The Feminine Mystique

Author: Betty Friedan

Presents an analysis of the position of women in Western society…..Read More

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Bitch: In Praise of Difficult Women

The history of sexually manipulative women from biblical times to today. Continue Reading Posted in: Feminism, Feminist Theory, History of LGBT & Gender Studies, Sociological Aspects

Acid Dreams: The CIA, LSD and the Sixties Rebellion

Acid Dreams is the complete social history of LSD and the counterculture it helped to define in the sixties. Martin Lee and Bruce Shlain's exhaustively researched and astonishing account—part of… Continue Reading Posted in: Anthropology, Bibliography, Cultural Anthropology, Lsd (Drug), Lysergic Acid Diethylamide

The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women

In the struggle for women's equality, there is one subject still shrouded in silence - women's compulsive pursuit of beauty. The myth of female beauty challenges every woman, every day… Continue Reading Posted in: Beauty Culture, Body Image, Cultural Characteristics

The Double Helix: A Personal Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA

"Science seldom proceeds in the straightforward logical manner imagined by outsiders," writes James Watson in The Double Helix, his account of his codiscovery (along with Francis Crick) of the structure… Continue Reading Posted in: Biography, Biology, Genetics, Memoirs, Molecular Biology Research

Silent Spring

Rachel Carson's Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental and human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides, spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air, land, and… Continue Reading Posted in: Agriculture, Children's Books, Children's Nonfiction, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Pollution

A Room of One’s Own

A Room of One's Own is an extended essay by Virginia Woolf. First published on 24 October 1929, the essay was based on a series of lectures she delivered at… Continue Reading Posted in: History, Paperbacks England 2004, Typefaces Monotype Dante England 2004

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