Sociology

Violating consent isn’t limited to sexual relationships, and our discussions around consent shouldn’t be, either. To…

Asking For It is about ending rape culture. It gives an unflinching look at the ways in which we undermine victims and…

Temple Grandin may be the most famous person with autism. Since her birth in 1947, our understanding of it has undergone…

Josh knows he can't fight the school bully who's started to pick on him, so he does the only thing he thinks will make…

A fascinating cultural history and expose of uncomfortable women's shoes. This square, little book is way more…

Antiracism is not a destination but a journey—one that takes deliberate, consistent work. Ibram X. Kendi’s concept…

Being a kid or a teen is rough, besides all the changes that are happening with your body you also have to somehow…

Wherever you are in life, let this book guide you onto the next level. Dawn a lacey collar and learn how to get shit…

Beautiful Trouble brings together dozens of seasoned artists and activists from around the world to distill their best…

Nouning a verb and verbing a noun are not new concepts, but they've become more popular in recent years. Why? Because…

A surprisingly affirming and hopeful book about what it's like to die under capitalism. Gawande draws on his experience…

Video games have come a long way from being known mainly as the preferred pastime of geeks, nerds, and slackers who live…

In a time racked with police brutality and institutionalized racism, authors Joshua Bloom and Waldo E. Martin offer a…

This collection of essays about what it means to be "cool," particularly in relation to Blackness, packs a punch.…

In this classic work, first published in 1930, James Weldon Johnson, one of the leading lights of the Harlem…

This is the first and only collection of the most vital, representative writings of the Party. It fiercely refuted the…

George Jackson, a political activist and revolutionary, was killed by prison guards during an alleged escape attempt in…

An urgent and accessible handbook for peaceful protesters, activists, and community organizers—anyone trying to defend…

In this new evolutionary history, geneticist Adam Rutherford explores the profound paradox of the human animal. Looking…

In the age of the internet, the concept of "community" is different than it once was, for better or worse. Tackling the…

A gorgeous, rightfully famous book about humans and our relationship with nature. Robin Wall Kimmerer draws on her…

Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW sparks conversation about what gives our lives meaning. Experiences like courage, vulnerability,…

A history focused on the radical approaches to psychiatry in the 1970s that included the end of widespread…

While psychedelics of all sorts are demonized in America today, the visionary compounds found in plants are the…