Yearly Archives: 2014

In my chapter “Fragile Connections” in the book I am writing, Living a Feminist Life, I have been trying to think through the implications of how the histories that leave us fragile are often the histories that bring us to … Continue reading →

Strangers are made; strangers are unmade. Right from the beginning, I have been writing in the company of strangers. The figure of the stranger is familiar; the stranger is thus someone we recognise (as a stranger) rather than someone we … Continue reading →

I am editing a special issue of New Formations on Sexism. Please see the calls for papers below! —————————————————————————————————————- This special issue of New Formations will explore sexism: a problem with a name. Sexism is a term that feminists have … Continue reading →

In the last week I have been working on a chapter, “Feminism is Sensational,” the opening chapter of Living a Feminist Life. It is an extension, elaboration of a blog post that shared the same title. And I have been … Continue reading →

The Introduction to Willful Subjects can now be read online. The link is here. Willful Subjects are getting out there!

In my last post, I explored the question of fragility. Behind my exploration was a reposing of the question of response and responsibility: how can we respond to the histories that leave some bodies, some relationships, more fragile than others? … Continue reading →

In following willfulness around I became struck by how often willfulness comes up in scenes of breakage: broken things; broken bodies; broken relationships. When I began to put these scenes of breakage together, I came to appreciate how willfulness is … Continue reading →