A provocative manifesto, Whipping Girl tells the powerful story of Julia Serano, a transsexual woman whose supremely intelligent writing reflects her diverse background as a lesbian transgender activist and professional biologist. Serano shares her experiences and observations — both pre- and post-transition — to reveal the ways in which fear, suspicion, and dismissiveness towa...(展开全部)

A provocative manifesto, Whipping Girl tells the powerful story of Julia Serano, a transsexual woman whose supremely intelligent writing reflects her diverse background as a lesbian transgender activist and professional biologist. Serano shares her experiences and observations — both pre- and post-transition — to reveal the ways in which fear, suspicion, and dismissiveness towa...(展开全部)

Through combined theoretical and empirical study, this work argues that transgendered people are not so much "produced" by medicine or psychiatry as they are "erased", or made invisible, in a variety of institutional and cultural settings. An analysis is made of two theoretical perspectives on transgendered people - queer theory and the social sciences - displaying how neither ...(展开全部)

Vintage Feminism: classic feminist texts in short form WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ZOE WILLIAMS The term feminism did not yet exist when Mary Wollstonecraft wrote this book, but it was the first great piece of feminist writing. In these pages you will find the essence of her argument – for the education of women and for an increased female contribution to society. Her work made the...(展开全部)

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is one of the trailblazing works of feminism. Published in 1792, Wollstonecraft’s work argued that the educational system of her time deliberately trained women to be frivolous and incapable. She posited that an educational system that allowed girls the same advantages as boys would result in women who would be not only exceptional wives and...(展开全部)

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman is one of the trailblazing works of feminism. Published in 1792, Wollstonecraft’s work argued that the educational system of her time deliberately trained women to be frivolous and incapable. She posited that an educational system that allowed girls the same advantages as boys would result in women who would be not only exceptional wives and...(展开全部)

Teeming with life and crackling with energy - a love song to modern Britain and black womanhood Girl, Woman, Other follows the lives and struggles of twelve very different characters. Mostly women, black and British, they tell the stories of their families, friends and lovers, across the country and through the years. Joyfully polyphonic and vibrantly contemporary, this is a gl...(展开全部)

伯娜丁•埃瓦里斯托（Bernardine Evaristo） 1959年出生于英国伦敦，母亲是英格兰人，父亲来自尼日利亚。青年时曾立志成为专业演员，但后来因对表演日渐生厌，转行写作。2019年，凭借小说《女孩，女人，其他》——她的第八部文学出版物——摘得布克奖，成为该奖 历史上第一位黑人女作家得主。她致力于书写英国非裔族群的移民史和身份认同问题，体裁涵盖小说、诗歌、散文、戏剧和文学评论等。除了作家身份，她同时也是伦敦布鲁内尔大学创意写作专业的教授，并自2022年起担任具有两百年悠久历史的英国皇家文学学会会长。 埃瓦里斯托是一位创造历史的女作家，在英国，她已经成为家喻户晓的偶像级人物。她是： •史上第一位获得布克奖的英国黑人作家 •史上第一位获得布克奖的黑人女性作家 •史上第一位成为英国皇家文学学会会长的有色人 •史上第二位成为英国皇家文学学会会长的女...(展开全部)

Duration: 11:06:51 From one of Britain's most celebrated writers of color, Girl, Woman, Other is a magnificent portrayal of the intersections of identity and a moving and hopeful story of an interconnected group of Black British women. Winner of the 2019 Booker Prize and short-listed for the Gordon Burn Prize, Girl, Woman, Other paints a vivid portrait of the state of post-Brex...(展开全部)