On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life

7 best books like On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life (Sara Ahmed): Sexual Politics, Thick: And Other Essays, Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity, Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism, The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide To Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job, Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights, Shame

Sexual Politics

Author	Kate Millett
ISBN	0252068890

Revived Review to commemorate the passing of Kate Millett, Feminist critic, 1934-2017.

(Thanks to David Schaafsma for the gentle reminder.)

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Yes, it's Week Four of STRICTLY COME NOVELISTS

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Thick: And Other Essays

Author	Tressie McMillan Cottom
ISBN	1620974363

Smart, humorous, and strikingly original thoughts on race, beauty, money, and more—by one of today's most intrepid public intellectuals

Tressie McMillan Cottom, the writer, professor, and acclaimed author of Lower Ed, now brilliantly shifts gears from running regression analyses...

Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Identity

Author	Judith Butler
ISBN	0415389550

Since its publication in 1990, Gender Trouble has become one of the key works of contemporary feminist theory, and an essential work for anyone interested in the study of gender, queer theory, or the politics of sexuality in culture. This is the text where Judith Butler began to advance the ideas that...

Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism

Author	Safiya Umoja Noble
ISBN	1479837245

Run a Google search for "black girls" - what will you find? "Big Booty" and other sexually explicit terms are likely to come up as top search terms. But, if you type in "white girls," the results are radically different. The suggested porn sites and un-moderated discussions about "why black women are...

The Professor Is In: The Essential Guide To Turning Your Ph.D. Into a Job

Author	Karen Kelsky
ISBN	0553419420

The definitive career guide for grad students, adjuncts, post-docs and anyone else eager to get tenure or turn their Ph.D.  into their ideal job
 
Each year tens of thousands of students will, after years of hard work and enormous amounts of money, earn their Ph.D. And each year only a small...

Revolting Prostitutes: The Fight for Sex Workers’ Rights

Author	Molly Smith
ISBN	1786633604

You hear that selling sex is degrading; you hear that no one would ever choose to do it; you hear that it's dangerous; that women get abused and killed. You often hear, "There should be a law against it!" Or, perhaps just against the buyers. What do sex workers want? That's not something you hear asked very...

Shame

Author	Annie Ernaux
ISBN	1583220186

"My father tried to kill my mother one Sunday in June, in the early afternoon," begins Shame, the probing story of the twelve-year-old girl who will become the author herself, and the single traumatic memory that will echo and resonate throughout her life. With the emotionally rich voice of great fiction...