Eugen Steinach, 1861-1944: A Life of Research
Short biography of Eugen Steinach, who wrote “Physiology of the Male Sex Organs” and other works on sex glands and organs.
Biography Nonfiction
Tag: Book
Critique Humanities Nonfiction Social Sciences
Erotic Islands: Art and Activism in the Queer Caribbean
Maps a long queer presence at a crossroads of the Caribbean. This transdisciplinary book foregrounds the queer histories of Carnival, calypso, and HIV/AIDS in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. At its heart is an extension of Audre Lorde’s use of the erotic as theory and methodology. The author turns to lesbian/gay artistry and activism…
Essay History Humanities Nonfiction Social Sciences
Arnold, Arnoldine, Adine: Transgeschlechtlichkeit in den 1910er-Jahren
Arnold, Arnoldine, Adine: Transgender in the 1910s. This article is about Arnold T., a trans woman who lived in Zurich during the 1910s. The analytical focus is on the historically specific construction of a transgender self- identity. Using a unique set of sources, it demonstrates how Arnold T. developed a relationship with herself through a…
Biography Nonfiction
Finer Specimen Of Womanhood: A Transsexual Speaks Out
A Finer Specimen of Womanhood, A Transsexual Speaks out is an autobiographical memoir by Sharon Davis, published in 1985. It is the first ever published memoir by a Black Trans Person.
Nonfiction
From the Closet, to the World
Hi my name is Katie Wilson, I have recently published a book about my journey as a trans woman. There is a free download here. http://www.lulu.com/shop/katie-wilson/from-the-closet-to-the-world/ebook/product-m2mdywy.html?q=From+the+Closet+%2C+to+the+world&page=1&pageSize And a printed version available as well https://www.lulu.com/shop/katie-wilson/from-the-closet-to-the-world/paperback/product-gjq2m7n.html?page=1&pageSize=4 Best wishes Katie G
Nonfiction
The Queer Arab Glossary
When conventional language does not equip us with the tools to speak about ourselves, we create our own. Slang expresses words and feelings that break down boundaries. It is a form of protest and fills in the gaps. The Queer Arab Glossary is the first published collection of Arabic LGBTQ+ slang. This bold guide captures…
Poetry
Diving Into The Wreck
In her seventh volume of poetry, Adrienne Rich searches to reclaim―to discover―what has been forgotten, lost, or unexplored. “I came to explore the wreck. / The words are purposes. / The words are maps. / I came to see the damage that was done / and the treasures that prevail.” These provocative poems move with…
History Humanities Nonfiction
Caliban and the Witch
Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation is a 2004 book by Italian-American intellectual Silvia Federici. Responding to both feminist and Marxist traditions, the book offers a critical addition to Karl Marx’s theory of primitive accumulation.
History Humanities Nonfiction Social Sciences Theory
Enemy Feminisms: TERFs, Policewomen, and Girlbosses Against Liberation
In recent years, “white feminism” and girlboss feminism have taken a justified beating. We know that leaning in won’t make our jobs any more tolerable and that white women have proven to be, at best, unreliable allies. But in a time of rising fascism, ceaseless attacks on reproductive justice, and violent transphobia, we need to…
Critique History Nonfiction Theory
Possible Histories: Arab Americans and the Queer Ecology of Peddling
Many of the hundreds of thousands of Syrians who immigrated to the US beginning in the 1870s worked as peddlers. Men were able to transgress Syrian norms related to marriage practices while they were traveling, while Syrian women accessed more economic autonomy though their participation in peddling networks. In Possible Histories, Charlotte Karem Albrecht explores…