NPR Podcast: Title IX, Now and Then
August 19, 2010
Listen to the author of Getting in the Game on NPR’s Only a Game. They also reviewed the book. Title IX was signed into law almost 40 years ago, yet… READ MORE
Category: Women’s Studies
Girl Zines Get Reviewed
May 19, 2010
Broken Pencil, a magazine of zine culture (is that… redundant? an oxymoron?), put up a highly intelligent review of Alison Piepmeier’s Girl Zines. Scholastic attention to girl zines is relatively… READ MORE
Recent Reviews: Empire, Lesbians, Mold
March 24, 2010
The Bases of Empire: The Global Struggle against U.S. Military Posts, edited by Catherine Lutz, was featured in the Palestine Chronicle. They call it “a well crafted study and an… READ MORE
Ladies Love the San Francisco Chronicle
February 24, 2010
Check out SFGate.com for the Chronicle’s review of Sapphistries: A Global History of Love Between Women by Leila J. Rupp. In setting out to write a one-volume global history of… READ MORE
Rrrrriot for Girl Zines
February 1, 2010
The Announcement of NYU’s new Riot Grrl Archive at Fales Library has brought new attention to Alison Piepmeier’s book, Girl Zines. Two blog reviews, here and here, and a great… READ MORE
Jamillah Karim wins Asian American Studies Award!
January 20, 2010
The Association for Asian American Studies has awarded Jamillah Karim’s American Muslim Women: Negotiating Race, Class, and Gender within the Ummah its 2008 Book Award in Social Sciences! The award… READ MORE
Jezebel Does Girl Zines
November 13, 2009
An American Prospect review of Girl Zines got some attention from America’s favorite women and culture blog, Jezebel. Since the 1990s, zines have played a crucial role in bringing awareness… READ MORE
Stephen Colbert: “I’m fat, you’re fat”
October 15, 2009
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Obesity Epidemic – Amy Farrell www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Michael Moore Amy Farrell, contributor to The Fat… READ MORE