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

Glenn Danzig Reads Our Book

November 17, 2009

Here’s a YouTube clip of Glenn Danzig, lead singer of legendary punk band The Misfits, looking through his rather intense personal library. at 0:45 in, he takes a look at… 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

HuffPo on Mental Illness

November 12, 2009

Anis Shivani reviews Richard P. Bentall’s Doctoring the Mind: Is Our Current Treatment of Mental Illness Really Any Good? In the 1960s, a movement called “antipsychiatry” (prompted in Britain by… READ MORE

On Speed, In Paperback

November 5, 2009

Nicolas Rasmussen’s On Speed: The Many Lives of Amphetamine is now available in paperback. “It’s hard to believe that amphetamine, a drug of questionable medical utility and extreme addiction hazard,… READ MORE