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Back to SearchJewish Anarchist Women 1920–1950: The Politics of Sexuality
Episode 921
Anarchist theory includes the belief in freedom for all - that no one person, nor group of people, should have power over any others; that individual…
6 months ago
Julia Bowes, "Every Man's Home a Castle: Parental Rights and the Makings of Modern Conservatism" (Princeton UP, 2026)
Episode 922
“Parental rights” is a rallying cry for today’s American conservatives, signaling opposition to mandatory vaccination and “woke” public school curric…
6 months ago
Max Morris, "Not Sex Work: Queer Intimacy, Post-identity, and Incidental Encounters in the Digital Era" (Routledge, 2025)
Episode 919
Max Morris's Not Sex Work: Queer Intimacy, Post-identity, and Incidental Encounters in the Digital Era (Routledge, 2025) brings together feminist the…
6 months ago
Angela Dimitrakaki, "Feminism. Art. Capitalism" (Pluto Press, 2026)
Episode 920
Can art change the contemporary world? In Feminism, Art, Capitalism Angela Dimitrakaki, a Professor of Contemporary Art History and Theory at the un…
6 months ago
Samira K. Mehta, "God Bless the Pill: The Surprising History of Contraception and Sexuality in American Religion" (UNC Press, 2026)
Episode 918
Most people today understand contraception as central to women’s liberation, and when the birth control pill arrived in 1960, the media thought it wo…
6 months, 1 week ago
Elena Foulis, "Embodied Encuentros: Oral History Archives of Latina/o/e Experiences" (Ohio State UP, 2026)
Episode 917
In Embodied Encuentros: Oral History Archives of Latina/o/e Experiences (Ohio State UP, 2026), Elena Foulis offers a practical guide for completing e…
6 months, 1 week ago
Rugged Individualism
Episode 916
In this special student edition of High Theory, Andrew Bennett, Jo Hoffman, Kai North, and Ally Sullivan tell us about Rugged Individualism, a concep…
6 months, 1 week ago
Vanda Krefft, "Expect Great Things!: How the Katharine Gibbs School Revolutionized the American Workplace for Women" (Algonquin Books, 2026)
Episode 157
It’s a safe bet that most of the secretaries on the TV series Mad Men would have attended the Katharine Gibbs School in New York City. The iconic in…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Sarah Murray, "Powered by Smart: A Prehistory of Everyday AI" (NYU Press, 2026)
Episode 179
Powered by Smart traces the techno-cultural evolutions that made artificial intelligence feel more familiar than futuristic. From wearables and strea…
6 months, 2 weeks ago
Abigail Ocobock, "Marriage Material: How an Enduring Institution Is Changing Same-Sex Relationships" (U Chicago Press, 2024)
Episode 81
It is no secret that marriage rates in the United States are at an all-time low. Despite this significant decline, the institution of marriage endure…
6 months, 2 weeks ago