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The Academic Feminist: On the loss of academic feminism’s godmother, Mariam K. Chamberlain
TweetWelcome back, Academic Feminists. In a diversion from our usual format, instead of featuring an interview, this edition of the Academic Feminist pays tribute to one of the less widely known, but hugely influential figures in feminist academia and beyond, Dr. Mariam K. Chamberlain. Mariam, who I was fortunate enough to count as a close [...]
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The Academic Feminist: Megan McRobert and Isabel Porras on “Bringing the Smize to Higher Ed”
TweetWelcome back, Academic Feminists! For this issue of the Academic Feminist I am thrilled to present Megan McRobert and Isabel Porras, the masterminds behind the tumblr AcademicTyra. For those of you who haven’t seen it yet (after all, it is fairly new), AcademicTyra drops academic feminist knowledge in GIF-sized Tyra-esque bits, tackling everything from students’ [...]
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The Academic Feminist: Feminist Fashion and Scholar-Activism: A Conversation with Tanisha C. Ford
TweetWelcome back, Academic Feminists! This edition of the Academic Feminist features Tanisha C. Ford, Assistant Professor in the Department of Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Tanisha’s work on fashion and social movements is at the intersection of race, sexuality, gender, and body politics, producing what she describes as “Haute Couture [...]
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The Academic Feminist: Putting an Economic Value on Life – A Conversation with Elizabeth Johnson
TweetWelcome back, Academic Feminists! I am excited to kick off the new year with a fantastic interview as well as announce some great news about the Academic Feminist: Samhita & I were interviewed as part of the American Quarterly journal’s special issue on Academia and Activism, edited by Naomi Greyser and Margot Weiss. Check out [...]
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The Academic Feminist: Women of Color, Racism and Resilience in Academia