Trigger Warning: My Lesbian Feminist Life is both an engaging autobiography and a fascinating account of feminist history, from the heady days of the Women's Liberation Movement through to the backlash against radical feminism as neoliberal laissez-faire attitudes took hold. Fast forward to the current re-examination of feminism in light of the #MeToo movement and an emerging new wave of radical feminism--Sheila Jeffreys' bold account makes it clear that the feminism and lesbianism she has championed for decades is needed more than ever. With honesty and frankness, she tells of victories and setbacks in her unrelenting commitment to women's freedom from men's violence, especially the violence inherent in pornography and prostitution. We also learn what her steadfastness has cost her in terms of personal and professional rewards. Trigger Warning places radical feminism within a cultural, social, and intellectual context while also taking us on a personal journey. Sheila Jeffreys has tirelessly crossed the globe to advance radical feminist theory and practice and we are invited to share in the intellectual and political crossroads she has encountered during her life. Accessible yet detailed and rigorous, this landmark volume is essential reading for everyone who has ever wondered what radical feminism really is.

一本你我、企業、學界、醫界、政府，都該閱讀的重要著作！對女性不友善的體制與設計多不勝數，有些甚至出人意料。且看英國得獎自由人權活動家佩雷茲一一道來，提出可行解方！
立法委員　王婉諭‖圖文作家　吉娜兒‖高雄醫學大學性別研究所退休教授　成令方‖律師、作家　呂秋遠‖社會學家、作家　李明璁‖財團法人婦女新知基金會祕書長　周于萱‖律師娘　林靜如‖吾思傳媒、女人迷創辦人暨執行長　張瑋軒‖國立台灣大學建築與城鄉研究所專任教授　畢恆達‖作家　蔡詩萍‖律師　賴芳玉‖立法委員　賴品妤——重磅推薦（依姓氏筆畫序）
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落實真正的性別平權，就從搜集性別分析資料開始！
試想以下情形：外出如廁總是大排長龍；手機或各式器具大到讓人難以操作；醫師開的藥並不適合你的身體；發生車禍時，你有高達47%的機率受到重傷；無論在職場或家中，你付出的無數無薪工時不受到認可或重視……如果你覺得上述情況似曾相似，很有可能你就是女性。《被隱形的女性》揭露在這個主要為男性打造的世界裡，人們總是系統性的忘記納入一半人口的意見與經驗。自由人權活動家佩雷茲首度融合全球跨領域的案例分析、故事，以及研究，揭露性別分析資料不足所造成的嚴重偏誤，說明女性以哪些隱而不顯的方式遭到漠視，以及此種現象對女性的健康與福祉所造成的影響，並提出可行的解決方案。
各界好評這個世界從辦公室空調到妳的子宮都有人要管，妳還不拿起這本書破解並回擊嗎？身為女人，妳的戰場就是身為女人這件事情，妳必須替自己上戰場。——圖文作家 吉娜兒
每個國家社會都有大量的「社會性別資料缺口」。作者使出洪荒之力，搜集各種資料來證明，除了有這樣的「缺口」存在之外，還有一些補綴「缺口」的作法，讓讀者逐漸看到可以讓女人不再隱形的行動與作法，帶來改變的希望。——高雄醫學大學性別研究所退休教授 成令方
如果歷史（history）的書寫不應再向男性傾斜、只是集結「他的故事（his story）」，而有可能翻轉視角、讓無數的「她」終能現身，那麼找出個人生活與公眾場域裡的「性別資料缺口」，從藥劑量到演算法，從物件設計、統計數據到政府決策等等習焉不察之處著手，就是打破女性慣常沉默、建立新史觀——herstory的必要工程。本書也推薦男性閱讀，因為讓女性隱形噤聲的社會結構，也會成為男人渴望自在發聲的框限。請一起加入閱讀覺醒與自由靈魂的改變行列。——社會學家、作家 李明璁
非常推薦大家看完之後，可以把這本書送給不想承認男性紅利的男性朋友、煩惱政策該如何修正推動的公務員，以及至今仍然小看自己貢獻的女性朋友。只有當我們意識到這樣的男性偏誤存在，我們才能夠更有意識的去讓政策、設計變得更完善。——財團法人婦女新知基金會祕書長 周于萱
這本書是所有對女性與性別議題有興趣的人的必讀之書！作者用清楚的案例與結構，讓所有人理解性別數據跟每個人的關係，從健康、交通、國家制度到醫藥發展等，生活中沒有一件事情跟性別無關，這也是我一直在提倡的，性別作為一個角度存在的必要性。親愛的，不論你是誰，這本書就是必讀的經典。——吾思傳媒、女人迷創辦人暨執行長 張瑋軒
本書讓人大開眼界——世界各地所有的政策與決策制定者都該一讀。——蘇格蘭民族黨黨魁兼首席大臣　妮可拉．施特金（Nicola Sturgeon）
卡洛琳．克里亞朵．佩雷茲從犀利的角度，剖析了絕大多數的社會規範在制定時都忘了考量女性——從演算法、藥物劑量到政府政策皆是如此。知識就是力量，要是我們想要改變，就得明白系統運作的方式。這本書就是你的武器，把它交到你認識的每一個人手中。這本書太棒了！——律師、英國上議院工黨黨員　海蓮娜．甘逎迪（Helena Kennedy）
《被隱形的女性》挑戰世人未知與忽略的主題，並解釋背後的成因。作者寫出了這本令人震撼且大開眼界的重要著作，分析了知識與無知的性別政治。從科技到天災的種種實例，這本前所未有的書即時提醒我們，女性何以必須起身領導影響我們生活每一層面的各種制度。——英國哲學家、心理學家、作家　珂迪莉亞．范恩（Cordelia Fine）
值得一讀再讀，充滿事實與洞見。既幽默又精采的重要著作。——英國演員、作家　羅伯特．韋伯（Robert Webb）
《被隱形的女性》內容豐富完整且毫不枯燥，令人讀得津津有味。這是一本既學術又有趣，且非常重要的書。——英國遺傳學家、廣播主持人　亞當．盧德弗（Adam Rutherford）
《被隱形的女性》結合一連串衝擊人心的事實，令人擔憂與沮喪的同時，依舊引人入勝，一讀就停不下來。——英國阿斯頓大學認知神經科學教授　吉娜．里彭（Gina Rippon）
太棒了。這是一本足以改變世界的書——劃時代的研究鉅作。——《泰晤士報》記者 凱特琳．摩蘭（Caitlin Moran）
揭露真相，啟發人心，令人震驚之餘又充滿希望，足可謂俗世聖經。——英國作家 珍妮特．溫特森（Jeanette Winterson）
本書一針見血的指出整個制度的驕傲自滿，號召人們起身反抗……本書提供女性起身行動的動力。所有男人都該讀這本書。」——《獨立報》、《泰晤士報週日版》專欄作家 克莉絲蒂娜．派特森（Christina Patterson）
本書改變了遊戲規則；它堅定的提出一連串令人震撼的事實，充滿哀傷、瘋狂、可惡但又滑稽可笑的真相。作者鑽研長久以來無人能夠回答的問題，寫下此引人入勝的作品……本書極且野心、視野宏大，令人耳目一新，講述當我們忘了納入全人類一半的人口，會發生何事。所有的政策制定者、政治人物和經理人的書櫃上，都該放上這本書。——《泰晤士報》記者與專欄作家 梅蘭妮．瑞德（Melanie Reid）
太精采了……本書條列令人震驚的事例，指出人們向來把人視作男人，此遍及各地的現象扭曲了我們對人類的看法。——美國《國家》雜誌記者 凱莎．波利特（Katha Pollitt）
畢生讀過最重要的著作。——網站「你該認識的女性」（Women You Should Know）
一本非常精湛的著作，想要打破父權社會的人都需要本書提及的資訊。——《愛爾蘭時報》
一本超乎想像的好書。——知名獨立電台節目《隱形的99%》（99% Invisible）主持人 羅曼．馬斯（Roman Mars）   本書以令人震驚的方式，讓我們看到多少人因性別資料缺口付出巨大代價，這些代價包括收入、時間、婦女健康，甚至有婦女為此賠上性命。——美國《Bustle》雜誌
作者以清晰的文筆建立論點，呼籲人們拓展包容力，同時以沉著又令人驚喜的幽默，描述制度隱藏的偏見以及種種性別資料缺口。有些讀者也許會說男女早已平等，性別不再重要，然而本書正是此種說法的當頭棒喝。本書必定會受到大眾歡迎。」——美國《科克斯書評》
雖然過去數十年，婦女推動了各種革新與改變，但本書證明我們仍有好長一段路要走。而第一步就是找一間舒適溫暖的房間，好好閱讀本書。——美國女性網站PureWow   本書挑戰常規，人人必讀。——美國《出版者週刊》   女權運動人士卡洛琳．克里亞多．佩雷斯的著作令我們瞠目結舌。本書深入探討當今社會（仍舊）把婦女排除在外的現象。——網路媒體Refinery29英國站

Everything you've always wanted to know about women's history but were afraid to ask, illuminated in this lively and contentious collection of essays.
Have lesbians been expunged from history by academics and biographers who wish to deny their existence? The authors of
certainly believe so. Here they redress the balance.
Re-examining the passionate friendships of writers such as Charlotte Bronte, George Eliot, Edith Simcox, Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby; uncovering invisible networks between women; and exploring the fate of lesbians within the professions, they offer new insights into a range of literary and historical movements, and present a new and political approach to historical research.
The Lesbian History Group has provided a forum for feminist scholars since 1984. Contributors to this volume include Rosemary Auchmuty, author of
(1992), Alison Oram, and Sheila Jeffreys, writer of
(1985),
(1990) and
(1994).

This ground-breaking book traces the emergence and growth of a lesbian community in Buffalo, New York, from the mid-1930s to the early 1960s. Based on thirteen years of research and drawing upon the oral histories of forty-five women, authors Kennedy and Davis explore butch-femme roles, coming out, women who passed as men, motherhood, aging, racism, and the courage and pride of the working-class lesbians of Buffalo who, by confronting incredible oppression and violence, helped to pave the way for the gay and lesbian liberation movements of the 1970s and 1980s. Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold captures the full complexity of lesbian culture; it is a compassionate history of real people fighting for respect and a place to love without fear of persecution.

Lillian Faderman tells the compelling story of lesbian life in the 20th century, from the early 1900s to today's diverse lifestyles. Using journals, unpublished manuscripts, songs, news accounts, novels, medical literature, and numerous interviews, she relates an often surprising narrative of lesbian life. "A key work...the point of reference from which all subsequent studies of 20th-century lesbian life in the United States will begin."—
.

This landmark work of lesbian history focuses on how certain late-nineteenth-century and twentieth-century women whose lives can be described as lesbian were in the forefront of the battle to secure the rights and privileges that large numbers of Americans enjoy today. Lillian Faderman persuasively argues that their lesbianism may in fact have facilitated their accomplishments. A book of impeccable research and compelling readability, TO BELIEVE IN WOMEN will be a source of enlightenment for all, and for many a singular source of pride.

The discovery of the fascinating and richly documented story of Sister Benedetta Carlini, Abbess of the Convent of the Mother of God, by Judith C. Brown was an event of major historical importance. Not only is the story revealed in Immodest Acts that of the rise and fall of a powerful woman in a church community and a record of the life of a religious visionary, it is also the earliest documentation of lesbianism in modern Western history.
Born of well-to-do parents, Benedetta Carlini entered the convent at the age of nine. At twenty-three, she began to have visions of both a religious and erotic nature. Benedetta was elected abbess due largely to these visions, but later aroused suspicions by claiming to have had supernatural contacts with Christ. During the course of an investigation, church authorities not only found that she had faked her visions and stigmata, but uncovered evidence of a lesbian affair with another nun, Bartolomeo. The story of the relationship between the two nuns and of Benedetta's fall from an abbess to an outcast is revealed in surprisingly candid archival documents and retold here with a fine sense of drama.

从欧洲人对女性同性恋关系存在的可能性的认识来看，他们在法律、神学和文学中对这一问题的忽略，都显示出一种极为不想承认的欲望。
总之，无论是普遍还是罕见，妇女之间的性关系只能由一个目的，增进真正的性关系，亦即与男人的性关系。这是为什么那些时代的人认为最好是避而不谈女性同性恋的原因之一。
另一个原因在于认为女性在模仿男人。
……罪行没有名称，在历史记载中也几乎没留下痕迹。西欧人关于妇女性关系相互矛盾的见解又使得人们根本不可能公开谈论。沉默孕育出混乱，混乱则产生恐惧。在这个基础之上，西方社会筑起了一道难以逾越的屏障。这道屏障持续了两千年。
————-作者接着引入本文论题——这就是为什么教会对圣母修道院院长贝内代塔·卡莉妮生平的审查有那么重要的原因。这是极为罕见的实例之一，通过这个实例，我们可以相当详细地从具体事件中窥见西方对女性同性恋的观念。在这一过程中，我们也能够重新建构并考察这些观念产生发展的社会环境。
——知识考古学家的任务，即在于，讲述一个故事。因为，“生前是一个引人注目而众说纷纭的人物，而在死后，她的事迹又使我们不能不加以注意，这种对她的注目当初官方是极力想要消除的。”
正文内容：从家庭到女修道院到修女，接着第一次审查和第二次审查，然后得出结论。

Investigates the rise and fall of US American lesbian cultural institutions since the 1970s.
LGBT Americans now enjoy the right to marry—but what will we remember about the vibrant cultural spaces that lesbian activists created in the 1970s, 80s, and 90s? Most are vanishing from the calendar—and from recent memory. The Disappearing L explores the rise and fall of the hugely popular women-only concerts, festivals, bookstores, and support spaces built by and for lesbians in the era of woman-identified activism. Through the stories unfolding in these chapters, anyone unfamiliar with the Michigan festival, Olivia Records, or the women’s bookstores once dotting the urban landscape will gain a better understanding of the era in which artists and activists first dared to celebrate lesbian lives. This book offers the backstory to the culture we are losing to mainstreaming and assimilation. Through interviews with older activists, it also responds to recent attacks on lesbian feminists who are being made to feel that they’ve hit their cultural expiration date.
“The Disappearing L is both an ‘insider’ story and a well-written analysis of a neglected piece of cultural history. Morris delivers convincing arguments about why the lesbian-feminist era was important not only to the individuals who lived it but also to a broader understanding of what has come to be called ‘LGBT’ history. No one could be better positioned to write this book than Morris.” — Lillian Faderman, author of The Gay Revolution: The Story of the Struggle
Bonnie J. Morris is Adjunct Professor of Women’s Studies at both George Washington University and Georgetown University. She is the author of several books, including Eden Built by Eves: The Culture of Women’s Music Festivals and Lubavitcher Women in America: Identity and Activism in the Postwar Era, also published by SUNY Press.

Sheila Jeffreys examines the activities of feminist campaigners around such issues as child abuse and prostitution and how these campaigns shaped social purity in the 1880s and 1890s. She demonstrates how the thriving and militant feminism of late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was undermined, and asserts that the decline of this feminism was due largely to the promotion of a sexual ideology which was hostile to women’s independence. The circumstances about which she writes are frighteningly familiar in the present political climate.

The Lesbian Revolution argues that lesbian feminists were a vital force in the Women’s Liberation Movement (WLM). They did not just play a fundamental role in the important changes wrought by second wave feminism, but created a powerful revolution in lesbian theory, culture and practice. Yet this lesbian revolution is undocumented.
The book shows that lesbian feminists were founders of feminist institutions such as resources for women survivors of men’s violence including refuges and rape crisis centres, and they were central to campaigns against this violence. They created a feminist squatting movements, theatre groups, bands groups, art and poetry and conducted campaigns for lesbian rights. They also created a profound and challenging analysis of sexuality which has disappeared from the historical record. They analysed heterosexuality as a political institution, argued that lesbianism was a political choice for feminists and, indeed, a form of resistance in itself. Using interviews with prominent lesbian feminists from the time of the WLM , and informed by the author's personal experience, this book aims to challenge the way the work and ideas of lesbian feminists have been eclipsed and document the lesbian revolution.
This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of women’s history, history of feminism, politics of sexuality, women’s studies, gender studies, lesbian and gay studies, queer studies, and cultural studies as well as to the lay reader interested the WLM and feminism more generally.