Feminist Theory

From Mary Wollstonecraft and Simone de Beauvoir to Judith Butler and bell hooks: a group for people who like thinking about the history, philosophy and politics of what it means to 'be' a 'woman'.

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Not meaning "feline"...		8	Rozax, Friday 7:28pm
Wikipedia's separating women out of "American novelists"		15	elisa.saphier, Thursday 6:20pm
Coverflip: Maureen Johnson Calls For An End To Gendered Book Covers With An Amazing Challenge		3	Helcura, May 9
If Only We Could Talk About Abusing Women Like We Do Abusing Cats		7	Rozax, April 16
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games		4	LolaWalser, March 29
The Client List		1	Rozax, March 29
The female condition, illustrated in letter and example		8	LolaWalser, February 26
Charlotte Allen blames Sandy Hook tragedy on lack of male presence		17	nandadevi, February 22
7-yr-old Zora Ball, youngest person to create mobile app video game		1	Rozax, February 19
Goodbye, Julia Penelope		1	7sistersapphist, January 20
World time-line of feminists		10	quicksiva, January 11
Distributor Censorship of The MILF Diet		30	southernbooklady, January 4
"Bosses Can Fire Hot Workers For Being 'Irresistible': All-Male Court"		33	Booksloth, January 4
The mother of women's studies, Gerda Lerner, has died at 92		2	janeajones, January 3
"Rudolph the Sexist Reindeer"		7	Rozax, December 2012
[Women on Top]		2	LolaWalser, December 2012
Barneys and Disney have decided that Minnie Mouse is too fat		30	Rozax, November 2012
[The End of Men and the Rise of Women]		4	LolaWalser, October 2012
Why the Public Slut Shaming of Kristen Stewart Matters for Young Women		8	Rozax, October 2012
"Science! It's a girl thing!"		7	PedrBran, October 2012
50 shades of grey (it was inevitable)...		8	Rozax, October 2012
Lady Ada Day		1	Rozax, October 2012
Ms. Magazine Blog's Readers 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time		7	Periodista, September 2012
"Science! It's a girl thing!"		1	Rozax, August 2012
2012 Interesting Articles		6	sweetiegherkin, July 2012
Are fallen women always punished in literature? What about men?		20	goonergirl1982, July 2012
Best 100 Nonfiction books on Women		44	MissTrudy, June 2012
Boston API Jam loses sponsors over sexist langauage		13	Rozax, June 2012
Arizona bill declares women pregnant two weeks before conception		6	avaland, May 2012
Marketing and misogyny		11	FrancoisTremblay, May 2012
What would Jesus do at the Masters?		5	Nickelini, April 2012
A Comedy Showrunner's Lament And The Status Of Lady Jokes - NPR		1	Rozax, April 2012
Books that pass the "Bechdel Test"		16	knownever, March 2012
2011 Interesting Articles		40	avaland, January 2012
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo		5	HanGerg, January 2012
Contemporary Nonfiction		54	Nickelini, November 2011
new book - fictionalized women's history		1	chriswind, November 2011
Feminism - out of date?		42	Nickelini, October 2011
Lesbian Heroes Ignored		2	royallthefourth, September 2011
Horrified by rape titilation scenes in silly epic film I saw recently...		10	MaryLou0, August 2011
Concerned About Women Readers Lack of Indignation about Foul Treatment of Women in Novels		9	MaryLou0, August 2011
Oh pshaw, women get too upset about rape		19	MaryLou0, July 2011
Feminist Movies Owned		8	2wonderY, July 2011
Female Genital Mutilation		72	Citizenjoyce, June 2011
Introduction: A Syllabus		16	Amelsfort, May 2011
A new blog on Mary Wollstonecraft I thought some might be interested in		1	philosojerk, April 2011
Mary Renault's Theseus novels and internalised misogyny		8	MaryLou0, February 2011
Can a man be a feminist?		14	Essa, January 2011
610 total - who are you?		7	bookwoman247, January 2011
Vagina Dentata		6	Rozax, January 2011
Stripping		7	Jesse_wiedinmyer, January 2011
Explicitly feminist children's and YA lit		25	amandaink, January 2011
Men Are Not From Mars		39	Rozax, January 2011
Murakami's books		5	perlle, January 2011
2010 Interesting articles...		49	Jesse_wiedinmyer, January 2011
Annoyance at the labels attached to the term 'feminist'		78	bookmonk8888, October 2010
"Chick Lit"		16	susanbooks, September 2010
Burqa ban		12	Citizenjoyce, July 2010
Glamour?		42	Citizenjoyce, July 2010
A Room of One's Own....discussion thread		2	LillianRodriguez, July 2010
Why do retailers insist on calling them "panties"?		72	bookmonk8888, July 2010
Feminst spirituality		7	beatles1964, July 2010
Second Sex--thoughts?		3	inkspot, June 2010
how did you become interested in feminism?		28	bookmonk8888, June 2010
slightly OT: "Feminists for Life" (and Palin)		11	bookmonk8888, June 2010
Women's Spirituality: good, bad or irrelevant?		11	bookmonk8888, June 2010
Feminism and Pornography		33	bookmonk8888, June 2010
Do I need, should I read, "Intercourse."		8	Citizenjoyce, May 2010
Group Read Suggestions		28	PollyAnnaHP, May 2010
Offensive ads		20	avaland, May 2010
Your top 10 books		18	susanbooks, April 2010
The Decline of Feminism?		8	perdondaris, February 2010
Feminism versus Literature: What books should we favor?		26	susanbooks, February 2010
Camille Paglia: Your Thoughts?		22	keigu, November 2009
Other Feminist Message Boards?		4	AstolatSerenity, November 2009
First World War		3	yeremenko, October 2009
my little red book giveaway		1	theepicrat, March 2009
Sexism In Liberal Communities		11	asquonk, February 2009
Art history buffs: suggestions for places to research my paper?		14	Fullmoonblue, November 2008
help! suffragist magazine from 1916		4	eromsted, September 2008
Heide Göttner-Abendroth anyone?		4	Vetch, September 2008
Introducing Sage Sweetwater		1	sagesweetwater, May 2008
Mary Daly		5	Vetch, May 2008
Pulp Fiction - Feminism in Disguise?		5	marietherese, July 2007
This woman needs your help.		1	Doug1943, May 2007
Feminism vs. Literature -- Are They At Odds?		10	marietherese, May 2007
de Beauvoir paper		5	imedchikhaoui, May 2007
Feminist Theory Message Board		17	sylvan_eyre, April 2007
Cordial Invitation to a Dirty Voyage		1	d.homsher, March 2007
Feminist Bookstore Network		1	bleuroses, February 2007
Suzy McKee Charnas' Holdfast books.		1	puabi, August 2006