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"A NEW GRAPHIC NOVEL ADAPTATION OF THE BESTSELLING BOOK! Juliet Milagros Palante is leaving the Bronx and headed to Portland, Oregon. She just came out to her family and isn't sure if her mom will ever speak to her again. But don't worry, Juliet has something kinda resembling a plan that'll help her figure out what it means to be Puerto Rican, lesbian and out. See, she's going to intern with Harlowe Brisbane - her favorite feminist author, someone...
2) Woman world
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When a birth defect wipes out the planet's entire population of men, Woman World rises out of society's ashes.
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"The author of The Mental Load returns with more 'visual essays which are transformative agents of change.' After the success of The Mental Load, Emma continues in her new book to tangle with issues pertinent to women's experiences, from consent to the 'power of love,' from the care and attentiveness that women place on others' wellbeing and social cohesion, and how it constitutes another burden on women, to contraception, to the true nature of gallantry,...
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In her first book of comic strips, Emma reflects on social and feminist issues by means of simple line drawings, dissecting the mental load, i.e. all that invisible and unpaid organizing, list-making and planning women do to manage their lives, and the lives of their family members. Most of us carry some form of mental load--about our work, household responsibilities, financial obligations and personal life; but what makes up that burden and how it's...
6) A man's skin
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"In Renaissance Italy, Bianca, a young lady from a good family, is of marriage age. Her parents find her a fiancé to their liking: Giovanni, a rich merchant, young and pleasant. The wedding looks set to go smoothly even though Bianca can't hide her disappointment at having to marry a man she knows nothing about. But before the marriage, she learns the secret held and bequeathed by the women of her family for generations: a "man's skin"! By donning...
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"An ambitious feminist anthology chronicling Indigenous rebellions around the world. In 1930s Bolivia, self-described Anarchist Cholas form a libertarian trade union. In the Northern Highlands of Vietnam, the songs of one girl's youth lead her to a life of activism. In the Philippines, female elders from Kalinga blaze a trail when pushed into an impromptu protest. Equally striking accounts from, Chile, Ecuador, India, Nepal, and Peru weave a tapestry...
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The League of Super Feminists is an energetic and fierce comic for tweens and younger teens. Cartoonist Mirion Malle guides readers through some of the central tenets of feminism and media literacy including consent, intersectionality, privilege, body image, inclusivity and more; all demystified in the form of a witty, down-to-earth dialogue that encourages questioning the stories we're told about identity. Malle's insightful and humorous comics transport...
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"This Woman's Work is a powerfully raw autobiographical work that asks vital questions about femininity and the assumptions we make about gender. Julie Delporte examines cultural artifacts and sometimes traumatic memories through the lens of the woman she is today-a feminist who understands the reality of the women around her, how experiencing rape culture and sexual abuse is almost synonymous with being a woman, and the struggle of reconciling one's...
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"What Makes Girls Sick and Tired is a feminist manifesto that denounces the discrimination against and unfairness felt by women from childhood to adulthood. The graphic novel, illustrated in a strikingly minimalist style with images of girls with varied body types and personalities, invites teenagers to question the sexism that surrounds us, in ways that are obvious and hidden, simple and complex."--
12) No kidding
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"No Kidding is a slice of life modern feminist graphic novel with a humorous take on a serious subject and a woman's right to choose. Jane, 35 years old, doesn't want to be a mother. Lucy did not plan on having a kid ... But became pregnant. What is she going to do? It's the story of every woman refusing political correctness and diktats of the biological clock ... Loaded with lots of humor and sarcasm and strong examples of woman making choices for...
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"Filled with stunning color graphic images, this uncompromising and hilarious book opens with a visitation: The Divine Mother appears in Acocella's studio and takes her on an epic feminist journey that begins at the big SHE-bang. The rest, as they say, is herstory"--
15) Soy Albalez
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"Única, entrañable, divertida y antirromántica: ALBALEZ. Albalez es millennial, pero no puede con la vida moderna. De hecho, está convencida de que la Tierra es su planeta de adopción y que en su planeta de origen, el biológico, no se madruga, ni se trabaja, y desde luego no existen los lunes. Para sobrevivir aquí, ¿qué mejor que Netflix, la pizza y las amigas, aunque estas a menudo le provoquen daños degenerativos con esos líos que se...
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In the late '60s, underground comix changed the way comics readers saw the medium -- but there was an important pronoun missing from the revolution. In 1972, ten women cartoonists got together in San Francisco to rectify the situation and produce the first and longest-lasting all-woman comics anthology, Wimmen's Comix. Within two years the Wimmen's Comix Collective had introduced cartoonists like Roberta Gregory and Melinda Gebbie to the comics-reading...
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"Es un manifiesto feminista que denuncia el malestar que sienten las mujeres desde la infancia hasta la edad adulta en una sociedad que no las perdona. Este manifiesto vio la luz en forma de fanzine en 2014. Despues de venderse varios cientos de copias, la obra renace como un libro ilustrado con un texto enriquecido y apoyado por ilustraciones realistas y poderosas. Por que a las chicas les duele la barriga? ha sido concebido para provocar el debate,...
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