Public Feminism, Female Shame, and Sexual Violence in Modern Egypt

This paper examines the interconnections between public sexual violence, female shame, and public feminism in modern Egypt. It connects aspects of public sexual violence against women generally a…

Somatic Capitalism: Reproduction, Futurity, and Feminist Science Fiction

Suddenly, it feels a lot like 1984—not the iconic 1984 of Orwell’s dystopia, but the 1984 in which Margaret Atwood composed The Handmaid’s Tale. This was the same year that saw the release of…

Introduction: Science Fiction and the Feminist Present

“The boundary between science fiction and social reality is an optical illusion” (149). So Donna Haraway wrote in 1985 in “A Cyborg Manifesto.” When I composed a call for papers around this…

Obstacles for Women in Leadership Positions: The Case of South Africa

One of the findings of a 2007 survey done by the South African Commission on Gender Equality is that more than 30 percent of the respondents are of the opinion that women are too emotional to handl…

Are We There Yet? Perspectives on Women and Leadership

This profile explores notions of leadership by highlighting the perspectives of six leaders (five women, one man) from diverse backgrounds. They shared with me the challenges and pleasures of being…

Hashtag Feminism, #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen, and the Other #FemFuture

On August 12th, 2013, the hashtag #SolidarityIsForWhiteWomen trended worldwide. In four short days, it was tweeted over 75,465 times (Topsy 2015). Coined by Mikki Kendall (@Karynthia) during a Twit…

The 2nd African Feminist Forum: Feminist Power, Agency and Resistance - New V…

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Autoras Africanas: A Favor De Las Mujres

Western culture produces binaries of power that are deeply inscribed both in language and in the collective imaginarium. Subversions tend to appear in the more affluent class, as is the case with f…

Emancipating the Passive Muse: A Call for a Feminist Approach to Writing Biog…

This essay analyzes two popular biographies on historical women to interrogate how a focus on gender has shaped the genre: Nancy Ruben Stuart’s The Muse of the Revolution: The Secret Pen of Merc…

Science Fiction Feminisms, Feminist Science Fictions & Feminist Sustainability

The hospitality of Ada and Ada’s audiences is necessary to this essay. We offer our scholarly play among trans-spatial and trans-temporal webs and platforms as a practice of anticipation and even…