Short Takes: Stephanie Land’s Maid

Posted on May 20, 2019 by amazzaschi in Feminist Public Intellectuals Project, Short Takes

Sheila Bapat, Grace Chang, Leigh Gilmore, Evelyn Nakano Glenn, and Emily J. Martin discuss Stephanie Land’s Maid, with a response from the author.

Ask a Feminist: Soraya Chemaly Discusses Feminist Rage with Carla Kaplan and Durba Mitra

Feminist journalist, media critic, and activist Soraya Chemaly joins Carla Kaplan and Durba Mitra for an in-depth discussion of feminist rage. Their wide-ranging conversation covers many aspects of contemporary women’s rage: the Kavanaugh Supreme Court confirmation process, the furor over Serena Williams’s US Open final, and how to differentiate progressive anger from the reactionary anger that has fueled the Right, including the rise of Trump.

Ask a Feminist: Soraya Chemaly Discusses Feminist Rage with Carla Kaplan and Durba Mitra

Soraya Chemaly sits down with Carla Kaplan and Durba Mitra to discuss the uses of rage in catalyzing political change, how to differentiate progressive anger from reactionary anger, and more.

Short Takes: Charlene A. Carruthers’s Unapologetic

Posted on January 22, 2019 by amazzaschi in Feminist Public Intellectuals Project, Short Takes

Moya Bailey and Kai Green discuss Charlene A. Carruthers’s book Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements, with a response from Carruthers.

Short Takes: Soraya Chemaly’s Rage Becomes Her

Posted on December 17, 2018 by amazzaschi in Feminist Public Intellectuals Project, Short Takes No Comments

Shoshanna Ehrlich, Holloway Sparks, Jamia Wilson, and Andi Zeisler discuss Soraya Chemaly’s Rage Becomes Her, with a response from Chemaly.

Cynthia Enloe Discusses Gender and the Rise of the Global Right with Agnieszka Graff, Ratna Kapur, and Suzanna Danuta Walters

Posted on September 4, 2018 by amazzaschi in Ask a Feminist, Feminist Public Intellectuals Project

Cynthia Enloe discusses gender and the rise of the global Right with the coeditors of the forthcoming Signs special issue on the topic, Agnieszka Graff, Ratna Kapur, and Suzanna Danuta Walters.

Catharine A. MacKinnon and Durba Mitra Discuss Sexual Harassment in the Age of #MeToo

Posted on July 25, 2018 by amazzaschi in Ask a Feminist, Feminist Public Intellectuals Project

Feminist legal scholar, writer, teacher, and activist Catharine A. MacKinnon discusses “Sexual Harassment in the Age of #MeToo” with Durba Mitra, assistant professor of studies of women, gender, and sexuality at Harvard University.

Bernice Yeung’s In a Day’s Work

Posted on July 12, 2018 by amazzaschi in Feminist Public Intellectuals Project, Short Takes

Eileen Boris, Sarah Jones, Collier Meyerson, and Katherine Turk discuss Bernice Yeung’s book In a Day’s Work: The Fight to End Sexual Violence against America’s Most Vulnerable Workers, with a response from Yeung.

Brittney Cooper’s Eloquent Rage

Posted on May 10, 2018 by amazzaschi in Feminist Public Intellectuals Project, Short Takes

Saida Grundy and Wahneema Lubiano discuss Brittney Cooper’s book Eloquent Rage.

Zoe Quinn’s Crash Override

Posted on February 8, 2018 by amazzaschi in Feminist Public Intellectuals Project, Short Takes

Leigh Alexander, Sydette Harry, and Brooke Foucault Welles discuss Zoe Quinn’s book Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight against Online Hate.