RECOMMENDED BOOK LIST
This list is just a starting place.
FEMINISM
"The Beauty Myth" by Naomi Wolff
"Beyond God the Father" by Mary Daly
"Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women" by Susan Faludi
"Gynecology: The Metaethics of Radical Feminism" by Mary Daly
"Misconceptions: Truth, Lies, and the Unexpected on the Journey to Motherhood" by Naomi Wolf
"Promiscuities : The Secret Struggle for Womanhood" by Naomi Wolf
"The Sexual Politics of Meat" by Carol J. Adams(Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory)
"Women and Poverty" by Mary Daly
"Woman's Inhumanity to Woman" by Phyllis Chesler
FICTION
"Bliss" by Gabrielle Pina
MEDIA
"Adventures in Medialand : Behind the News, Beyond the Pundits" by Jeff Cohen, Norman Solomon
"Bias: A CBS Insider Exposes How the Media Distort the News" by Bernard Goldberg
"The Habits of Highly Deceptive Media : Decoding Spin and Lies in Mainstream News" by Norman Soloman
"News Flash" by Bonnie Anderson
"The Power of Babble : The Politician's Dictionary of Buzzwords and Doubletalk for Every Occasion" by Norman Solomon
"Real Majority, Media Minority : The Costs of Sidelining Women in Reporting" by Laura Flanders
MOTHERHOOD
"Medicine and Breastfeeding"
"Moma Drama"
PERSONAL SAFETY
"The Gift of Fear" by Gavin DeBecker
"A Woman's Guide to Martial Arts" (How to choose a discipline and get started) by Monica McCabe Cardoza
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POLITICS
"Unfinished Business" by Dr. Julianne Malveaux and Ms. Susan Perry
"The Paradox of Loyalty" by Dr. Julianne Malveaux and Ms. Green (soon to be published)
PORNOGRAPHY
"In Harm's Way: The Pornography Civil Rights Hearings" by Catharine A. MacKinnon & Andrea Dworkin, editors
"Pornography: The Production and Consumption of Inequality"
Gail Dines, Robert W. Jensen, Ph.D., Ann Russo
PROSTITUTION
"The Prostitution of Sexuality"
SEX-TRAFFICKING
"Disposable People" by Kevin Bales
"The Women, Gender & Development Reader" edited by Nalini Visvanathan (co-ordinator), Lynn Duggan, Laurie Nisonoff and Nan Wiegersma London and New Jersey: Zed Books Ltd., 1997
"Sun, Sex and Gold; Tourism and Sex Work in the Caribbean" edited by Kamala Kempadoo Rowman & Littlefield, 1999, 356 pages
"The Sex Sector: The economic and social bases of prostitution in Southeast Asia" Edited by Lin Lean Lim, International Labour Office, Geneva, 1998. ISBN 92-2-109522
"Trafficking Of Women To Israel And Forced Prostitution" A Report by the Israel Women's Network November, 1997; 37 pages.
"Asian Migrant Yearbook 1999" by Asian Migrant Centre Ltd. & Migrant Forum in Asia 1999, 254 pages
"Global Sex Workers; Rights, Resistance and Redefinition" Edited by Kamala Kempadoo and Jo Doezema Routledge: New York and London, 1998
SPIRITUALITY
"Beyond God the Father" by Mary Daly
"Cakes for the Queen of Heaven" by Shirley Ann Ranck
"The Church and the Second Sex" by Mary Daly
"When God Was A Woman" by Merlin Stone
"Restoring the Goddess" by Barbara G. Walker
"Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom"
"Goddesses and Gods of Old Europe, 6500-3500 B.C. : Myths, and Cult Images" by Marija Gambutas
SPIRITUALITY - Fiction
Mists of Avalon