Women Empowered: An eBook Special
March 6, 2020
This Women’s History Month, we’re reflecting on powerful women who have shaped American history, while also looking ahead to a new generation of women forging new paths for themselves and others.
Category: Women’s Studies
Happy Galentine’s Day!
February 13, 2020
This Galentine’s Day, as we celebrate the women in our lives, we turn to some of our favorite books by and about women.
I Am Still Wondering About Elizabeth and Bernie
January 16, 2020
—Zillah Eisenstein
What does it mean to deal with the racism and misogyny of the electoral arena?
#MeToo: Here Today, Gone Tomorrow?
November 15, 2019
—Alison Dahl Crossley
The headlines have been rolling in naming the death of #MeToo, the failure of #MeToo, and even the dangers of #MeToo. Are these headlines accurate? And beyond the headlines, what’s next?
If Not Now, When?: Finding a feminism for 2020
November 13, 2019
—Zillah Eisenstein I ask us all to think as imaginatively as possible in these next several months before the first primaries. I see these current thoughts as a continuance of… READ MORE
Ballroom, Tango, and the Patriarchy
November 4, 2019
—Julia A. Ericksen A recent article in the New York Times described the ways in which young women and men are remaking Argentine tango, the dance that seems to embody… READ MORE
“Something is about to go terribly wrong” at the border—notes from a Deaconess
September 19, 2019
—Jenny Wiley Legath
What we can learn from one Deaconess’ experience with migrants in Brownsville, TX and across the border
“Real” Bodies in Body-Positive Fashion Campaigns
August 28, 2019
—Amanda M. Czerniawski
An estimated 67 percent of American women are considered plus size, but plus-size bodies only appear in 2 percent of media imagery, but, with every new body-positive campaign, we get a step closer to revealing real bodies in media.