Manipulated Man 87%

Women trade sex for lifelong security; men mistake their chains for love. The 1971 polemic.

by Esther Vilar 1971

3.58

2k+ ratings

🔄 Gender Roles 💋 Sexual Politics ⚔️ Anti-Feminism ♂️ Men's Rights ⚡ Power Dynamics

Feminism or Death

by Françoise d'Eaubonne • 1974

The planet is dying from male rule. A feminism content with equality won't save it.

3.55

187

🌿 Ecofeminism ✊ Radical Feminism 🩺 Reproductive Justice 🏭 Patriarchy And Capitalism 💰 Anti-Capitalist Feminism

Feminism or Death 87%

The planet is dying from male rule. A feminism content with equality won't save it.

by Françoise d'Eaubonne 1974

3.55

187 ratings

🌿 Ecofeminism ✊ Radical Feminism 🩺 Reproductive Justice 🏭 Patriarchy And Capitalism 💰 Anti-Capitalist Feminism

We Are Not Born Submissive. How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives

by Manon Garcia • 2018

Submission is trained, not born. Patriarchy teaches it through bodies, desire, and love.

3.90

890

🇫🇷 French Feminism ✊ Patriarchy Critique 👁️ Sexual Objectification 🦵 Body Politics 💔 Love And Power

We Are Not Born Submissive. How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives Summary

We Are Not Born Submissive. How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives 87%

Submission is trained, not born. Patriarchy teaches it through bodies, desire, and love.

by Manon Garcia 2018

3.90

890 ratings

🇫🇷 French Feminism ✊ Patriarchy Critique 👁️ Sexual Objectification 🦵 Body Politics 💔 Love And Power

Sister Outsider

by Audre Lorde • 1984

Why anger is a political tool, silence is surrender, and the erotic is a well of knowledge.

4.53

42k+

🖤 Black Feminism 🔗 Intersectional Feminism 📢 Breaking Silence 🔥 Anger As Catalyst 🌹 Erotic Empowerment

Sister Outsider 87%

Why anger is a political tool, silence is surrender, and the erotic is a well of knowledge.

by Audre Lorde 1984

4.53

42k+ ratings

🖤 Black Feminism 🔗 Intersectional Feminism 📢 Breaking Silence 🔥 Anger As Catalyst 🌹 Erotic Empowerment

A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald

by Natasha Lester • 2016

She funds her medical degree by dancing on Broadway; the doctors won't let her in.

4.22

3k+

👩‍⚕️ Women In Medicine 🤰 Obstetrics History 🕰️ 1920s America 🚺 Defying Gender Norms ⛓️ Systemic Sexism

A Kiss from Mr Fitzgerald 87%

She funds her medical degree by dancing on Broadway; the doctors won't let her in.

by Natasha Lester 2016

4.22

3k+ ratings

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by Mary Ann Sieghart 2021

4.31

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3.81

18k+ ratings

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3.82

2k+ ratings

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The Gender Plan 87%

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10k+ ratings

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4.16

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4.16

29k+ ratings

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