Queer: What a Queer Booknook
Here are some samples of what is in our book store. Click on a title to order, or click on the “all from this category” link to browse through more of our offerings.
Sex Education for Educators
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Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children from Sex
by Judith Levine "In America today, it is nearly impossible to publish a book that says children and teenagers can have sexual pleasure and be safe too," writes journalist Levine (My Enemy, My Love). Levine has somehow pulled that off. |
Sex Education for Youth
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A Girl's Guide to Taking over the World: Writings from the Girl Zine Revolution
by Karen Green and Tristan Taomino, Edotors A great collection of self-produced work from the world of 'zines. |
Parenting Sexually Healthy Kids
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All About Sex : A Family Resource of Sex & Sexuality
by Planned Parenthood The meat of this book is its clear and complete explanations of human reproduction and sexual pleasure; of sexually transmitted infections; and of birth-control options - for families with teens and preteens. |
Sex
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Sex Is Not a Natural Act and Other Essays (Psychology, Gender, and Theory)
by Leonore Tiefer With passion and wit, Tiefer writes on provocative issues like "The Kiss," "Advice to the Lovelorn," and "In Pursuit of the Perfect Penis." It adds up to a controversial presentation of the forces shaping sex in our culture. |
GLBT Issues
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Queer Family Values: Debunking the Myth of the Nuclear Family (Queer Politics, Queer Theories)
by Valerie Lehr The flaw in the fight for gay and lesbian marriage rights, argues Lehr in Queer Family Values, lies in its failure to call into question the forms of oppression—gender, racial, and economic—that lead society to privilege the nuclear family. |
Body Image
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Bitches, Bimbos, and Ballbreakers: The Guerrilla Girls' Illustrated Guide to Female Stereotypes
by the Guerrilla Girls The Guerrilla Girls, notorious for their outrageous take on women's issues, now tackle the maze of stereotypes that follow women from cradle to grave. |
Women's Sexual Health
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Hygieia: A Woman's Herbal
by Jeannine Parvati Hygieia: A Woman's Herbal is the first book of its kind to interweave the ancient practice of herbalism with the new women's consciousness and wholistic health. |
Men's Sexual Health
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Wrestling with Love
by Samuel Osherson, Ph.D. In Wrestling with Love, psychologist Sam Osherson, author of the highly acclaimed Finding Our Fathers, reveals how men in our culture struggle to achieve intimacy in their relationships, even as strong messages about masculinity demand that they hide their desire for attachments. |
Miscellaneous
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Mobilizing Resentment : CONSERVATIVE RESURGENCE FROM THE JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY TO THE PROMISE KEEPERS
by Jean Hardisty In this provocative book, Jean Hardisty details the formation of right-wing movements in opposition to the struggle for expansion of rights for women, people of color, and lesbians and gays. |