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5 Books for Trans Awareness Week

5 Books for Trans Awareness Week

As we celebrate Trans Awareness Week, we’re taking a deeper look at the ways that transphobia permeates our society. These five books provide a unique understanding of the oppression experienced… READ MORE

Transgender Awareness Week: A Reading List

Transgender Awareness Week: A Reading List

Support #TransWeek with some of our best books and most anticipated releases for 2018 that offer radical perspectives and open-ended explorations on issues facing transgender people in the past and present.

Knowledge Matters: A Reading List

Knowledge Matters: A Reading List

Celebrate University Press Week with a selection of books that have added indispensable knowledge to their respective fields.

A Climate Change Denier’s Perfect Storm

A Climate Change Denier’s Perfect Storm

— Antony Alumkal
In the past few months, we have witnessed the devastation caused by climate change induced severe weather. Anthony Alumkal critiques the campaign of anti-environmentalism spearheaded by E. Calvin Beisner and his organization, the Cornwall Alliance, for it is one that the planet cannot afford.

Women’s Equality Day Reading List

Women’s Equality Day Reading List

A comprehensive list of all of our best feminist literature representing women and gender equality. From the Women’s Rights Movement to abortion rights to the early suffragists of New York City, this list covers all aspects of the female fight for equality.

Dog Whistles, Fog Horns, and Racism in the Trump Era

Dog Whistles, Fog Horns, and Racism in the Trump Era

—James M. Thomas
Whereas the era of dog whistles may have signaled an ambient level of white rage, today’s white rage is so constantly amplified it no longer makes sense to talk about it as rage, or any other set of feelings that fall outside of normal conditions. In the Trump era, white supremacy is no longer a matter of rage. It’s a matter of fact.