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From 45, nos. 1-2 (Winter-Spring 2024): Table of Contents; From the Editor; “Running in Circles: Stunted Progress on the Long Road to Women’s Rights” by Liz Grauel; and “Caring is Messy: Dismantling the Dichotomy in Care Work” by Emma Wathen.

From 44, nos. 3-4 (Summer-Fall 2023): Table of Contents & From the Editor; “Beyond the Single-Story Narrative of Single Womanhood” by Jamee N. Pritchard; “Mapping the Past and Present of American Democracy: Essential Readings for an Unprecedented Time” by Stephanie R. Rytilahti; and online resources.

From 44, nos. 1-2 (Winter-Spring 2023): Table of Contents and From the Editor; “Memories, Oracles, and Art: Disability Counterstories and the (Re)Imagination of a Collective Future through Creativity,” by Liz Grauel; and “You Can’t Code for Humanity: AI, Algorithms, and the Bias of Machine Learning,” by Julia Anderson.

From 43, nos. 3-4 (Summer-Fall 2022): Table of Contents and From the Editor; “More than Fine: An Indispensable Exploration of the Gender Spectrum,” by Shanna Hollich; and “Nevertheless, They Persisted: Fifty Years of Women Studies as an Academic Discipline, by Gayatri Devi.

From 43, nos. 1-2 (Winter-Spring 2022): Table of Contents, From the Editor, “Nellie Y. McKay and the Evolution of Black Feminist Literary Studies” by Stephanie R. Rytilahti, and “Reproductive Justice Subverted: Race and Class on the Front Lines of the War on Women” by Pamela M. Salela.

From 42, nos. 3-4 (Summer-Fall 2021): Contents and Editorial and “Limited by the Patriarchy: All the Women in Mrs. America” by Jessica Van Slooten.

From 42, nos. 1-2 (Winter-Spring 2021): Table of Contents, From the Editor, and “Mining The Archives of the African Diaspora to Amplify Black Women’s Voices” by Holly A. Smith. 

From 41, nos. 3-4 (Summer-Fall 2020): Combined Table of Contents and From the Editor, “Consensual Higher Education: An Issue Much Bigger than Sex,” by Emily A. Johnson.

From 41, nos. 1-2 (Winter-Spring 2020): Table of Contents, From the Editor, and “Not That Bad Is Excellent,” by Katrina Spencer.

From 40, no. 4 (Fall 2019): Combined Table of Contents and From the Editor, “Turning the Tables: Black Women’s Representation in Television,” by Alexandria Cunningham, and “From Classic to Current: Inspiring Essays on Feminism,” by Karla J. Strand.

From 40, nos. 2-3 (Spring-Summer 2019): Table of Contents & From The Editor and “Reflections on the Intersectionality Wars.”

From 40, no. 1 (Winter 2019): Table of Contents, From The Editor, Online Resources, and “Room to Be in the Middle: A Film about Genderqueer Pregnancy.”

From 39, nos. 3-4 (Summer-Fall 2018): Table of Contents, From The Editor, “Pretty Legit but Not Perfect: A Take on The Handmaid’s Tale.”

From 39, no. 2 (Spring 2018): Table of Contents, From The Editor, Online Resources, and “Feminism as Literature, Memoir as Poetry.”

From 39, no. 1 (Winter 2018): Table of Contents/From The Editor, Online Resources, and “Why I Am Not a Fan of This Manifesto.”

From 38, nos. 3-4 (Summer-Fall 2017): Table of Contents, From the Editor, “The Legacy of Nirbhaya: Two Documentaries About a Violent Crime” and E-Sources on Women & Gender column.

From 38, nos. 1-2 (Winter-Spring 2017): Table of Contents, From the Librarian, “Less Winning Than Its Mother Blog*: A Take on How to Win at Feminism (*Or, If You Have to Spend Six Weeks Trying to Like It, the Problem May Not Be You” and E-Sources on Women & Gender column.

From 37, no. 4 (Fall 2016): Table of Contents, From the Librarian, “Love Between the Coverage of the Topic: A Film About Romance Novels” and E-Sources on Women & Gender column.

From 37, no. 3 (Summer 2016): Table of Contents, From the Editors, “A Genuine Woman’s Voice”: A New Approach to Sappho” and E-Sources on Women & Gender column.

From 37, nos. 1-2 (Winter-Spring 2016): Table of Contents, From the Editors, “Which Way is Feminism Leaning? A Critique of Sandberg’s ‘Feminist Manifesto'” and Items of Note.

From 36, nos. 3-4 (Summer-Fall 2015): Table of Contents, From the Editors, “Re-Visioning Women, Empowerment, & Global Poverty” and E-Sources on Women and Gender column.

From 36, nos. 1-2 (Winter-Spring 2015): Table of Contents, From the Editors, “The Feminist Ex-Fundamentalist: Leaving an Authoritarian Christian Past,” and E-Sources on Women and Gender column.

From v. 35, nos. 3-4 (Summer-Fall 2014): Table of Contents, From the Editors, “Breaking Quarantine: Complicating Our Concepts of Pornography,” and E-Sources on Women and Gender column.

From v. 35, nos. 1-2 (Winter-Spring 2014): Table of Contents, From the Editors, “Cold, Sparkly, and Dangerous to Know: The Vampire Boyfriends of True Blood and Twilight,” and E-Sources on Women and Gender column.

From v. 34, nos. 3-4 (Summer-Fall 2013): Table of Contents, From the Editors, “Eye to Eye: Diane di Prima and the Poetry Deal,” and E-Sources on Women and Gender column.

From v. 34, nos. 1-2 (Winter-Spring 2013): Table of Contents, From the Editors, “Coverage, Content, Concepts: Textbooks for Introductory Courses in Women’s and Gender Studies,” and E-Sources on Women and Gender column.

From v. 33, no. 4 (Fall 2012): Table of Contents, From the Editors, “Theorists Telling Stories: Feminist Memoirs,” by Emily Bowles,New Reference Works in Women’s Studies column and E-Sources on Women and Gender column.

From v. 33, no. 3 (Summer 2012): Table of Contents, From the Editors, “Gender and Online Gaming” (Dorothea Salo reviews Gender and Sexuality in Online Game Cultures: Passionate Play, and Linda Shimon reviews Women and Gaming: The Sims and 21st Century Learning), and E-Sources on Women and Gender column.

From v. 33, no. 2 (Spring 2012): Table of Contents, From the Editors, E-Sources on Women and Gender column and review essay “Our Bodies, Ourselves for Ourselves and Our Classrooms,” by Nancy Worcester, reflecting on Our Bodies, Ourselves, including its latest edition.

From v. 33, no. 1 (Winter 2012): Table of Contents, From the Editors, E-Sources on Women and Gender column, and book review “Ladies in Hats and Other Jewish Gender Surprises,” by Ruth Abrams.

From v. 32, no.3-4 (Summer-Fall, 2011) Double Issue: Table of Contents, From the Editors, E-Sources on Women and Gender column, “Global Islamic Feminisms,” book review by Mahruq Khan, and “Women at War: Changing Roles in the U.S. Military,” a review of several videos, by Lisa Schreibersdorf.

From v. 32, no. 2 (Spring 2011): Table of Contents, E-Sources on Women and Gender column, “From the Editors: A Bookstore of One’s Own,” by JoAnne Lehman, and “Oldies but Goodies: Archiving Web-Based Information,” by Phyllis Holman Weisbard.

From v. 32, no. 1 (Winter 2011): Table of Contents, E-Sources on Women and Gender column, “The Personal is Political and Academic: Memoirs of Women’s Studies Pioneers,” by Helen M. Bannon, “Citation Tracking Citings and Sightings,” by Phyllis Holman Weisbard, and “Seek the Roots: An Immersive and Interactive Archive of Black Feminist Practice,” by Alexis Pauline Gumbs.

From v. 31, no. 4 (Fall 2010): Table of Contents, E-Sources on Women and Gender column, and a multimedia review: “Vernacular Third Wave Discourse’: New Works on Riot Grrrl, Girl Zines, and Girl Rock,” by Virginia Corvid.

From v. 31, no. 3 (Summer 2010): Table of Contents, E-Sources on Women and Gender column, a review of five documentaries on Trans Lives, and free online videos for women’s studies.

From v. 31, no. 1-2 (Winter-Spring 2010): Table of Contents, E-Sources on Women and Gender column, and a book review essay “Gender and Political Violence,” by Janice Bogstad.

From v. 30, no. 4 (Fall 2009): Table of Contents, E-Sources on Women and Gender Column, and a book review essay “Feminist Ethics: From Local to Global,” by Andrea C. Westlund.

From v. 30, no. 3 (Summer 2009): Table of Contents, From the Editors column, E-Sources on Women and Gender column, and “Collecting, Preserving, and Sharing Women’s History,” a book review by Phyllis Holman Weisbard.

From v. 30, no. 2 (Spring 2009): Table of Contents, E-Sources on Women and Gender column, and “An Open Letter, to the New White House Council on Women & Girls re: Federal Government Website for Women,” by Beth Harper.

From v. 30, no. 1 (Winter 2009): Table of Contents, From the Editors, E-Sources on Women and Gender column, and “What’s a Bright Feminist Like You Doing in a Genre Like This? Readings Women’s Science Fiction,” book review essay by Helen Merrick.

From v. 29, no. 3-4 (Summer-Fall 2008): Table of Contents and From the Editors, E-Sources on Women and Gender column, “A Torrent of Moving Images: Free Online Videos for Women’s Studies,” an article by Phyllis Holman Weisbard, and “Undead, Gothic, and Queer: The Allure of Buffy,” a book review essay by Pamela O’Donnell.

From v. 29, no. 2 (Spring 2008): Table of Contents, E-Sources on Women and Gender column and “Feminist Artists and Art (Still) Works: Four Films,” reviewed by Helen Klebesadel.

Series on Girls’ Studies

• See the title list.
• Read the introduction to the series, by Tracy Wendt Lemaster, Guest Editor [from v. 28, no. 3 (Spring 2007].