Tag: feminism

March 9, 2020

The First Political Order and Its Effects on Governance and National, Human, and Environmental Security

By Valerie M. Hudson

“From now on, there will be no more separating questions of politics and peace from the treatment of the females. Those days are over. Thanks to Valerie Hudson and her team of global researchers, we have a long, practical, intimate...

March 8, 2020

How the Harvey Weinstein Verdict Changed the Credibility of Women’s Testimony

By Leigh Gilmore

“In this moving and transformative text, Leigh Gilmore explores the different ways that women’s testimonies are made incredible. With patience and care, Gilmore explores how testimonies circulate, how they keep open histories that have yet to be resolved, and how...

March 8, 2020

Feminist Curious Steps Through History: Illumination in Dark Times

By Ayşe Gül Altınay

“This is more than an extraordinary book—it is a fascinating journey around the world. It links the North and Global South through Europe, Chile, Turkey, and the United States in the name of innovative feminist practices able to rethink, reframe,...

August 7, 2019

Barbara Heldt on How Translation Can Give a Book a Second Life

“Karolina Pavlova’s 1848 novel made a splash when it first appeared, and for good reason. It is interesting in form, mixing prose and poetry, and full of sharply ironic insights about Russian society of the day, especially the lives of...

May 9, 2019

How Relevant is Mother’s Day to Modern Parenting?

With Mother’s Day is this weekend, you might pose the question, “How is mother’s day relevant to parenting today?” Recently Dr. Shani Orgad, author of Heading Home: Motherhood, Work, and the Failed Promise of Equality met with the London School of...

April 23, 2019

How a Divisive Movie Franchise Still Persists in the #MeToo Era: A New Look at I Spit on Your Grave and I Spit on Your Grave: Déjà Vu

“ISOYG’s careful research and analysis makes for an insightful and enjoyable read throughout, and Maguire’s clear-sightedness enables him to pull off the difficult feat of treating the subject matter seriously (as one would expect) without the book ever becoming dry...

March 27, 2019

Book Excerpt! Where Are the Women? (introduction)

“In this bold book, Sarah Tyson revamps the feminist reclamation project to redress not merely exclusion, but all manners of exclusive inclusion. Whether you have never thought of, are inclined not to think of, or are enthusiastic about the thought...

March 18, 2019

Sei Shōnagon: Why Gender Stereotypes of an Ancient Woman Writer Still Resonate Today

“Meticulously researched and persuasively argued, Unbinding The Pillow Book offers a dynamic portrait of one of the most important works of world literature and of the woman who wrote it more than a millennium ago. The Pillow Book has long been one of my...

March 15, 2019

Roundup: Nancy K. Miller and My Brilliant Friends

This week we’ve been featuring Nancy K. Miller’s My Brilliant Friends: Our Lives in Feminism in honor of Women’s History Month. If you haven’t been following us, set the FOMO aside. We’ve got your back with today’s roundup post of this week’s post and previous media...

March 14, 2019

“Carolyn Heilbrun”

“They will know that there are books waiting for them as there were no books for me.” ~ Carolyn G. Heilbrun,  Women’s lives: The View from the Threshold Read the first section of Carolyn from Nancy K. Miller’s My Brilliant...

March 11, 2019

Q&A: Nancy K. Miller on My Brilliant Friends

 “In this astute, passionate, rigorously honest book about her friendships with three extraordinary women, Miller delineates the mysterious geography of those attachments we are not born into, but choose freely. The longing, pain, confusion, envy, and joy that inhabit the...

January 9, 2019

Q&A: Shani Orgad on Heading Home

“This book tells a story about sacrificing career for family that resonates far beyond the lives of the women in London Shani Orgad has interviewed. Orgad makes a powerful argument about the denials women experience, precisely because the author does...