Rachel Shteir

What does the academy have against the mother of second-wave feminism?

Vivian Gornick shows how the movement enriched both her highs and her lows.

Who will guide the next generation of female academics?

The absurdist’s letters suggest a passionate engagement with his work and a workmanlike engagement with his passions.

Belle Knox represents a generation of angry young women who have come of age in a pornified, financially devastated century.

The type of artisanal instructions provided in a conservatory can never be replicated online.

New works on women lack the fire of Betty Friedan. They don’t rage, they fizzle.

Its worth is as hard to define as its essence. But that hasn’t stopped scholars from trying.

The trouble started last fall, when my book Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show was published by Oxford University Press. It was -- what else -- gender trouble. Oh, long before my publication date, there were hints that men’s and women’s reactions to the book might be different. But I…

The trouble started last fall, when my book Striptease: The Untold History of the Girlie Show was published by Oxford University Press. It was -- what else -- gender trouble. Oh, long before my publication date, there were hints that men’s and women’s reactions to the book might be different. But I…