Feminism Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/section/feminism/ a magazine of ideas, arts, and scholarship Sat, 17 Jan 2026 02:16:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.publicbooks.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-favicon-2-300x300.png Feminism Archives - Public Books https://www.publicbooks.org/section/feminism/ 32 32 Fighting Discrimination and Sexual Violence in Women’s Prisons https://www.publicbooks.org/fighting-discrimination-and-sexual-violence-in-womens-prisons/ Thu, 15 Aug 2024 15:00:27 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=57026 Even at the low-security prison that held actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, sexual violence against imprisoned women is rampant.

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]]> Women’s Land and Language: Huntington, Vermont https://www.publicbooks.org/womens-land-and-language-huntington-vermont/ Thu, 29 Feb 2024 16:00:45 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=55366 In the physical space of HOWL, a feminist and separatist living community, discussion of feminist ideas takes on urgency when confronted with the immediate practicalities of daily living.

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]]> Exorcising American Domestic Violence: “The Exorcist” in 1973 and 2023 https://www.publicbooks.org/exorcising-american-domestic-violence-the-exorcist-in-1973-and-2023/ Wed, 13 Dec 2023 16:00:23 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=54410 "The Exorcist" begins by excoriating women’s liberation and its potential dangers. But it veers into a brutal, unflinching look at domestic violence, unlike in any other film before.

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]]> “The Witch” and the History of Euro-American Domestic Violence https://www.publicbooks.org/the-witch-and-the-history-of-euro-american-domestic-violence/ Thu, 07 Dec 2023 16:00:26 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=54363 “Women and children in Western history could and did find in witchcraft relief from the violence they endured in their own families.”

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]]> Speaking the Monster: Ecofeminism in “Alien” and “Aliens” https://www.publicbooks.org/speaking-the-monster-ecofeminism-in-alien-and-aliens/ Thu, 30 Nov 2023 16:00:12 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=54346 “The Alien movies model how patriarchal culture distracts people from capitalism’s parasitism by designating women as the real threat.”

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]]> On Not Asking “Should I Insert Myself in the Text?” https://www.publicbooks.org/on-not-asking-should-i-insert-myself-in-the-text/ Tue, 28 Nov 2023 16:00:54 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=54396 “We are obliged to acknowledge what we see and how we organize what we see.”

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]]> When Medusa Meets #MeToo https://www.publicbooks.org/when-medusa-meets-metoo/ Wed, 29 Mar 2023 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=51624 Greek mythology has long been a by-word for elitism. Is it really a good idea to use its images for contemporary gender justice?

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]]> Can Motherhood Bend Toward Justice? https://www.publicbooks.org/motherhood-social-justice-essential-labor-garbes/ Thu, 22 Sep 2022 15:00:02 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=50108 Can the work of mothering and everyday acts of care merge with efforts to achieve social justice?

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]]> Can You Feel It? “Happening” and Sensory Cinema https://www.publicbooks.org/audrey-diwan-happening-sensory-cinema-abortion/ Fri, 19 Aug 2022 15:00:12 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=49865 A new film centers on a young, unmarried woman’s attempts to secure an abortion—over a decade before France legalized the practice in 1973.

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]]> Mandy Sayer interviews Helen Garner, 1989 https://www.publicbooks.org/mandy-sayer-interviews-helen-garner-1989/ Fri, 22 Jul 2022 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.publicbooks.org/?p=49326 “We didn’t think of ourselves as hippies, we thought of ourselves as serious people with politics.”

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