Feminist Theorist Thursdays
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Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an Indian scholar who continues to add to many academic disciplines. She is known mainly for…
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“One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.” This provocative assertion from Simone de Beauvoir’s acclaimed book, “The Second…
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In her letter to the NEA chair, Rich stated: “There is no simple formula for the relationship of art to…
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Throughout her lifetime of writing, Anzaldúa consistently contributed to theories countering social oppression, spanning topics that encompassed her intersectional identities.…
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A teacher, healer, freedom fighter, and aunt to hip hop legend Tupac, Assata Shakur has organized against the prison-industrial complex,…
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Adichie, a Nigerian novelist, is one of the latest women to join the lineage of iconic feminist writers like Maya…
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In her 1988 essay “Performative Acts and Gender Constitution,” Judith Butler—philosopher, gender theorist, and professor at UC Berkeley—proposed the theory…
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Crenshaw’s great theoretical contribution, that of intersectionality, is a call to action at every moment. In light of the Trump…
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Susan McClary is one of the most important musicologists responsible for introducing feminist critique to musicology. Her work, though controversial,…
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Cynthia Enloe’s book was and is part of the movement to open political spaces to women, deconstructing the exclusionary structure…
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