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Women’s & Gender Studies Resources

Databases for Women’s & Gender Studies

Contemporary Women's IssuesComprehensive coverage of issues that influence women’s lives across the globe.

Diversity Studies: Gale OneFileExplore cultural differences and the contributions and influences of diverse populations in the global community.

Academic Search UltimateArticles and citations from peer-reviewed journals across many disciplines. Advanced search video tutorial. Partially State of Maine Funded.

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Alt-PressWatchArticles from newspapers, magazines, and journals from alternative and independent presses to provide alternatives to mainstream media perspectives.

ProQuest CentralScholarly and trade articles, news sources, magazines and more covering all major academic subject areas.

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unelogoDonna M. Loring Lecture SeriesMaine Women Writers Collection

A Black Women's History of the United StatesA Black Women's History of the United Statesby Daina Ramey Berry

How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River CollectiveHow We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collectiveby Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, editor

Black Feminism Reimagined: After IntersectionalityBlack Feminism Reimagined: After Intersectionalityby Jennifer C. Nash

icon_web_resourceThe Lemonade Syllabusby Candice Benbow

No Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer StudiesNo Tea, No Shade: New Writings in Black Queer Studiesby Patrick E. Johnson

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Politics & Activism

icon_web_resourceThe Maine Women's Lobby

The Rise of Public Woman: Woman's Power and Woman's Place in the United States, 1630-1970The Rise of Public Woman: Woman's Power and Woman's Place in the United States, 1630-1970by Glenna Matthews

Political Worlds of Women: Activism, Advocacy, and Governance in the Twenty-First CenturyPolitical Worlds of Women: Activism, Advocacy, and Governance in the Twenty-First Centuryby M.E. Hawkesworth

After #MeToo: Feminism, Patriarchy, Toxic Masculinity and Sundry Cultural DelightsAfter #MeToo: Feminism, Patriarchy, Toxic Masculinity and Sundry Cultural Delightsby Casey Gerard

Gendered Asylum: Race and Violence in U.S. Law and PoliticsGendered Asylum: Race and Violence in U.S. Law and Politicsby Sara L. McKinnon

Framed by Gender: How Gender Inequality Persists in the Modern WorldFramed by Gender: How Gender Inequality Persists in the Modern Worldby Cecilia Ridgeway

Information Activism : A Queer History of Lesbian Media TechnologiesInformation Activism : A Queer History of Lesbian Media Technologiesby Cait McKinney

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Health Equity

Sex Cells: The Fight to Overcome Bias and Discrimination in Women's HealthcareSex Cells: The Fight to Overcome Bias and Discrimination in Women's Healthcareby Phyllis Greenberger

Black Women's Mental Health: Balancing Strength and VulnerabilityBlack Women's Mental Health: Balancing Strength and Vulnerabilityby Stephanie Y. Evans, Kanika Bell, and Nsenga K. Burton

CDCWomen's Health

icon_articleHealth Disparities Between Women With and Without Disabilitiesby Jennifer P. Wisdom PhD et al.

Medical Entanglements: Rethinking Feminist Debates about HealthcareMedical Entanglements: Rethinking Feminist Debates about Healthcareby Kristina Gupta

Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for MenInvisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Menby Caroline Criado Perez

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Sexuality & Reproduction

icon_videoBreak the Silence: Reproductive & Sexual Health Stories

Reproductive Justice: An IntroductionReproductive Justice: An Introductionby Loretta Ross and Rickie Solinger

Shout Your AbortionShout Your Abortionby Amelia Bonow, Emily Nokes, and Lindy West

icon_bookBy the Light of My Father's Smileby Alice Walker

Masculinity

The Man Question: Male Subordination and PrivilegeThe Man Question: Male Subordination and Privilegeby Nancy E. Dowd

Boys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and Toxic MasculinityBoys Will Be Boys: Power, Patriarchy and Toxic Masculinityby Clementine Ford

Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of BoysRaising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boysby Daniel Kindlon

icon_videoThe Mask You Live InThe Representation Project

Work & Family

For the Family: How Class and Gender Shape Women's WorkFor the Family: How Class and Gender Shape Women's WorkBy Sarah Damaske

Disability and Mothering: Liminal Spaces of Embodied KnowledgeDisability and Mothering: Liminal Spaces of Embodied Knowledgeby Cynthia Lewiecki-Wilson and Jen Cellio-Miller

Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working-Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working-Class Politics in the United States, 1900-1965by Annelise Orleck

Memoir & Essays

Unbecoming: A Memoir of DisobedienceUnbecoming: A Memoir of Disobedienceby Anuradha Bhagwati

How We Fight For Our Lives: A MemoirHow We Fight For Our Lives: A Memoirby Saeed Jones

All Boys Aren't BlueAll Boys Aren't Blueby George M Johnson

Nonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and IdentityNonbinary: Memoirs of Gender and Identityedited by Micah Rajunov and Scott Duane

Gender Queer: A MemoirGender Queer: A Memoirby Maia Kobabe

Bad Feminist: EssaysBad Feminist: EssaysBy Roxanne Gay

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Gender Identity

Transgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis RodmanTransgender Warriors: Making History from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodmanby Leslie Feinberg

She's Not There: A Life in Two GendersShe's Not There: A Life in Two Gendersby Jennifer Finney Boylan

Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American FamilyBecoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Familyby Amy Ellis Nutt

Becoming a Man: The Story of a TransitionBecoming a Man: The Story of a Transitionby P. Carl

icon_articleUn/gendering Social Selves: How Nonbinary People Navigate and Experience a Binarily Gendered Worldby Harry Barbee and Douglas Schrock

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Queer Fiction & Poetry

Stone Butch BluesStone Butch Bluesby Leslie Feinberg

Zami, A New Spelling of my NameZami, A New Spelling of my Nameby Audre Lorde

The Sweetness of WaterThe Sweetness of Waterby Nathan Harris

US(a.)US(a.)by Saul Williams

HeartstopperHeartstopperby Alice Oseman

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Gender & Religion

Moral Combat: How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American PoliticsMoral Combat: How Sex Divided American Christians and Fractured American Politicsby Marie R. Griffith

The Islamic Veil: A Beginner's GuideThe Islamic Veil: A Beginner's GuideElizabeth Bucar

Women, Gender, Religion: A ReaderWomen, Gender, Religion: A ReaderCastelli, Elizabeth A. ed.

Gender, Religion, & Family Law: Theorizing Conflicts Between Women's Rights and Cultural TraditionsGender, Religion, & Family Law: Theorizing Conflicts Between Women's Rights and Cultural Traditions

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Tangerine

Miss Representation

Pride Month Audio & Video Resources

InQueery

How Anti-Asian Bias has been Perpetuated by a History of Stereotypes in Pop Culture

Queer History

LGBTQIA+ resources at UNE’s Maine Women Writers Collection

Lesbian Herstory Archives

Digital Transgender Archive

Marc Stein on the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots

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