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81) Straw dogs
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
David and Amy Sumner, a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father's death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy's ex-boyfriend Charlie, which leads to a violent confrontation.
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Women are not to blame for their lack of advancement at work. Failure to lean in and greater responsibility for childcare don't fully explain why women are not reaching the top levels of many corporations. The truth is, many senior male executives are reluctant to have a one-on-one meeting with a junior woman at work. They're afraid that an offhand remark will be misinterpreted as sexual harassment or that their friendliness will be mistaken for romantic...
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
No new people: that's Annie Mercer's vow. It's bad enough that her boss sabotaged her chemistry career and her best friend tried to cure her with crystals. But after her fiancé, Jon, asks for space while he's gallivanting around Paris, Annie decides she needs space too--from everyone. Yet when Harper moves in next door, Annie can't help but train a watchful eye on the glamorous but fragile young woman. And if keeping Harper safe requires teaming...
88) Sexual harassment: a practical guide to the law, your rights, and your options for taking action
Author
Pub. Date
1998.
Edition
First St. Martin's Griffin edition.
Language
English
92) Women on food
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Women on Food unites the radical, diverging female voices of the food industry in this urgent, moving, and often humorous collection of essays, interviews, questionnaires, illustrations, quotes, and ephemera. Edited by Charlotte Druckman and featuring esteemed food journalists and thinkers, including Soleil Ho, Nigella Lawson, Diana Henry, Carla Hall, Samin Nosrat, Rachael Ray, and many others, this compilation illuminates the notable and varied women...
94) #MeToo movement
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
A movement begun a decade ago by American activist Tarana Burke, #MeToo went viral in 2017, changing the way people look at sexual harassment and assault of women. This compelling title encourages readers to examine silence breaking and the multiple issues related to the issues of power, gender equality, and violence.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Lisa is the last person some would expect to find in a highway-side 'sports bar with curves,' but as general manager at Double Whammies, she has come to love the place and its customers. An incurable den mother, she nurtures and protects her girls fiercely, but over the course of one trying day, her optimism is battered from every direction. Double Whammies sells a big, weird American fantasy, but what happens when reality pokes a bunch of holes in...
Author
Series
Special reports) volume set 4
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The Silence Breakers and the #MeToo Movement explores the movement promoting awareness of sexual abuse, harassment, and assault in the United States. Through this movement, silence breakers have spoken out and held abusers accountable for their actions. Features include a glossary, references, websites, source notes, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing,...
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A revealing four-part documentary series from writer/director W. Kamau Bell offering a deeply personal exploration of Bill Cosby's descent from "America's Dad" to an alleged sexual predator. Exploring the complex story of Cosby's life and work, Bell invites comedians, educators, journalists, and Cosby survivors to have a refreshingly candid, first-of-its-kind conversation about the man, his career, and his crimes. Bell takes an unfiltered look at...
99) Gender equality
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The feminist and political activity Gloria Steinem once declared "a gender-equal society would be one where the word 'gender' does not exist; where everyone can be themselves." This book explores major issues related to gender equality in the United States today, including legislation that would guarantee equal pay, changing attitudes towards sexual harassment, the challenging debate over abortion and reproductive rights, and the efficacy of strategies...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Before the nation learned about workplace sexual harassment from Anita Hill, and decades before the #MeToo movement, Chinese American professor Jean Y. Jew M.D. brought a lawsuit alleging a sexually hostile work environment in the College of Medicine at the University of Iowa. A young and ambitious researcher, Jew worked closely with her older male mentor upon arriving at the university. As she gained accolades and advanced through the ranks, she...
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