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Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers

Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power

de Sady Doyle ...

A Kirkus Reviews “Best Book of the Year”This “witty, engaging analysis” of female monsters in pop culture offers “provocative and incisive” commentary on society’s fear of female rage and power (Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her).Women have always been seen as monsters. Men from Aristotle to Freud have insisted that women are freakish creatures, capable of immense destruction.Maybe they ... Leer más

$11.99 USD

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A Kirkus Reviews “Best Book of the Year”This “witty, engaging analysis” of female monsters in pop culture offers “provocative and incisive” commentary on society’s fear of female rage and power (Soraya Chemaly, author of Rage Becomes Her).Women have always been seen as monsters. Men from Aristotle to Freud have insisted that women are freakish creatures, capable of immense destruction.Maybe they
... Leer más

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Trainwreck

The Women We Love to Hate, Mock, and Fear . . . and Why

de Sady Doyle ...

“Smart ... compelling ... persuasive .” —New York Times Book ReviewShe’s everywhere once you start looking: the trainwreck.She’s Britney Spears shaving her head, Whitney Houston saying “crack is whack,” and Amy Winehouse, dying in front of millions. But the trainwreck is also as old (and as meaningful) as feminism itself.From Mary Wollstonecraft—who, for decades after her death, was more famous ... Leer más

$13.99 USD

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“Smart ... compelling ... persuasive .” —New York Times Book ReviewShe’s everywhere once you start looking: the trainwreck.She’s Britney Spears shaving her head, Whitney Houston saying “crack is whack,” and Amy Winehouse, dying in front of millions. But the trainwreck is also as old (and as meaningful) as feminism itself.From Mary Wollstonecraft—who, for decades after her death, was more famous
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Marilyn Monroe: The Last Interview

and Other Conversations

de MELVILLE HOUSE ...

Series series The Last Interview Series
"I'm so many people. They shock me sometimes. I wish I was just me!" --Marilyn MonroeNearly sixty years after her death, Marilyn Monroe remains an icon whom everyone loves but no one really knows. The conversations gathered here--spanning her emergence on the Hollywood scene to just days before her death at age 36--show Monroe at her sharpest and most insightful on the thorny topics of ambition, ... Leer más

$10.99 USD

"I'm so many people. They shock me sometimes. I wish I was just me!" --Marilyn MonroeNearly sixty years after her death, Marilyn Monroe remains an icon whom everyone loves but no one really knows. The conversations gathered here--spanning her emergence on the Hollywood scene to just days before her death at age 36--show Monroe at her sharpest and most insightful on the thorny topics of ambition,
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Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers

Monstrosity, Patriarchy, and the Fear of Female Power

de Sady Doyle ...

Narrado por Chloe Cannon ...

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6 hora 42 minutos

Women have always been seen as monsters. Men from Aristotle to Freud have insisted that women are freakish creatures, capable of immense destruction.Maybe they are. And maybe that's a good thing . . .Sady Doyle, hailed as "smart, funny, and fearless" by the Boston Globe, takes listeners on a tour of the female dark side, from the biblical Lilith to Dracula's Lucy Westenra, from the T-Rex in ... Leer más

$19.99 USD

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Women have always been seen as monsters. Men from Aristotle to Freud have insisted that women are freakish creatures, capable of immense destruction.Maybe they are. And maybe that's a good thing . . .Sady Doyle, hailed as "smart, funny, and fearless" by the Boston Globe, takes listeners on a tour of the female dark side, from the biblical Lilith to Dracula's Lucy Westenra, from the T-Rex in
... Leer más

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Trainwreck

The women we love to hate, mock, and fear, and why

de Sady Doyle ...

Narrado por Alex McKenna ...

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7 hora 35 minutos

She’s everywhere once you start looking for her: the trainwreck.She’s Britney Spears shaving her head, Whitney Houston saying, “crack is whack,” and Amy Winehouse, dying in front of millions. But the trainwreck is also as old (and as meaningful) as feminism itself.From Mary Wollstonecraft—who, for decades after her death, was more famous for her illegitimate child and suicide attempts than for A ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

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She’s everywhere once you start looking for her: the trainwreck.She’s Britney Spears shaving her head, Whitney Houston saying, “crack is whack,” and Amy Winehouse, dying in front of millions. But the trainwreck is also as old (and as meaningful) as feminism itself.From Mary Wollstonecraft—who, for decades after her death, was more famous for her illegitimate child and suicide attempts than for A
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The Turnaway Study

The Cost of Denying Women Access to Abortion

de Diana Greene Foster, Ph.D ...

Narrado por Samantha Desz, Full Cast ...

Completo

11 hora 14 minutos

“If you read only one book about democracy, The Turnaway Study should be it. Why? Because without the power to make decisions about our own bodies, there is no democracy.” —Gloria SteinemThe “remarkable” (The New Yorker) landmark study of the consequences on women’s lives—emotional, physical, financial, professional, personal, and psychological—of receiving versus being denied an abortion that ... Leer más

$26.99 USD

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“If you read only one book about democracy, The Turnaway Study should be it. Why? Because without the power to make decisions about our own bodies, there is no democracy.” —Gloria SteinemThe “remarkable” (The New Yorker) landmark study of the consequences on women’s lives—emotional, physical, financial, professional, personal, and psychological—of receiving versus being denied an abortion that
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It's Not You, It's Capitalism

Why It's Time to Break Up and How to Move On

de Malaika Jabali ...

Narrado por Malaika Jabali ...

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5 hora 20 minutos

A biting, brilliant, often hilarious guide to socialism for budding anti-capitalists who know it’s time to dump their toxic ex (Capitalism) and try something finer. Journalist Malaika Jabali debunks myths, centers forgotten socialists of color who have shaped our world, and shows socialism is not all Marx and Bernie Bros—it can be pretty sexy.We’ve all dated someone who took control of the ... Leer más

$18.99 USD

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A biting, brilliant, often hilarious guide to socialism for budding anti-capitalists who know it’s time to dump their toxic ex (Capitalism) and try something finer. Journalist Malaika Jabali debunks myths, centers forgotten socialists of color who have shaped our world, and shows socialism is not all Marx and Bernie Bros—it can be pretty sexy.We’ve all dated someone who took control of the
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Off with Her Head

Three Thousand Years of Demonizing Women in Power

de Eleanor Herman ...

Narrado por Erin Bennett ...

Completo

10 hora 57 minutos

New York Times bestseller Eleanor Herman, author of Sex with Kings and Sex with Presidents, returns with another work of popular history, exploring the history of misogyny against women with power from Cleopatra to Kamala Harris.Imagine Donald Trump as a woman, called Donna. Would Donna Trump have been viewed as blunt, honest, and refreshing? Would she have won the election?Imagine Hillary Clinton ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

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New York Times bestseller Eleanor Herman, author of Sex with Kings and Sex with Presidents, returns with another work of popular history, exploring the history of misogyny against women with power from Cleopatra to Kamala Harris.Imagine Donald Trump as a woman, called Donna. Would Donna Trump have been viewed as blunt, honest, and refreshing? Would she have won the election?Imagine Hillary Clinton
... Leer más

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Why We Read

On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out

de Shannon Reed ...

Narrado por Paige McKinney ...

Completo

8 hora 54 minutos

A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile, and Thurber Prize SemifinalistWe read to escape, to learn, to find love, to feel seen. We read to encounter new worlds, to discover new recipes, to find connection across difference, or simply to pass a rainy afternoon. No matter the reason, books have the power to keep us safe, to challenge us, and perhaps ... Leer más

$28.99 USD

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A hilarious and incisive exploration of the joys of reading from a teacher, bibliophile, and Thurber Prize SemifinalistWe read to escape, to learn, to find love, to feel seen. We read to encounter new worlds, to discover new recipes, to find connection across difference, or simply to pass a rainy afternoon. No matter the reason, books have the power to keep us safe, to challenge us, and perhaps
... Leer más

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Cassandra Speaks

When Women Are the Storytellers, the Human Story Changes

de Elizabeth Lesser ...

Narrado por Xe Sands ...

Completo

6 hora 57 minutos

What story would Eve have told about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? And what about the fate of Cassandra who was blessed with knowing the future but cursed so that no one believed her? What if women had been the storytellers?Elizabeth Lesser believes that if women’s voices had been equally heard and respected throughout history, humankind would have followed ... Leer más

$23.99 USD

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What story would Eve have told about picking the apple? Why is Pandora blamed for opening the box? And what about the fate of Cassandra who was blessed with knowing the future but cursed so that no one believed her? What if women had been the storytellers?Elizabeth Lesser believes that if women’s voices had been equally heard and respected throughout history, humankind would have followed
... Leer más

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You Gotta Eat

Real-Life Strategies for Feeding Yourself When Cooking Feels Impossible

de Margaret Eby ...

Narrado por Erin Moon ...

Completo

5 hora 8 minutos

A trained chef teaches you how to keep yourself fed in the face of stress, burnout, and exhaustion—and have fun doing it.Delivery is expensive. Eating a spoonful of peanut butter is depressing. You can’t imagine having the energy to chop an onion. But somehow, you gotta eat. How does anyone feed themselves under these conditions?Enter You Gotta Eat, a friendly, accessible resource for getting ... Leer más

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A trained chef teaches you how to keep yourself fed in the face of stress, burnout, and exhaustion—and have fun doing it.Delivery is expensive. Eating a spoonful of peanut butter is depressing. You can’t imagine having the energy to chop an onion. But somehow, you gotta eat. How does anyone feed themselves under these conditions?Enter You Gotta Eat, a friendly, accessible resource for getting
... Leer más

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Be a Revolution

How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You Can, Too

de Ijeoma Oluo ...

Narrado por Ijeoma Oluo ...

Completo

14 hora 35 minutos

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre, an eye-opening and galvanizing look at the current state of anti-racist activism across America.In the #1 New York Times bestseller So You Want To Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo offered a vital guide for how to talk about important issues of race and racism in society. In Mediocre: T... ... Leer más

$27.99 USD

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the #1 New York Times–bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre, an eye-opening and galvanizing look at the current state of anti-racist activism across America.In the #1 New York Times bestseller So You Want To Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo offered a vital guide for how to talk about important issues of race and racism in society. In Mediocre: T...
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