I just received this proposed cover design for my forthcoming book with Oxford University Press, co-authored with my Penn colleague, the political scientist Mitchell A. Orenstein. This is my original photo from Romania in 2012.
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.
In defense of brunch... →
I love this article from Jacobin. Why not love free time?
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.
Reflecting on a short story I wrote in 2016 →
Duke University Press has kindly agreed to make freely available a story I wrote for the book, Red Hangover. I wrote this blog post to accompany it.
Today is the day.
Not going to be an easy one.
Five years without Bowie...
Still as awful as it was the day I learned of this death at 69 five years ago. This is me paying homage to Hansaton ton studio in Berlin in 2015, where Bowie recorded Heroes.
New Podcast episode!
I have done a special podcast episode reflecting on the events of the Capitol Insurrection.
Daisy exhausted from a long night of doomscrolling...
After following the news of the insurrection and its aftermath for almost 24 hours, Daisy finally conked out.
New Interview in Dir.bg (in Bulgarian) →
What a delightful conversation to have with Julia Vladimirova for Dir.bg.
Photos from Assateague Island
Ocean City, Maryland: Winter Festival of Lights
So I had to evacuate my house because my ex-husband flew in from Bulgaria to spend a few weeks with our daughter before she heads off to college. Since she really wanted to stay home so she could pack and get organized, I decamped to a little condo in Ocean City so that they could quarantine for 2 weeks. There isn’t much to do here because of the pandemic, but there are still a few outdoor events. The winter festival of lights is a yearly thing here in Ocean City, and it felt so American. Everyone was wearing masks (except the dogs!).
27th Annual Atlantic General Hospital Penguin Swim in Ocean City, Maryland, January 1, 2021
I decided I really wanted to get rid of 2020, so I ran into the Atlantic Ocean on January 1st so a socially-distanced 2021 Penguin Swim to benefit the Atlantic General Hospital. That water was mighty cold…
That’s me with my arms up about to dunk under the surface of the water.
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.
The great conjunction of 2020
Grammar Humor
Free Stickers! Celebrating the Two Year Anniversary of the Alexandra Kollontai Podcast
January 2021 will be the two year anniversary of the A.K. 47 podcast. To honor this anniversary, my daughter designed the nice three-inch matte stickers seen below.
She explained to me that podcasts are recommended by the algorithms based on the number of reviews they have. She thought it would be a good idea to encourage listeners to review the podcast in places like Apple Podcasts and Podcast Addict in order to increase its future visibility.
So if you leave a review, you can send a screenshot of that review and your mailing address to this email address: Alexandra.Kollontai.Podcast@gmail.com.
We will send one of each of the four stickers below to the first 200 listeners who send in their reviews. International listeners are also welcome to submit reviews, and will we do our best to get the stickers out to you in a timely fashion (considering the inevitable postal delays).
Let’s Celebrate Alexandra Kollontai and Keep up the good fight!
Dyson Obituary reprinted in India's The Wire →
Nice to see that this one is making its way around the world
