January 2022 Reads for the Rest of Us – Ms. Magazine
I hope you can find some nuggets of reading joy here and that they set your new year up right!
Reads for the Rest of Us – 2021 Best of the Rest – Ms. Magazine
Each year, I choose my favorite books of the year for Ms. Magazine. Here are my top 50 Reads for the Rest of Us for 2021.
Book review: In Good Relation: History, Gender, and Kinship in Indigenous Feminisms – Canadian Journal of History
With In Good Relation: History, Gender, and Kinship in Indigenous Feminisms, editors Sarah Nickel (Tk’emlúpsemc, Ukrainian, French Canadian) and Amanda Fehr (white settler) have compiled...
December 2021 Reads for the Rest of Us – Ms. Magazine
The Feminist Know-It-All: You know her. You can’t stand her. Good thing she’s not here! Instead, this column by gender and women’s studies librarian Karla Strand will amplify stories of...
Elizabeth Warren “Pinkie Promises” to Keep Fighting for Feminism – Ms. Magazine
In an interview with Ms., Sen. Elizabeth Warren talks her new children’s book, the importance of connecting with youth and the future of feminism.
The Ms. Q&A: Sara Sinclair on the Imperative of Indigenous Voices – Ms. Magazine
An interview with Sara Sinclair about her new edited volume, How We Go Home: Voices From Indigenous North America.
Zerlina Maxwell on Her New Book, Identity Politics and the 2020 Election – Ms. Magazine
Karla talked to Zerlina Maxwell about her debut book, The End of White Politics: How to Heal Our Liberal Divide.
Poetry for Everyone – Resources for Gender and Women’s Studies: A Feminist Review
Karla J. Strand’s review of How Poetry Can Change Your Heart for Resources for Gender and Women’s Studies: A Feminist Review.
Laurie Halse Anderson on Her New Book, Writing Graphic Novels and Wonder Woman – Ms. Magazine
Karla talked to beloved writer Laurie Halse Anderson about her new book, writing graphic novels and Wonder Woman.
In New Memoir, Deborah J. Cohan Explores the Complexities of Love, Illness and Parental Abuse – Ms. Magazine
With her new book, sociologist Deborah J. Cohan explores the complexities of caring for an aging parent with a history of abusive behavior.