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A daring reappraisal of notorious writer Anaïs Nin, presenting her self-mythologizing as a radical creative act in a world that offered women few avenues for freedom Born in 1903, Anaïs Nin led a bohemian life across Paris, New York, and Los Angeles and carved out bold new forms of...

Journalist and political commentator Rikki Schlott demystifies what has gone wrong for women when it comes to dating and sex and shows what they can do to reclaim their happiness and rediscover commitment, boundaries, and self-respect. Why is it that, despite the many successes of modern...

When was the last time you said 'no'? Not, I don't think so, or maybe, or let me think about it - but a full-throated 'NO'? How often do you agree to do things you don't want to do? Most of us - especially those who don't wield traditional modes of power or wield less of it - often find...

Un ensayo radical y provocador sobre el negocio del deseo femenino en la era del empoderamiento y el pacto patriarcal. ¿Es el consumo de servicios eróticos por parte de mujeres una forma de empoderamiento? ¿Pagar es consentir? A través del análisis de productos culturales y entrevistas con...

«La doctrina queer tiene críticos bien documentados: lean Nadie nace en un cuerpo equivocado.» Fernando Savater (El País) «Por fin aparece en los escaparates el grito de que el emperador va desnudo.» Silvia Carrasco (El País) Un fantasma recorre los países más desarrollados: el...

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year Hair is always and everywhere freighted with meaning. In nineteenth-century America, however, hair took on decisive new significance as the young nation wrestled with its identity. During the colonial period, hair was usually seen as bodily discharge, even...

In Moral Boundaries Joan C. Tronto provides one of the most original responses to the controversial questions surrounding women and caring. Tronto demonstrates that feminist thinkers have failed to realize the political context which has shaped their debates about care. It is her belief that...

For centuries, travellers would stare up at the stars to guide them. Constellations of shining lights would offer a path forward or a way through, delivering courage and hope on long, difficult voyages. Throughout her life, Gemma Cairney has pieced together her own constellation, one which is...

Images tell powerful stories about how women should look and act. We may think girl power and body positivity have replaced tales of helpless, beautiful princesses, but contemporary images in popular culture continue to perpetuate harmful stereotypes. In Look like a Lady, art historian Elissa...

A valiant, vital guide to reclaiming your agency and authentic healing in a medical establishment that so often dismisses women’s pain. Dr. Tracy Shevell has seen it all, and is determined to put healing back into women’s health. Labor and Deliverance proposes a bold new model of medicine...

En las viejas mansiones de Constitución hoy convertidas en hoteles para pobres, se amontonan migrantes, trans y trabajadores precarizados. En ese barrio está ubicada la Casa Roja, sede gremial, hogar y trinchera por donde se cruzan y despliegan las vidas de putas. Aquí, Georgina Orellano denuncia la tensión permanente con la policía, las instituciones—incluidas las que se acercan a "ayudar"—y los vecinos que quieren "limpiar" la zona. Escritas con una ternura y un humor a prueba de tragedias, cuentan al detalle el narcomenudeo, la enfermedad, la intemperie.

Praise for Erika Lust: 'The queen of ethical porn' - The Times 'Lust has blazed a trail' - Dazed 'We're so into it' - Cosmopolitan In Lust: Porn, Pleasure, Power, Erika Lust tells the story of how a shy 'good girl' came to create one of the most talked-about studios in the world. She takes us...

A practical guide to foster healthy masculinity, Better Man is the book parents, educators and boys, need – from the CEO of The Man Cave. ‘Ben is a man who deeply understands the challenges that boys face. This book cuts through all the noise, and pierces straight to the core of what they...

"Scheiß drauf, was die Leute denken" – klingt nach Befreiung, fühlt sich aber oft eher wie ein Sprung ins kalte Wasser an. Susanna Bouchain, bekannt als spicyladyy_, weiß genau, wie es ist, zwischen Dorfklatsch, Social-Media-Shitstorms und den eigenen Unsicherheiten zu schwimmen. Mit...

The Body Myth will transform the way a generation of women think, not just about one single aspect of being female, but about their lifetime experience of the female body. The female body has been misunderstood for centuries. Declared defective. Pathologised. Controlled. Exploited In The Body...

Martha C. Nussbaum, una de las más célebres filósofas morales del mundo, nos ofrece una reflexión original y urgente sobre la cultura de violencia y abuso sexual hacia las mujeres en nuestra sociedad. Martha C. Nussbaum, una de las más célebres filósofas morales del mundo, nos ofrece una...

Un demoledor ensayo contra el machismo que sigue imperando en los puestos de poder GRAN PREMIO DEL LIBRO DE MONTREAL Boys club: m. Dícese de un grupo de hombres, en general blancos, heterosexuales y privilegiados que operan en un circuito cerrado. Intercambian cifras, información, documentos...

Olivia Laing nos ofrece en este nuevo ensayo un análisis del cuerpo y sus insatisfacciones a través de los grandes movimientos por la libertad del siglo XX. El cuerpo es una fuente de placer y de dolor, a su vez vulnerable y rebosante de poder. En este ambicioso ensayo, Olivia Laing emprende...

Una reflexión necesaria sobre el tabú de la rivalidad femenina por las autoras de El síndrome de la impostora. En paralelo a la guerra contra el patriarcado se está llevando a cabo una batalla entre las propias mujeres. Una pugna en la que amigas, colegas de trabajo o familiares compiten por...

Possibly the only drawback about the bestselling How To Be A Woman was that its author, Caitlin Moran, was limited to pretty much one subject: being a woman. MORANTHOLOGY is proof that Caitlin can actually be ‘quite chatty’ about many other things, including cultural, social and political...