Women's Studies

  • Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism

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    ‘A clear, concise, easy-to-read account of the issues between sex, gender and feminism . . . an important book’ Evening Standard

    ‘A call for cool heads at a time of great heat and a vital reminder that revolutions don’t always end well’ Sunday Times

    Material Girls is a timely and trenchant critique of the influential theory that we all have an inner feeling known as a gender identity, and that this feeling is more socially significant than our biological sex.

    Professor Kathleen Stock surveys the philosophical ideas that led to this point, and closely interrogates each one, from De Beauvoir’s statement that, ‘One is not born, but rather becomes a woman’ (an assertion she contends has been misinterpreted and repurposed), to Judith Butler’s claim that language creates biological reality, rather than describing it. She looks at biological sex in a range of important contexts, including women-only spaces and resources, healthcare, epidemiology, political organization and data collection.

    Material Girls makes a clear, humane and feminist case for our retaining the ability to discuss reality, and concludes with a positive vision for the future, in which trans rights activists and feminists can collaborate to achieve some of their political aims.

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  • poyums

    And I have done more than just simply get by
    So much more than escape or survive
    Through the galvanisation of love, time and patience
    I’ll take hold of my story and thrive.
    After life that was seldom what life ought to be
    Through laughter and love I’ll be whole
    This story is mine from the cover to spine
    And the narrative I will control

    Whether she’s writing letters to her younger self, advocating for women’s rights or adapting fairy tales to process an abusive relationship, Len’s voice is bold, unashamedly frank and unmistakably hers.

    The poems in this collection, both funny and fiercely feminist, announce a formidable new talent. Moving deftly between English and Scots, poyums is as approachable as it is affecting.

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    £13.25£14.99

    poyums

    £13.25£14.99

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