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Francisca Yuenki Lai, "Maid to Queer: Asian Labor Migration and Female Same-Sex Desires" (Hong Kong UP, 2021)
63 hours 37 mins; August 25, 2024
Wesley G. Phelps, "Before Lawrence v. Texas: The Making of a Queer Social Movement" (U Texas Press, 2023)
60 hours 23 mins; August 24, 2024
Ren Pepitone, "Brotherhood of Barristers: A Cultural History of the British Legal Profession, 1840â1940" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
58 mins; August 22, 2024
Karen Patel, "Craft as a Creative Industry" (Routledge, 2024)
51 mins; August 20, 2024
JiĆĂ HuteÄka, "Men Under Fire: Motivation, Morale, and Masculinity among Czech Soldiers in the Great War, 1914â1918" (Berghahn Books, 2019)
63 hours 42 mins; August 20, 2024
Karen Tongson, "Normporn: Queer Viewers and the TV That Soothes Us" (NYU Press, 2023)
58 mins; August 18, 2024
Carole Ammann, "Women, Agency, and the State in Guinea: Silent Politics" (Routledge, 2020)
92 hours 20 mins; August 18, 2024
He/She/They: How We Talk About Gender and Why It Matters
55 mins; August 15, 2024
Alonso Duralde, "Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film" (Running Press Adult, 2024)
59 mins; August 14, 2024
Aimee Louise Middlemiss, "Invisible Labours: The Reproductive Politics of Second Trimester Pregnancy Loss in England" (Berghahn Books, 2024)
45 mins; August 12, 2024
Frederick Luis Aldama, "Decolonizing Latinx Masculinities" (U Arizona Press, 2020)
37 mins; August 09, 2024
Emily Cousens, "Trans Feminist Epistemologies in the US Second Wave" (Palgrave Macmillan, 2023)
46 mins; August 06, 2024
Jessica Roda, "For Women and Girls Only: Reshaping Jewish Orthodoxy Through the Arts in the Digital Age" (NYU Press, 2024)
67 hours 43 mins; August 06, 2024
Race, Gender, and the 2024 Presidential Election Cycle
51 mins; August 05, 2024
Gregory A. Daddis, "Pulp Vietnam: War and Gender in Cold War Menâs Adventure Magazines" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
59 mins; August 05, 2024
Anne Gray Fischer, "The Streets Belong to Us: Sex, Race, and Police Power from Segregation to Gentrification" (UNC Press, 2022)
74 hours 4 mins; August 05, 2024
Susan Stryker, "When Monsters Speak: A Susan Stryker Reader" (Duke UP, 2024)
60 hours 15 mins; August 03, 2024
Nik Ribianszky, "Generations of Freedom: Gender, Movement, and Violence in Natchez, 1779-1865" (U Georgia Press, 2021)
77 hours 42 mins; August 03, 2024
Tisha Brooks, "Spirit Deep: Recovering the Sacred in Black Womenâs Travel" (U Virginia Press, 2023)
Miriam Eve Mora, "Carrying a Big Schtick: Jewish Acculturation and Masculinity in the Twentieth Century" (Wayne State UP, 2024)
72 hours 20 mins; July 27, 2024
Jonathan Branfman, "Millennial Jewish Stars: Navigating Racial Antisemitism, Masculinity, and White Supremacy" (NYU Press, 2024)
58 mins; July 26, 2024
Alexander Sasha Kondakov, "Violent Affections: Queer Sexuality, Techniques of Power, and Law in Russia" (UCL Press, 2022)
63 hours 9 mins; July 24, 2024
Suzanne Scanlon, "Committed: On Meaning and Madwomen" (Vintage, 2024)
62 hours 34 mins; July 23, 2024
Breanne Fahs, "Burn It Down: Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution" (Verso, 2020)
58 mins; July 21, 2024
Tiffany Gill, "To Turn the Whole World Over: Black Women and Internationalism" (U Illinois Press, 2019)
40 mins; July 21, 2024
Mahjabeen Dhala, "Feminist Theology and Social Justice in Islam: A Study on the Sermon of Fatima" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
74 hours 48 mins; July 17, 2024
Sarah Milton, "Ageing and New Intimacies: Gender, Sexuality and Temporality in an English Salsa Scene" (Manchester UP, 2024)
53 mins; July 17, 2024
Nuria Silleras-Fernandez, "The Politics of Emotion: Love, Grief, and Madness in Medieval and Early Modern Iberia" (Cornell UP, 2024)
60 hours 17 mins; July 17, 2024
Kristen R. Ghodsee, "Second World, Second Sex: Socialist Women's Activism and Global Solidarity during the Cold War" (Duke UP, 2019)
71 hours 29 mins; July 14, 2024
Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz and Sara A. Howard, "Grabbing Tea: Queer Conversations in Librarianship" (Litwin Books, 2024)
53 mins; July 14, 2024
Kristin J. Jacobson, "The American Adrenaline Narrative" (U Georgia Press, 2020)
57 mins; July 14, 2024
Kevin Leo Nadal, "Queering Law and Order: LGBTQ Communities and the Criminal Justice System" (Lexington Book, 2020)
38 mins; July 14, 2024
Matt Houlbrook et al., "Men and Masculinities in Modern Britain: A History for the Present" (Manchester UP, 2024)
44 mins; July 13, 2024
Heidi Honeycutt, "I Spit on Your Celluloid: The History of Women Directing Horror Movies" (Headpress, 2024)
49 mins; July 12, 2024
Danielle Antoinette Hidalgo, "Dance Music Spaces: Clubs, Clubbers, and DJs Navigating Authenticity, Branding, and Commercialism" (Lexington, 2023)
53 mins; July 12, 2024
Muslims in the Manosphere; A Discussion with Shareef Muhammad
77 hours 56 mins; July 11, 2024
Benjamin J. B. Lipscomb, "The Women Are Up to Something: How Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley, and Iris Murdoch Revolutionized Ethics" (Oxford UP, 2021)
43 mins; July 09, 2024
Neil J. Young, "Coming Out Republican: A History of the Gay Right" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
61 hours 37 mins; July 09, 2024
Paige Reynolds, "Modernism in Irish Women's Contemporary Writing: The Stubborn Mode" (Oxford UP, 2023)
58 mins; July 09, 2024
Donna Drucker, "Contraception: A Concise History" (The MIT Press, 2020)
23 mins; July 08, 2024
Darshana Sreedhar Mini, "Rated A: Soft-Porn Cinema and Mediations of Desire in India" (U California Press, 2024)
81 hours 40 mins; July 07, 2024
The (ir)Rational Rainbow (the DSM & the Fight to Depathologize Homosexuality)
74 hours 39 mins; July 06, 2024
Elizabeth Storr Cohen and Marlee J. Couling, "Non-Elite Women's Networks Across the Early Modern World" (Amsterdam UP, 2023)
47 mins; July 06, 2024
Elizabeth Aislinn O'Brien, "Surgery and Salvation: The Roots of Reproductive Injustice in Mexico, 1770-1940" (UNC Press, 2023)
53 mins; July 05, 2024
Marsha Gordon, "Becoming the Ex-Wife: The Unconventional Life and Forgotten Writings of Ursula Parrott" (U California Press, 2024)
67 hours 33 mins; July 05, 2024
Language Policy at an Abortion Clinic
41 mins; July 04, 2024
Firuzeh Shokooh Valle, "In Defense of Solidarity and Pleasure: Feminist Technopolitics from the Global South" (Stanford UP, 2023)
63 hours 14 mins; July 04, 2024
Sigrid Schönfelder, "'Gold Fever' and Women: Transformations in Lives, Health Care and Medicine in the 19th Century American West" (Transcript, 2023)
45 mins; July 03, 2024
Oneka LaBennett, "Global Guyana: Shaping Race, Gender, and Environment in the Caribbean and Beyond" (NYU Press, 2024)
53 mins; July 03, 2024
Feng-Mei Heberer, "Asians on Demand: Mediating Race in Video Art and Activism" (U Minnesota Press, 2023)
59 mins; July 02, 2024
Holly Ashford, "Development and Women's Reproductive Health in Ghana, 1920-1982" (Routledge, 2022)
54 mins; July 02, 2024
Maryna Shevtsova, "Feminist Perspective on Russiaâs War in Ukraine: Hear Our Voices" (Lexington Books, 2024)
45 mins; June 30, 2024
Nancy Woloch, "Women and the American Experience: A Concise History" (Routledge, 2024)
50 mins; June 29, 2024
American Muslim Women on Campus
25 mins; June 26, 2024
Thomas Hendriks, "Rainforest Capitalism: Power and Masculinity in a Congolese Timber Concession" (Duke UP, 2021)
66 hours 34 mins; June 25, 2024
Nina Edwards, "The Virtues of Underwear: Modesty, Flamboyance, and Filth (Reaktion Books, 2024)
31 mins; June 23, 2024
Allison Elias, "The Rise of Corporate Feminism: Women in the American Office, 1960-1990" (Columbia UP, 2022)
49 mins; June 22, 2024
Keja L. Valens, "Culinary Colonialism, Caribbean Cookbooks, and Recipes for National Independence" (Rutgers UP, 2024)
64 hours 40 mins; June 22, 2024
Jennifer S. Clark, "Producing Feminism: Television Work in the Age of Women's Liberation" (U California Press, 2024)
48 mins; June 21, 2024
Johanna Oksala, "Feminism, Capitalism, and Ecology" (Northwestern UP, 2023)
82 hours 10 mins; June 20, 2024
Anahit Behrooz, "BFFs: The Radical Potential of Female Friendship" (404 Ink, 2023)
46 mins; June 20, 2024
PhDing While Parenting
55 mins; June 20, 2024
Harry R. McCarthy, "Boy Actors in Early Modern England" (Cambridge UP, 2022)
44 mins; June 17, 2024
Michael V. Singh, "Good Boys, Bad Hombres: The Racial Politics of Mentoring Latino Boys in Schools" (U Minnesota Press, 2024)
30 mins; June 16, 2024
Lisa M. P. Munoz, "Women in Science Now: Stories and Strategies for Achieving Equity" (Columbia UP, 2023)
36 mins; June 16, 2024
Jessica Calarco, "Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net" (Portfolio, 2024)
46 mins; June 15, 2024
Gale L. Kenny, "Christian Imperial Feminism: White Protestant Women and the Consecration of Empire" (NYU Press, 2024)
60 hours 26 mins; June 13, 2024
More Than A Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech
47 mins; June 13, 2024
Casey James Miller, "Inside the Circle: Queer Culture and Activism in Northwest China" (Rutgers UP, 2023)
81 hours 11 mins; June 11, 2024
Elisa Camiscioli, "Selling French Sex: Prostitution, Trafficking, and Global Migrations" (Cambridge UP, 2024)
68 hours 24 mins; June 09, 2024
Jean Petrucelli et al., "Patriarchy and Its Discontents: Psychoanalytic Perspectives" (Routledge, 2022)
59 mins; June 08, 2024
Michele Goodwin, "Policing the Womb: Invisible Women and the Criminalization of Motherhood" (Cambridge UP, 2020)
64 hours 10 mins; June 08, 2024
Emma Heaney, "Feminism Against Cisness" (Duke UP, 2024)
46 mins; June 04, 2024
Eleanor Medhurst, "Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion" (Hurst, 2024)
44 mins; June 03, 2024
Aya Gruber, "The Feminist War on Crime: The Unexpected Role of Womenâs Liberation in Mass Incarceration" (U California Press, 2020)
67 hours 30 mins; June 02, 2024
Sarah Nooter, "How to Be Queer: An Ancient Guide to Sexuality" (Princeton UP, 2024)
30 mins; June 02, 2024
Polo B. Moji, "Gender and the Spatiality of Blackness in Contemporary AfroFrench Narratives" (Routledge, 2022)
55 mins; May 31, 2024
Aslı Zengin, "Violent Intimacies: The Trans Everyday and the Making of an Urban World" (Duke UP, 2024)
59 mins; May 31, 2024
Saâed Atshan, "Queer Palestine and the Empire of Critique" (Stanford UP, 2020)
55 mins; May 29, 2024
Rebecca Copeland, "Handbook of Modern and Contemporary Japanese Women Writers" (Amsterdam UP, 2023)
44 mins; May 29, 2024
Lamia Karim, "Castoffs of Capital: Work and Love among Garment Workers in Bangladesh" (U Minnesota Press, 2022)
52 mins; May 26, 2024
Premilla Nadasen, "Care: The Highest Stage of Capitalism" (Haymarket Books, 2023)