Pdfs/epubs of most of these books can be found on bookzz.
Feminist Theory
For newcomers to feminism:
- Finlayson, Lorna – An Introduction to Feminism
- Hooks, Bell – Feminism is For Everybody
- Hooks, Bell – Ain’t I A Woman: Black Women and Feminism
For people who know their feminist basics:
- Young, Iris – On Female Body Experience: “Throwing Like A Girl” and Other Essays
- Walby, Slyvia – Theorizing Patriarchy
Feminism & Men
- Hooks, Bell – The Will To Change: Men, Masculinity & Love (see ‘understanding patriarchy’ for an extract.)
Anarcha-Feminism
- Akemi and Busk – Breaking the Waves: Challenging the Liberal Tendency within Anarchist Feminism
- Ehrlich, Carol – Socialism, Anarchism & Feminism
- Shannon & Rogue – Refusing To Wait: Anarchism & Intersectionality
- Warburton, Theresa – Coming to Terms: Rethinking Popular Approaches to Anarchism and Feminism
Marxist-Feminism
- Vogel, Lise – Marxism & The Oppression of Women
- Brown, Heather – Marx on Gender & The Family (for summary see)
- Federici, Silvia – Caliban & The Witch: Women, the Body & Primitive Accumulation
- Federici, Silvia – Revolution At Point Zero
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