My letter to the editor with my colleague at Penn, Mitchell Orenstein
What the US can learn from women in the Soviet workforce →
My latest column: https://qz.com/1746284/socialist-countries-employ-more-women-in-math-and-science/
An interview in Sleek Magazine from Berlin →
Always a pleasure to speak with the journalist, Angela Waters: “Why East Germany was for lovers.”
Project Syndicate is the best →
Shout out from Liza Featherstone in Jacobin →
Thanks so much to Liza Featherstone for the shout out in her latest column for Jacobin: When the Ruling Class Feared Communism
My latest piece for the Jacobin blog →
With special thanks to my daughter for making me watch the show!
Así cambiaría la sociedad de EE. UU. si se sigue prohibiendo el aborto →
A Spanish translation of Maria Bucur’s and my Op-Ed, “Así cambiaría la sociedad de EE. UU. si se sigue prohibiendo el aborto”
Op-Ed for Project Syndicate with Maria Bucur →
In response to today’s news out of Alabama, Project Syndicate published an op-ed co-written by me and my Indiana University colleague, Maria Bucur. Yes, things in Romania really were that bad!
Something just better about print
The print copy of this month’s issue of The New Republic arrived with my new Op-Ed. I love the feel of pages, and digital will never measure up for me. I am a deeply analogue person.
IWD Column Translated into Spanish →
I am so grateful for this Spanish translation of my New York Times column into Spanish.
My column in The New Republic →
Here is my latest salvo against American-led regime change and the inequality that economic liberalization brings.
Have you wished your mother a Happy International Women's Day yet? →
My new article in the Baffler →
My newest article: “An American Tale: How Cold War Officialdom Made the World Safe for Propaganda” is online as of today!
The BigThink
Thanks so much to Scotty Hendricks who wrote a lovely summary and review of the book at BigThink.com.
My new column in today's Washington Post
Read the new column here: “What the socialist Kama Sutra tells us about sex behind the Iron Curtain”
Summer reading: Workshops of Empire
I read Eric Bennet's article, "How Iowa Flattened Literature," in the Chronicle Review a few years ago and was very excited for this book. His basic argument is that Cold War pressures, and especially the need to fight against socialist realism, deeply influenced the development of American creative writing programs in the 1940s and 1950s. A lot of the techniques that the literary cognoscenti associate with "good" writing today are really artifacts of the anti-communist politics of the Cold War. It's a fascinating argument, and it helps me understand why much American creative writing tends to hyper-focus on the individual and the sensory experience of the world and eschews politics, philosophy, and ideas.
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!
At my workstation...
I spend so many hours each day in front of my workstation that I have endeavored to make it as user friendly as possible. I am especially a fan of my Qwerkywriter mechanical keyboard.
New website
Welcome to my new website and blog.
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