Books
Kathleen Collins's Posthumous Short story collection "Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?" is a long overdue treasure
Collins never avoids complexity or difficult emotions; she’s unafraid of ambiguity, and her stories don’t provide easy conclusions or simple interpretations.
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Phoebe Robinson's Debut Book Takes on Race, Gender, and Pop Culture
There are infinite ways to be Black, and in You Can’t Touch My Hair Robinson deftly illustrates her own.
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“Growing a Life”: The Politics and Positive Impact of Youth Gardening
Growing a Life offers an affirmation that time spent in the garden may be growing far more than we realize.
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When Our Heroes Fail Us: On Margaret Atwood's Response to the Firing of UBC Professor Steven Galloway
If UBC’s handling of Galloway’s case shows a lack of transparency, it has at least made one thing very, very clear: Our literary heroes do not always stand up to scrutiny in the times when we need them the most.
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Oh Joy Sex Toy: Queer, A Graphic History
A new book illustrates queer theory and the intricacies of LGBTQ identity.
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Finally! A Definitive Guide to "Winning at Feminism"
The satirical new book from Reductress “How To Win at Feminism: The Definitive Guide to Having it All—and Then Some!” is a flat-out riot.
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Personal Anxiety Versus the Police State: Sarah Schulman Is Changing Our Relationship with Conflict
Author and activist Sarah Schulman connects the way we deal with interpersonal problems to the way governments and police forces exercise control.
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Atlas of an Infinite City: New Book "Nonstop Metropolis" is a Love Letter to New York
Rebecca Solnit and collaborators put together maps and essays that reexamine the city.
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Calling Out Casual Sexism: Five Questions for the Author of "Feminist Fight Club"
The new “office survival manual for a sexist workplace” offers strategies and tongue-in-cheek pie charts for dealing with sexism at work.
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Don’t Say I'm "Dramatic": An Almost A-Z List of Words to Avoid When Talking About Women
This article is an excerpt from Jessica Bennett’s new book, Feminist Fight Club.
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