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| Title: "He Chose Porn Over Me" |
| Sub-title: Women Harmed by Men Who Use Porn |
| Edited by: Melinda Tankard Reist |
| ISBN10-13: 1925950581 : 9781925950588 |
| Shattering the popular myth that porn is harmless, the personal accounts of 25 brave women in He Chose Porn over Me reveal the real-life trauma experienced by women at the hands of their porn-consuming partners â men who were supposed to care for them. This confronting but necessary book dares to tell the truth about pornographyâ s destructive impact â about the men who habitually use it and the women and children who are mistreated and discarded as a result. The women in this book were collateral damage in their partnerâ s insatiable greed for porn. Their stories tell of the crushing of intimacy, respect, connection, love. Porn colonised their families, leaving women rejected and scarred. They were subjected to sexual terrorism in their own homes. The men, turbo-charged by pornography, were intoxicated by sexualised power. They didnâ t care if they lost everything including their partners. In this haunting expose, pornography is rightfully situated as an insidious tool of violence against women. The contributors, now working to re-build their lives, found a confidante in Melinda Tankard Reist who supported them in the sharing of their experiences in these pages, and to warn other women â donâ t date men who use porn â ¦ |
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Introduction - Melinda Tankard Reist
He chose porn over me. - Courtney CatEarth
He used me like a blow-up doll. Florence The pornography warped his mind. He believed all women wanted to have sex with him. - Sarah
I left my first husband because of porn. My second husband promised he didn’t use it. He lied. - Catherine
They looked like his students. - Ceratonia
How can he say he loves me if he finds the women in porn more attractive? - Amalia
I longed for intimacy, but he could not have sex without imagining that I was a prostitute. - Annie
I lost touch with my integrity, I lost my bearings. - Sharni
I was being groomed to become a porn star in the bedroom. - Maggie
If you stay ... a glimpse into your future if you marry a porn addict. - Sarah McDugal
You’ve burned down my house and everything in it. - Ginger
He tried to kill me. - Moriah
Porn, sex chat rooms, nude beaches ... but I was blamed for the end of our marriage. - Maya
The compromise to my integrity and my value as a woman felt too great to continue this life with him. - Carla
I am a broken woman ... I guess he’s happy enough with his digital girls. - Evelyn
I was disturbed that I was in a relationship with someone who enjoyed getting off on abuse and hatred of women. - Gemma
I knew in my heart that staying would be a slow, agonising death. - Serena
I felt blackmailed into sex to keep a stable home for my children. I saw myself as a prostitute. - Lucy
He expected me to be up for sex at any time. - Rivka
Blood rushed to my face, my body went cold: I found multiple searches for ‘teen porn’. - Angie
I had always taught my kids about stranger danger, but I had a monster in our home. - Maree
I was told it was my fault. Somehow he became the victim. - Kate
He told me I was being unreasonable, that all men watch porn, and that all men masturbate - Renee
Run like your house is on fire. - Melissa
He expected me to be available for him, even if I was sick, tired, had my period, recovering from surgery or having a baby. - Tash
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Pages: 192
Size: 215x140x10mm
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| Published: Spinifex Press - August 2022 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Ethical issues: pornography & obscenity |
| List Price: 16.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 136 |
| Title: 1 of: 220 |
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| Title: A Girl's Best Friend |
| Edited by: Jan Fook, Renate Klein |
| ISBN10-13: 1876756101 : 9781876756109 |
| The best-selling book that started the series exploring the significance of animals in womenâ s lives. Eighty-six women and girls from all across the globe contributed to this beautiful collection of stories, letters, poems and photographs, sharing the funny, sad and amazing tales of their relationships with dogs. Readers will cry and laugh as they enjoy this homage to their best friends: dogs theyâ ve grown up with; dogs with incredible character; dogs whoâ ve changed â even saved â womenâ s lives. |
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I found both the stories of the dogs and the backgrounds of their owners equally interesting. There are sociologists, artists, poets, academics, teachers, refuge volunteers, writers, editors, politicians, journalists and heaps more.— Wendy Parsons, Chin Wag
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Pages: 208
Size: 210x210mm
Illustrations: b/w photos
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| Published: Spinifex Press - November 2001 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Gender studies: women : Dogs as pets |
| List Price: 19.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 4 |
| Title: 2 of: 220 |
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| Title: A Handwritten Modern Classic |
| By (author): Finola Moorhead |
| ISBN10-13: 174219799X : 9781742197999 |
| In the tradition of Gertrude Stein, Finola Moorhead set about writing A Handwritten Modern Classic in 1977. The result is musings and criticisms on protestors clashing with police over freeways, political change, conservatism, Malcolm Fraser, what love can do for you, and whether the old hate the young. With discussions on the politics of suicide and unshaven armpits, one of Australiaâ s most intriguing experimental writers has set her thoughts to writing. |
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"I first read the Handwritten Modern Classic in the eighties, and was delighted and my delight has been re-ignited... The Handwritten makes us laugh, sigh, groan, roar in protest, escape into, deeply, deeply into, the thinking and the imagining and the writing. As Finola says ‘imagination is best employed on what is’." — Berni M Janssen, Rochford Street Review
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Pages: 75
Size: 205x150mm
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| Published: Spinifex Press - March 2013 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Anthologies (non-poetry) |
| List Price: 14.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 6 |
| Title: 3 of: 220 |
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| Title: A Passion for Friends |
| Sub-title: Toward a Philosophy of Female Affection |
| By (author): Janice Raymond |
| ISBN10-13: 187675608X : 9781876756086 |
| Janice Raymond offers a vision of female friendship that is as exhilarating as it is controversial. In this feminist classic, she explores the many manifestations of friendship between women, including the ancient Greek hetairai, the sisterhood of medieval nuns and the marriage resisters of China. Thousands of women have created their own communities and destinies through friendship. She also examines the contemporary women's movement and its networks and friendships â as well as the forces operating against friendship between women. A tough and clear-sighted analysis, and a book to read again and again. |
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Pages: 275
Size: 155x225mm
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| Published: Spinifex Press - September 2001 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Feminism & feminist theory : Gender studies: women |
| List Price: 19.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 5 |
| Title: 4 of: 220 |
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| Title: A Single Witness |
| By (author): Christine Balint |
| ISBN10-13: 1922964344 : 9781922964342 |
| It is 1756. In a mountain village outside Venice, 13-year-old Anna Maria Bonon lives with her grandmother and her father, Giacomo. In the daytime, she cards wool at the local mill. At home, she raises silk worms. Giacomo is one of the forestieri (outsiders) in the community, scrambling for work, drinking his sorrows away at the osteria, stealing by the cover of night. When he is arrested for attempted murder, Anna Maria discovers her voice and the courage to tell her story. She walks 29 kilometres to Vicenza and accuses him of rape. The Council of Ten arrive from Venice to investigate. Challenged by her grandmother and the priest, Anna Maria is torn between loyalty to her elders and telling her truth. She must decide whether to affirm her original story or deny it. Will she choose her own safety and justice over the survival of her family? Drawing closely on original trial documents from the Venetian archives, prize-winning novelist Christine Balint brings to life a court case unique for its time, with important echoes to the present day. |
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Pages: 324
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| Published: Spinifex Press - May 2026 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Feminism & feminist theory : Gender studies: women |
| List Price: 19.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: Not yet Published
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| Title: 5 of: 220 |
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| Title: Accidents of Composition |
| By (author): Merlinda Bobis |
| ISBN10-13: 1742199984 : 9781742199986 |
| The eyes catch a black bird close to an eerie sun. Instantly, a poem: an accident of composition. Or a tree, rock, light from a story heard, dreamt, read or remembered returns as if it were the only tree, rock, light in the planet. The poet is caught, returned to her first heart: poetry. After four novels, Merlinda offers seventy-six poems from the stillness of contemplation to the spinning of tales, then to passage across different histories. Glass becomes eternal greens underwater, fish gossip about colonisation, a gumnut turns dissident, and the dreams of Captain Cook and Pigafetta circumnavigate the globe leaving a trail of blood, beads, and the scent of cloves. But in between, the poet hopes: â there could be accidents / of kindness here.â |
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Pages: 184
Size: 210x150mm
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| Published: Spinifex Press - August 2017 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Poetry by individual poets : Feminism & feminist theory |
| List Price: 13.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 46 |
| Title: 6 of: 220 |
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| Title: Adani, Following Its Dirty Footsteps |
| Sub-title: A Personal Story |
| By (author): Lindsay Simpson |
| ISBN10-13: 1925581470 : 9781925581478 |
| From fishing villages in India to the tropics of North Queensland, the Adani company is building coal mines at the very time that people are demanding action on climate change. Why? Adani is planning to build Australiaâ s largest coal mine and the worldâ s largest coal terminal. Why, asks Lindsay Simpson, would an Australian Prime Minister, a State Premier and a handful of regional mayors back such a project, risking the future of the Great Barrier Reef and the vast underground water reservoirs in the Galilee Basin? Lindsay Simpsonâ s personal story reveals the truth behind this controversy. As a tourist operator in the Whitsunday Islands, she is determined to expose the contribution of coal mines to global warming, which is threatening the worldâ s largest living organism â the Great Barrier Reef â with extinction. With other activists, she travels from Adaniâ s Indian headquarters to Parliament House in Canberra to lobby politicians, demand answers, and question motivations.She investigates the power of the social movement, Stop Adani, which has captured the public imagination, and sheds light on the workings of the coal industry and its alliances with government. In this astute analysis Lindsay Simpson argues that while Adani might have gained the political will to build the mine, it has never gained the social will of the people. So will the people win this battle over a coal mine? |
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This is an important book for every citizen concerned about dirty coal and climate change, the
globalisation of corruption and the destruction of our democracies, from India to Australia.
It tells the global story of how a handful of billionaires are using politicians to make limitless
money while they destroy the planet, people’s lives, and our common future. — Dr Vandana
Shiva, author of Making Peace with the Earth, Recipient of the Sydney Peace Prize and the
Right Livelihood Award
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Pages: 265
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| Published: Spinifex Press - September 2018 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Environmentalist thought & ideology |
| List Price: 17.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 26 |
| Title: 7 of: 220 |
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| Title: Adoption Deception |
| Sub-title: A personal and professional journey |
| By (author): Penny Mackieson |
| ISBN10-13: 1742199747 : 9781742199740 |
| What is it like to be adopted, have your identity changed and never feel quite at home in your new family, despite being loved? What is it like to become a social worker and be faced with the challenges and consequences of other adoptions every day? What is it like to hear the moving National Apology for Forced Adoptions by Prime Minister Julia Gillard in 2013 only to be faced a few months later by a new prime minister intent on forgetting all the lessons learnt and championing a deregulated parent-centred market-driven adoption industry? Penny Mackieson takes us on her journey with the unique perspective of both the adopted person and a professional who worked in intercountry adoption for over a decade. She unravels the complexity, debunks the myths, analyses the policies and raises important questions about the ethical and human rights dilemmas in adoption.Adoption Deception: A personal and professional journey is a passionate, heart-wrenching and unflinchingly honest account of one womanâ s life as an adopted person and her campaign for change. The author presents a compelling argument for Permanent Care instead of adoption for vulnerable children unable to be raised by their families. |
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"Adoption Deception is a deeply personal account of the experience of adoption, and the effect it can have into adulthood. It is a story of how family relationships can be influenced by adoption policies and practices. It challenges us to think about how we respond to the ‘commercialisation of children’ through adoption and assisted reproductive technologies." -- Professor Marie Connolly, Chair & Head of Social Work, The University of Melbourne.
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"This is a lightning rod of a book, one that will summon thunderclaps of applause and disapproval. I am not saying I agree with the argument the author makes; I am saying I admire the naked personal honesty with which she makes it. Whatever viewpoint you have at the end of this book, I guarantee you this -- you will think, and feel, more deeply about the issue of adoption." -- Martin Flanagan, author & Agejournalist
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"This is a powerful and passionate book about the personal and political aspects of adoption. While it is overwhelmingly negative about adoption and the author believes the practice is outdated and should cease, she does present strong arguments for her case." — Sue Bond, PhD candidate at Central Queensland University, Australian Women's Book Review
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Pages: 178
Size: 215x140mm
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| Published: Spinifex Press - October 2015 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Social services & welfare, criminology |
| List Price: 14.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 5 |
| Title: 8 of: 220 |
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| Title: Africa's Eden |
| By (author): Cheryl Adam |
| ISBN10-13: 1925950484 : 9781925950489 |
| As a young unmarried mother in the 1960s, Maureen faces stifling disapproval and condemnation from mainstream society. Desperate to create a new life for herself and her baby, she rekindles an old romance and moves to South Africa under Apartheid. But her precarious journey to Africaâ s Eden is not the paradise she anticipated. Cultures smash against each other, family relationships are strained, there is death and despair, violence and injustice. But there is also humour, fun, family and friendship, as Maureen has to decide where her future lies. Is it in Africa or back home in distant Eden, in her Australian homeland? |
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Pages: 300
Size: 233x150x15mm
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| Published: Spinifex Press - April 2022 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
| List Price: 17.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 28 |
| Title: 9 of: 220 |
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| Title: All That False Instruction |
| By (author): Kerryn Higgs |
| ISBN10-13: 1876756144 : 9781876756147 |
| Growing up in a rural working-class home, Maureen Craig rebels against her angry mother, the privileges of her favoured brother and the relentless conformity of 1950s Australia. University promises a new world both terrifying and exhilarating in its challenges. She explores her sexuality and sets out to make a place for herself in the world. Passionate, funny and heartbreaking, this remarkable novel traces a young womanâ s turbulent coming of age. |
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Pages: 256
Size: 130x195mm
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| Published: Spinifex Press - August 2001 |
| Format: Paperback |
| Subjects: Gender studies: women : Lesbian studies : Of specific Lesbian interest |
| List Price: 14.95 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: In Stock
Qty Available: 1 |
| Title: 10 of: 220 |
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