Feminist lawyer, 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. They discuss MacKinnon’s role in the genesis of sexual harassment law and why it required reshaping the legal meaning of “equality” itself. They also discuss the relationship between the law and social movements, how the law can address discrimination and violence against women of color and trans people, the differences between the Obama and Trump administrations’ approaches to Title IX, and the future of #MeToo. This conversation is part of the Feminist Public Intellectual Project, a series of open-access features presented by Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (http://signsjournal.org/fpip).
Dolores Huerta and Rachel Rosenbloom Discuss Gender and Immigrant Rights
Renowned labor and immigrant-rights organizer Dolores Huerta speaks to Rachel Rosenbloom, professor of law at Northeastern University, about gender and immigrant rights. Huerta speaks about the #MeToo movement against sexual harassment, the gender politics of the labor and immigrant-rights movements, DACA and the DREAMers, and the possibilities for organizing during Trump’s presidency.
This conversation is part of the Feminist Public Intellectual Project, a series of open-access features presented by Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (http://signsjournal.org/fpip).
Ask a Feminist: Michael Kimmel and Lisa Wade Discuss Toxic Masculinity
Michael Kimmel, professor of sociology at Stony Brook University, and Lisa Wade, associate professor of sociology at Occidental College, discuss masculinity studies, gender and neo-Nazi and alt-Right movements, masculinity’s role in the rise of Donald Trump, and the possibilities for coalitions in today’s political landscape. This conversation is part of the Feminist Public Intellectual Project, a series of open-access features presented by Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society (http://signsjournal.org/FPIP).
A Conversation with Women’s March on Washington Co-Chair Tamika Mallory
Tamika Mallory, Co-Chair of the Women’s March on Washington, sat down at Northeastern University on February 28 with Signs Editor Suzanna Danuta Walters. They discuss the success of the January 21, 2017, Women’s Marches around the United States and the world, the significance of intersectional organizing, and the possibilities for future resistance.
A transcript, as well as other resources on the Women’s Marches, is available at http://signsjournal.org/tamika-mallory/.
Ask a Feminist: A Conversation with Angela P. Harris on Gender and Gun Violence
For this edition of Ask a Feminist, Amy Farrell talks to Angela P. Harris—Distinguished Professor of Law, Boochever and Bird Endowed Chair for the Study and Teaching of Freedom of Equality, and Director of the Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies at the University of California Davis—about violence and the consequences of state efforts to control violence through criminalization.This conversation is particularly timely as political dialogue in the United States has shifted dramatically toward “law and order” approaches to solving community problems in the wake of the 2016 presidential election. Professor Harris’s scholarship provides the theoretical underpinning for alternative approaches to violence prevention such as restorative justice. A transcript is available at http://signsjournal.org/ask-a-feminist-harris-farrell/
Ask a Feminist: A Conversation with Susan J. Carroll on Gender and Electoral Politics
For this edition of Ask a Feminist, Suzanna Danuta Walters talks to Susan J. Carroll—eminent political theorist and long-time advocate of women’s political participation—about issues around gender and electoral politics. Her expertise and experience is needed now more than ever, as we navigate an increasingly fraught political season and the prospect of our first woman president.