Yes Means Yes!: Visions of Female Sexual Power & a World Without Rape by Friedman, Jaclyn, Valenti, Jessica In this groundbreaking work--edited by writer and activist Friedman and "Full Frontal Feminism" author Valenti--the way society views rape in this culture is finally dismantled and replaced with a genuine understanding and respect for female sexual pleasure.

The Lace Makers of Glenmara by Barbieri, Heather Would you look for a new beginning in an old country? Kate Robinson does.Exhausted from devastating losses in every aspect of her life, young fashion designer and seamstress, Kate, travels to Ireland, making good on a promise to her dying mother to visit their ancestral home. Sadly unable to make the long planned and hoped for mother-daughter trip any longer, Kate travels alone, trying to outdistance her sadness and anger.Through Kate, the reader is introduced to Glenmara, a tiny, close-knit fishing community of determined inhabitants intent on maintaining their existence and their traditions. Stopping to rest on her pedestrian journey through Ireland, Kate is quickly accepted by the widow Bernie, who is part of a lace making group???caretakers of the hand-made lace craft passed along for generations in their community. As Kate is taught to make lace, she begins to ???pick up the thread??? of her life. Bringing her own talents to the lace makers??? lack of sales of traditional linens, tablecloths and towels, she is able to teach them to reimaging their craft. The reader is drawn into the circumstances of each of the lace makers, who discover that changing the lace, changes their lives.I easily recommend this book to others;??? no needlework experience required. The finely developed characters left this reader hoping for a sequel so that I might continue further into the life of Glenmara and the people that I???d come to know and appreciate.--JK Campbell, Colorado State University Bookstore (Fort Collins, CO)