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Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies
Data has never mattered more. Our lives are increasingly shaped by
it and how it is defined, collected and used. But who counts in the
collection, analysis and application of data? This important book
is the first to look at queer data - defined as data relating to
gender, sex, sexual orientation and trans identity/history. The
author shows us how current data practices reflect an incomplete
account of LGBTQ lives and helps us understand how data biases are
used to delegitimise the everyday experiences of queer people.
Guyan demonstrates why it is important to understand, collect and
analyse queer data, the benefits and challenges involved in doing
so, and how we might better use queer data in our work. Arming us
with the tools for action, this book shows how greater knowledge
about queer identities is instrumental in informing decisions about
resource allocation, changes to legislation, access to services,
representation and visibility.
A new kind of manifesto for the working woman, with practical
guidance on building wealth as well as inspiration for harnessing
the freedom and power that comes from a breadwinning mindset. Women
are now the main breadwinner in one-in-four households in the UK.
Yet the majority of women still aren't being brought up to think
like breadwinners. In fact, they're actively discouraged - by
institutional bias and subconscious beliefs - from building their
own wealth, pursuing their full earning potential, and providing
for themselves and others financially. The result is that women
earn less, owe more, and have significantly less money saved and
invested for the future than men do. And if women do end up as the
main breadwinner, they've been conditioned to feel reluctant and
unprepared to manage the role. In Think Like a Breadwinner,
financial expert Jennifer Barrett reframes what it really means to
be a breadwinner by dismantling the narrative that women don't -
and shouldn't - take full financial responsibility to create the
lives they want. Featuring a wide variety of case studies from
women at all stages of their careers and financial lives, Barrett
shares the secrets of women who already think like breadwinners.
Barrett reveals not only the importance of women building their own
wealth, but also the freedom and power that comes with it.
'Barrett's manifesto is a must read for any woman at any stage of
her career.' - Eve Rodsky, author of Fair Play
On July 6, 2003, four months after the United States invaded Iraq,
former ambassador Joseph Wilson's now historic op-ed, "What I
Didn't Find in Africa," appeared in "The New York Times." A week
later, conservative pundit Robert Novak revealed in his newspaper
column that Ambassador Wilson's wife, Valerie Plame Wilson, was a
CIA operative. The public disclosure of that secret information
spurred a federal investigation and led to the trial and conviction
of Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, Scooter Libby, and
the Wilsons' civil suit against top officials of the Bush
administration. Much has been written about the "Valerie Plame"
story, but Valerie herself has been silent, until now. Some of what
has been reported about her has been frighteningly accurate,
serving as a pungent reminder to the Wilsons that their lives are
no longer private. And some has been completely false -- distorted
characterizations of Valerie and her husband and their shared
integrity.
Valerie Wilson retired from the CIA in January 2006, and now,
not only as a citizen but as a wife and mother, the daughter of an
Air Force colonel, and the sister of a U.S. marine, she sets the
record straight, providing an extraordinary account of her training
and experiences, and answers many questions that have been asked
about her covert status, her responsibilities, and her life. As
readers will see, the CIA still deems much of the detail of
Valerie's story to be classified. As a service to readers, an
afterword by national security reporter Laura Rozen provides a
context for Valerie's own story.
"Fair Game" is the historic and unvarnished account of the
personal and international consequences of speaking truth to
power.
This new edition of Ecofeminism: Feminist Intersections with Other
Animals and the Earth begins with an historical, grounding overview
that situates ecofeminist theory and activism within the larger
field of ecocriticism and provides a timeline for important
publications and events. Throughout the book, authors engage with
intersections of gender, sexuality, gender expression, race,
disability, and species to address the various ways that sexism,
heteronormativity, racism, colonialism, and ableism are informed by
and support animal oppression. This collection is broken down into
three separate sections: -Affect includes contributions from
leading theorists and activists on how our emotions and embodiment
can and must inform our relationships with the more-than-human
world -Context explores the complexities of appreciating difference
and the possibilities of living less violently -Climate, new to the
second edition, provides an overview of our climate crisis as well
as the climate for critical discussion and debate about ecofeminist
ideas and actions Drawing on animal studies, environmental studies,
feminist/gender studies, and practical ethics, the ecofeminist
contributors to this volume stress the need to move beyond binaries
and attend to context over universal judgments; spotlight the
importance of care as well as justice, emotion as well as reason;
and work to undo the logic of domination and its material
implications.
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