This collection brings together contributions which address issues and debates within contemporary women's studies and feminism. The variety of feminist perspectives which emerge from these papers reveal the extent to which the diversities of women's experiences continue to reshape feminist knowledge and politics. A recurrent theme is how to work with these diversitites, and how to make connections which do not recreate hierarchies or oppressive practices, which privilege the experiences and aims of some women over those of others. The contributions here, from inside and outside the academy,...

This collection brings together contributions which address issues and debates within contemporary women's studies and feminism. The variety of feminist perspectives which emerge from these papers reveal the extent to which the diversities of women's experiences continue to reshape feminist knowledge and politics. A recurrent theme is how to work with these diversitites, and how to make connections which do not recreate hierarchies or oppressive practices, which privilege the experiences and aims of some women over those of others. The contributions here, from inside and outside the academy,...

It's all about recovery with an attitude Former champion Toastmaster International speaker, Mary Kennedy's life, seems to be immersed with almost daily supernatural events that some only dream of experiencing just once Born with a prophetic gift, Kennedy delights us with miracle-rich stories from early childhood to the present. Take for instance, young Mary at the racetrack with her stepdad; she picked all the horses -- and they won Or the time she told cancer to turn around in five days -- and it did Kennedy's book is alive with attitude, moxie and an unapologetic conviction that God is...