Carrie Baker, Dahlia Balcazar, and V Varun Chaudhry discuss Sara Ahmed’s new book, The Feminist Killjoy Handbook.
Short Takes
Katherine Turk’s The Women of NOW
Alice Echols, Jill Filipovic, Rebecca Jo Plant, and Carmen Rios discuss Katherine Turk’s new book The Women of NOW, and Turk offers a response to the commentaries on her book.
Dahlia Lithwick’s Lady Justice
Kathryn Abrams, Libby Adler, Shoshanna Ehrlich, and Zinelle October discus Dahlia Lithwick’s new book Lady Justice, plus a response from Lithwick.
Nona Willis Aronowitz’s Bad Sex
Elizabeth Armstrong, Tracy Clark-Flory, Rachel Hills, and Shira Tarrant discuss Nona Willis Aronowitz’s new book, and Willis Aronowitz offers a response to the commentaries on her book.
Hugh Ryan’s The Women’s House of Detention
Gabrielle Bruney, Stephen Dillon, Aviva Stahl, and Jess Whatcott discuss Hugh Ryan’s book The Women’s House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison. Plus, Ryan responds to the pieces on his book.
Mona Chollet’s In Defense of Witches

Maryse Condé, Deirdre English, Sarah Lyons, and Bridget Marshall discuss Mona Chollet’s In Defense of Witches
Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie’s Abolition. Feminism. Now.
LaShawn Harris, Jenn Jackson, Victoria Law, and Cassandra Shaylor discuss the new book Abolition. Feminism. Now. by Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie