Uterish Book Club Picks of the Year 2023

your round-up of our 2023 picks for the Uterish Book Club :)

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Uterish Book Club Picks of the Year 2022

your round-up of our 2022 picks for the Uterish Book Club :)

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Uterish Book Club Picks of the Year 2021

your round-up of our 2021 picks for the Uterish Book Club :)

alex, gretaUterishDecember 30, 2021uterish book clun, book, feminist book, feminist books, feminist books 2020, feminist reading, the provocateur, feminist book clubComment

10 Movies for Feminists to Watch This Halloween

Boo! It’s spooky season.

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Political Satanism and Abortion Rights

Undergirding anti-abortion politics is the idea that abortion is an act of evil in the eyes of God; apparently, pro-choice politics is Satan’s domain.

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The Norplant: Eugenics and the State’s Appropriation of Contraceptives

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alexAlexMarch 15, 2021norplant, eugenics, forced sterilization, norplant contraception, involuntary contraception, involuntary sterilization, reproductive justice, alex, norplant history

In Defense of Mrs. Bennet's "Nerves"

“You take delight in vexing me.”

Image: Jane Austen Film Club

Uterish Book Club Picks of the Year 2020

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We love reading!!

alex, gretaUterishDecember 30, 2020uterish book clun, book, feminist book, feminist books, feminist books 2020, feminist reading, the provocateur, feminist book club Comment

What's the Hyde Amendment?

“Henry Hyde teaches us the hard way that, historically, the barometer for abortion access has been set to what the most privileged can access; this was true before Roe, and it is true in 2020.”

#RepealHyde #JusticeforRosieJimenez

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Vote Anyway

Feminist solutions aren’t on the ballot; we are not off the hook for political action if we cast our vote. So what actually is on the ballot? What is at stake when we do or don’t vote?

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alexAlexSeptember 20, 2020feministpolitics, feministvote, vote, election2020, elections, electoralpoltiics, electoralpolitics, feministelection, alex

Feminist Sounds: Speculation and Specters in Rhiannon Giddens’ Music

“Giddens’ music speaks back to multiple erasures, appropriations, and traumas in order to recover a musical aesthetic that opens a portal to the past and future.”

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alexAlexAugust 15, 2020alex, rhiannongiddens, Blackfolkmusic, CarolinaChocolateDrops, OurNativeDaughter

The Personal is Political…and Intergalactic

Guest Shiv and Alex discuss failed masculinities and the non-human in Star Wars. Alternatively titled: “Jar Jar Twink,” “Stop Kink-Shaming the Sith,” or “Daddy Dark Side.”

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alex, guestGuest Shiv and AlexMay 4, 2020star wars, feminist critique, cultural studies, star wars critique, feminist star wrs, feminist star wars

The Two Femmes Queering the Straightest Show Around

Greta and Alex talk with Bachelor Gaytion.

alex, gretaAlex and GretaApril 9, 2020thebachelorette, queeringtherose, queer, podcast, bachelorgaytion, astrology, voyeurism, thebachelor, interview Comments

"Bad Blood": The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment

“Tuskegee tells us how the Black body figures into medical discourse and medical knowledge, specifically as it props up globalized narratives of American exceptionalism and materially benefits white health.” (Thumbnail image: The New York Times)

alexAlexFebruary 21, 2020tuskegee, tuskegeesyphilis, tuskegeesyphilisstudy, tuskegeesyphilisexperiment, badblood, misseversboys, missevers, syphilis, untreatedsyphilis

Heroes: Ana Mendieta

“Most of Mendieta’s work strikes the viewer as surreal, magical, jarring, out of place. Mendieta creates new worlds in her images rather than attempting to approximate or reflect worlds that already exist.”

alexAlexJanuary 27, 2020alex, heroes, anamendieta, feministphotographer