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Appetite for Reduction by Isa Chandra Moskowitz
My library copy of Vegan with a Vengeance shouldn’t have been returned. Not in the state it was in after it lived in my kitchen for five renewed status cycles (the maximum number I was allowed before I had to return it to my local library). The book...more
Feminism FOR REAL by Jessica Yee
Jessica Yee and I have a lot in common, personally and politically. For one, last year we were both curating collective published works that simultaneously construct and deconstruct contemporary feminist theory while broadening the scope of who is se...more
Hey, Shorty! by Joanne Smith
Difficulties concentrating in school, shame, depression, guilt, fear, low self-esteem, poor body image, and powerlessness are just some of the repercussions that victims of sexual harassment at school experience, according to research conducted by Gi...more
Hey, Shorty! by Joanne Smith
" Hey, Shorty! is more than its subtitle suggests. It is not only about sexual harassment and violence in the schools and on the streets, it is a unique guide to youth community organizing.

Authored by Joanne Smith, Meghan Huppuch, and Mandy Van De... " Read more of this review »
500 Years of Indigenous Resistance by Gord Hill
We are all familiar with the smiling happy portrayals of pilgrims sitting down to dinner with Native Americans, or perhaps the slightly more critical viewpoint from many of our high school history books of the Indigenous people being simply helpless...more
Graylight by Naomi Nowak
Graylight
by Naomi Nowak
read in June, 2010
The field of comics, also sometimes known as graphic novels, is dominated by male creators and readers. However, there's been increasing push in the last few decades by women to enter the field and make their mark. Though comics drawn by women are ga...more
Becoming Indian by Pavan K. Varma
Pavan K. Varma’s most recent book, Becoming Indian, argues that cultural freedom has eluded formerly colonized nations, specifically India. He sees a need for a cultural revolution in India. Although it reads at times like an extended opinion piece,...more
The Blue Sweater by Jacqueline Novogratz
Would you give up a promising career in international banking to pursue a lifetime of attempting to understand and eradicate global property? Jacqueline Novogratz began her career as an international banker at Chase Manhattan Bank. As a member of the...more
Letter to My Daughter by George Bishop
Letter to My Daughter
by George Bishop
read in June, 2010
I admit that I am influenced by book titles in my choice of books to read. In that sense, Letter to My Daughter was somewhat off putting for me. I was expecting a somewhat predictable story of a mother writing a letter to her daughter. Fortunately, I...more
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