My review of this wonderful new collection of essays.
Spring reading: Gender, Generations, and Communism
I am so happy I get to write “Spring Reading” since we are officially in the spring of 2021. This was an interesting edited collection with a wide variety of perspectives on the historical memory of communism in Eastern Europe.
“…[T]oday anticommunism is part of the mainstream public debate in many countries of Central and Eastern Europe; it is also part of the identity politics of many milieus, groups, and socio-political movements, including women’s movements.”
“...the biographies of women who belonged to the pre-war communist generations are often perceived as biographies of losers, who wasted their lives in the fight for a misguided cause.”
Thanks to Carla Biguliak for the French review in Revolution Permanente →
Lovely little review in Le Monde Diplomatique →
The French continue to be quite generous in their reviews, and I am so glad that the book is finding an audience in France. Here’s one from the prestigious Le Monde Diplomatique.
Flattered (sort of) to be reviewed next to Rebecca Traister and Melinda Gates →
I continue to be shocked by the welcome reception that my book has gotten in Spain.
A new review in Marianne, the French news weekly →
Wow, I am quite thrilled about this little review and am surprised at how well the French seem to be liking the book.
So happy to be reviewed in Slate France! →
“Pour l'anthropologue Kristen Ghodsee, le capitalisme soumet le sexe à une valeur marchande et place les femmes dans une situation de dépendance économique vis-à-vis des hommes.”
Read the review in French here.
16 livres féministes qu’il ne fallait pas manquer en 2020 →
So thrilled to be included on this list of the 16 feminist books of 2020 that you should not miss as chosen by the French culture magazine, Les Intockuptibles.
New Review from the Houston Review of Books →
Thanks to the HRB for spilling some ink on Second World, Second Sex.
New review of Second World, Second Sex →
Thanks to Renata Jambrešić Kirin for such a thorough engagement with the book!
New review in Hindu Business Line →
Just found this review of Second World, Second Sex on H-Diplo →
It’s always nice to stumble upon these things. This review was published back in September, but I just saw it now. Special thanks to Julianne H. Haefner for taking the time to write it.
New Review in La Presse (French)
New Review about Second World, Second Sex in Bulgaria's Kapital Weekly →
50 нюанса феминизъм
"Вторият свят, вторият пол" на Кристен Годси излезе на български
My new review in Jewish Currents →
“Blueprint for Feminism,” Jewish Currents, October 14, 2020
«Худшая форма рабства». Как капитализм испортил женщинам сексуальную жизнь
A review and excerpt of Почему у женщин при социализме секс лучше. Аргументы в пользу экономической независимости in Forbes Russia.
Czech review: Proč mají ženy za socialismu lepší sex →
A new review in Czech.
Thanks so much to the Houston Review of Books! →
I am so honored to be the subject of this thoughtful review!
My review of Soviet Signoras in the Times Higher Education Supplement →
A fascinating ethnographic account of postSoviet women working in Italy.
The launch of Jacobin Magazine in Germany →
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
