by Laura | Mar 14, 2014
I’m working on my 2014 reading list! Since the release of my book Families of Two over a decade ago, I have talked with thousands of childfree people. I have also talked with many others who are in the midst of the parenthood decision, and those who are...
by Laura | Sep 2, 2012
This is poet, novelist and essayist Erica Jong’s first anthology. She has gathered a collection of great writers in their own right to not just talk about sex, but better. In Sugar in My Bowl, 29 female writers tell us stories from their real lives. Why is a...
by Laura | Jun 18, 2012
The Penguin Atlas of Women in the World is just that– an atlas. A visual delight, this book isn’t designed to be read from start to finish, but to ..open at any section and starting learning from there. Its the 4th edition, the first of which came out 20...
by Laura | Feb 14, 2011
Gail Collins—a trailblazer herself as the first female editor of the New York Times editorial page—presents a sprawling and lively picture of women and their struggle for equality that begins in the Victorian Era and continues on through the 70s. Often neglected areas...
by Laura | Feb 3, 2011
In this book, Jessica Valenti, whose work has appeared in Salon, The Guardian, and The Nation, introduces feminism to young women and teen girls on their own terms. While working for the NOW legal defense fund in 2004, Valenti founded the popular website Feministing...
