New Gender Studies Titles from Penguin Random House

By Luis Diaz | January 12 2024 | General

Browse these new and notable titles for use in your Gender Studies courses. To request complimentary exam copies for course-use consideration, click here.

Black Women Taught Us
Black Women Taught Us
An Intimate History of Black Feminism
Jenn M. Jackson
9780593243336
A reclamation of essential history and a hopeful gesture toward a better political future, this is what listening to Black women looks like—from a professor of political science and columnist for Teen Vogue.
$30.00 US
Jan 23, 2024
Hardcover
368 Pages
Random House
Good for a Girl
Good for a Girl
A Woman Running in a Man's World
Lauren Fleshman
9780593296806
Fueled by her years as an elite runner and advocate for women in sports, Lauren Fleshman offers her inspiring personal story and a rallying cry for reform of a sports landscape that is failing young female athletes
$18.00 US
Jan 09, 2024
Paperback
304 Pages
Penguin Books
Twice as Hard
Twice as Hard
The Stories of Black Women Who Fought to Become Physicians, from the Civil War to the 21st Century
Jasmine Brown
9780807013373
Black women physicians’ stories have gone untold for far too long, leaving gaping holes in American medical history, in women’s history, and in black history. It’s time to set the record straight.
$18.00 US
Jan 23, 2024
Paperback
240 Pages
Beacon Press
Unshrinking
Unshrinking
How to Face Fatphobia
Kate Manne
9780593593837
The definitive takedown of fatphobia, drawing on personal experience as well as rigorous research to expose how size discrimination harms everyone, and how to combat it—from the acclaimed author of Down Girl and Entitled
$29.00 US
Jan 09, 2024
Hardcover
320 Pages
Crown
A Short History of Trans Misogyny
A Short History of Trans Misogyny
Jules Gill-Peterson
9781804291566
An accessible, bold new vision for the future of intersectional trans feminism, called "one of the best books in trans studies in recent years" by Susan Stryker
$24.95 US
Jan 30, 2024
Hardcover
192 Pages
Verso
The Ghost Reader
The Ghost Reader
Recovering Women’s Contributions to Media Studies
9781913380748
The scholarship, research, and criticism of women who developed key theories of communication and methods for the study of media.
$29.95 US
Jan 16, 2024
Paperback
256 Pages
Goldsmiths Press
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