For every time someone has asked us, “What is feminism”, we at Broad Vocabulary have often wished for an easy-to-read hand-book to hand them. Thankfully, bell hooks wrote this exact handbook!

If you’re wondering, check out: Feminism is for Everybody:
Passionate Politics by bell hooks

Synopsis:

This book is a quick 123-page read for everybody! In accessible, easy-to-read language, hooks explores the basics theories of feminism, and proves that the “F-Word” really is for everybody.

Every Day is Mother’s Day at Broad Vocabulary! Hip mamas everywhere need to check out The Essential Hip Mama : Writing from the Cutting Edge of Parenting by Ariel Gore.

Publisher Comments:
It's been over a decade since Ariel Gore, in a caffeine-induced brainstorm, invented Hip Mama as her senior project in college. The zine that has grown up alongside Gore's daughter, has covered subjects from weaning to home schooling with a political edge and a puckish sense of humor. The Essential Hip Mama captures the heart of a decade's worth of earthy, honest, soulful parenting — and topics from circumcision to dating, abortion to the (mistaken) belief that "mothers don't fart." Gore has gathered in one volume the whispers and conversations heard in homes, on playgrounds, and in coffeehouses around the country.

For Hot Political Commentary, check out:
America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction
By Jon Stewart

Publisher Comments:
Jon Stewart, host of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning The Daily Show, and his coterie of patriots deliver a hilarious look at American government...

Termed a "political king-maker" by Newsweek, and "the Dan Rather of infotainment" by Vanity Fair, Jon Stewart, along with the writers of The Daily Show, combines his riotous wit and razor-sharp insight in this hilarious book. American-style democracy is the world's most beloved form of government, which explains why so many other nations are eager for us to impose it on them. But what is American democracy? In America (The Book), Jon Stewart and the Daily Show writing staff offer their insights into our unique system of government, dissecting its institutions, explaining its history and processes, and exploring the reasons why concepts like "One man, one vote," "Government by the people," and "Every vote counts" have become such popular urban myths.