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Religion May 28, 2023

The Women’s Mosque of America

Authority and Community in US Islam

Tazeen M. Ali

Hosted by Joseph Stuart
The Women’s Mosque of America (WMA), a multiracial, women-only mosque in Los Angeles, is the first of its kind in the United States. Since 2015, the WMA has provided a …

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Interviews with scholars of women's history about their new books.

Psychoanalysis May 27, 2023

Misogyny in Psychoanalysis

Michaela Chamberlain

Hosted by Christopher Russell
Today I talked to Michaela Chamberlain, author of Misogyny in Psychoanalysis (Phoenix Publishing House, 2022) Chamberlain’s book is a product of “cumulative trauma” whose original starting point was an interest …
Popular Culture May 25, 2023

Rude Girls

Women in 2 Tone and One Step Beyond

Heather Augustyn

Hosted by Rebekah Buchanan
In her latest book, Rude Girls: Women in 2 Tone and One Step Beyond (Sally Brown Publishing, 2023), Heather Augustyn explores the ska revival in the UK during the lates 1970s and 1980s …
Women's History May 25, 2023

The Suffragist Peace

How Women's Votes Lead to Fewer Wars

Robert F. Trager and Joslyn N. Barnhart

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
In the modern age, some parts of the world are experiencing a long peace. Nuclear weapons, capitalism and the widespread adoption of democratic institutions have been credited with fostering this …
Chinese Studies May 24, 2023

Reproductive Realities in Modern China

Birth Control and Abortion, 1911-2021

Sarah Mellors Rodriguez

Hosted by Laurie Dickmeyer
In Reproductive Realities in Modern China: Birth Control and Abortion, 1911-2021 (Cambridge UP, 2022), assistant professor of history at Missouri State University, Sarah Mellors Rodriguez explores the longue durée history …
Science, Technology, and Society May 24, 2023

Stroller

Amanda Parrish Morgan

Hosted by Frances Sacks
Among the many things expectant parents are told to buy, none is a more visible symbol of status and parenting philosophy than a stroller. Although its association with wealth …
Madison's Notes May 23, 2023

After the Pill

A Conversation with Mary Eberstadt

Mary Eberstadt

Hosted by Annika Nordquist
The pill has rocked our society to its core: but have we fully examined all its repercussions? Influential author and essayist Mary Eberstadt thinks we've only scratched the surface; in …
Gender Studies May 22, 2023

Changing the Subject

Feminist and Queer Politics in Neoliberal India

Srila Roy

Hosted by Shraddha Chatterjee
In Changing the Subject: Feminist and Queer Politics in Neoliberal India (Duke UP, 2022),  Srila Roy maps the rapidly transforming terrain of gender and sexual politics in India under the …
MIT Press Podcast May 22, 2023

Muse, Odalisque, Handmaiden

A Girl's Life in the Incredible String Band

Rose Simpson

Hosted by MIT Press
Damon Kruskowski, author of Ways of Hearing and The New Analog, previously member of Galaxie 500 and currently a member of Damon & Naomi interviews Rose Simpson about her book …
Political Science May 22, 2023

Massive Resistance and Southern Womanhood

White Women, Class, and Segregation

Rebecca Brückmann

Hosted by Susan Liebell
Massive Resistance and Southern Womanhood: White Women, Class, and Segregation (U Georgia Press, 2021) offers a comparative sociocultural and spatial history of white supremacist women involved in massive resistance. The …
Women's History May 21, 2023

From Back Alley to the Border

Criminal Abortion in California, 1920-1969

Alicia Gutierrez-Romine

Hosted by Jeannette Cockroft
In From Back Alley to the Border: Criminal Abortion in California, 1920-1969 (U Nebraska Press, 2020), Alicia Gutierrez-Romine examines the history of criminal abortion in California and the role abortion providers …
Women's History May 21, 2023

Do Everything

The Biography of Frances Willard

Christopher H. Evans

Hosted by Jane Scimeca
Frances Willard (1839-1898) was one of the most prominent American social reformers of the late nineteenth century. As the long-time president of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU), Willard built …
Sex, Sexuality, and Sex Work May 20, 2023

Sexed Up

How Society Sexualizes Us, and How We Can Fight Back

Julia Serano

Hosted by Eric LeMay
Today I interview Julia Serano about her new book, Sexed Up: How Society Sexualizes Us and How We Can Fight Back (Seal, 2022). Serano is an activist, performer, and acclaimed author of Whipping …
MIT Press Podcast May 19, 2023

Ithell Colquhoun

Genius of The Fern Loved Gully

Amy Hale

Hosted by MIT Press
Tai Shani (Turner Prize winning artist, educator and author of Our Fatal Magic) and Amy Hale (anthropologist, folklorist, and writer) discuss the work of artist, occultist and writer Ithell Colquhoun …
MIT Press Podcast May 18, 2023

Lauren Fournier and McKenzie Wark on Autotheory

Complete Interview

Lauren Fournier

Hosted by MIT Press
An extended conversation between Lauren Fournier, writer, independent curator, artist, and author of Autotheory as Feminist Practice in Art, Writing, and Criticism and writer, educator and philosopher McKenzie Wark (A …
Madison's Notes May 18, 2023

Reclaiming a Lost Vision of Feminism

A Conversation with Erika Bachiochi

Erika Bachiochi

Hosted by Annika Nordquist
The overturning of Roe v. Wade has led to a flurry of commentary and wondering, "Where next?" But, it also begs deeper questions: what is the history of abortion and …
Film May 17, 2023

The Cinema of Barbara Stanwyck

Twenty-Six Short Essays on a Working Star

Catherine Russell

Hosted by Daniel Moran
From The Lady Eve, to The Big Valley, Barbara Stanwyck played parts that showcased her multidimensional talents but also illustrated the limits imposed on women in film and television …
MIT Press Podcast May 17, 2023

Autotheory as Feminist Practice in Art, Writing, and Criticism

Lauren Fournier

Hosted by MIT Press
Lauren Fournier, writer, independent curator, artist, and author of Autotheory as Feminist Practice in Art, Writing, and Criticism discusses her forthcoming book with writer, educator and philosopher McKenzie Wark (A …
Politics & Polemics May 16, 2023

Naked Feminism

Breaking the Cult of Female Modesty

Victoria Bateman

Hosted by Miranda Melcher
Is it right that, despite the promises of feminism, women’s bodies remain at the mercy of state, society and religion? Should a scantily clad woman, or a promiscuous one, be …
Princeton UP Ideas Podcast May 15, 2023

Period

The Real Story of Menstruation

Kate Clancy

Hosted by Mark Klobas
Menstruation is something half the world does for a week at a time, for months and years on end, yet it remains largely misunderstood. Scientists once thought of an individual's …