BEYOND HEALING

An Interview with L. Ayu Saraswati, author of Scarred: A Feminist Journey Through Pain 1. In Scarred, you describe your journey traveling to twenty countries in just over a year…. READ MORE

Banner that reads "To Have Equal Pay, We Need Equal Parental Leave. An Excerpt from Fixing Parental Leave: The Six Month Solution by Gayle Kaufman." In the background, a team of people stack their hands together. An image of the book cover, featuring traffic lights with baby bottles on them in front of a light blue background.

To Have Equal Pay, We Need Equal Parental Leave

An Excerpt From Fixing Parental Leave: The Six Month Solution by Gayle Kaufman Parental leave may result in lower wages. There is plenty of evidence that mothers experience a wage… READ MORE

5 Books to Read During Ramadan

Join us as we celebrate Ramadan by exploring the diverse experiences of Muslim life. These titles offer a variety of perspectives, exploring Islam and its subcultures through lenses of gender,… READ MORE

The book 'I Write the Yawning Void' lays on top of a gold-tinted picture of Cape Town, South Africa.

I Write the Yawning Void: An Internationally Acclaimed Author Speaks on Writing and Representation

Excerpted from I Write the Yawning Void: Selected Essays of Sindiwe Magona by Sindiwe Magona, published by Wits University Press I can’t believe I have been writing for more than… READ MORE

Inside the Police Academy: An Interview with Samantha J. Simon

Inside the Police Academy

An Interview with Samantha J. Simon, author of Before the Badge: How Academy Training Shapes Police Violence You spent a year researching this book at four large, municipal police departments… READ MORE

Immigrating women

November 1, 2011

“In the first decade of the 21st-century, the image of the typical immigrant in the American imagination… is that of a working-class Mexican or Central American man. This stereotype continues… READ MORE