50 Books like Flawless

Pixel Flesh

by Ellen Atlanta • 2024

Beauty culture promised freedom and delivered algorithms. The empowerment was always a sales pitch.

3.98

2k+

💄 Beauty Culture ✊ Body Politics 📱 Social Media Harm 🍽️ Diet Culture Critique 🌍 Racialized Beauty

Pixel Flesh 95%

Beauty culture promised freedom and delivered algorithms. The empowerment was always a sales pitch.

by Ellen Atlanta 2024

3.98

2k+ ratings

💄 Beauty Culture ✊ Body Politics 📱 Social Media Harm 🍽️ Diet Culture Critique 🌍 Racialized Beauty

Beauty Sick

by Renee Engeln • 2017

The mental job of monitoring their own bodies costs women more than any beauty product.

4.13

7k+

🪞 Body Image 📖 Cultural Criticism 💄 Beauty Ideals 👁️ Objectification 😔 Body Shame

Beauty Sick 94%

The mental job of monitoring their own bodies costs women more than any beauty product.

by Renee Engeln 2017

4.13

7k+ ratings

🪞 Body Image 📖 Cultural Criticism 💄 Beauty Ideals 👁️ Objectification 😔 Body Shame

The Beauty Myth

by Naomi Wolf • 1990

Beauty standards are a weapon of social control, and they intensify every time women advance.

3.91

31k+

🏛️ Body Politics 🍽️ Diet Culture 🌊 Third Wave Feminism 👁️ Female Objectification 📺 Media Representation

The Beauty Myth 94%

Beauty standards are a weapon of social control, and they intensify every time women advance.

by Naomi Wolf 1990

3.91

31k+ ratings

🏛️ Body Politics 🍽️ Diet Culture 🌊 Third Wave Feminism 👁️ Female Objectification 📺 Media Representation

More Than a Body

by Lexie Kite • 2020

Your body was never supposed to be looked at first. It was built to experience life.

4.14

8k+

🪞 Body Image 👁️ Self-Objectification 💄 Beauty Standards ⚖️ Body Neutrality 📺 Media Literacy

More Than a Body 93%

Your body was never supposed to be looked at first. It was built to experience life.

by Lexie Kite 2020

4.14

8k+ ratings

🪞 Body Image 👁️ Self-Objectification 💄 Beauty Standards ⚖️ Body Neutrality 📺 Media Literacy

The Little Book of Skin Care

by Charlotte Cho • 2015

Why Korean women wash twice, layer hydration, and never skip the step Westerners ignore.

3.94

5k+

🧴 Korean Beauty 🧼 Skincare Routines ☀️ Sun Protection 💧 Skin Hydration 🧽 Exfoliation

The Little Book of Skin Care 92%

Why Korean women wash twice, layer hydration, and never skip the step Westerners ignore.

by Charlotte Cho 2015

3.94

5k+ ratings

🧴 Korean Beauty 🧼 Skincare Routines ☀️ Sun Protection 💧 Skin Hydration 🧽 Exfoliation

Not Just a Pretty Face

by Stacy Malkan • 2007

168 chemicals enter your body daily through cosmetics. Not one was FDA safety-tested.

3.96

511

💄 Beauty Industry 🧪 Endocrine Disruptors 🌿 Greenwashing 🎀 Pinkwashing 📋 Corporate Accountability

Not Just a Pretty Face 92%

168 chemicals enter your body daily through cosmetics. Not one was FDA safety-tested.

by Stacy Malkan 2007

3.96

511 ratings

💄 Beauty Industry 🧪 Endocrine Disruptors 🌿 Greenwashing 🎀 Pinkwashing 📋 Corporate Accountability

Going Gray

by Anne Kreamer • 2007

She stopped dyeing her hair, posted the gray photo, and her dating matches tripled.

3.36

1k+

👩‍🦳 Female Aging 💅 Beauty Standards 🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🧪 Immersion Memoir ⚖️ Double Standards

Going Gray 92%

She stopped dyeing her hair, posted the gray photo, and her dating matches tripled.

by Anne Kreamer 2007

3.36

1k+ ratings

👩‍🦳 Female Aging 💅 Beauty Standards 🦋 Midlife Reinvention 🧪 Immersion Memoir ⚖️ Double Standards

The Body Project

by Joan Jacobs Brumberg • 1997

How a century made American girls' bodies into a consumer project, from menarche to first diet.

3.82

4k+

👧 Adolescent Girlhood 💄 Beauty Standards 🥗 Dieting Culture 🎯 Marketing To Girls 🕰️ Body Image History

The Body Project 92%

How a century made American girls' bodies into a consumer project, from menarche to first diet.

by Joan Jacobs Brumberg 1997

3.82

4k+ ratings

👧 Adolescent Girlhood 💄 Beauty Standards 🥗 Dieting Culture 🎯 Marketing To Girls 🕰️ Body Image History

Beauty Pays

by Daniel S. Hamermesh • 2011

Good-looking workers earn 8% more. Unattractive ones earn 13% less. It's not speculation; it's data.

3.17

142

📈 Labor Economics 🏢 Sociology Of Work 👁️ Appearance Bias 🧠 Behavioral Economics 💍 Mating Markets

Beauty Pays 92%

Good-looking workers earn 8% more. Unattractive ones earn 13% less. It's not speculation; it's data.

by Daniel S. Hamermesh 2011

3.17

142 ratings

📈 Labor Economics 🏢 Sociology Of Work 👁️ Appearance Bias 🧠 Behavioral Economics 💍 Mating Markets

Unshrinking

by Kate Manne • 2024

Dieting fails almost everyone; the real threat to fat people is stigma, not fat itself.

4.16

2k+

🧡 Fat Acceptance 🍽️ Diet Culture ⚖️ Weight Stigma 🔗 Intersectionality 🗣️ Body Politics

Unshrinking 91%

Dieting fails almost everyone; the real threat to fat people is stigma, not fat itself.

by Kate Manne 2024

4.16

2k+ ratings

🧡 Fat Acceptance 🍽️ Diet Culture ⚖️ Weight Stigma 🔗 Intersectionality 🗣️ Body Politics

Tits Up

by Sarah Thornton • 2024

A mastectomy sends a sociologist into strip clubs and milk banks to learn what breasts mean.

3.66

2k+

✊ Bodily Autonomy 💋 Sex-Positive Feminism 🗿 Cultural Anthropology 🔪 Cosmetic Surgery 🤱 Lactation And Nursing

Tits Up 91%

A mastectomy sends a sociologist into strip clubs and milk banks to learn what breasts mean.

by Sarah Thornton 2024

3.66

2k+ ratings

✊ Bodily Autonomy 💋 Sex-Positive Feminism 🗿 Cultural Anthropology 🔪 Cosmetic Surgery 🤱 Lactation And Nursing

Get Rich or Lie Trying

by Symeon Brown • 2022

The influencer dream is built on sweatshops, bot farms, and surgical debt the camera never shows.

3.85

922

🤑 Influencer Economy 🏗️ Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy 👗 Fast Fashion 🎣 Internet Scams

Get Rich or Lie Trying 91%

The influencer dream is built on sweatshops, bot farms, and surgical debt the camera never shows.

by Symeon Brown 2022

3.85

922 ratings

🤑 Influencer Economy 🏗️ Platform Capitalism 👁️ Attention Economy 👗 Fast Fashion 🎣 Internet Scams

Girl on Girl

by Sophie Gilbert • 2025

Pop culture sold sexual objectification as empowerment, and a generation of women bought the lie.

3.84

20k+

📺 Pop Culture Analysis 👁️ Sexual Objectification 🧠 Internalized Misogyny 🛍️ Commodification Of Feminism 📰 Gossip And Celebrity

Girl on Girl 91%

Pop culture sold sexual objectification as empowerment, and a generation of women bought the lie.

by Sophie Gilbert 2025

3.84

20k+ ratings

📺 Pop Culture Analysis 👁️ Sexual Objectification 🧠 Internalized Misogyny 🛍️ Commodification Of Feminism 📰 Gossip And Celebrity

"You Just Need to Lose Weight"

by Aubrey Gordon • 2023

Twenty myths about fat people dismantled: the real epidemic is anti-fat bias, not body size.

4.32

12k+

✊ Fat Acceptance 🍽️ Diet Culture 🏥 Medical Bias ⚖️ Weight Stigma ♀️ Fat Feminism

"You Just Need to Lose Weight" 91%

Twenty myths about fat people dismantled: the real epidemic is anti-fat bias, not body size.

by Aubrey Gordon 2023

4.32

12k+ ratings

✊ Fat Acceptance 🍽️ Diet Culture 🏥 Medical Bias ⚖️ Weight Stigma ♀️ Fat Feminism

The Body Is Not an Apology

by Sonya Renee Taylor • 2018

Your body shame is a business model. Reclaiming your body is the exit strategy.

4.21

31k+

🌸 Body Positivity ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🍽️ Anti-Diet Culture 🔗 Internalized Oppression 🕊️ Body Liberation

The Body Is Not an Apology 90%

Your body shame is a business model. Reclaiming your body is the exit strategy.

by Sonya Renee Taylor 2018

4.21

31k+ ratings

🌸 Body Positivity ✊ Intersectional Feminism 🍽️ Anti-Diet Culture 🔗 Internalized Oppression 🕊️ Body Liberation

Labor of Love

by Moira Weigel • 2016

The dinner-and-a-movie date is a recent invention, and its real author is capitalism.

3.69

1k+

🏛️ Cultural History ✊ Feminist History ⚧️ Gendered Expectations 💰 Economic Sociology 📉 Anti-Self-Help

Labor of Love 90%

The dinner-and-a-movie date is a recent invention, and its real author is capitalism.

by Moira Weigel 2016

3.69

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Cultural History ✊ Feminist History ⚧️ Gendered Expectations 💰 Economic Sociology 📉 Anti-Self-Help

Feminism Is for Everybody

by bell hooks • 2000

Feminism is about ending sexism, not fighting men. A primer that opens the door to everyone.

4.16

29k+

🤝 Intersectional Feminism 🗣️ Consciousness Raising 🩺 Reproductive Rights 💄 Beauty Standards 👶 Feminist Parenting

Feminism Is for Everybody 90%

Feminism is about ending sexism, not fighting men. A primer that opens the door to everyone.

by bell hooks 2000

4.16

29k+ ratings

🤝 Intersectional Feminism 🗣️ Consciousness Raising 🩺 Reproductive Rights 💄 Beauty Standards 👶 Feminist Parenting

We Are Not Born Submissive. How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives

by Manon Garcia • 2018

Submission is trained, not born. Patriarchy teaches it through bodies, desire, and love.

3.90

890

🇫🇷 French Feminism ✊ Patriarchy Critique 👁️ Sexual Objectification 🦵 Body Politics 💔 Love And Power

We Are Not Born Submissive. How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives Summary

We Are Not Born Submissive. How Patriarchy Shapes Women's Lives 90%

Submission is trained, not born. Patriarchy teaches it through bodies, desire, and love.

by Manon Garcia 2018

3.90

890 ratings

🇫🇷 French Feminism ✊ Patriarchy Critique 👁️ Sexual Objectification 🦵 Body Politics 💔 Love And Power

Womanhood

by Laura Dodsworth • 2019

100 women photographed from a perspective they'd never seen themselves: their own vulva.

4.45

107

⚖️ Body Politics 📸 Documentary Photography ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 🗣️ Oral History 💔 Body Shame

Womanhood 90%

100 women photographed from a perspective they'd never seen themselves: their own vulva.

by Laura Dodsworth 2019

4.45

107 ratings

⚖️ Body Politics 📸 Documentary Photography ✊ Sex-Positive Feminism 🗣️ Oral History 💔 Body Shame

Body Neutral

by Jessi Kneeland • 2023

Four hidden reasons your body image won't budge, and a plan to solve each one.

4.05

380

🪞 Body Image Healing 🍽️ Diet Culture 🎭 Emotional Avoidance 🛡️ Shame Resilience ✊ Feminist Psychology

Body Neutral 90%

Four hidden reasons your body image won't budge, and a plan to solve each one.

by Jessi Kneeland 2023

4.05

380 ratings

🪞 Body Image Healing 🍽️ Diet Culture 🎭 Emotional Avoidance 🛡️ Shame Resilience ✊ Feminist Psychology

White Feminism

by Koa Beck • 2021

Individual success or collective liberation: the choice mainstream feminism keeps getting wrong.

4.24

2k+

🕰️ Feminist History 📢 Mainstream Feminism 🧩 Intersectionality 💼 Corporate Feminism 🏗️ Movement Building

White Feminism 90%

Individual success or collective liberation: the choice mainstream feminism keeps getting wrong.

by Koa Beck 2021

4.24

2k+ ratings

🕰️ Feminist History 📢 Mainstream Feminism 🧩 Intersectionality 💼 Corporate Feminism 🏗️ Movement Building

Full Frontal Feminism

by Jessica Valenti • 2007

Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.

3.86

8k+

✊ Third-Wave Feminism 📚 Feminist 101 🛑 Rape Culture 🪞 Body Image ⚖️ Reproductive Justice

Full Frontal Feminism 90%

Forty percent more likely to be poor: the numbers that prove feminism isn't done with you.

by Jessica Valenti 2007

3.86

8k+ ratings

✊ Third-Wave Feminism 📚 Feminist 101 🛑 Rape Culture 🪞 Body Image ⚖️ Reproductive Justice

Girls & Sex

by Peggy Orenstein • 2016

Girls learn to perform sex before they want it. Orenstein asked 70 of them why.

4.07

11k+

👯 Sexual Double Standards 🎓 Hookup Culture 🪞 Body Image ✋ Consent Culture ⛪ Purity Culture

Girls & Sex 90%

Girls learn to perform sex before they want it. Orenstein asked 70 of them why.

by Peggy Orenstein 2016

4.07

11k+ ratings

👯 Sexual Double Standards 🎓 Hookup Culture 🪞 Body Image ✋ Consent Culture ⛪ Purity Culture

Against White Feminism

by Rafia Zakaria • 2021

Feminism cast brown women as victims to play savior. The script is colonial, and still running.

4.30

5k+

🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🪞 White Feminism Critique 📚 Feminist Theory ⛓️ Colonialism And Gender 🦸‍♀️ White Saviorism

Against White Feminism 90%

Feminism cast brown women as victims to play savior. The script is colonial, and still running.

by Rafia Zakaria 2021

4.30

5k+ ratings

🔀 Intersectional Feminism 🪞 White Feminism Critique 📚 Feminist Theory ⛓️ Colonialism And Gender 🦸‍♀️ White Saviorism

American Girls

by Nancy Jo Sales • 2016

Porn scripts, hookup norms, and a hunt for likes: what social media did to teenage girls.

3.60

3k+

👧 Teen Girl Culture 💋 Sexualization Of Girls 💔 Hookup Culture 🔞 Porn Culture ⚖️ Sexual Double Standard

American Girls 90%

Porn scripts, hookup norms, and a hunt for likes: what social media did to teenage girls.

by Nancy Jo Sales 2016

3.60

3k+ ratings

👧 Teen Girl Culture 💋 Sexualization Of Girls 💔 Hookup Culture 🔞 Porn Culture ⚖️ Sexual Double Standard

Off With Her Head

by Eleanor Herman • 2022

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

3.85

3k+

🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism 👗 Appearance Policing 😡 Anger And Gender

Off With Her Head 90%

Same script, 3,000 years: how the methods for destroying powerful women never change.

by Eleanor Herman 2022

3.85

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Women In Leadership 🔞 Sexual Slander 🗣️ Linguistic Sexism 👗 Appearance Policing 😡 Anger And Gender

Hard-Core Romance

by Eva Illouz • 2013

A sociologist explains why Fifty Shades conquered the world: BDSM solves what modern romance cannot.

3.51

283

📚 Sociology Of Literature 🎭 Cultural Criticism ⚡ Sexual Politics 💕 Modern Courtship 🛠️ Self-Help Culture

Hard-Core Romance 90%

A sociologist explains why Fifty Shades conquered the world: BDSM solves what modern romance cannot.

by Eva Illouz 2013

3.51

283 ratings

📚 Sociology Of Literature 🎭 Cultural Criticism ⚡ Sexual Politics 💕 Modern Courtship 🛠️ Self-Help Culture

The Science of Beauty

by Michelle Wong • 2024

A cosmetic chemist on what's in your products, what works, and what to stop worrying about.

3.87

634

🧪 Cosmetic Chemistry 🧴 Skincare Routines 🛡️ Ingredient Safety 📊 Scientific Literacy 💄 Beauty Industry

The Science of Beauty 90%

A cosmetic chemist on what's in your products, what works, and what to stop worrying about.

by Michelle Wong 2024

3.87

634 ratings

🧪 Cosmetic Chemistry 🧴 Skincare Routines 🛡️ Ingredient Safety 📊 Scientific Literacy 💄 Beauty Industry

Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life

by Katherine Ormerod • 2018

Social media promised connection; it gave us loneliness, debt, and a fractured democracy.

3.49

801

📱 Social Media Critique 🧘 Digital Wellness 🎣 Attention Economy ⚖️ Social Comparison 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life Summary

Why Social Media is Ruining Your Life 90%

Social media promised connection; it gave us loneliness, debt, and a fractured democracy.

by Katherine Ormerod 2018

3.49

801 ratings

📱 Social Media Critique 🧘 Digital Wellness 🎣 Attention Economy ⚖️ Social Comparison 👁️ Surveillance Capitalism

The Cult of the Luxury Brand

by Radha Chadha • 2006

A new social order built on handbags and logos: how Asia's luxury cult reshaped global desire.

3.94

119

💎 Luxury Branding 💰 Conspicuous Consumption 📡 Social Signaling 🌏 Asian Consumer Culture 🧠 Brand Psychology

The Cult of the Luxury Brand 90%

A new social order built on handbags and logos: how Asia's luxury cult reshaped global desire.

by Radha Chadha 2006

3.94

119 ratings

💎 Luxury Branding 💰 Conspicuous Consumption 📡 Social Signaling 🌏 Asian Consumer Culture 🧠 Brand Psychology

Pornland

by Gail Dines • 2010

The porn industry didn't just sell fantasy; it built the scripts now governing real-world intimacy.

3.96

2k+

📼 Pornography Studies 📺 Media Criticism ⛓️ Sexual Exploitation 💋 Raunch Culture ✊ Anti-Porn Feminism

Pornland 90%

The porn industry didn't just sell fantasy; it built the scripts now governing real-world intimacy.

by Gail Dines 2010

3.96

2k+ ratings

📼 Pornography Studies 📺 Media Criticism ⛓️ Sexual Exploitation 💋 Raunch Culture ✊ Anti-Porn Feminism

Skintelligent

by Dr Natalia Spierings • 2022

Most skincare products don't work. A dermatologist reveals what decades of science actually support.

4.28

231

🧪 Skincare Science 🩺 Consumer Dermatology 🧹 Skincare Minimalism 🔍 Myth Debunking 📊 Evidence-Based Beauty

Skintelligent 90%

Most skincare products don't work. A dermatologist reveals what decades of science actually support.

by Dr Natalia Spierings 2022

4.28

231 ratings

🧪 Skincare Science 🩺 Consumer Dermatology 🧹 Skincare Minimalism 🔍 Myth Debunking 📊 Evidence-Based Beauty

White Tears/Brown Scars

by Ruby Hamad • 2020

White women's tears aren't vulnerability. They're a weapon, and purity is its shield.

4.55

13k+

🧬 White Feminism Critique 🤝 Intersectional Feminism ⚖️ Racialized Patriarchy 📜 Colonial Legacies 🔗 Systemic Oppression

White Tears/Brown Scars 90%

White women's tears aren't vulnerability. They're a weapon, and purity is its shield.

by Ruby Hamad 2020

4.55

13k+ ratings

🧬 White Feminism Critique 🤝 Intersectional Feminism ⚖️ Racialized Patriarchy 📜 Colonial Legacies 🔗 Systemic Oppression

Status and Culture

by W. David Marx • 2022

All culture is a status game. Fashion cycles, taste boundaries, and why nothing cool stays cool.

3.89

1k+

📊 Status Dynamics 🏷️ Social Signaling 🍷 Taste And Class 💎 Conspicuous Consumption 👗 Fashion Sociology

Status and Culture 90%

All culture is a status game. Fashion cycles, taste boundaries, and why nothing cool stays cool.

by W. David Marx 2022

3.89

1k+ ratings

📊 Status Dynamics 🏷️ Social Signaling 🍷 Taste And Class 💎 Conspicuous Consumption 👗 Fashion Sociology

The Image

by Daniel J. Boorstin • 1961

Most news is manufactured. We know it. And we still prefer the show over the real.

4.07

1k+

🎙️ Media Criticism 🎭 Manufactured Reality 🌟 Celebrity Culture 🏛️ Image Politics 📢 Advertising Critique

The Image 90%

Most news is manufactured. We know it. And we still prefer the show over the real.

by Daniel J. Boorstin 1961

4.07

1k+ ratings

🎙️ Media Criticism 🎭 Manufactured Reality 🌟 Celebrity Culture 🏛️ Image Politics 📢 Advertising Critique

Rebel Sell

by Joseph Heath • 2004

The counterculture's war on consumerism is the consumer economy's greatest weapon.

3.84

2k+

🛒 Consumer Culture 🏆 Status Competition 🔄 Counterculture Critique 🎭 Cultural Capital 🚫 Anti-Consumerism

Rebel Sell 90%

The counterculture's war on consumerism is the consumer economy's greatest weapon.

by Joseph Heath 2004

3.84

2k+ ratings

🛒 Consumer Culture 🏆 Status Competition 🔄 Counterculture Critique 🎭 Cultural Capital 🚫 Anti-Consumerism

Culture Jam

by Kalle Lasn • 1999

The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.

3.63

2k+

🛒 Consumer Culture 🏢 Corporate Power 📺 Media Criticism 📢 Advertising Critique 🎭 Situationist Theory

Culture Jam 90%

The inside of your head is a billboard. Here is the spray paint.

by Kalle Lasn 1999

3.63

2k+ ratings

🛒 Consumer Culture 🏢 Corporate Power 📺 Media Criticism 📢 Advertising Critique 🎭 Situationist Theory

We Real Cool

by bell hooks • 2003

Slave-era patriarchy, street culture, and the wound of black masculinity: why only love heals.

4.27

1k+

🖤 Black Masculinity ⚪️ White Supremacy ✳️ Intersectionality ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🚹 Patriarchal Culture

We Real Cool 90%

Slave-era patriarchy, street culture, and the wound of black masculinity: why only love heals.

by bell hooks 2003

4.27

1k+ ratings

🖤 Black Masculinity ⚪️ White Supremacy ✳️ Intersectionality ✊🏾 Black Feminism 🚹 Patriarchal Culture

Selfie

by Will Storr • 2017

How centuries of individualism, guilt, and competition built a self that can never feel good enough.

3.91

4k+

🏛️ History Of The Self 🌍 Western Individualism 📉 Perfectionism Critique 🪞 Narcissism And Culture 📈 Self-Esteem Movement

Selfie 90%

How centuries of individualism, guilt, and competition built a self that can never feel good enough.

by Will Storr 2017

3.91

4k+ ratings

🏛️ History Of The Self 🌍 Western Individualism 📉 Perfectionism Critique 🪞 Narcissism And Culture 📈 Self-Esteem Movement

No Logo

by Naomi Klein • 2000

Products became logos, logos became lifestyles, and public life became a mall.

3.89

33k+

🌐 Corporate Globalization 🛒 Consumer Culture 🏭 Labor Exploitation ✊ Anti-Globalization 🔗 Global Supply Chains

No Logo 90%

Products became logos, logos became lifestyles, and public life became a mall.

by Naomi Klein 2000

3.89

33k+ ratings

🌐 Corporate Globalization 🛒 Consumer Culture 🏭 Labor Exploitation ✊ Anti-Globalization 🔗 Global Supply Chains

Sex Matters

by Mona Charen • 2018

Feminism won, yet women's happiness declined for fifty years. The data explains why.

3.71

331

🔍 Feminism Critique 🧬 Sex Differences 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💍 Marriage Defense 🍸 Hookup Culture

Sex Matters 90%

Feminism won, yet women's happiness declined for fifty years. The data explains why.

by Mona Charen 2018

3.71

331 ratings

🔍 Feminism Critique 🧬 Sex Differences 🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 💍 Marriage Defense 🍸 Hookup Culture

A Brief History of Misogyny

by Jack Holland • 2006

The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.

4.14

3k+

🕰️ Feminist History 🏘️ Social History 🧹 Witch Hunts ✝️ Christianity And Women 🔬 Scientific Sexism

A Brief History of Misogyny 90%

The most adaptable hatred in history: tracing misogyny from ancient myth to Freud's consulting room.

by Jack Holland 2006

4.14

3k+ ratings

🕰️ Feminist History 🏘️ Social History 🧹 Witch Hunts ✝️ Christianity And Women 🔬 Scientific Sexism

Celebrity Nation

by Landon Y. Jones • 2023

America traded heroes for celebrities. The deal changed how we vote, spend, and measure a life.

3.29

138

🎭 Celebrity Culture 📖 Cultural Criticism 👁️ Attention Economy 📱 Social Media Culture 🎙️ Media Studies

Celebrity Nation 90%

America traded heroes for celebrities. The deal changed how we vote, spend, and measure a life.

by Landon Y. Jones 2023

3.29

138 ratings

🎭 Celebrity Culture 📖 Cultural Criticism 👁️ Attention Economy 📱 Social Media Culture 🎙️ Media Studies

The Sexual Politics of Meat

by Carol J. Adams • 1990

How the word "meat" hides an animal, and the same logic hides violence against women.

4.00

5k+

🍃 Ecofeminism 📚 Feminist Theory 🐾 Animal Ethics 🍽️ Food Politics 🐄 Critical Animal Studies

The Sexual Politics of Meat 90%

How the word "meat" hides an animal, and the same logic hides violence against women.

by Carol J. Adams 1990

4.00

5k+ ratings

🍃 Ecofeminism 📚 Feminist Theory 🐾 Animal Ethics 🍽️ Food Politics 🐄 Critical Animal Studies

Mother of Invention

by Katrine Marçal • 2020

From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?

3.90

2k+

💰 Feminist Economics ⚙️ History Of Technology 💡 Gender And Innovation 🕵️‍♀️ Hidden Women In History 🤲 Care Work

Mother of Invention 90%

From the wheeled suitcase to AI, one question decides what succeeds: does it threaten masculinity?

by Katrine Marçal 2020

3.90

2k+ ratings

💰 Feminist Economics ⚙️ History Of Technology 💡 Gender And Innovation 🕵️‍♀️ Hidden Women In History 🤲 Care Work

The Culture of Narcissism

by Christopher Lasch • 1978

The self-obsessed aren't full of themselves. They're empty, and the culture keeps them that way.

3.96

4k+

🧐 Cultural Criticism 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏚️ Social Atomization 🛒 Consumer Culture 🛋️ Therapeutic Culture

The Culture of Narcissism 90%

The self-obsessed aren't full of themselves. They're empty, and the culture keeps them that way.

by Christopher Lasch 1978

3.96

4k+ ratings

🧐 Cultural Criticism 🇺🇸 Postwar America 🏚️ Social Atomization 🛒 Consumer Culture 🛋️ Therapeutic Culture

The Age Fix

by Anthony Youn • 2015

A plastic surgeon's system for looking a decade younger: what to eat, apply, treat, and skip.

3.92

394

✨ Anti-Aging Skincare 💆 Non-Surgical Aesthetics 🧼 Skincare Routines 🥗 Diet And Skin 🌿 Holistic Beauty

The Age Fix 90%

A plastic surgeon's system for looking a decade younger: what to eat, apply, treat, and skip.

by Anthony Youn 2015

3.92

394 ratings

✨ Anti-Aging Skincare 💆 Non-Surgical Aesthetics 🧼 Skincare Routines 🥗 Diet And Skin 🌿 Holistic Beauty

The Purity Myth

by Jessica Valenti • 2009

The virginity movement teaches shame as science, then codifies it. Real women bear the cost.

4.08

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by Jessica Valenti 2009

4.08

9k+ ratings

🏛️ Purity Culture ✊ Body Autonomy 💪 Toxic Masculinity 🎯 Victim Blaming ⚖️ Sexual Ethics

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Your Netflix queue reshapes what artists make: the global aesthetic is now algorithm-friendly.

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Filterworld 89%

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by Kyle Chayka 2024

3.62

5k+ ratings

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by bell hooks • 2000

Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.

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Where We Stand 89%

Feminism and antiracism won't succeed until they confront the thing they most ignore: class.

by bell hooks 2000

4.24

3k+ ratings

🤝 Intersectional Feminism 🏛️ Class Analysis ✊🏾 Black Feminism 💸 Poverty In America 🏚️ Housing Discrimination

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