Tag: feminism

November 29, 2018

The N-Word, Again: Bénédicte Boisseron on Afro-Dog Blackness and the Animal Question

“Dazzling in its reach and groundbreaking in its methodology, Afro-Dogredraws the contours of intellectual inquiry with dogs at the lead. Boisseron aims to rethink the hyper-legality of racism and the practice of inequality in ways that are radical and far-reaching.” ~...

June 8, 2018

Snippets from the Annotated Filmography of Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes

This week, our featured book is Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes. Today, author Maggie Hennefeld’s encourages us to use our imagination with these snippets. Remember to enter our book giveaway by 1 PM today for a chance to win a free...

June 6, 2018

Introducing Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes

This week, our featured book is Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes, by Maggie Hennefeld! Today we are happy to present you with an excerpt form the book’s introduction. Enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1 PM for a chance to win a...

June 5, 2018

Q&A with Maggie Hennefeld on Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes

This week, our featured book is Specters of Slapstick and Silent Film Comediennes. Today, we are happy to present you with an exclusive interview with author Maggie Hennefeld! Enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1 PM for a chance to win a free...

March 13, 2018

Extreme Domesticity: A Book Review By Andrea Fontenot

This week, one of our featured books is Extreme Domesticity: A View from the Margins, by Susan Fraiman. Today, we are happy to present a review by Andrea Fontenot that originally appeared in 4columns.org. Enter our book giveaway by Friday at 1 PM for a...

March 2, 2018

2018 Women’s History Month: Featured Books

In honor of Women’s History Month, we’re featuring books centered on women and gender studies for the next  four weeks. Check-in each Monday to enter our book giveaway competition and to find out which title will be the “Book of...

July 17, 2015

Reviews of "The Hillary Doctrine"

Read excerpts from an array of reviews that THE HILLARY DOCTRINE: SEX AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, by Valerie M. Hudson and Patricia Leidl, has received.

July 16, 2015

Women's Rights Around the World

Read excerpts of two pieces on the state of women’s rights around the world: first, an interview with Patricia Leidl about government responses to crime against women in Latin America; and second, an article by Leidl and Valerie M. Hudson on the status of women’s rights in Yemen.

July 16, 2015

Watch the book launch discussion of "The Hillary Doctrine"

Watch Valerie Hudson and Patricia Leidl, the authors of THE HILLARY DOCTRINE: SEX AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, discuss the importance of violence against women in foreign policy, the role of U.S. foreign policy in the world, and their new book with Rosa Brooks, Kathleen Kuehnast, and Daniela Ligiero.

July 15, 2015

No Matter Who’s Elected, We Need the Hillary Doctrine

Read a guest post by Valerie M. Hudson and Patricia Leidl, authors of THE HILLARY DOCTRINE: SEX AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY.

July 14, 2015

Has Hillary Really Helped the World’s Women?

Read an excerpt from THE HILLARY DOCTRINE: SEX AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, by Valerie M. Hudson and Patricia Leidl, that originally appeared in Politico.

July 13, 2015

How Sex Came to Matter in U.S. Foreign Policy

Read an excerpt from the first chapter of THE HILLARY DOCTRINE: SEX AND AMERICAN FOREIGN POLICY, by Valerie M. Hudson and Patricia Leidl.