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🔄 Social Reproduction

Critical examinations of how societies perpetuate inequality across generations through education, family structures, and cultural norms. These works reveal the invisible machinery that keeps class, race, and gender hierarchies firmly in place.
Doing It All
by Ruby Russell • 2024
The nuclear family was built for capitalism, not kids. Single mothers are exposing a better way.
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17
🧑‍🧒 Single Motherhood💰 Care Economy☭ Marxist Feminism
Doing It All Summary
Doing It All 91%
The nuclear family was built for capitalism, not kids. Single mothers are exposing a better way.
by Ruby Russell 2024
4.24
17 ratings
🧑‍🧒 Single Motherhood💰 Care Economy☭ Marxist Feminism
Holding It Together
by Jessica Calarco • 2024
America's safety net is women's unpaid labor. That's not an accident. It was designed.
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1k+
🤲 Care Economy🧹 Unpaid Labor🪢 Social Safety Net
Holding It Together Summary
Holding It Together 90%
America's safety net is women's unpaid labor. That's not an accident. It was designed.
by Jessica Calarco 2024
4.13
1k+ ratings
🤲 Care Economy🧹 Unpaid Labor🪢 Social Safety Net
Labours of Love
by Madeleine Bunting • 2020
The work that sustains us from birth to death has been deliberately erased from economic view.
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160
🏥 Care Work🎭 Emotional Labor📉 Feminist Economics
Labours of Love Summary
Labours of Love 90%
The work that sustains us from birth to death has been deliberately erased from economic view.
by Madeleine Bunting 2020
4.07
160 ratings
🏥 Care Work🎭 Emotional Labor📉 Feminist Economics
Essential Labor
by Angela Garbes • 2022
The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.
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3k+
🧹 Care Work🤝 Intersectional Feminism✊ Anti-Capitalist Feminism
Essential Labor Summary
Essential Labor 90%
The invisible labor of mothering holds up the economy. It could also remake it.
by Angela Garbes 2022
3.79
3k+ ratings
🧹 Care Work🤝 Intersectional Feminism✊ Anti-Capitalist Feminism
The Most Important Job In The World
by Gina Rushton • 2022
The hardest question about having children isn't whether you're ready. It's whether the world is.
4.08
988
❓ Choosing Parenthood⚖️ Reproductive Justice🌍 Climate Anxiety
The Most Important Job In The World Summary
The Most Important Job In The World 89%
The hardest question about having children isn't whether you're ready. It's whether the world is.
by Gina Rushton 2022
4.08
988 ratings
❓ Choosing Parenthood⚖️ Reproductive Justice🌍 Climate Anxiety
Feminism for the 99%
by Cinzia Arruzza • 2019
Mainstream feminism wants more women at the top. Anticapitalist feminism wants no top at all.
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✊ Anticapitalist Feminism🩺 Crisis Of Care💼 Liberal Feminism Critique
Feminism for the 99% Summary
Feminism for the 99% 89%
Mainstream feminism wants more women at the top. Anticapitalist feminism wants no top at all.
by Cinzia Arruzza 2019
4.01
8k+ ratings
✊ Anticapitalist Feminism🩺 Crisis Of Care💼 Liberal Feminism Critique
Ambitious Like a Mother
by Lara Bazelon • 2022
Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.
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164
👩‍💼 Working Motherhood💪 Female Ambition🍼 Intensive Mothering
Ambitious Like a Mother Summary
Ambitious Like a Mother 89%
Mothers are told their ambition hurts their kids. The evidence shows it helps them.
by Lara Bazelon 2022
3.58
164 ratings
👩‍💼 Working Motherhood💪 Female Ambition🍼 Intensive Mothering
Touched Out
by Amanda Montei • 2023
From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.
4.18
425
👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood✊ Feminist Critique🫂 Care Work
Touched Out Summary
Touched Out 89%
From consent to care work: how motherhood traps women in a system that owns their bodies.
by Amanda Montei 2023
4.18
425 ratings
👩‍👧 Modern Motherhood✊ Feminist Critique🫂 Care Work
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism
by Kristen R. Ghodsee • 2018
East German women had more orgasms. The reason: they didn't need men's money.
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🧮 Feminist Economics🔗 Political Economy🏠 Unpaid Care Work
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism Summary
Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism 89%
East German women had more orgasms. The reason: they didn't need men's money.
by Kristen R. Ghodsee 2018
3.98
8k+ ratings
🧮 Feminist Economics🔗 Political Economy🏠 Unpaid Care Work
The Wife Drought
by Annabel Crabb • 2014
We've spent decades getting women into the workplace. The harder project is getting men out.
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🏠 Domestic Labor Inequality🍞 Breadwinner Homemaker Divide👻 Invisible Labor
The Wife Drought Summary
The Wife Drought 89%
We've spent decades getting women into the workplace. The harder project is getting men out.
by Annabel Crabb 2014
4.15
4k+ ratings
🏠 Domestic Labor Inequality🍞 Breadwinner Homemaker Divide👻 Invisible Labor
The Outsourced Self
by Arlie Russell Hochschild • 2012
The village is gone. Strangers find partners, raise children, tell us what to want.
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🏡 Sociology Of Intimacy📊 Economic Sociology🎭 Emotional Labor
The Outsourced Self Summary
The Outsourced Self 89%
The village is gone. Strangers find partners, raise children, tell us what to want.
by Arlie Russell Hochschild 2012
3.66
337 ratings
🏡 Sociology Of Intimacy📊 Economic Sociology🎭 Emotional Labor
The New Feminist Agenda
by Madeleine Kunin • 2012
Most rich nations mandate paid family leave. The US does not. A former governor on why.
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119
🏛️ Work-Family Policy🇩🇰 Nordic Social Model🧒 Child Poverty
The New Feminist Agenda Summary
The New Feminist Agenda 88%
Most rich nations mandate paid family leave. The US does not. A former governor on why.
by Madeleine Kunin 2012
3.76
119 ratings
🏛️ Work-Family Policy🇩🇰 Nordic Social Model🧒 Child Poverty
A Pelican Introduction
by Mike Savage • 2015
Three hidden currencies now define British class, and only one appears on a payslip.
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🏛️ Class Analysis🇬🇧 British Society🎭 Cultural Capital
A Pelican Introduction Summary
A Pelican Introduction 88%
Three hidden currencies now define British class, and only one appears on a payslip.
by Mike Savage 2015
4.06
546 ratings
🏛️ Class Analysis🇬🇧 British Society🎭 Cultural Capital
Screaming on the Inside
by Jessica Grose • 2022
Centuries of impossible ideals set the trap. The pandemic sprang it, and the exit is ambivalence.
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🧩 Modern Motherhood😶 Maternal Ambivalence📱 Momfluencer Culture
Screaming on the Inside Summary
Screaming on the Inside 88%
Centuries of impossible ideals set the trap. The pandemic sprang it, and the exit is ambivalence.
by Jessica Grose 2022
3.47
5k+ ratings
🧩 Modern Motherhood😶 Maternal Ambivalence📱 Momfluencer Culture
Fair Play
by Eve Rodsky • 2019
End resentment from invisible labor: a card-based system that makes domestic work fair.
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🏠 Domestic Labor🧠 Mental Load🃏 Gamification
Fair Play Summary
Fair Play 88%
End resentment from invisible labor: a card-based system that makes domestic work fair.
by Eve Rodsky 2019
3.58
26k+ ratings
🏠 Domestic Labor🧠 Mental Load🃏 Gamification
Maid
by Stephanie Land • 2019
A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.
3.86
114k+
💰 Working Poor🧹 Domestic Labor🌫️ Invisible Labor
Maid Summary
Maid 88%
A single mother cleans houses while barely holding onto her own: life inside the working poor.
by Stephanie Land 2019
3.86
114k+ ratings
💰 Working Poor🧹 Domestic Labor🌫️ Invisible Labor
Unfinished Business
by Anne-Marie Slaughter • 2015
Closing the gender gap means changing work, not women: revaluing care and rewriting the rules.
3.91
3k+
🏢 Workplace Equality🧱 Care Infrastructure🔄 Career Reentry
Unfinished Business Summary
Unfinished Business 88%
Closing the gender gap means changing work, not women: revaluing care and rewriting the rules.
by Anne-Marie Slaughter 2015
3.91
3k+ ratings
🏢 Workplace Equality🧱 Care Infrastructure🔄 Career Reentry
For Her Own Good
by Barbara Ehrenreich • 1976
Male experts sold science and child-rearing advice; the price was women's autonomy.
3.96
3k+
📜 Women'S History💊 Medicalization🏠 Domestic Ideology
For Her Own Good Summary
For Her Own Good 88%
Male experts sold science and child-rearing advice; the price was women's autonomy.
by Barbara Ehrenreich 1976
3.96
3k+ ratings
📜 Women'S History💊 Medicalization🏠 Domestic Ideology
Free Gifts
by Alyssa Battistoni • 2025
Capitalism treats nature as worthless by design. The missing price tag is the whole point.
4.24
55
🏞️ Political Ecology📊 Ecological Economics🌍 Marxist Ecology
Free Gifts Summary
Free Gifts 88%
Capitalism treats nature as worthless by design. The missing price tag is the whole point.
by Alyssa Battistoni 2025
4.24
55 ratings
🏞️ Political Ecology📊 Ecological Economics🌍 Marxist Ecology
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
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🌿 Ecofeminism✊ Radical Feminism🩺 Reproductive Justice
Feminism or Death Summary
Feminism or Death 88%
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
Slave Breeding
by Gregory D. Smithers • 2012
Historians called it myth. The enslaved knew forced reproduction was slavery's brutal core.
3.73
51
🏚️ American Slavery👶 Coerced Reproduction🧠 Collective Memory
Slave Breeding Summary
Slave Breeding 88%
Historians called it myth. The enslaved knew forced reproduction was slavery's brutal core.
by Gregory D. Smithers 2012
3.73
51 ratings
🏚️ American Slavery👶 Coerced Reproduction🧠 Collective Memory
Pay Up
by Reshma Saujani • 2022
The workplace broke mothers, and the pandemic proved it. Nine fixes employers refuse to make.
3.59
970
👩‍💼 Working Mothers⚖️ Workplace Equity💰 Unpaid Labor
Pay Up Summary
Pay Up 88%
The workplace broke mothers, and the pandemic proved it. Nine fixes employers refuse to make.
by Reshma Saujani 2022
3.59
970 ratings
👩‍💼 Working Mothers⚖️ Workplace Equity💰 Unpaid Labor
Mother of Invention
by Katrine Marçal • 2020
From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?
3.90
2k+
💰 Feminist Economics⚙️ History Of Technology💡 Gender And Innovation
Mother of Invention Summary
Mother of Invention 88%
From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?
by Katrine Marçal 2020
3.90
2k+ ratings
💰 Feminist Economics⚙️ History Of Technology💡 Gender And Innovation
The Birth Of A Mother
by Daniel N. Stern • 1998
Motherhood rewires your mind, not just your body. It begins in pregnancy and never ends.
3.83
426
👤 Maternal Identity🍼 Postpartum Psychology🔗 Attachment Theory
The Birth Of A Mother Summary
The Birth Of A Mother 88%
Motherhood rewires your mind, not just your body. It begins in pregnancy and never ends.
by Daniel N. Stern 1998
3.83
426 ratings
👤 Maternal Identity🍼 Postpartum Psychology🔗 Attachment Theory
Sex Matters
by Mona Charen • 2018
Feminism won, yet women's happiness declined for fifty years. The data explains why.
3.71
331
🔍 Feminism Critique🧬 Sex Differences🧠 Evolutionary Psychology
Sex Matters Summary
Sex Matters 88%
Feminism won, yet women's happiness declined for fifty years. The data explains why.
by Mona Charen 2018
3.71
331 ratings
🔍 Feminism Critique🧬 Sex Differences🧠 Evolutionary Psychology
Kids These Days
by Malcolm Harris • 2017
Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.
3.77
2k+
👥 Generational Economics💼 Human Capital Theory💸 Student Debt Crisis
Kids These Days Summary
Kids These Days 88%
Childhood became a competition for human capital. Millennials are what that competition produces.
by Malcolm Harris 2017
3.77
2k+ ratings
👥 Generational Economics💼 Human Capital Theory💸 Student Debt Crisis
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
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🇯🇵 Japanese Feminism🏗 Structural Misogyny⚖ Sexual Double Standards
厌女：日本的女性嫌恶 Summary
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
Fed Up
by Gemma Hartley • 2018
Noticing, planning, soothing: invisible work women are raised for and men are trained to ignore.
3.72
4k+
🧹 Domestic Labor⚖️ Marriage Equality✊ Feminist Self-Help
Fed Up Summary
Fed Up 88%
Noticing, planning, soothing: invisible work women are raised for and men are trained to ignore.
by Gemma Hartley 2018
3.72
4k+ ratings
🧹 Domestic Labor⚖️ Marriage Equality✊ Feminist Self-Help
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
All the Single Ladies Summary
All the Single Ladies 88%
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
The Baby on the Fire Escape
by Julie Phillips • 2022
Great art demands solitude. Motherhood steals it. The creative women who found a third way.
4.27
690
🎨 Motherhood And Art📚 Feminist Biography✊ Reproductive Autonomy
The Baby on the Fire Escape Summary
The Baby on the Fire Escape 88%
Great art demands solitude. Motherhood steals it. The creative women who found a third way.
by Julie Phillips 2022
4.27
690 ratings
🎨 Motherhood And Art📚 Feminist Biography✊ Reproductive Autonomy
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
WHAT OUR MOTHERS DIDN'T TELL US Summary
WHAT OUR MOTHERS DIDN'T TELL US 88%
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
Single Mothers by Choice
by Jane Mattes • 1994
Becoming a mother alone: donors, adoption, and the practical groundwork that makes it last.
3.68
184
👩‍👧 Solo Motherhood🧬 Donor Conception📋 Adoption Guides
Single Mothers by Choice Summary
Single Mothers by Choice 88%
Becoming a mother alone: donors, adoption, and the practical groundwork that makes it last.
by Jane Mattes 1994
3.68
184 ratings
👩‍👧 Solo Motherhood🧬 Donor Conception📋 Adoption Guides
The Skilled Communicator in Social Work
by Karen Healy • 2017
Poststructuralism doesn't end critical social work; it saves it from its own certainties.
4.00
4
📚 Social Work Theory🏛 Critical Social Work🧩 Poststructural Theory
The Skilled Communicator in Social Work Summary
The Skilled Communicator in Social Work 87%
Poststructuralism doesn't end critical social work; it saves it from its own certainties.
by Karen Healy 2017
4.00
4 ratings
📚 Social Work Theory🏛 Critical Social Work🧩 Poststructural Theory
Mom Genes
by Abigail Tucker • 2021
Pregnancy physically rewires the brain, pushed by the father's genes. Biology of maternal instinct.
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1k+
🧬 Maternal Biology🐒 Evolutionary Psychology👶 Parenting Science
Mom Genes Summary
Mom Genes 87%
Pregnancy physically rewires the brain, pushed by the father's genes. Biology of maternal instinct.
by Abigail Tucker 2021
3.81
1k+ ratings
🧬 Maternal Biology🐒 Evolutionary Psychology👶 Parenting Science
The Business of Baby
by Jennifer Margulis • 2013
The birth industry profits when you lose control: what to question and when to say no.
3.66
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🏥 Maternity Care💰 Corporate Medicine📊 Evidence-Based Birth
The Business of Baby Summary
The Business of Baby 87%
The birth industry profits when you lose control: what to question and when to say no.
by Jennifer Margulis 2013
3.66
317 ratings
🏥 Maternity Care💰 Corporate Medicine📊 Evidence-Based Birth
Mother Brain
by Chelsea Conaboy • 2022
Maternal instinct is a fairytale. Parenthood reshapes the brain for everyone who cares for a baby.
3.59
1k+
🧪 Parenting Science🤱 Maternal Mental Health🧠 Brain Plasticity
Mother Brain Summary
Mother Brain 87%
Maternal instinct is a fairytale. Parenthood reshapes the brain for everyone who cares for a baby.
by Chelsea Conaboy 2022
3.59
1k+ ratings
🧪 Parenting Science🤱 Maternal Mental Health🧠 Brain Plasticity
What We Owe Each Other
by Minouche Shafik • 2021
The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.
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1k+
🏛️ Social Policy📉 Economic Inequality👷 Labor Markets
What We Owe Each Other Summary
What We Owe Each Other 87%
The safety net is fraying from childhood to old age. A single plan to rewire it.
by Minouche Shafik 2021
3.85
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Social Policy📉 Economic Inequality👷 Labor Markets
Where We Stand
by bell hooks • 2000
Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.
4.24
3k+
🤝 Intersectional Feminism🏛️ Class Analysis✊🏾 Black Feminism
Where We Stand Summary
Where We Stand 87%
Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.
by bell hooks 2000
4.24
3k+ ratings
🤝 Intersectional Feminism🏛️ Class Analysis✊🏾 Black Feminism
Feminismo para principiantes
by Nuria Varela • 2005
Universal rights stopped at the front door. What three centuries of feminism built in response.
4.28
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🕰️ Women'S History📚 Feminist Theory🏗️ Gender As Construct
Feminismo para principiantes Summary
Feminismo para principiantes 87%
Universal rights stopped at the front door. What three centuries of feminism built in response.
by Nuria Varela 2005
4.28
4k+ ratings
🕰️ Women'S History📚 Feminist Theory🏗️ Gender As Construct
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering
by Sarah J. Buckley • 2005
Why birth works best with fewer interventions: a physician explains the science and the strategy.
3.98
1k+
🌿 Natural Childbirth🤱 Attachment Parenting📋 Informed Consent
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering Summary
Gentle Birth, Gentle Mothering 87%
Why birth works best with fewer interventions: a physician explains the science and the strategy.
by Sarah J. Buckley 2005
3.98
1k+ ratings
🌿 Natural Childbirth🤱 Attachment Parenting📋 Informed Consent
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
A Return to Modesty Summary
A Return to Modesty 87%
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
The Nordic Theory of Everything
by Anu Partanen • 2016
What Americans call socialist actually produces the world's most self-sufficient individuals.
3.86
9k+
🏔️ Nordic Model🏛️ Welfare State🌹 Social Democracy
The Nordic Theory of Everything Summary
The Nordic Theory of Everything 87%
What Americans call socialist actually produces the world's most self-sufficient individuals.
by Anu Partanen 2016
3.86
9k+ ratings
🏔️ Nordic Model🏛️ Welfare State🌹 Social Democracy
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
Manifesta Summary
Manifesta 87%
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
The Sociology of Anthony Giddens
by Steven Loyal • 2003
Giddens built his sociology around individual freedom. It was always politics dressed as theory.
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16
🧠 Social Theory🗳️ Political Sociology🎯 Social Action
The Sociology of Anthony Giddens Summary
The Sociology of Anthony Giddens 87%
Giddens built his sociology around individual freedom. It was always politics dressed as theory.
by Steven Loyal 2003
4.31
16 ratings
🧠 Social Theory🗳️ Political Sociology🎯 Social Action
Trust Kids!
by carla joy bergman • 2022
Adult supremacy is the root of all domination, and ceding power to youth is the revolution.
4.12
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✊ Youth Liberation🌱 Radical Parenting🏡 Unschooling
Trust Kids! Summary
Trust Kids! 87%
Adult supremacy is the root of all domination, and ceding power to youth is the revolution.
by carla joy bergman 2022
4.12
296 ratings
✊ Youth Liberation🌱 Radical Parenting🏡 Unschooling
Rock-a-by Baby
by Verta Taylor • 1996
How postpartum depression support groups evolved into a feminist political movement.
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9
🚩 Social Movements🎓 Women'S Studies🤱 Postpartum Depression
Rock-a-by Baby Summary
Rock-a-by Baby 87%
How postpartum depression support groups evolved into a feminist political movement.
by Verta Taylor 1996
3.67
9 ratings
🚩 Social Movements🎓 Women'S Studies🤱 Postpartum Depression
Ain't No Makin' It
by Jay MacLeod • 2008
One group believed hard work would save them; the other didn't. Class position decided their fates.
4.07
1k+
🏙️ Urban Poverty📝 Ethnographic Sociology⚖️ Class Inequality
Ain't No Makin' It Summary
Ain't No Makin' It 87%
One group believed hard work would save them; the other didn't. Class position decided their fates.
by Jay MacLeod 2008
4.07
1k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Poverty📝 Ethnographic Sociology⚖️ Class Inequality
Distinction
by Pierre Bourdieu • 1979
Your taste is class warfare, fought on the terrain of art and food.
4.16
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🏛️ Cultural Sociology📊 Class Analysis🍷 Taste And Class
Distinction Summary
Distinction 87%
Your taste is class warfare, fought on the terrain of art and food.
by Pierre Bourdieu 1979
4.16
4k+ ratings
🏛️ Cultural Sociology📊 Class Analysis🍷 Taste And Class
Labor of Love
by Moira Weigel • 2016
The dinner-and-a-movie date is a recent invention, and its real author is capitalism.
3.69
1k+
🏛️ Cultural History✊ Feminist History⚧️ Gendered Expectations
Labor of Love Summary
Labor of Love 87%
The dinner-and-a-movie date is a recent invention, and its real author is capitalism.
by Moira Weigel 2016
3.69
1k+ ratings
🏛️ Cultural History✊ Feminist History⚧️ Gendered Expectations
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982
by Cho Nam-Joo • 2016
Kim Jiyoung does everything right, until motherhood breaks her into voices that are not her own.
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192k+
🏙️ Social Realism🖤 Generational Trauma🧹 Invisible Labor
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 Summary
Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982 87%
Kim Jiyoung does everything right, until motherhood breaks her into voices that are not her own.
by Cho Nam-Joo 2016
4.16
192k+ ratings
🏙️ Social Realism🖤 Generational Trauma🧹 Invisible Labor
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