Jaclyn Friedman, Kelly Oliver, Claire Potter, Aishah Shahidah Simmons, and Lisa Wade discuss Laura Kipnis’s new book Unwanted Advances, with a response from Kipnis.
Short Takes
Jessica Bennett’s Feminist Fight Club
Catherine Connell, Liz Plank, Brigid Schulte, and Adia Harvey Wingfield discuss Jessica Bennett’s Feminist Fight Club, with a response from Bennett.
Susan Faludi’s In the Darkroom
Marcie Bianco, Raewyn Connell, Jay Prosser, Susan Stryker, and Judit Takacs discuss Susan Faludi’s In the Darkroom, with a response from Faludi.
Andi Zeisler’s We Were Feminists Once
This Short Takes: Provocations on Public Feminism features Andi Zeisler’s book We Were Feminists Once: From Riot Grrrl to CoverGirl, the Buying and Selling of a Political Movement, with commentaries from Soraya Chemaly, Susan J. Douglas, Sara Evans, Amy Richards, and Kimberly Springer, with a response from Zeisler.
Rebecca Traister’s All the Single Ladies
Kate Bolick, Rebecca Carroll, Nancy F. Cott, Bella DePaulo, Barbara J. Risman, and Judith Stacey discuss Rebecca Traister’s All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation. The forum also includes a response from Traister. A great discussion of marriage, singledom, and feminism!
Anne-Marie Slaughter’s Unfinished Business: Women, Men, Work, Family
Why Are We Now Talking about “Unfinished Business”? Heather Boushey The Unfinished Business of Race and Gender at Work Kimberly Freeman Brown Strengthening the Case for Policies to Support Caregiving Stephanie Coontz The Feminist Business Nancy Folbre Only the State, Not Benevolent Employers, Can Ensure Work-Family Balance Kathleen Geier Having It All Is Not a […]
Katha Pollitt’s Pro
A Broad Argument, Narrowly Targeted Michelle Kinsey Bruns With Pro, Katha Pollitt Gives the Abortion Rights Movement Its Modern Credo Jill Filipovic The End of the Single-Issue Struggle Dani McClain Unmuddling the Muddled Middle: Pollitt’s Passionate Call to Action Eesha Pandit Let’s Talk about Sex, Not Abortion Loretta Ross Reproductive Justice 101 Rickie Solinger A […]
Roxane Gay’s Bad Feminist
Jennifer Baumgardner, Brittney Cooper, Carla Kaplan, Patricia J. Williams, and Naomi Wolf offer commentaries on Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay.