Liz Bucar, Maria Bustillos, Jaclyn Friedman, and Kaitlynn Mendes discuss Mona Eltahawy’s book The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls.
Short Takes: Mona Eltahawy’s The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls
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Ask a Feminist: Eesha Pandit and Paula Moya Discuss Activism and the Academy with Carla Kaplan and Suzanna Walters
Activist, writer, and advocate Eesha Pandit and professor of English Paula Moya discuss the relationship between feminist scholarship and feminist activism, and how feminist activists and scholars can best support one anothers’ work. The conversation is facilitated by Signs editorial board chair Carla Kaplan and Signs editor in chief Suzanna Walters. Recorded live at the National Women’s Studies Association Conference.
Alison Saar – Grow’d (2019)
Artist Statement This work depicts a cast bronze female figure seated on a bale of cotton. Branches of cotton extend upward from her hair, reaching for the sky. “Grow’d” is the final chapter of a series of works that centered around the character of Topsy from Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. In the book, […]
Winter 2020 (vol. 45, no. 2)
The Winter 2020 issue of Signs is now available online through the University of Chicago Press. The table of contents is as follows: Backlash and the Future of Feminism A symposium edited by Jennifer M. Piscopo and Denise M. Walsh, with Brittany Leach and Eileen Ying Introduction: Backlash and the Future of Feminism Jennifer M. […]
Ask a Feminist: Byllye Avery Discusses the Past and Future of Reproductive Justice with Susan Reverby
Byllye Avery, cofounder of the Black Women’s Health Imperative, speaks to historian Susan Reverby about her activist work, beginning in the 1970s, to increase women’s access to abortion. She discusses the state of reproductive rights before and after Roe v. Wade, the genesis of the “reproductive justice” movement, and the tactics that might be needed in a post-Roe future.
Short Takes: Linda Hirshman’s Reckoning
Carrie Baker, Alexandra Brodsky, Tara Conley, and Judith Levine discuss Linda Hirshman’s Reckoning: The Epic Battle against Sexual Abuse and Harassment, with a response from Hirshman.
Short Takes: Rachel Louise Snyder’s No Visible Bruises
Sarah Deer, Melissa Jeltsen, Qudsia Raja, and Natalie J. Sokoloff discuss Rachel Louise Snyder’s No Visible Bruises, with a response from Snyder.
Faith Ringgold – Echoes of Harlem (1980)
Artist Statement I became an artist in the tumultuous 1960s. By the early 1970s I had developed both vision and voice as a black woman artist in America. I went to West Africa in the 1970s and returned home inspired to write my memoir. We Flew Over the Bridge: The Memoirs of Faith Ringgold was […]
Autumn 2019 (vol. 45, no. 1)
The Autumn 2019 issue of Signs is now available online. The table of contents is as follows: Reproductive Justice and the History of Prenatal Supplementation: Ethics, Birth Spacing, and the “Priority Infant” Model in The Gambia Meredith Reiches Winner of the 2019 Catharine Stimpson Prize for Outstanding Feminist Scholarship Dr. Anna B. Ott, Patient #1763: […]
Ask a Feminist: Deborah Anker Discusses Gender and US Asylum Law with Aziza Ahmed
How has feminism shaped US asylum law? Why and how is the Trump Administration trying to undo feminist gains? Hear asylum- and refugee-law expert Deborah Anker discuss the history and present of gender in the US asylum system in the latest episode of Ask a Feminist.