Feminism & Feminist Theory

'Speak! It's a revolution for women to have voices.'Jill SolowayEver since the dawn of time, women have been stepping up and saying 'Yes we can!', ...

In 1915, Puerto Rican activist Luisa Capetillo was arrested for wearing men's trousers in public. This act of rebellion was the result of a lifelon...

'Searingly self-aware and sharply funny, Emma John takes the cliches about being a single woman and blows them apart with unforgettable originality...

Compelling. The Guardian An insightful and inspiring history. BBC History Magazine A tantalising revelatory book. The House Brisk and illuminating....

In this powerful memoir Sheila Rowbotham looks back at her life as a participant in the women's liberation movement, left politics and the creative...

War is a mans game, or so goes the saying. Whether this is true or not, patriarchal capitalism is certainly one of the driving forces behind war in...

The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller What Kind of Woman returns with a collection of found poems created from notes she received from fol...

'Where are you from?' was the question hounding Hazel Carby as a girl in post-World War II London. One of the so-called brown babies of the Windrus...

From climate change to massive inequality to the decline of trust, the world is facing a number of interconnected crises. Above all else, however, ...

''Promises to make for one of 2021''s must-read memoirs'' StylistThe powerful, urgent manifesto on never giving up from Booker prize-winning trailb...

''Brenda Hale''s story is extraordinary. She has been a pioneer... Spider woman and agent of change'' Harriet HarmanLady Hale is an inspirational f...

The forgotten history of women slaves and their struggle for liberation.Enslaved West Indian women had few opportunities to record their stories fo...

'Searing and timely' Tarana Burke, founder of the MeToo movement, and author of You Are Your Best Thing'Carefree Black Girls is the testimony I've ...

An essential, comprehensive account of what white feminism is, and an empowering manifesto for revolution For readers of Reni Eddo-Lodge''s Why I'...

An important contribution to our recent history ANDREW MARR Absorbing and important JOAN BAKEWELL ...

Powerful, intelligent and vital one of the years must-reads Hannah Nathanson, Features Director, ELLE ...

What should a metropolis for working women look like? A city of friendships beyond Sex and the City. A transit system that accommodates mothers w...

From Lucia Osborne-Crowley, author of I Choose Elena, comes an immersive polyphonic memoir exploring the intricacies of abuse, trauma, and shame. ...

From the bestselling author of A History of Britain in 21 Women The history of the world is the history of great women. Marie Curie discovered ra...

'A life-changing book' Viv GroskopMarisa Meltzer was put on her first diet aged five: it was the beginning of a fraught relationship with food.Jean...

  'The most important thing you'll read this year' Elle  The incendiary new book about toxic masculinity and misogyny from Clementine Ford, autho...

A must-read for any woman who is ready to design a life on her own terms. Sophia Amoruso, Founder and CEO, GirlbossWomen: its time to break the go...

Molly McClain tells the remarkable story of Ellen Browning Scripps (18361932), an American newspaperwoman, feminist, suffragist, abolitionist, and...

In The Equality Illusion, 'the most influential young feminist in the country' (Guardian) and UK Feminista founder Kat Banyard argues passionately ...

At the beginning of the 1990s, the Senate didn't believe Anita Hill, Rush Limbaugh compared feminists to Nazis, and a study found that girls tended...

The Geek Feminist Revolution is a collection of essays by double Hugo Award-winning essayist and fantasy novelist Kameron Hurley. The book collects...

'Kate Manne is the Simone de Beauvoir of the 21st century' - Amanda Marcotte'I want to press this book on every schoolgirl who thinks that feminism...

'Brilliant poems of complex, haunting power... Averno may be Glück's masterpiece' The New York Times Book ReviewAn acclaimed collection from the No...