Non-fiction titles in shelf order 3



320 Politics

Gessen, Masha
Words will break cement : the passion of Pussy Riot

320.5 Lesbian feminism


Breaching the peace
Love your enemy : the debate between heterosexual feminism and political lesbianism

Aitken, Judith
A Woman's place? : a study of the changing role of women in New Zealand

Birkby, Phyllis (ed.); Harris, Bertha (ed.); Johnston, Jill (ed.); Newton, Esther (ed.); O'Wyatt, Jane (ed.)
Amazon expedition : a lesbian feminist anthology

Brown, Rita Mae; Sellars, Sue (ill.)
A Plain brown rapper

Brownmiller, Susan
Against our will : men, women and rape

Butler, Judith
Gender trouble : feminism and the subversion of identity

Cahill, Maud (ed.); Dann, Christine (ed.)
Changing our lives : women working in the women's liberation movement, 1970-1990

Caputi, Jane
Gossips, gorgons & crones : the fates of the earth

Cox, Shelagh (ed.)
Public & private worlds : women in contemporary New Zealand

Daly, Mary
Beyond god the father : toward a philosophy of women's liberation
Gyn/ecology : the metaethics of radical feminism
Pure lust : elemental feminist philosophy

Dann, Christine
Up from under : women and liberation in New Zealand 1970-1985

Davis, Angela Y.
Women, culture, politics

Deming, Barbara
Remembering who we are

Deming, Barbara; Meyerding, Jane (ed.)
We are all part of one another : a Barbara Deming reader

Douglas, Carol Anne
Love and politics : radical feminist and lesbian theories

Duggan, Lisa; Hunter, Nan D.
Sex wars : sexual dissent and political culture

DuPlessis, Rachel Blau (ed.); Snitow, Ann (ed.)
The Feminist memoir project : voices from Women's Liberation

Faludi, Susan
Backlash : the undeclared war against women

Feminist Review (ed.)
Sexuality : a reader

Frye, Marilyn
Willful virgin : essays in feminism, 1976-1992

Harne, Lynne (ed.); Miller, Elaine (ed.)
All the rage : reasserting radical lesbian feminism

Hoagland, Sarah Lucia (ed.); Penelope, Julia (ed.)
For lesbians only : a separatist anthology

Jeffreys, Sheila
The Lesbian heresy : a feminist perspective on the lesbian sexual revolution

Jervis, Lisa (ed.); Zeisler, Andi (ed.)
Bitchfest : ten years of cultural criticism from the pages of Bitch magazine

Jo, Bev; Strega, Linda; Ruston
Dykes-loving-dykes : dyke separatist politics : for lesbians only

Johnston, Jill
Admission accomplished : the Lesbian Nation years (1970-75)
Lesbian nation : the feminist solution

Kaye/Kantrowitz, Melanie
The Issue is power : essays on women, Jews, violence and resistance

Kedgley, Susan (ed.); Cederman, Sharyn (ed.)
Sexist society

Kitzinger, Celia
The Social Construction of lesbianism

Klagsbrun, Francine (ed.)
The First MS. reader

Kleindienst, Kris
This is what lesbian looks like : dyke activists take on the 21st century

Kornegger, Peggy; Zero Collective; Kurin, Kytha
Anarchism & feminism : 3 essays '75-'80

Matriarchy Study Group
Politics of matriarchy

Millett, Kate
Sexual politics

Mitchell, Juliet
Woman's estate

Mitchell, Susan
Icons, saints & divas : intimate conversations with women who changed the world

Morgan, Elaine
The Descent of woman

Morgan, Robin
Going too far : the personal chronicle of a feminist
The Word of a woman : selected prose 1968-1992

Myron, Nancy (ed.); Bunch, Charlotte (ed.)
Lesbianism and the women's movement

New Zealand. Dept. of Social Welfare
Institutional racism in the Department of Social Welfare, Tamaki-Makau-Rau

O'Sullivan, Sue
I used to be nice : sexual affairs

Paglia, Camille
Vamps & tramps : new essays

Pharr, Suzanne
Homophobia : a weapon of sexism

Phelan, Shane
Getting specific : postmodern lesbian politics
Identity politics : lesbian feminism and the limits of community

Posener, Jill
Spray it loud

Potts, Annie (ed.); Gavey, Nicola (ed.); Weatherall, Ann (ed.)
Sex and the body

Pratt, Minnie Bruce
Rebellion : essays 1980-1991

Reinfelder, Monika (ed.)
Amazon to Zami : towards a global lesbian feminism

Rich, Adrienne
Blood, bread and poetry : selected prose, 1979-1985

Rich, Adrienne
Compulsory heterosexuality and lesbian existence
On lies, secrets and silence : selected prose 1966-1978
Women and honor : notes on lying

Richards, Janet Radcliffe
The Sceptical feminist : a philosophical enquiry

Root, Jane; Hawksley, Jane (ed.)
Pictures of women : sexuality

Rothschild, Cynthia
Written out : how sexuality is used to attack women's organizing

Rowbotham, Sheila
Dreams and dilemmas : collected writings

Stein, Arlene (ed.)
Sisters, sexperts, queers : beyond the lesbian nation

Studzinski, Kristina
Lesbians talk left politics

Thompson, Denise
Reading between the lines : a lesbian feminist critique of feminist accounts of sexuality

Trebilcot, Joyce
Dyke ideas : process, politics, daily life

United Women's Convention (1973 : Auckland, NZ); Coney, Sandra (ed.)
United Women's Convention 1973 : report

United Women's Convention (1977 : Christchurch, NZ); Browne, Joy (ed.)
Changes, chances, choices : a report on the United Women's Convention, 3-6 June 1977

Waring, Marilyn
Three masquerades : essays on equality, work and hu(man) rights
Women in parliamentary life, 1970-1990
Women, politics and power : essays

Wittig, Monique
The Straight mind and other essays

Woolf, Virginia
A Room of one's own
Three guineas

Workers' Communist League (NZ)
Women in Aotearoa

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322.4 Political action groups

Schulman, Sarah
The Lesbian Avenger handbook : a handy guide to homemade revolution

323.1 Race - political aspects

Bulkin, Elly; Pratt, Minnie Bruce; Smith, Barbara
Yours in struggle : three feminist perspectives on anti-Semitism and racism

Segrest, Mab
Memoir of a race traitor

323.4 Human rights

GLC Gay Working Party; Greater London Council
Changing the world : a London charter of gay and lesbian rights

GLC Women's Committee
Tackling heterosexism : a handbook of lesbian rights


330 Economics

Byrne, Judith
Poor visibility : lesbians and poverty

Gay and Lesbian Equality Network (Dublin, Ireland); NEXUS Research Cooperative
Poverty : lesbians & gay men : the economic & social effects of discrimination

Hansen, Pleasance
Women's employment issues : New Zealand 1967-1987

Horsfield, Anne; Evans, Miriam
Women in the economy : a summary of two research reports on the economic position of women in New Zealand

Hyman, Prue
Hopes dashed? : the economics of gender inequality
Women and economics : a New Zealand feminist perspective

331 Workplace issues

Equal Employment Opportunity Practitioners' Association (NZ)
Out of the closet and into the boardroom? : making the most of the skills and talents of your lesbian and gay staff : a guide for managers

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340 Law, legal issues, human rights

   The Yogyakarta Principles : principles on the application of international human rights law in relation to sexual orientation and gender identity

AsiaPacific Outgames Human Rights Conference (2nd : 2011 ; Wellington, N.Z.)
2nd AsiaPacific Outgames Human Rights Conference : conference programme and abstracts

Buckingham, Jude
The "Fight for legal recognition of lesbian and gay relationships" : will lesbians survive this engagement with law?

International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission
Equal and indivisible : crafting inclusive shadow/alternate reports for CEDAW

Lesbians & the Law Group (Wellington, NZ); Wellington South Community Law Centre
Lesbians and the law

New Zealand. Human Rights Commission
Human rights in New Zealand 2010 : summary = Nga tika tangata o Aotearoa : whakarapopototanga
United Nations international instruments on human rights : a compilation of international instruments relating to human rights in New Zealand

Rape Survivors' Legal Guide Co-ordinating Group
Rape survivors' legal guide : a woman's guide to the New Zealand court system

Robson, Ruthann
Lesbian (out)law : survival under the rule of law

Wellington Community Law Centre
Wills for lesbians : a guide on why we need wills and information to help us make them

Women's Access to Justice Project Team (NZ); New Zealand. Law Commission
Women's access to justice : he putanga mo nga wahine ki te tika : women's access to legal information

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360 Social problems and services

Beaglehole, Ann
Benefiting women : income support for women, 1893-1993

Browne, Susan E. (comp./ed.); Connors, Debra (comp./ed.); Stern, Nanci (comp./ed.)
With the power of each breath : a disabled women's anthology

Murchie, Elizabeth; Maori Women's Welfare League
Rapuora : health and Maori women

New Zealand. Ministry of Youth Affairs; New Zealand. Ministry of Maori Development; New Zealand. Ministry of Health
An approach for action : phase two in the development of a national strategy to help prevent youth suicide in New Zealand

Society for Research on Women in New Zealand
The Time of our lives : a study of mid-life women

Synergy Applied Research Ltd.; McNeill, Hinematau; von Dadelszen, Jane; Gray, Alison; Duituturaga, Emele; Good, Raewyn; Ash, Rosemary
Attitudes to family violence : a study across cultures

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370 Education ... for the folks

Corley, Rip
The Final closet : the gay parents' guide for coming out to their children

Dickens, Joy (ed.)
Family outing : a guide for parents of gays, lesbians and bisexuals

Fairchild, Betty; Hayward, Nancy
Now that you know : what every parent should know about homosexuality

Griffin, Carolyn Welch; Wirth, Marian J.; Wirth, Arthur G.
Beyond acceptance : parents of lesbians and gays talk about their experiences

Hart, John
So you think you are attracted to the same sex

Heart, Mikaya
The Straight woman's guide to lesbianism

Jones, Clinton R.
Understanding gay relatives and friends

McDougall, Bryce (ed.)
My child is gay : how parents react when they hear the news

Pallotta-Chiarolli, Maria
When our children come out : how to support gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered young people

Silverstein, Charles
A Family matter : a parent's guide to homosexuality

Stewart, Terry
Invisible families : a New Zealand resource for parents of lesbian and gay children
Invisible families : a resource for family and friends of lesbian or gay daughters and sons

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390 Social customs

Chamberlain, Mary
Old wives' tales : their history, remedies and spells

Long Breast Press Collective
Willing up and keeling over : a lesbian handbook on death rights and rituals


400 Language, words

Kramarae, Cheris; Treichler, Paula A.
Amazons, bluestockings and crones : a feminist dictionary

Mill, Jane
Womanwords : a vocabulary of culture and patriarchal society

Penelope, Julia
Speaking freely : unlearning the lies of the fathers' tongues

591 Biology

Bagemihl, Bruce
Biological exuberance : animal homosexuality and natural diversity

LeVay, Simon
Queer science : the use and abuse of research into homosexuality

Roughgarden, Joan
Evolution's rainbow : diversity, gender and sexuality in nature and people

Wilson, Glenn; Rahman, Qazi
Born gay : the psychobiology of sex orientation

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Last updated 7 June 2017