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Una habitación propia se estableció desde su publicación como uno de los libros fundamentales del feminismo. Basado en dos conferencias pronunciadas por Virginia Woolf en colleges para mujeres y ampliado luego por la autora, el texto es un testamento visionario, donde tópicos característicos del feminismo por casi un siglo (las conferencias fueron dadas en 1928 y el libro fue publicado un año después) son expuestos con claridad tal vez por...
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I love watching Fox News, NCIS, Rush Limbaugh, and cops. I receive lots of junk mail. I picked this title because we need a good woman for president, not Hillary Clinton or Elizabeth Warren. I thought it would be nice to have a Madam President for the people, not against the people, with a strong mind, is intelligent, and has a great sense of humor as displayed in the book. Denise James fits all categories. She knows when to be strong, willing to...
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A nivel mundial, diversas publicaciones recientes destacan las desalentadoras estadísticas en cuanto a la representación política inclusiva y la igualdad de género en las estructuras de gobernanza global y la diplomacia. Conscientes de que las mujeres latinoamericanas han estado invisibilizadas en las relaciones internacionales, tanto en su práctica político-internacional como en su teorización, decidimos invitar a un grupo de destacadas profesionales...
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Women are both naturally suited for and extremely effective in politics. It is second nature for them to cooperate, include all voices, and discover all sides of an issue. This is exactly what a good politician does, and is necessary for good government at any level from local to national. Recognizing that, this book asks women to look at themselves, maybe for the first time, through the leadership lens. Rodriguez and Richards are confident that when...
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La utilización privada de los recursos públicos mengua los derechos básicos ciudadanos y afecta los derechos de las mujeres de manera diferenciada. La corrupción debilita el capital humano de las mujeres cuando diezma los servicios públicos en salud o educación, contribuye a la exclusión social e incrementa la discriminación de género al reforzar prejuicios e inequidades.
Este libro aporta las experiencias e investigaciones llevadas a cabo...
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Get the Summary of Christopher C. Gorham's The Confidante in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Anna Rosenberg's life is a testament to the power of political engagement and the impact of a single individual on American history. Born in Budapest, she moved to New York City with her family after her father's business failed. Embracing her new American identity, Anna became a high school suffragist and U.S. citizen,...
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Red Is the New Black challenges the assumption that the Democratic Party is a girl's best friend. Red Is the New Black takes an in depth look at the major policy issues affecting all of us to unveil the core values that best empower today's women. It turns out that if we focus on values instead of arguing over ideas, there's a whole lot of common ground upon which women of all viewpoints can agree. Entrepreneur, media commentator, and former White...
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This book, Beyond Interviews: Exploring Changes in Women's Lives and Politics (1970-2008), examines the life trajectories and social and political views and behaviors of a diverse group of thirteen women I interviewed four times--from their junior year in high school in 1970 through their mid-fifties in 2008. As a group, they were part of a distinctive generational cohort. However, as juniors, the young women's educational and political views and...
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This is the story of a family's migration from America to Canada searching for opportunity and safety from gun violence, white nationalism, governmental corruption and online radicalization that has gripped their country. Just 15 months after they arrive, the COVID-19 pandemic hits and deepens their resolve to protect their family and their anguish in coming to terms with this new world as global politics shift and they try to raise their children...
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This anti-suffrage pamphlet by Marie Corelli is a fascinating read for any modern feminist or social historian and all those who are interested in the history of suffragism. Corelli accepted gender roles as natural and immutable, which inevitably influenced her view on female suffrage. She claimed that nature insists on contrasts, and therefore the suffragette betrayed feminine culture and showed herself in allegiance with men rather than as committed...
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From Africa to Asia to the Americas, women are the key to progress on ending poverty, violence, and conflict. Award-winning humanitarian and journalist Sally Armstrong shows us why empowering women and girls is the way forward, and she introduces us to the leading females who are making change happen, from Nobel Prize winners to little girls suing from justice. Uprising tells dramatic and empowering stories of change-makers and examines the stunning...
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About #2020: The Bell Curve & The Metaphor...
The crack in the Liberty Bell has become symbolic with the existing problems, occurring in American Politics. Politicians are baiting Americans against each other so they can remain in power. We must draw attention to the voting loopholes currently existing in our system while using them to our advantage until we close them. Sometimes, people need a dose of their own medicine. Some of the chapters are...
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Hillary Clinton's name is on everyone's lips as we head into the 2016 presidential election. But as we know from the 2008 presidential campaign, and its outcome, Clinton evokes extreme and varied emotions among voters in a way no other candidate in recent memory has. But why?
Love Her, Love Her Not: The Hillary Paradox delves into the nuances of our complicated feelings about one of the most powerful women ever in American politics. In this timely...
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Many Canadians say that British Columbia is the zaniest political province. It's too diverse, too polarized-geographically, demographically and ideologically. But the British Columbia political arena is lively, and it has often led the way in electing women to parliaments-as respected spokespeople for the public and as equal people.
In Seeking Balance, Anne Edwards shares her conversations with more than eighty British Columbia women politicians,...
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If you're a woman campaigning for an office, now you can MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD. At a time when we need smart and compassionate solutions, we need to hear the voices and gain the insights of women. Here's your complete practical guide to: Designing 30-second campaign messages -Using your voice professionally -Creating memorable campaign slogans -Writing winning campaign speeches -Diminishing nervousness -Managing your body language -Conveying who you...
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Women's equality is one of the great achievements of Western civilization. Yet most American women today do not consider themselves "feminists." Why is the term that describes one of the great chapters in the history of freedom in such disrepute?
In Freedom Feminism: It’s Surprising History and Why It Matters Today, Christina Hoff Sommers seeks to recover the lost history of American feminism by introducing readers to conservative feminism's forgotten...
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Q: How do you survive in a world of disinformation?
A: You chronicle the truth.
Welcome to the post-truth world!
In this age of disinformation, it is important to document the travesties of the oligarchs and puppet masters; the "Powers That Be".
This monthly publication is salty.
It's for adults ONLY!
If you can't handle tough questions (hint: you are a snowflake) you will not like this periodical.
Left, Right, Libertarian?-I don't care!
The...
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