In this empowering, accessible guide, Jaclyn Friedman--co-editor of Yes Means Yes --gives young women the tools to decipher the modern world's confusing, hypersexualized, sometimes dangerous landscape so they can define their own sexual identity. Friedman decries the hypocrisy a…
In this empowering, accessible guide, Jaclyn Friedman--co-editor of Yes Means Yes --gives young women the tools to decipher the modern world's confusing, hypersexualized, sometimes dangerous landscape so they can define their own sexual identity. Friedman decries the hypocrisy a…
Representing a diversity of points of view in terms of race, class, ethnicity, and gender identification, this collection of essays, stories, and visual images takes a look at how opening up the traditional order of 'man and wife' to include the possibility of 'wife and wife' is…
"Marriage today isn't what it used to be: for better, not for worse. As same-sex weddings are becoming more common, the classic love-story happy ending is taking on a decidedly new twist, everyone has a fresh role to play, and supporters and opponents of gay marriage alike are f…
Collects writings about lesbian weddings and marriages from personal and political points of view.
One out of every one hundred young women is anorexic. Four out of every one hundred is bulimic. In Conquering Eating Disorders, psychologist Sue Cooper and registered dietician Peggy Norton bridge the gap between the statistics and the real-life issues to help teens and parents …
One out of every one hundred young women is anorexic. Four out of every one hundred are bulimic. Overall, research suggests that eight million Americans-men and women-have an eating disorder. Yet in the face of these startling statistics, parents do not have a clear understandin…
Personal stories of women of varying ages, races and religious backgrounds who have experienced and rejected different religious communities, including Evangelical, Catholic, Jewish, Mormon, Muslim, Calvinist, Moonie and Jehovah's Witness. The women how they became involved, wha…
"With stories by women from a wide range of religious communities--including Evangelical Christian, Catholic, Jewish, Mormon, Muslim, Calvinist, Moonie, the Unification Church, and Jehovah's Witnesses--the writers in Beyond Belief pull back a heavy curtain to reveal what they lo…
"With stories by women from a wide range of religious communities--including Evangelical Christian, Catholic, Jewish, Mormon, Muslim, Calvinist, Moonie, the Unification Church, and Jehovah's Witnesses--the writers in Beyond Belief pull back a heavy curtain to reveal what they lo…
The essays deal with notions of passing, belonging and authenticity by examining the intersections of identity, categorization and community. The authors focus on class, race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity and national origin.