Books
BiblioBitch: Elissa Schappell's Blueprints for Building Better Girls
Named after a fictional girls’ etiquette handbook, Elissa Schappell’s 2011 short story collection, Blueprints for Building Better Girls, offers a multi-perspectival, intergenerational portrait of American... Read more »
Playing with Fire: The Ethics of Transnational Feminism
“Transnational feminism” is given a lot of weight—negative and otherwise—and most said it couldn’t be done, ‘til Playing with Fire came in 2006, that is. A quick introduction: Playing with... Read more »
BiblioBitch: 25th Anniversary of Gloria Anzald
If you read Bitch, you are likely at least somewhat familiar with Gloria Anzaldúa and her work with feminism, her beautiful writings, and her advocacy for women of color. She was a Chicana-Tejana-lesbian-feminist poet, theorist,... Read more »
Resisting Resistance: On Mahasweta Devi
Along with economic, political, sexual, social exploitation, and god knows what else, colonialism drained South Asia of its resources; this much we know and agree on. But, this encounter also unintentionally opened spaces for women and the ex-untouchable castes in areas like education and politics... Read more »
Kamasutra and the Indian Feminists
Talking sex—especially about the Kamasutra—is progressive, but discussions of the political economy of the text don’t get the same pedestal. How can I claim and embrace queer liberation (as much as I may want to), when it silences someone else?
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Adventures in Feministory: Katherine Mansfield
I like to yank hermits into the spotlight. I'm a sucker for women whose work is sometimes considered "secondary," who kept a low profile... Read more »
BiblioBitch: The Smart (and Spoiler-tastic) Analysis of Beyond the Wall
A book about us? Could I get the audio version? I’m a bit busy at the moment…
The book Beyond the Wall: Exploring George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire (SmartPop/BenBella Books) was something I could not resist, despite the very real possibility that it... Read more »
Lady Business: Why Isn't There More Feminist Business Writing?
Author and entrepreneur Doreen Bloch wrote in a Feministing guest post, “If women make up 46.8% of the workplace in America (Source: Department of Labor) and 58% of college classrooms (Source: The New York Times), where are the female voices in our business thought-leadership?”
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Seven Islands and a Metro and Manipur: Be Whoever You Want to Be, As Long As You Look Like Us
What does it mean when brands of liberal feminism erase the histories of labor, caste, and communal segregation in their re-tellings of the city? And are still considered feminist texts?
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BiblioBitch: The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
Isn’t it the best when you stumble upon an amazing book you just can’t put down? That was my feeling when I read The Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich.
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