The leading international journal in women's studies, Signs has since 1975 been at the forefront of new directions in feminist scholarship.
Chicago, IL USA
Joined August 2011
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This issue of @SignsJournal short takes features some of my favorite #Blackfeminist scholars including @kcarterjackson @ProfKori and Kali Gross whose new book if Vengeance Feminism, can't wait to read it!
How should instances of Black women taking the law into their own hands be understood when Black women have been denied the protection of the state and have never experienced any semblance of "justice" within the US legal system? Read for free! buff.ly/3DlalTm
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Sandra M. Gilbert, co-author of “The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth-Century Literary Imagination,” a groundbreaking work of literary criticism that became a feminist classic, died on Nov. 10. She was 87. nyti.ms/4eEGgLN
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#NWSA2024: Check out our latest call for papers on "Feminism, Antifeminism, and The Mobilization of Regret."
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Catharine Stimpson, the founding editor of Signs, discusses the political moment and the need to hold on to your utopia (recorded in 2023).
The full video--plus interviews with other editors--is available as part of our 50th anniversary celebration: signsjournal.org/50th-annive…
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Signs has been publishing fearless, forward-looking feminist scholarship for 50 years! Check out our free anniversary resources, including video interviews with past editors! signsjournal.org/celebrating…
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Worried about reactionary "mom" groups like Moms for Liberty? @DailyTheorista and I have some ideas about how to counter them. Check em out in the 50th anniversary issue of @SignsJournal. Also, Duval gets a shout out here. Those school board meetings are inspiring trainwrecks!
Celebrating 50 years of creative, feminist voices, groundbreaking work, and relentless advocacy, our anniversary issue, Big Feminism, is out now (sub. req’d): journals.uchicago.edu/toc/si…
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Andrea Dworkin's rhetoric is often dismissed as "reductive" and "histrionic." What would it look like to take her writing style seriously? Find out in "Reductive: Andrea Dworkin’s Style as Thought" from @SignsJournal: ow.ly/TCPV50TtWTh
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From Signs, this article introduces a cartography of the concept of femi(ni)cide and places it in the context of the power dynamics between the Global North and South. Read it here: ow.ly/fuaP50Tn0IJ @SignsJournal
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"Economics as a profession does not even come close to being representative of the society we live in." - Dr. Alicia Modestino. In the latest edition of Short Takes: Provocations on Public Feminism by @SignsJournal, @SasserModestino discusses the urgent need for greater diversity in economics.
With only 32% of economics PhDs going to women and just 9% to Black and Hispanic economists, it's clear the field has a long way to go. Leaders like Janet Yellen and Cecilia Rouse are making strides toward more inclusive economic policies.
Read more here: signsjournal.org/naomi-cahn-…
#Economics #GenderEquity #Feminism #DiversityInEconomics #C2CImpactEngine
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Questions I want answers to! 👇
How does a "winner-take-all" economy foster sexual harassment and discrimination against women? How does the dominance of white men within economics as a discipline affect data collection and policymaking around inequality? signsjournal.org/naomi-cahn-…
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Alicia Modestino: 'Without mobilizing a larger movement to put worker power at the forefront, women’s earnings will continue to lag behind those of men, and their overall economic progress will remain stalled.' signsjournal.org/naomi-cahn-… via @SignsJournal
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"I thought I knew a lot about what’s happening now, but I was wrong. The situation is so much worse than I imagined." Whiting winner @KathaPollitt on Shefali Luthra's UNDUE BURDEN, via @SignsJournal buff.ly/45XG3Rf
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@KathaPollitt: "Abortion funds, which raise money to help low-income people arrange and pay for their procedures, are stretched to the limit & are having to cut back on how much help they can give. No wonder clinics close & some abortion seekers give up." signsjournal.org/shefali-lut…
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On the 2nd anniversary of Dobbs, the latest Short Takes on @shefalil's Undue Burden explores the horrific post-Roe landscape. Featuring comments by Katherine Kraschel, Pamela Merritt, @LinaMariaMuril6, & @KathaPollitt signsjournal.org/shefali-lut…
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'Abortion funds, which raise money to help low-income people arrange and pay for their procedures, are stretched to the limit.... No wonder clinics close and some abortion seekers give up.' --Katha Pollitt signsjournal.org/shefali-lut… via @SignsJournal
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I contributed to this forum in Signs magazine on Shefali Luthra's excellent book in abortion post-Dobbs. Honored to be in such great company!
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'The war for bodily autonomy in the US is far from over.' --Pamela Merritt signsjournal.org/shefali-lut… via @SignsJournal
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My take in @SignsJournal on Shefali Luthra's Undue Burden. I look forward to using excerpts in my reproductive rights and justice course signsjournal.org/shefali-lut… via @SignsJournal
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Historians, be sure to share this with the early career scholars in your network!
The deadline for the 2025 Stimpson Prize for Outstanding Feminist Scholarshi has been extended to June 15! View the full #CFP at the link, & please let all the early-career scholars in your life know! signsjournal.org/for-authors…
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#CFP for a new special issue! "Feminism, Antifeminism, and the Mobilization of Regret." Guest edited by @ChrisBobel (UMass Boston) & Laura Green (Northeastern). Check out the call for papers at the link! #Feminism #feministtheory #femtheory
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