Loving Day During a Time of #BlackLivesMatter

—Tanya Katerí Hernandez
Fifty-four years after the Loving v. Virginia decision, interracial marriage bans no longer exist, but White Supremacist violence and rhetoric still flourish.

Comics and Stuff: Q&A with Henry Jenkins

We caught up with Henry Jenkins to find out more about the shifting cultural role of comics, how comics reflect our relationships to material things, and more.

Celebrate with Pride: An eBook Special

This month, while we celebrate Pride and the LGBTQ+ community, we’re getting caught up on important works of LGBTQ+ history, sociology, literature, and more.

When the Walls of the City Are Shaken: Thinking with Ann Snitow’s Feminist Voice of Uncertainty

—Katheryn M. Detwiler
Snitow was always updating, questioning, and revising her own formulations—working in the mode of thought and action she described as the “feminism of uncertainty.”

National Nurses Week: Let’s Thank the Healers Among Us

Author Ellen M. Snyder-Grenier shares a series of stories about taking action in times of crisis from The House on Henry Street: The Enduring Life of a Lower East Side Settlement.

Commentary on Women Rising: In and Beyond the Arab Spring

Commentary on Women Rising: In and Beyond the Arab Spring

April 7, 2021

—Myra Marx Ferree
This lovely collection by Rita Stephan and Mounira Maya Charrad highlights the voices of the challengers and their perspectives on what must change and how to create a democracy in which they are full participants.

Agency, Resistance, Resilience, Identity

Agency, Resistance, Resilience, Identity

April 5, 2021

—Shirley Hune and Gail M. Nomura
How can all of us better challenge falsehoods of Asian American and Pacific Islander women’s docility and call attention to the complexities of their past and present experiences in the United States and elsewhere?

An Offering to our Asian Sisters

An Offering to our Asian Sisters

April 2, 2021

—Zillah Eisenstein
This is a historical moment to take note. There is little new to Asian racism in the US and yet Covid has given it a new license, a new virulence, a new exposure.

World Health Day: An eBook Special

World Health Day: An eBook Special

April 1, 2021

Explore a curated list of fascinating, must-read studies in health and medicine. Get each eBook for just $1.99 through the end of April!

Women Rising: In and Beyond the Arab Spring

Women Rising: In and Beyond the Arab Spring

March 25, 2021

—Aili Mari Tripp
The book is a welcome contribution for those who research and teach about women in this region, but also for those of us who teach about global feminisms and women’s movements around the world.

Resistance, Revolution, and Reform

Resistance, Revolution, and Reform

March 22, 2021

—Rita Stephan and Mounira M. Charrad
We aim for this volume, with women’s agency as its central focus, to give voice to Arab women as they tell their own stories of activism for democracy, human rights, and women’s rights.