"This is the third New Cambridge edition of The Taming of the Shrew, one of Shakespeare's most popular yet controversial plays. Ann Thompson considers its reception in the light of the hostility and embarrassment that the play often arouses, taking account of both scholarly defences and modern feminist criticism. For this version the editor pays lively attention to the problematic nature of debates about the play and its reception in the twenty-first...

The world has been caught in an epidemic that killed all of the Earth's female population. A father and his daughter, disguised as a boy, begin to navigate this new landscape which is no longer hospitable or safe. Along the way, he must fight off dangers that threaten the pair as well as a lack of moral compasses in others they meet. It's a journey of survival that leads to treacherous territories and the ultimate quest.

A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night. McLintock!: Cattle baron George Washington McLintock fights with his estranged wife who wants nothing from him except a divorce. His daughter and the local political land-grabbers are fighting with McLintock as well. Along with taming the West, McLintock finally "tames" everyone who has been fighting with him. Unforgiven: A former desperado agrees to go on one...

An accident during a bar mitzvah celebration leads to a gender rift in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem, in this rousing, good-hearted tale about women speaking truth to patriarchal power.

Mulan is a young girl born into a military family. She has no male heirs to carry on the family name. When her father is summoned for battle, she disguises herself as a male soldier rather than exposing her ailing father of the horrors on the battlefield. As the invasion from the other armies draws near, Mulan's remarkable insight and unfailing courage prove her worth as a true leader.

After a game of pool, Michael and Bruce decide to go to a strip club. Dana returns home and sees them driving away, and decides to follow them. She tracks them to the club, and she's appalled as she watches them get lap dances. She leaves the club and calls Brita to tell her all about it. When Michael and Bruce get back to Michael's place, they find the two women waiting there, angry. Dana throws Michael out. The four of them come together, momentarily,...

A feisty, Bangladeshi teen-aged painter sets out on a quest to save her ailing father. Her artistic gift has blossomed with his encouragement but hasn't yet proven financially rewarding. Naima's mother dashes such childish dreams, which sends the frustrated teen off to the big city, determined to earn money for the family's survival. And she does, by disguising herself as a boy to get a job as a rickshaw driver. Still, Naima's creative drive has her...

After grad school, Catherine and Gwen chose polar opposite paths. Catherine built a career as a rockstar academic, while Gwen built a home with her husband and children. Decades later, unfulfilled in polar opposite ways, each woman covets the other's life, commencing a dangerous game of musical chairs -- the prize being Gwen's husband. With searing insight and trademark wit, Gina Gionfriddo's comedy is an unflinching look at gender politics in the...

Mizuho, a young man from a well-off family, is told that his grandfather's last wish is that he attend his mother's high school. Such a mundane request would ordinarily not bother Mizuho, but unfortunately, his mother's alma mater is an exclusive academy for young ladies. With the help of his childhood friend Mariya, he manages to convincingly disguise himself as the fairer sex, but will he be able to keep up the act until he manages to graduate?