On the socialist history of International Women's Day
New Video of KU Keynote Lecture for IWD 2021 →
Dr. Kristen R. Ghodsee on the Socialist History of International Women's Day
In honor of Women's History Month 2021, KU's Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity and Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies welcomed Dr. Kristen R. Ghodsee (she/her) — author of Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence — to speak on the socialist roots of International Women's Day. This recording of the event features Dr. Ghodsee's lecture followed by an audience Q&A moderated by Dr. Megan Williams (she/her), Assistant Director of Emily Taylor Center for Women & Gender Equity.
Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tL0DuM0xibM
The best way to read Engels...
…is to pair him with dark chocolate and red wine. It doesn’t matter how many times I’ve read this book, it always boils my blood, and I need some some comfort when I get to the part about the overthrow of the mother right.
With my comrades in Paris
In Paris after a hard day’s work with Francisca de Hann, Chiara Bonfigioli, Sara Panata, Jocelyn Olcott, and our fearless leader, Ioana Cirstocea. I learned so much in one day; it was well worth weathering the jet lag and the heat wave to attend this seminar.
Summer reading: Feminism for the 99%
“The division between profit-making and people-making points to a deep-seated tension at the heart of capitalist society. While capital strives systemically to increase profits, working-class people strive, conversely, to lead decent and meaningful lives as social beings. These are fundamentally irreconcilable goals, for capital’s share of accumulation can only increase at the expense of our share in the life of society. Social practices that nourish our lives at home, and social services that nurture our lives outside of it, constantly threaten to cut into profits. Thus, a financial drive to reduce those costs and an ideological drive to undermine such labors are endemic to the system as a whole”
- Arruzza, Bhattacharya, and Fraser, Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto, page 71
New article in the World Policy Journal
The Summer issue of the World Policy Journal just arrived in the post with my new article on the Russian women's activist, Alexandra Kollontai. It is always a thrill to see one's words in print on nice, glossy paper. And I am even more delighted to share an issue with Slavoj Zizek!
