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Kristen R. Ghodsee's Blog

The 2nd Part of my interview with Meagan Day for Jacobin Magazine →

May 1, 2025 Kristen Ghodsee

Male self-esteem is indexed to wealth, an unstable prospect in a highly economically unequal society. In search of an alternative source of validation, many young men are turning to misogynistic ideas. The Left needs to provide alternatives of our own.

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In Interviews Tags Manosphere, Jacobin Magazine, Meagan Day, Interview

New interview in Jacobin →

April 27, 2025 Kristen Ghodsee

Read my take on the tradwife phenomenon…

In Interviews Tags tradwife, Jacobin Magazine, feminism, women's rights, fertility

My interview with Julia Alekseyeva in Jacobin →

February 24, 2025 Kristen Ghodsee

Talking about her new book on antifascist cinema from the 1960s

In Interviews Tags Jacobin Magazine, Julia Alekseyeva, Radical Documentary in the 1960s, interviews

Review of Everyday Utopia in Jacobin Magazine →

June 13, 2023 Kristen Ghodsee

A thoughtful and engaged review from the brilliant journalist, Liza Featherstone.

In Reviews Tags Liza Featherstone, Everyday Utopia, Jacobin Magazine, reviews

Excerpt of Everyday Utopia in Jacobin Magazine →

June 10, 2023 Kristen Ghodsee

“To Smash the Patriarchy, We Need to Get Specific About What It Means”

In Books, Writing Tags Everyday Utopia, Jacobin Magazine, Excerpts

Liza Featherstone reviews Red Valkyries in Jacobin →

July 12, 2022 Kristen Ghodsee
In books Tags Red Valkyries, Jacobin Magazine, Liza Featherstone

A new review of Taking Stock of Shock in Jacobin →

June 16, 2022 Kristen Ghodsee

A very thoughtful review from Joachim Becker.

In Reviews Tags Taking Stock of Shock, Joachim Becker, Book Review, Jacobin Magazine

How Strange It Feels to Watch Your Country Die, by Alina Yakubova →

December 26, 2021 Kristen Ghodsee

So thrilled to see this piece in Jacobin to mark the 30th anniversary of the collapse of the USSR by the departmental coordinator of Penn’s Russian and East European Studies, our very own Alina Yakubova.

In reading Tags Kyrgyzstan, Alina Yakubova, USSR, History, Jacobin Magazine

My review of Lea Ypi's brilliant new book, Free →

November 12, 2021 Kristen Ghodsee

“For Albania, Capitalism’s Promise of Freedom Soon Turned Sour,” Jacobin Magazine, November 11, 2021

In Reviews Tags Free: Coming of Age at the End of History, Lea Ypi, Jacobin Magazine, Review, Kristen Ghodsee

The launch of Jacobin Magazine in Germany →

April 24, 2020 Kristen Ghodsee

I am honored that a review of my book will be included in the inaugural edition of Jacobin Magazine in Germany out on May 1, 2020. Available at: Jacobin.de

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In Reviews Tags Jacobin Magazine, Warum Frauen im Sozialismus besseren Sex haben - Und andere Argumente für ökonomische Unabhängigkeit, Why women have better sex under socialism, reviews

Shout out from Liza Featherstone in Jacobin →

November 3, 2019 Kristen Ghodsee

Thanks so much to Liza Featherstone for the shout out in her latest column for Jacobin: When the Ruling Class Feared Communism

In Writing Tags Liza Featherstone, Jacobin Magazine, when the ruling class feared communism

My latest piece for the Jacobin blog →

October 9, 2019 Kristen Ghodsee

With special thanks to my daughter for making me watch the show!

Fake it Before, During, and After You Make it

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In Writing Tags Jacobin Magazine, The Politician, Netflix, Gwyneth Paltrow, Ben Platt

Meagan Day asked great questions for this Jacobin interview

November 29, 2018 Kristen Ghodsee

It’s always a pleasure to talk to such smart and thoughtful journalists. I enjoyed this interview very much.

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In Books, capitalism, Feminism, history, sex, socialism Tags interview, Why women have better sex under socialism, Meagan Day, Jacobin Magazine