Books like Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

ix, 340 pages : 20 cm

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie redefines feminism for the 21st century, drawing on her experiences and TL;DER sexual politics, urging everyone to embrace feminist principles.

The Body Is Not an Apology invites readers to heal body shame with radical self‑love, challenging oppressive systems and fostering a more just, compassionate world.

Judith Butler’s seminal text challenges essentialist views of sex and gender, proposing that identity is constructed through repeated social performances.

306 pages ; 21 cm

A collection of inspiring and comforting stories on relationships, motherhood, aging, and self-improvement, authored by Jack Canfield.

A guide for women on how to lead a healthy and successful life.

Trainwreck explores how women’s public conduct has been judged from Mary Wollstonecraft to Billie Holiday and modern figures, revealing the lasting cultural stereotypes and the shifting limits of acceptable behavior.

"The black man suffering at the hands of whites, the white woman sexually threatened by the black man. Both images have long been burned into the American conscience through popular entertainment, and today they exert a powerful and disturbing influence on American's understanding of race. So argues Linda Williams in this inquisitive book, where she probes the bitterly divisive racial sentiments aroused by such recent events as O. J. Simpson's criminal trial. Williams, the author of Hard Core, explores how these images took root, beginning with melodramatic theater, where suffering characters acquire virtue through victimization."--BOOK JACKET.

A sharp, personal collection of essays by Laurie Penny that tackles politics, feminism, and social change with wit and intensity.

In her new book, leading religion scholar Carol Christ provides a comprehensive guide to understanding what has now become the Goddess spirituality movement. A uniquely original voice in religious studies, Christ brings together her personal experience and her academic expertise to explain the principles, practices, and beliefs that have shaped feminist spirituality. Drawing from the fields of history, art, literature, and philosophy, among others, Christ demonstrates the revolutionary effects of worshipping the Goddess: opening ourselves to this new form of divinity can bring us to challenge our most basic assumptions, from how we think about history to how we see ourselves in relation to nature and each other. Elegantly written and ambitious in scope, The Rebirth of the Goddess proves both an engaging historical essay and a testament to the possibilities for change and self-fulfillment.

Roxane Gay’s collection of essays confronts the pervasive violence against women, from sexual harassment to rape and child abuse, weaving personal testimony with cultural critique.