29 Best Gender Studies Books
Gender Studies is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Gender Studies audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 29 Gender Studies audiobooks below.
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Ejaculate Responsibly
- By: Gabrielle Stanley Blair
- Narrator: Gabrielle Stanley Blair
- Length: 3 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: October 18, 2022
- Language: English
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4.63(2059 ratings)
4.63(2059 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0018.99 USDIn Ejaculate Responsibly, Gabrielle Blair offers a provocative reframing of the abortion issue in post-Roe America. In a series of 28 brief arguments, she deftly makes the case for moving the abortion debate away from controlling and legislatingIn Ejaculate Responsibly, Gabrielle Blair offers a provocative reframing of the abortion issue in post-Roe America. In a series of 28 brief arguments, she deftly makes the case for moving the abortion debate away from controlling and legislating women’s bodies and instead directs the focus on men’s lack of accountability in preventing unwanted pregnancies.
Highly readable, accessible, funny, and unflinching, Blair builds her argument by walking readers through the basics of fertility (men are 50 times more fertile than women), the unfair burden placed on women when it comes to preventing pregnancy (90% of the birth control market is for women), the wrongheaded stigmas around birth control for men (condoms make sex less pleasurable, vasectomies are scary and emasculating), and the counterintuitive reality that men, who are fertile 100% of the time, take little to no responsibility for preventing pregnancy.
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The result is a compelling and convincing case for placing the responsibility–and burden–of preventing unwanted pregnancies away from women and onto men. -
The Will to Change
- By: Bell Hooks
- Narrator: Janina Edwards
- Length: 6 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.39(8732 ratings)
4.39(8732 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDEveryone needs to love and be loved–even men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways that patriarchal culture keeps them from knowing themselves, from being in touch with their feelings, from loving.In The Will to Change, bellEveryone needs to love and be loved–even men. But to know love, men must be able to look at the ways that patriarchal culture keeps them from knowing themselves, from being in touch with their feelings, from loving.
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In The Will to Change, bell hooks gets to the heart of the matter and shows men how to express the emotions that are a fundamental part of who they are–whatever their age, marital status, ethnicity, or sexual orientation. But toxic masculinity punishes those fundamental emotions, and it’s so deeply ingrained in our society that it’s hard for men to not comply–but hooks wants to help change that.
With trademark candor and fierce intelligence, hooks addresses the most common concerns of men, such as fear of intimacy and loss of their patriarchal place in society, in new and challenging ways. She believes men can find the way to spiritual unity by getting back in touch with the emotionally open part of themselves–and lay claim to the rich and rewarding inner lives that have historically been the exclusive province of women. A brave and astonishing work, The Will to Change is designed to help men reclaim the best part of themselves. -
Beyond Awkward Side Hugs
- By: Bronwyn Lea
- Narrator: Bronwyn Lea
- Length: 6 hours 5 minutes
- Publisher: Thomas Nelson
- Publish date: April 07, 2020
- Language: English
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4.39(113 ratings)
4.39(113 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0021.99 USDIt Doesn’t Have to Be This Weird When it comes to relationships between men and women, we have more questions than answers: How do we keep relationships with the opposite sex healthy–and still hug each other after small group? Is itIt Doesn’t Have to Be This Weird
When it comes to relationships between men and women, we have more questions than answers:
- How do we keep relationships with the opposite sex healthy–and still hug each other after small group?
- Is it possible for married men and women to be friends with people of the opposite sex?
- What does it mean to be a woman if you’re not a wife, or a man if you’re not a husband?
Jesus’ pattern for church living was one of family–of brothers and sisters living in intimate, life-giving community with each other. With story, sensitivity, and hope, Beyond Awkward Side Hugs invites us to leave behind eroticized, fear-based patterns and move toward gendered, generous relationships between men and women of character as we love one another as Jesus did.
“Beyond Awkward Side Hugs is a deep well of biblical wisdom, and Lea has written with nuance and clarity, humor and grace.”
–Jen Pollock Michel, author of Surprised by Paradox and Keeping Place
“The church desperately needs a bigger vision for how men and women can flourish together in ministry and friendship, and Bronwyn Lea paints a vivid picture for how we’ll get there.”
–Steve Wiens, author of Shining Like the Sun, Beginnings, and Whole
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Faith, Gender, and Activism in the Punjab Conflict
- By: Mallika Kaur
- Narrator: Soneela Nankani
- Length: 17 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.38(11 ratings)
4.38(11 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.95 USDPunjab was the arena of one of the first major armed conflicts of postcolonial India. During its deadliest decade, as many as 250,000 people were killed. This audiobook makes an urgent intervention in the history of the conflict, which to date hasPunjab was the arena of one of the first major armed conflicts of postcolonial India. During its deadliest decade, as many as 250,000 people were killed. This audiobook makes an urgent intervention in the history of the conflict, which to date has been characterized by a fixation on sensational violence–or ignored altogether.
Mallika Kaur unearths the stories of three people who found themselves at the center of Punjab’s human rights movement: Baljit Kaur, who armed herself with a video camera to record essential evidence of the conflict; Justice Ajit Singh Bains, who became a beloved “people’s judge”; and Inderjit Singh Jaijee, who returned to Punjab to document abuses even as other elites were fleeing. Together, they are credited with saving countless lives.
Braiding oral histories, personal snapshots, and primary documents recovered from at-risk archives, Kaur shows that when entire conflicts are marginalized, we miss essential stories: stories of faith, feminist action, and the power of citizen-activists.
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The Transgender Teen
- By: Stephanie A. Brill
- Narrator: Coleen Marlo
- Length: 9 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: September 27, 2016
- Language: English
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4.35(197 ratings)
4.35(197 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDIs it just a phase, a fad, or a real issue with your teen? This comprehensive guidebook explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face every day raising a teenager who may be transgender, gender-variant or gender-fluid. CoveringIs it just a phase, a fad, or a real issue with your teen? This comprehensive guidebook explores the unique challenges that thousands of families face every day raising a teenager who may be transgender, gender-variant or gender-fluid. Covering extensive research and with many personal interviews, as well as years of experience working in the field, the author covers pressing concerns relating to physical and emotional development, social and school pressures, medical options, and family communications. Learn how parents can advocate for their children, find acceptable colleges and career paths, and raise their gender variant or transgender adolescent with love and compassion.
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The Trouble with White Women
- By: Kyla Schuller
- Narrator: Christine Lakin
- Length: 11 hours 34 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: October 05, 2021
- Language: English
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4.34(378 ratings)
4.34(378 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0027.99 USDAn incisive history of self-serving white feminists and the inspiring women who’ve continually defied themWomen including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Margaret Sanger, and Sheryl Sandberg are commonly celebrated as leaders of feminism. Yet theyAn incisive history of self-serving white feminists and the inspiring women who’ve continually defied them
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Women including Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Margaret Sanger, and Sheryl Sandberg are commonly celebrated as leaders of feminism. Yet they have fought for the few, not the many. As award-winning scholar Kyla Schuller argues, their white feminist politics dispossess the most marginalized to liberate themselves.
In The Trouble with White Women, Schuller brings to life the two-hundred-year counter history of Black, Indigenous, Latina, poor, queer, and trans women pushing back against white feminists and uniting to dismantle systemic injustice. These feminist heroes such as Frances Harper, Harriet Jacobs, and Pauli Murray have created an anti-racist feminism for all. But we don’t speak their names and we don’t know their legacies. Unaware of these intersectional leaders, feminists have been led down the same dead-end alleys generation after generation, often working within the structures of racism, capitalism, homophobia, and transphobia rather than against them.
Building a more just feminist politics for today requires a reawakening, a return to the movement’s genuine vanguards and visionaries. Their compelling stories, campaigns, and conflicts reveal the true potential of feminist liberation. The Trouble with White Women gives feminists today the tools to fight for the flourishing of all. -
Period. End of Sentence.
- By: Anita Diamant
- Narrator: Lisa Flanagan
- Length: 3 hours 18 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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4.25(429 ratings)
4.25(429 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDFrom beloved New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist Anita Diamant comes a timely collection of essays to help inspire period positive activism around the globe.When Period. End of Sentence. won an Oscar in 2019, theFrom beloved New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist Anita Diamant comes a timely collection of essays to help inspire period positive activism around the globe.
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When Period. End of Sentence. won an Oscar in 2019, the film’s co-producer and Executive Director of The Pad Project, Melissa Berton, told the audience: “A period should end a sentence, not a girl’s education.” Continuing in that revolutionary spirit and building on the momentum of the acclaimed documentary, this book outlines the challenges facing those who menstruate worldwide and the solutions championed by a new generation of body positive activists, innovators and public figures.
Including interviews from people on the frontlines–parents, teachers, medical professionals, and social-justice warriors–Period. End of Sentence. illuminates the many ways that menstrual injustice can limit opportunities, erode self-esteem, and even threaten lives. This powerful examination of the far-ranging and quickly evolving movement for menstrual justice introduces today’s leaders and shows us how we can be part of the change.
Fearless, revolutionary, and fascinating, Period. End of Sentence. is an essential read for anyone interested in empowering women, girls, and others around the world.
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Hail Mary
- By: Britni De La Cretaz
- Narrator: Kimberly Austin
- Length: 9 hours 37 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: December 21, 2021
- Language: English
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4.21(165 ratings)
4.21(165 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDIn 1967, a Cleveland businessman had a brilliant idea: why not start a women’s football team? It was conceived as a gimmick and a publicity stunt in the vein of the Harlem Globetrotters. He recruited women to compete as a traveling footballIn 1967, a Cleveland businessman had a brilliant idea: why not start a women’s football team? It was conceived as a gimmick and a publicity stunt in the vein of the Harlem Globetrotters. He recruited women to compete as a traveling football troupe; much to his surprise, he learned that women really wanted to play–and play hard. Hail Mary is the story of the unlikely rise of the National Women’s Football League and the players who loved a game that society told them they shouldn’t be playing. In nineteen cities around the country, against the backdrop of second-wave feminism and the passage of Title IX, these athletes broke new barriers and showed adoring crowds what women were capable of physically. Thousands of people came to watch–perhaps to gawk at first but then, in the end, to cheer. Hail Mary is a rollicking chronicle of fearless women-players on the Detroit Demons, the Toledo Troopers, the LA Dandelions, and more–bringing us into the stadiums where they broke records, the small-town lesbian bars where they were recruited, and the backrooms where the league was conceived, and where it ended. Hail Mary is a celebration of women athletes and their fight on and off the field–and a powerful story of the league that changed their lives and the course of women’s sports.
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What Works
- By: Iris Bohnet
- Narrator: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 9 hours 22 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: March 05, 2019
- Language: English
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4.18(639 ratings)
4.18(639 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDGender equality is a moral and a business imperative. But unconscious bias holds us back, and de-biasing people’s minds has proven to be difficult and expensive. Diversity training programs have had limited success, and individual effort aloneGender equality is a moral and a business imperative. But unconscious bias holds us back, and de-biasing people’s minds has proven to be difficult and expensive. Diversity training programs have had limited success, and individual effort alone often invites backlash. Behavioral design offers a new solution. By de-biasing organizations instead of individuals, we can make smart changes that have big impacts. Presenting research-based solutions, Iris Bohnet hands us the tools we need to move the needle in classrooms and boardrooms, in hiring and promotion, benefiting businesses, governments, and the lives of millions. What Works is built on new insights into the human mind. It draws on data collected by companies, universities, and governments in Australia, India, Norway, the United Kingdom, the United States, Zambia, and other countries, often in randomized controlled trials. It points out dozens of evidence-based interventions that could be adopted right now and demonstrates how research is addressing gender bias, improving lives and performance. What Works shows what more can be done?often at shockingly low cost and surprisingly high speed.
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Beauty Sick
- By: Renee Engeln
- Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt
- Length: 11 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: April 18, 2017
- Language: English
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4.16(1953 ratings)
4.16(1953 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.004.99 USDAn award-winning Northwestern University psychology professor reveals how the cultural obsession with women’s appearance is an epidemic that harms women’s ability to get ahead and to live happy, meaningful lives, in this powerful,An award-winning Northwestern University psychology professor reveals how the cultural obsession with women’s appearance is an epidemic that harms women’s ability to get ahead and to live happy, meaningful lives, in this powerful, eye-opening work in the vein of Naomi Wolf, Peggy Orenstein, and Sheryl Sandberg.
Today’s young women face a bewildering set of contradictions when it comes to beauty. They don’t want to be Barbie dolls but, like generations of women before them, are told they must look like them. They’re angry about the media’s treatment of women but hungrily consume the very outlets that belittle them. They mock modern culture’s absurd beauty ideal and make videos exposing Photoshopping tricks, but feel pressured to emulate the same images they criticize by posing with a “skinny arm.” They understand that what they see isn’t real but still download apps to airbrush their selfies. Yet these same young women are fierce fighters for the issues they care about. They are ready to fight back against their beauty-sick culture and create a different world for themselves, but they need a way forward.
In Beauty Sick, Dr. Renee Engeln, whose TEDx talk on beauty sickness has received more than 250,000 views, reveals the shocking consequences of our obsession with girls’ appearance on their emotional and physical health and their wallets and ambitions, including depression, eating disorders, disruptions in cognitive processing, and lost money and time. Combining scientific studies with the voices of real women of all ages, she makes clear that to truly fulfill their potential, we must break free from cultural forces that feed destructive desires, attitudes, and words–from fat-shaming to denigrating commentary about other women. She provides inspiration and workable solutions to help girls and women overcome negative attitudes and embrace their whole selves, to transform their lives, claim the futures they deserve, and, ultimately, change their world.
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Mate
- By: Geoffrey Miller
- Narrator: Geoffrey Miller
- Length: 12 hours 43 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 15, 2015
- Language: English
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4.1(2341 ratings)
4.1(2341 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.98 USDThe #1 bestselling pioneer of “fratire” and a leading evolutionary psychologist team up to create the dating book for guys. Whether they conducted their research in life or in the lab, experts Tucker Max and Dr. Geoffrey Miller haveThe #1 bestselling pioneer of “fratire” and a leading evolutionary psychologist team up to create the dating book for guys.... Read moreWhether they conducted their research in life or in the lab, experts Tucker Max and Dr. Geoffrey Miller have spent the last 20+ years learning what women really want from their men, why they want it, and how men can deliver those qualities.
The short answer: become the best version of yourself possible, then show it off. It sounds simple, but it’s not. If it were, Tinder would just be the stuff you use to start a fire. Becoming your best self requires honesty, self-awareness, hard work and a little help.
Through their website and podcasts, Max and Miller have already helped over one million guys take their first steps toward Ms. Right. They have collected all of their findings in Mate, an evidence-driven, seriously funny playbook that will teach you to become a more sexually attractive and romantically successful man, the right way: No “seduction techniques,” No moralizing, No bullshit. Just honest, straightforward talk about the most ethical, effective way to pursue the win-win relationships you want with the women who are best for you.
Much of what they’ve discovered will surprise you, some of it will not, but all of it is important and often misunderstood. So listen up, and stop being stupid!
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Vanguard
- By: Martha S. Jones
- Narrator: Mela Lee
- Length: 10 hours 42 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: September 08, 2020
- Language: English
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4.06(530 ratings)
4.06(530 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDThe epic history of African American women’s pursuit of political power — and how it transformed America.In the standard story, the suffrage crusade began in Seneca Falls in 1848 and ended with the ratification of the NineteenthThe epic history of African American women’s pursuit of political power — and how it transformed America.In the standard story, the suffrage crusade began in Seneca Falls in 1848 and ended with the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920. But this overwhelmingly white women’s movement did not win the vote for most black women. Securing their rights required a movement of their own.In Vanguard, acclaimed historian Martha S. Jones offers a new history of African American women’s political lives in America. She recounts how they defied both racism and sexism to fight for the ballot, and how they wielded political power to secure the equality and dignity of all persons. From the earliest days of the republic to the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act and beyond, Jones excavates the lives and work of black women — Maria Stewart, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Fannie Lou Hamer, and more — who were the vanguard of women’s rights, calling on America to realize its best ideals.... Read more -
Backwards and in Heels
- By: Alicia Malone
- Narrator: Katherine Littrell
- Length: 8 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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4.04(592 ratings)
4.04(592 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USD“After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.”–Ann Richards Women have been instrumental in the success of American cinema since its very beginning. One of the first“After all, Ginger Rogers did everything that Fred Astaire did. She just did it backwards and in high heels.”–Ann Richards
Women have been instrumental in the success of American cinema since its very beginning. One of the first people to ever pick up a motion picture camera was a woman, as was the first screenwriter to win two Academy Awards, the inventor of the boom microphone, and the first person to be credited with the title film editor. Throughout the entire history of Hollywood women have been revolutionizing, innovating, and shaping how we make movies. Yet their stories are rarely shared.
This is what film reporter Alicia Malone wants to change. Backwards and in Heels tells the history of women in film in a different way, with stories about incredible ladies who made their mark throughout each era of Hollywood, from the first women directors to iconic movie stars and present-day activists. Each story shares the inspiring accomplishments of women, while also highlighting the obstacles women have had to face.
Backwards and in Heels combines research and exclusive interviews with influential women and men working in Hollywood today, such as Geena Davis, J.J. Abrams, Ava DuVernay, Octavia Spencer, America Ferrera, Paul Feig, and many more, as well as film professors, historians, and experts. Join Alicia as she champions Hollywood women of the past and present, and looks to the future with the hopes of leveling out the playing field.
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His Brain, Her Brain
- By: Scientific American
- Narrator: Janet Metzger
- Length: 5 hours 34 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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4.03(35 ratings)
4.03(35 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDBoy or girl? Even before a person is born, that’s the first thing everyone wants to know–underscoring just how much value human societies of all types place on gender. In His Brain, Her Brain, we take a closer look at the anatomical,Boy or girl? Even before a person is born, that’s the first thing everyone wants to know–underscoring just how much value human societies of all types place on gender.
In His Brain, Her Brain, we take a closer look at the anatomical, chemical, and functional differences in the brains of men and women–as well as some surprising similarities. For instance, studies of infants find few differences in cognitive skills between boys and girls; but there is no denying that boys love trucks, whereas girls prefer dolls.
While some gender differences are evident even on the first day of a baby’s life, most of these discrepancies start out small but get amplified by our gender-obsessed culture. Tea parties and wrestling matches leave their stamp on growing brains, but the gap that separates boys and girls would be less noticeable if parents encouraged activities such as reading for boys and video games for girls.
Few sex disparities are as hardwired as popular accounts make them out to be. A better understanding of the real–and imagined–differences between his brain and her brain can help us overcome cultural biases, improve communication, and strengthen relationships.
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Class Action
- By: Clara Bingham
- Narrator: Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 15 hours 23 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2006
- Language: English
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3.98(511 ratings)
3.98(511 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.95 USDIn the coldest reaches of northern Minnesota, a group of women endured a shocking degree of sexual harassment, until one found the courage to file the first sexual harassment class action suit in America, permanently changing the legalIn the coldest reaches of northern Minnesota, a group of women endured a shocking degree of sexual harassment, until one found the courage to file the first sexual harassment class action suit in America, permanently changing the legal landscape.
When the local iron mine began hiring women in 1975, Lois Jenson, a single mother on welfare, didn’t think twice about accepting the grueling but well-paying job. What she hadn’t considered was that she was entering a male-dominated society that fiercely resented the inclusion of women, a prejudice born out in the brutal harassment of every female miner. Relentlessly threatened with pornographic graffiti, denigrating language, stalking, and physical assaults, the women largely kept quiet for fear of losing their jobs, until Lois, devastated by the abuse, found the courage to sue—and won.
This book was the basis for the acclaimed motion picture North Country starring Charlize Theron.
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Becoming a Man
- By: P. Carl
- Narrator: P. Carl
- Length: 5 hours 21 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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3.88(600 ratings)
3.88(600 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDA “scrupulously honest” (O, The Oprah Magazine) debut memoir that explores one man’s gender transition amid a pivotal political moment in America.Becoming a Man is a “moving narrative [that] illuminates the joy, courage,A “scrupulously honest” (O, The Oprah Magazine) debut memoir that explores one man’s gender transition amid a pivotal political moment in America.
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Becoming a Man is a “moving narrative [that] illuminates the joy, courage, necessity, and risk-taking of gender transition” (Kirkus Reviews). For fifty years P. Carl lived as a girl and then as a queer woman, building a career, a life, and a loving marriage, yet still waiting to realize himself in full. As Carl embarks on his gender transition, he takes us inside the complex shifts and questions that arise throughout–the alternating moments of arrival and estrangement. He writes intimately about how transitioning reconfigures both his own inner experience and his closest bonds–his twenty-year relationship with his wife, Lynette; his already tumultuous relationships with his parents; and seemingly solid friendships that are subtly altered, often painfully and wordlessly.
Carl “has written a poignant and candid self-appraisal of life as a ‘work-of-progress'” (Booklist) and blends the remarkable story of his own personal journey with incisive cultural commentary, writing beautifully about gender, power, and inequality in America. His transition occurs amid the rise of the Trump administration and the #MeToo movement–a transition point in America’s own story, when transphobia and toxic masculinity are under fire even as they thrive in the highest halls of power. Carl’s quest to become himself and to reckon with his masculinity mirrors, in many ways, the challenge before the country as a whole, to imagine a society where every member can have a vibrant, livable life. Here, through this brave and deeply personal work, Carl brings an unparalleled new voice to this conversation. -
The Book of Awesome Women Writers
- By: Becca Anderson
- Narrator: Marguerite Gavin
- Length: 11 hours 26 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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3.86(4 ratings)
3.86(4 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThe Women Who Wrote Their Way Into History A packed timeline of the greatest women writers: From the first recorded writer to current bestsellers, Becca Anderson takes us through time and highlights women who have left their mark on the literaryThe Women Who Wrote Their Way Into History
A packed timeline of the greatest women writers: From the first recorded writer to current bestsellers, Becca Anderson takes us through time and highlights women who have left their mark on the literary world. This expansive compilation of women writers is a chance to delve deeper into the lives and works of renowned authors and learn about some lesser known greats, as well. Some of the many women writers you will love learning about are: Maya Angelou, Jane Austen, Judy Blume, Rachel Carson, Nadine Gordimer, Margaret Mead, Joyce Carol Oates, and many, many more.
Explore every subject and literary form women writers have to offer: The works of these awesome women writers vary greatly–each is as unique and significant as the women who penned them. With the help of writers, editors, librarians, booksellers, and more, Anderson has crafted a must-read book for women of every background.
Celebrate the impact women have made in our culture: This feminist book is a beacon of brilliance. It is the perfect gift for artists, intellectuals, and anyone who seeks to be inspired by words and profound lives. Most of all, it is a celebration of the journeys and accomplishments of women who have worked to have their voices heard in black and white letters across the world.
Crack open The Book of Awesome Women Writers today, and you will find
engaging chapters such as “Prolific Pens,” “Mystics and Madwomen,” and “Banned, Blacklisted, and Arrested”;a plethora of necessary new additions to your reading list; andconfirmation that the female voice is not only awesome, but an essential part of literary culture.
If you enjoyed titles such as Girls Who Rocked the World, The Book of Awesome Women, and In the Company of Women, then you’ll love The Book of Awesome Women Writers.
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#UsToo
- By: Debjani Mukherjee Biswas
- Narrator: Debjani Mukherjee Biswas
- Length: 1 hours 0 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2020
- Language: English
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3.8(10 ratings)
3.8(10 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDHow can men and women collaborate to bridge and heal the gender divide? As a female engineer with executive and global experience, Debjani Mukherjee Biswas’ insights are unique, practical, and powerful. While the courageous #MeToo movementHow can men and women collaborate to bridge and heal the gender divide?
As a female engineer with executive and global experience, Debjani Mukherjee Biswas’ insights are unique, practical, and powerful. While the courageous #MeToo movement showed us how broken our power systems are, #UsToo seeks to heal and bridge these gaps.
In this power-packed audiobook, we’ll explore
the reality of gender bias, and where these values and beliefs came from;the impact of factors such as media, age, culture, and family;an original tool called the Diversity Foray; andhow to improve self-awareness, emotional intelligence, and action planning.
Together, we can bridge the global gender gap with #UsToo!
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Sex and the City and Us
- By: Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
- Narrator: Joy Osmanski
- Length: 16 hours 31 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
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3.79(1034 ratings)
3.79(1034 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDThe bestselling author of Seinfeldia offers a fascinating retrospective of the iconic and award-winning television series, Sex and the City, in a “bubbly, yet fierce cultural dissection of the groundbreaking show” (Chicago Tribune).ThisThe bestselling author of Seinfeldia offers a fascinating retrospective of the iconic and award-winning television series, Sex and the City, in a “bubbly, yet fierce cultural dissection of the groundbreaking show” (Chicago Tribune).
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This is the story of how a columnist, two gay men, and a writers’ room full of women used their own poignant, hilarious, and humiliating stories to launch a cultural phenomenon. They endured shock, slut-shaming, and a slew of nasty reviews on their way to eventual–if still often begrudging–respect. The show wasn’t perfect, but it revolutionized television for women.
When Candace Bushnell began writing for the New York Observer, she didn’t think anyone beyond the Upper East Side would care about her adventures among the Hamptons-hopping media elite. But her struggles with singlehood struck a chord. Beverly Hills, 90210 creator Darren Star brought her vision to an even wider audience when he adapted the column for HBO. Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha launched a barrage of trends, forever branded the actresses that took on the roles, redefined women’s relationship to sex and elevated the perception of singlehood.
Featuring exclusive new interviews with the cast and writers, including star Sarah Jessica Parker, creator Darren Star, executive producer Michael Patrick King, and author Candace Bushnell, “Jennifer Keishin Armstrong brings readers inside the writers’ room and into the scribes’ lives…The writing is fizzy and funny, but she still manages an in-depth look at a show that’s been analyzed for decades, giving readers a retrospective as enjoyable as a $20 pink cocktail” (The Washington Post). Sex and the City and Us is both a critical and nostalgic behind-the-scenes look at a television series that changed the way women see themselves. -
Witches
- By: Sam George-Allen
- Narrator: Merritt Hicks
- Length: 9 hours 12 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: March 03, 2020
- Language: English
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3.7(373 ratings)
3.7(373 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDCovens. Girl Bands. Ballet troupes. Convents. In all times and places, girls and women have come together in communities of vocation, of necessity, of support. In Witches, Sam George-Allen explores how magic happens wherever women gather. FemaleCovens. Girl Bands. Ballet troupes. Convents. In all times and places, girls and women have come together in communities of vocation, of necessity, of support.
In Witches, Sam George-Allen explores how magic happens wherever women gather. Female farmers change the way we grow our food. Online beauty communities democratize skin-care rituals. And more than any other demographic, it’s teen girls that shape our culture.
Patriarchal societies have long been content to champion boys’ clubs while viewing groups that exclude men as sites of rivalry and suspicion. This deeply personal investigation takes us from our workplaces to our social circles, surveying our heroes, our outcasts, and ourselves in order to dismantle the persistent and pernicious cultural myth of female isolation and competition…once and for all.
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Ambitious Like a Mother
- By: Lara Bazelon
- Narrator: Patricia Rodriguez
- Length: 8 hours 21 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: April 19, 2022
- Language: English
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3.66(77 ratings)
3.66(77 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.99 USDIn this captivating and radical look at “work-life balance,” Lara Bazelon reframes our understanding of working women–and shows how prioritizing your career benefits mothers, kids, and society at large.In this singular culturalIn this captivating and radical look at “work-life balance,” Lara Bazelon reframes our understanding of working women–and shows how prioritizing your career benefits mothers, kids, and society at large.
In this singular cultural moment, mothers have unparalleled opportunities to succeed at work while continuing to face the same societal impediments that held back our mothers and grandmothers. We still encounter entrenched gender bias in the workplace and are expected to shoulder the lion’s share of labor and burdens at home while being made to feel as if we’re never doing enough. All the while we’re told that the perfect work-life balance is possible, if only we try hard enough to achieve it.
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It’s time to change the conversation–about work, life, and “balance.” Work and life are inextricably, intimately intertwined. We need to celebrate what we do give our children–even and especially in moments of imbalance–rather than apologizing for what we don’t. In this way, we can model for our children how we use our talents to help others and raise awareness about the issues closest to our hearts. We can embrace the personal fulfillment and financial independence that pursuing meaningful work can bring as a way of showing our children how to live happy, purpose-driven lives. Bazelon argues not only that we can but that we should. Being ambitious at work and being a good mother to our children are not at odds–these qualities mutually reinforce each other.
Backed up by research and filled with personal stories from Bazelon’s life, as well as that of her mother and the many other women she interviewed across the cultural and financial spectrum, Ambitious Like a Mother is an anthem, a beacon for all to recognize and celebrate the pioneering women who reject the false idols of the Selfless Mother and Work-Life Balance, and a call to embrace your own ambitions and model your multiplicities for your children. -
The Compleat Gentleman, Third Revised Edition
- By: Brad Miner
- Narrator: Bob Souer
- Length: 8 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDAt a time of astonishing confusion about what it means to be a man, Brad Miner has recovered the oldest and best ideal of manhood: the gentleman. Reviving a thousand-year tradition of chivalry, honor, and heroism, The Compleat Gentleman provides theAt a time of astonishing confusion about what it means to be a man, Brad Miner has recovered the oldest and best ideal of manhood: the gentleman. Reviving a thousand-year tradition of chivalry, honor, and heroism, The Compleat Gentleman provides the essential model for twenty-first-century masculinity.
Despite our confusion, real manhood is not complicated. It is an ancient ideal based on service to one’s God, country, family, and friends–a simple but arduous ideal worthy of a lifetime of struggle.
Miner’s gentleman stands out for his dignity, restraint, and discernment. He rejects the notion that one way of behaving is as good as another. He belongs to an aristocracy of virtue, not of wealth or birth. Proposing neither a club nor a movement, Miner describes a lofty code of manly conduct, which, far from threatening democracy, is necessary for its survival.
Miner traces the concept of manliness from the jousting fields of the twelfth century to the decks of the Titanic. The three masculine archetypes that emerge–the warrior, the lover, and the monk–combine in the character of the “compleat gentleman.” This modern knight cultivates a martial spirit in defense of the true and the beautiful. He treats the opposite sex with the passionate respect required by courtly love. And he values learning in the pursuit of truth–all with the discretion, decorum, and nonchalance that the Renaissance called sprezzatura.
The Compleat Gentleman is filled with examples from the past and the present of the man our increasingly uncivilized age demands.
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What Do We Need Men For?
- By: E. Jean Carroll
- Narrator: E. Jean Carroll
- Length: 6 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher: Macmillan Audio
- Publish date: July 02, 2019
- Language: English
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3.57(964 ratings)
3.57(964 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USD“In narrating her own audiobook, Carroll shows her sense of humor with her inflections. Sometimes laugh-out-loud funny but often deeply uncomfortable, Carroll’s audiobook never shies away from what she wants to say when she wants to say“In narrating her own audiobook, Carroll shows her sense of humor with her inflections. Sometimes laugh-out-loud funny but often deeply uncomfortable, Carroll’s audiobook never shies away from what she wants to say when she wants to say it.” — AudioFile Magazine
This program is read by the author.A Washington Post TEN BOOKS TO READ IN JULY | Los Angeles Times‘ 7 BUZZWORTHY BOOKS TO READ THIS JULY | TOP 5 HOT BOOKS by The National Book Review| Refinery 29‘s GET YOUR HANDS ON THESE JULY 2019 BOOKS | Bustle‘s 27 NEW BOOKS OUT IN JULY 2019 TO GET YOU THROUGH THE SWEATY DAYS OF SUMMER | 6 BEST BOOKS TO READ THIS JULY by Town and Country
As seen on the cover of New York Magazine and in the breaking news story about Donald Trump, America’s longest running advice columnist goes on the road to speak to women about hideous men and whether we need them.
“Darkly humorous and deadly serious.” -Sibbie O’Sullivan, Washington Post
“A compulsively interesting feminist memoir.” -Virginia Heffernan, Slate
“Somehow hilarious, in the way that only E. Jean could have written it” -Leigh Haber, Oprah Magazine
“Roving, curious, compassionate, whimsical.” -Megan Garber, The Atlantic
When E. Jean Carroll–possibly the liveliest woman in the world and author of the “Ask E. Jean” advice column in Elle Magazine, realized that her eight million readers and question-writers all seemed to have one thing in common–problems caused by men–she hit the road. Crisscrossing the country with her blue-haired poodle, Lewis Carroll, E. Jean stopped in every town named after a woman between Eden, Vermont and Tallulah, Louisiana to ask women the crucial question: What Do We Need Men For?
E. Jean gave her rollicking road trip a sly, stylish turn when she deepened the story, creating a list called “The Most Hideous Men of My Life,” and began to reflect on her own sometimes very dark history with the opposite sex. What advice would she have given to her past selves–as Miss Cheerleader USA and Miss Indiana University? Or as the fearless journalist, television host, and eventual advice columnist she became? E. Jean intertwines the stories of the fascinating people she meets on her road trip with her “horrible history with the male sex” (including mafia bosses, media titans, boyfriends, husbands, a serial killer, and a president), creating a decidedly dark yet hopeful, hilarious, and thrilling narrative. Her answer to the question What Do We Need Men For? will shock men and delight women.
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The New Science of Sex and Gender
- By: Scientific American
- Narrator: Suzie Althens
- Length: 5 hours 54 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2021
- Language: English
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3.39(29 ratings)
3.39(29 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDVital research is starting to challenge long-standing assumptions about gender identity and biological sex, such as work that indicates the brain is a “mosaic” of traits rather than a “male” and “female” brain.Vital research is starting to challenge long-standing assumptions about gender identity and biological sex, such as work that indicates the brain is a “mosaic” of traits rather than a “male” and “female” brain. Growing knowledge of the genetic complexities of sexual determination is (slowly) changing the way the medical community treats intersex individuals, and in this audiobook, The New Science of Sex and Gender, we not only examine the latest studies in biology, medicine, and psychology but also, more importantly, their bearing on health care, identity, and access.
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Girl Boy Girl
- By: Savannah Knoop
- Narrator: Savannah Knoop
- Length: 5 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc.
- Publish date: August 01, 2018
- Language: English
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3.18(344 ratings)
3.18(344 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0015.99 USDThe JT LeRoy scandal is a story of our times. In January 2006, the New York Times unmasked Savannah Knoop as the face of the mysterious author JT LeRoy. A media frenzy ensued as JT’s fans, mentors, and readers came to terms with the fact thatThe JT LeRoy scandal is a story of our times. In January 2006, the New York Times unmasked Savannah Knoop as the face of the mysterious author JT LeRoy. A media frenzy ensued as JT’s fans, mentors, and readers came to terms with the fact that the gay-male-ex-truck-stop-prostitute-turned literary-wunderkind was really a girl from San Francisco, whose sister-in-law wrote the books. Girl Boy Girl is the story of how Savannah Knoop led this bizarre double life for six years, trading a precarious existence as a college dropout for a life in which she was embraced by celebrities and artists-Carrie Fisher, Courtney Love, Mary Ellen Mark, Winona Ryder, Asia Argento, Sharon Olds, Gus Van Sant, Mike Pitt, Calvin Klein, and Shirley Manson, to name a few-and traveled the world. Telling her side of the story for the first time, Savannah reveals how being perceived as a boy gave her a sense of confidence and entitlement she never had before. Her love affair with Asia Argento is particularly wrenching, as they embark on an intimate relationship that causes more alienation than closeness. As Savannah and Laura struggle over control of the JT character, Savannah realizes the limits of the game – – and inadvertently finds herself through the adventure of being someone else.
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Una mujer (A Woman)
- By: Sibilla Aleramo
- Length: 8 hours 11 minutes
- Publisher: BookaVivo
- Publish date: March 15, 2022
- Language: Spanish
Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDEsta novela fue publicada por primera vez en 1906, y su repentino exito dio a conocer al mundo a una autora que a lo largo de su prolifica carrera demostro en numerosas ocasiones un innato talento narrativo y un mordaz compromiso por la causa de laEsta novela fue publicada por primera vez en 1906, y su repentino exito dio a conocer al mundo a una autora que a lo largo de su prolifica carrera demostro en numerosas ocasiones un innato talento narrativo y un mordaz compromiso por la causa de la emancipacion de la mujer, ambos plasmados con excepcional fuerza en las paginas de este libro. Su carga reivindicativa y su valiente denuncia contra la opresion machista hacen de Una mujer una de las primeras novelas feministas aparecidas en Italia y en Europa, y de su autora una pionera adelantada a su contexto literario y social. Tanto es asi que, como destaco certeramente la critica, tras la publicacion de Una mujer <
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No Apologies
- By: Anthony M. Esolen
- Narrator: John McLain
- Length: 6 hours 59 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDNo more apologies for being a man! Bestselling social commentator Anthony Esolen draws on timeless wisdom to defend the masculine virtues of strength, drive, ambition, and determination in building and upholding civilization itself. It’s timeNo more apologies for being a man! Bestselling social commentator Anthony Esolen draws on timeless wisdom to defend the masculine virtues of strength, drive, ambition, and determination in building and upholding civilization itself.
It’s time to end the apology tour for traditional masculinity. A generation of young men and boys are being raised in self-loathing, taught that the core of their identity as men is not only abhorrent, but the fountainhead of humanity’s ills.
In No Apologies, veteran author and professor Anthony Esolen issues a powerful defense of the virtues of masculine strength. From the thankless brute force that erected buildings, paved roads, and cleared ground, to the boundless energy of youth that compelled centuries of global exploration, to the father’s embodied authority as protector, director, and exemplar of law and justice, Esolen shows how civilization has rested upon the strength of men.
Wizened, accessible, and powerfully articulated, Esolen draws on two millennia of historical thought, citing giants like Plato, Augustine, Aquinas, Twain, Solzhenitsyn, and others in a vigorous and timely defense of the masculine ethos.
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Men on Strike
- By: Helen Smith, PhD
- Narrator: Susan Boyce
- Length: 5 hours 15 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: November 06, 2017
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDAmerican society has become anti-male. Men are sensing the backlash and are responding. They’re dropping out of college, leaving the workforce, and avoiding marriage and fatherhood at alarming rates. The trend is so pronounced that a number ofAmerican society has become anti-male. Men are sensing the backlash and are responding. They’re dropping out of college, leaving the workforce, and avoiding marriage and fatherhood at alarming rates. The trend is so pronounced that a number of books have been written about this man-child phenomenon, concluding that men have taken a vacation from responsibility. But why should men participate in a system that seems to be increasingly stacked against them? As Men on Strike demonstrates, men aren’t dropping out because they are stuck in arrested development; they are acting rationally in response to the lack of incentives society offers them to be responsible fathers, husbands, and providers. In addition, men are going on strike, either consciously or unconsciously, because they do not want to be injured by the myriad of laws, attitudes, and hostility against them for the crime of happening to be male in the twenty-first century. Men are starting to fight back. Men on Strike explains th eir battle cry.
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Ciudad feminista (Feminist City)
- By: Leslie Kern
- Length: 7 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: BookaVivo
- Publish date: May 31, 2022
- Language: Spanish
Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.99 USDCiudad feminista es un experimento continuo para vivir de manera diferente, vivir mejor y vivir de manera mas justa en un mundo urbano. Vivimos en la ciudad de los hombres. Nuestros espacios publicos no estan disenados para cuerpos femeninos. HayCiudad feminista es un experimento continuo para vivir de manera diferente, vivir mejor y vivir de manera mas justa en un mundo urbano.
Vivimos en la ciudad de los hombres. Nuestros espacios publicos no estan disenados para cuerpos femeninos. Hay poca consideracion por las mujeres como madres, trabajadoras o cuidadoras. Las calles urbanas suelen ser un lugar de amenazas mas que de comunidad. La gentrificacion ha dificultado aun mas la vida cotidiana de las mujeres. ?Como seria una metropoli para mujeres trabajadoras? Una ciudad de amistades mas alla de Sex and the City. Un sistema de transito que acomode a las madres con cochecitos en el recorrido hacia la escuela. Un espacio publico con suficientes banos. Un lugar donde las mujeres puedan caminar sin acoso.
En Ciudad feminista, a traves de la historia, la experiencia personal y la cultura popular, Leslie Kern expone lo que esta oculto a simple vista: las desigualdades sociales construidas en nuestras ciudades, hogares y vecindarios. Kern ofrece una vision alternativa de la ciudad feminista. Asumiendo el miedo, la maternidad, la amistad, el activismo y las alegrias y peligros de estar sola, Kern traza un mapa de la ciudad desde nuevos puntos de vista, presenta un enfoque feminista interseccional de las historias urbanas y propone que la ciudad es quizas tambien nuestra mejor esperanza para dar forma a un nuevo futuro urbano. Es hora de desmantelar lo que damos por sentado sobre las ciudades y de preguntarnos como podemos construir juntas ciudades mas justas, sostenibles y favorables a las mujeres.
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Cliff Weitzman is a dyslexia advocate and the CEO and founder of Speechify, the #1 text-to-speech app in the world, totaling over 100,000 5-star reviews and ranking first place in the App Store for the News & Magazines category. In 2017, Weitzman was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for his work making the internet more accessible to people with learning disabilities. Cliff Weitzman has been featured in EdSurge, Inc., PC Mag, Entrepreneur, Mashable, among other leading outlets.
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