What happens when we consider Africa through a feminist lens and feminism through an African one? And what does it mean to centre selfhood in this journey? Minna Salami explores these questions through an unhesitating and incisive vision of African feminist political philosophy. Drawing from feminist thought, postcolonial theory, ....

Renowned visionary and theorist bell hooks began her exploration of the meaning of love in American culture with the critically acclaimed All About Love: New Visions. She continued her national dialogue with the bestselling Salvation: Black People and Love. Now hooks culminates her triumphant trilogy of love with Communion: The Female ....

'This is crime writing of the very highest order ! Kate Brannigan has turned into the most interesting sleuthess around' The Times Dead Beat introduces Kate Brannigan, a female private detective who does for Manchester what V.I. Warshawski has done for Chicago. As a favour, Kate agrees to track down a missing songwriter, Moira Pollock, a ....

BRD 1969, ein Land im Aufbruch: Pille, Emanzipation, Studentenbewegung – die alte Ordnung der jungen Bundesrepublik steht in Frage. In Brunnenbach, dem kleinen Westerwaldort, scheint die Zeit dagegen still zu stehen. Doch unter der geordneten Oberfläche brodelt es. Der 19-jährige Raimund verliebt sich in die 29-jährige Ehefrau seines ....

For the last decade, as Lena Dunham has spent countless hours in doctor's waiting rooms searching for diagnoses, treatments, and relief, being the owner and operator of her body has felt, as she puts it, 'like towing a wrecked car across town at midnight.' It's not easy dragging a wrecked car anywhere, much less to the Met Gala while sewn ....

Yrsa knows what's right and wrong. She's a high achiever. A woman with standards.She's also bored. Tired of her PhD. The world's everyday injustices. The endless disappointments of men.Then one impulsive act leaves a man dead. And suddenly, Yrsa feels alive.

Sixteen-year-old Bri wants to be one of the greatest rappers of all time. Or at least win her first battle. As the daughter of an underground hip hop legend who died right before he hit big, Bri’s got massive shoes to fill.But it’s hard to get your come up when you’re labeled a hoodlum at school, and your fridge at home is empty after ....

Ailey Pearl Garfield grows up between the City in the north and summers spent in her mother's small hometown of Chicasetta, Georgia. From an early age, she finds herself in a battle for belonging that's made all the more difficult by a hurt in her past, as well as the whispers of women-her mother, Belle, her sister, Lydia, and a maternal ....

Nathan Bird doesn’t believe in happy endings. Although he’s the ultimate film buff and an aspiring screenwriter, Nate’s seen the demise of too many relationships to believe that happy endings exist in real life.Playing it safe to avoid a broken heart has been his MO ever since his father died and left his mom to unravel—but this ....

Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars. But Athena’s a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks.So when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena’s just-finished masterpiece, an ....