"Creative Hustling is the first book length study about Nairobi-based female filmmakers and their labor as artists and entrepreneurs. Based on original empirical research, Steedman explores how these women pair their cinematic ability with an equally apt business acumen, contributing to a narrative of what it takes to succeed as a filmmaker in Nairobi. This book theorizes "hustling" as a creati…
"This edition of A World of Women follows the text of the 1913 edition published by W. Heinemann, which is in the public domain""When a plague kills off most of England's male population, Mr. Gosling abandons his family for a life of lechery and his daughters find meaningful roles in a female-dominated agricultural commune"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A provocative look at late 19th-century French fashion, which discredits the couturier as "genius creator" and makes you think differently about the impact of the American women who influenced the market"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"A quantitative look at labor market outcomes for women in STEM along multiple dimension of identity, including race, disability, immigrant status, etc"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
How Vera Rubin convinced the scientific community that dark matter might exist, persevering despite early dismissals of her work. We now know that the universe is mostly dark, made up of particles and forces that are undetectable even by our most powerful telescopes. The discovery of the possible existence of dark matter and dark energy signaled a Copernican-like revolution in astronomy: not on…
An important new voice provides a riveting look at why video games need feminism and why all of us should make space for more play in our lives. "You play like a girl": it's meant to be an insult, accusing a player of subpar, un-fun playing. If you're a girl, and you grow up, do you "play like a woman"--whatever that means' In this provocative and enlightening book, Shira Chess urges us to play…
"The affective dynamics of shame, seriousness, and laughter: how humor and feminism function in the #MeToo era"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
"Never-before-translated, pioneering feminist manifesto that established the question of labor in women's struggle for emancipation"--OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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A covert team of young women--members of the Curie society, an elite organization dedicated to women in STEM--undertake high-stakes missions to save the world.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.