“How to do escapism in the Trump era,” The New Republic, November 19, 2024
Summer Reading: Maxim Leo's Red Love
I started this book over a year ago but then put it down and life happened. I finally managed to finish it and it is a lovely tale of an East German family and the complicated history of the GDR. Wonderfully written and quite poignant.
Family Policies in the GDR
A great summary table in Josie McClellan’s book, Love in the Times of Communism.
So intrigued by this article in the Boston Review →
http://bostonreview.net/gender-sexuality/samuel-clowes-huneke-gay-liberation-behind-iron-curtain
The East German Birth Strike
I found this interesting article about the “womb strike” of the early 1990s in Eastern Germany.
