The first step of deprogramming is education, informing the person you are trying to free just how indoctrination works to hamstring a mind. But information alone will not free a believer from her beliefs, no matter how destructive,... Read More

"On Her Plate" is a positive, woman-centered look at healthy living. Modern medicine offers women a bevy of remedies, but the medication-centric approach leaves many longing for more. The women in this book have sought and found a deeper... Read More

Chaya Bhuvaneswar’s stories are brooding, precise, and painful indictments of patriarchal cultures. They primarily follow women of color through harsh personal and postcolonial landscapes. Characters navigate the expectations and... Read More

Black womanhood is a complex, deeply provocative subject that exists at the intersection of multiple identities. Tamura Lomax’s new book "Jezebel Unhinged" is a phenomenal work that investigates the role of the church in constraining... Read More

Drawing on ancient tradition and modern experience, "The Circle of Nine" describes nine female archetypes and the ways women can utilize them to enrich their lives and strengthen their spirits. Cherry Gilchrist’s book is an intelligent... Read More

Marianne Monson is an excellent storyteller whose research fills in the gaps regarding women and the Civil War in "Women of the Blue and Gray", centering on those who rebelled against expectations. The book covers women who flouted norms... Read More

Detailed and devastating, Kim Lefèvre’s intimate memoir "White Métisse" introduces American audiences to the brutal lived experiences of biracial children in Vietnam during its years as a French colony. In Lefèvre’s intimate... Read More

Anna Dahlqvist’s powerfully argued book It’s Only Blood explores how menstruation taboos affect women in different cultures around the world. Every day, eight hundred million people menstruate, yet most of them are shamed in some way... Read More