Book Club
2018-19 Gender Studies Book Club picks
All Book Clubs will meet in 339 O'Shaughnessy from Noon-1:00pm unless otherwise specified.
Free copies are available to the first 15 attendees (email gender@nd.edu)
Open to Students, Staff and Faculty
Sponsored by the Gender Studies Genevieve D. Willis Endowment for Excellence
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Afterglow by Eileen Myles |
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Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
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February 22, 2019 tba |
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March 22, 2019 tba |
Past Gender Studies Book Club picks
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Binti by Nnedi Okorafor March 23, 2018 Moderator: Eric Lewis, PhD English and Gender Studies Minor |
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How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor February 23, 2018 Moderator: Pamela Butler, Associate Director, Gender Studies Program |
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Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong by Angela Saini November 3, 2017 Moderator: Pamela Butler, Associate Director, Gender Studies Program |
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Living a Feminist Life by Sara Ahmed October 6, 2017 Moderator: Pamela Butler, Associate Director, Gender Studies Program |
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Redefining Realness by Janet Mock March 24, 2017 Moderator: Pamela Butler, Associate Director, Gender Studies Program |
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This Bridge Called My Back edited by Cherrie Moraga and Cloria E. Anzaldua February 24, 2017 Moderator: Z’étoile Imma, Assistant Professor, Department of English |
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Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay November 4, 2016 Moderator: Pamela Butler, Associate Director, Gender Studies Program |
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Sex Object by Jessica Valenti October 7, 2016 Moderator: Pamela Butler, Associate Director, Gender Studies Program |
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Why She Buys by Bridget Brennan April 14, 2016 Moderator: Bridget Brennan |
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We Should all be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie February 26, 2016 Moderator: Abigail Palko, Associate Director, Gender Studies Program |
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Sally Heathcote: Suffragette by Mary M. Talbot, Kate Charlesworth, Bryan Talbot November 6, 2015 Moderator: Abigail Palko, Associate Director, Gender Studies Program |
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Yes Please by Amy Poehler October 2, 2015 Moderator: Abigail Palko, Associate Director, Gender Studies Program |
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Blonde Roots by Bernandine Evaristo April 10, 2015 Moderator: Jason Ruiz, Assistant Professor, Department of American Studies |
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Zami by Audre Lorde February 13, 2015 Moderator: Z’étoile Imma, Assistant Professor, Department of English |
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Grasshopper Jungle by Andrew Smith November 14, 2014 Moderator: Angel Matos, PhD English and Gender Studies Minor |
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The Flamethrowers by Rachel Kushner October 3, 2014 Moderator: Kate Marshall, Assistant Professor, Department of English |
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The Feminine Mystique (50th Anniversary Edition) by Betty Friedan 4 weekend meetings - Spring 2014 Moderator: Abigail Palko, Associate Director, Gender Studies Program |
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Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan April 11, 2014 Moderator: Abigail Palko, Associate Director, Gender Studies Program |
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Man Up: Cracking The Code of Modern Manhood by Carlos Andres Gomez February 21, 2014 Moderator: Abigail Palko, Associate Director, Gender Studies Program |
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Are You My Mother? by Alison Bechdel November 1, 2013 Moderator: Abigail Palko, Associate Director, Gender Studies Program |
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Lean In by Sheryl Sandberg September 13, 2013 Moderator: Abigail Palko, Associate Director, Gender Studies Program |
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Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy March 1, 2013 Moderator: Lauren Palomino, Gender Studies undergraduate student |
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How to be a Woman by Caitlin Moran February 1, 2013 Moderator: Maria McLeod, Gender Studies undergraduate student |
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The Salt Eaters by Toni Cade Bambara November 2, 2012 Moderator: Nora Goebelbecker, Gender Studies undergraduate student |
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Bossypants by Tina Fey October 5, 2012 Moderator: Molly Shank, Gender Studies undergraduate student |
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