The Defiant Middle: How Women Claim Life's In-Betweens to Remake the World
by Kaya Oakes
Description
This incisive work explores the overlooked spaces of women’s lives—the transitions, contradictions, and uncertain “in-betweens” that are often treated as problems to solve or stages to outgrow. Drawing on cultural analysis, personal insight, and the experiences of women navigating change, it reveals how these middle places can become sources of creativity, agency, and collective power. The book challenges conventional ideas about progress, identity, and success while showing how women can claim ambiguity on their own terms. Thoughtful and provocative, it offers a compelling vision of transformation rooted not in certainty, but in the courage to remain open to what comes next.
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hardcover
Broadleaf Books
Published Nov 30, 2021
200 pages
ISBN: 9781506467689
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First Published
2021
Language
eng
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