Seal Press imprint: 263 books
Hijas Americanas
Beauty, Body Image, and Growing Up Latina
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2007
In Hijas Americanas, author Rosie Molinary sheds new light on what it means to grow up Latina. Drawing upon her own experiences, as well as interviews and surveys collected from more than 500 Latina women, Molinary provides a powerful understanding of the inner conflicts and powerful triumphs of Latinas.
The...
Literary Witches
A Celebration of Magical Women Writers
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
Celebrate the witchiest women writers with beautiful illustrations and imaginative vignettes.
Literary Witches draws a connection between witches and visionary writers: both are figures of formidable creativity, empowerment, and general badassery. Through poetic portraits, Taisia Kitaiskaia...
by Jessica Valenti
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2009
Double standards are nothing new. Women deal with them every day. Take the common truism that women who sleep around are sluts while men are studs. Why is it that men grow distinguished and sexily gray as they age while women just get saggy and haggard? Have you ever wondered how a young woman is...
F 'em!
Goo Goo, Gaga, and Some Thoughts on Balls
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
From Jennifer Baumgardner, one of the leading voices of Third Wave feminism, comes this provocative, thoughtful, often funny collection of essays and interviews that offers a state of the union on contemporary feminist issues.
F 'em! is a mix of old and new essays by Baumgardner, ranging in...
A Little F'd Up
Why Feminism Is Not a Dirty Word
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2012
Young women today have a bad reputation, and for good reason: They’re sexting their classmates, they spend more time on FaceBook than they do in class, and their appetite for material possessions and reality TV is matched only by their overwhelming apathy about important social and political issues....
It's a Jungle Out There
The Feminist Survival Guide to Politically Inhospitable Environments
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2008
For all of you humming I Will Survive” while watching the political debacles gracing the evening news, when getting an earful from your Limbaugh-loving brother-in-law, or as you’re ducking into the bathroom to avoid the date espousing the wisdom of those Mars versus Venus books, this book is...
What Will It Take to Make A Woman President?
Conversations About Women, Leadership and Power
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
I would love for my younger fans to read What Will It Take to Make a Woman President? by Marianne Schnall. It’s a collection of interviews and essays by great women, including Maya Angelou, Gloria Steinem, and Melissa Etheridge. They will inspire you to become a better leader.” -Beyoncé
Prompted...
Get Opinionated
A Progressive's Guide to Finding Your Voice (and Taking a Little Action)
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2010
For those who like their politics blunt, raw, and uncompromising comes Get Opinionated-a guide to the issues you care about: environmentalism, reproductive rights and access, taxes and public wealth, GLBTQ rights, health care, the War on Terror, the War on Drugs, and the Culture Wars.
Get Opinionated...
by Rory C. Dicker
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2016
The complete, authoritative, and up to date history of American feminism
Updated and expanded, the second edition of A History of U.S. Feminisms is an introductory text that will be used as supplementary material for first-year women's studies students or as a brush-up text for more advanced...
Odd Girl Out
My Extraordinary Autistic Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
A sensory portrait of an autistic mind
From childhood, Laura James knew she was different. She struggled to cope in a world that often made no sense to her, as though her brain had its own operating system. It wasn't until she reached her forties that she found out why: Suddenly and surprisingly,...
Girl Talk
What Science Can Tell Us About Female Friendship
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 2018
A veteran science reporter's investigation into the fascinating and distinctive nature of women's friendships
In Girl Talk, New York Times science reporter Jacqueline Mroz takes on the science of female friendship--a phenomenon that's as culturally powerful as it is individually mysterious....
Pale Girl Speaks
A Year Uncovered
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2012
Hillary Fogelson led a charmed life: as the young wife of a successful Hollywood executive, her only major concerns were her acting auditions, interior decorating, and unexpected visits from her high-maintenance parents. Then, one day, her doctor told her she had malignant melanoma-a cancer that leads...
The Sh!t No One Tells You
A Guide to Surviving Your Baby's First Year
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2013
A laugh-out-loud guide to the first year of motherhood, filled with helpful advice and wisdom from real moms and dads who aren't at all afraid to tell it like it is
There comes a time in every new mother's life when she finds herself staring at her screaming, smelly "bundle of joy"...
Bringing in Finn
An Extraordinary Surrogacy Story
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
In 2011, 61-year-old Kristine Casey delivered the greatest gift of all to her daughter, Sara Connell: Sara’s son, Finnean. Kristine-the gestational carrier of Sara and her husband Bill’s child-then became the oldest woman ever to give birth in Chicago.
While Finnean’s birth made local...