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Feminist Friday 11/10

A weekly list of feminist thought from around the web

THE ODYSSEY, JENNIFER'S BODY, & GUN CONTROL

 

NEWS & COMMENTARY

Brave Enough to Be Angry by Lindy West

It's the Guns. It's Always Been the Guns. by David M. Perry

The First Woman to Translate the 'Odyssey' Into English by Wyatt Mason

 

FEATURES & LONG READS

Medievalism, White Supremacy, and the Historian's Craft by Carol Symes

Flesh and Blood: The Misogyny of Blade Runner 2049 by Lauren H. Brooks

Things I Shrugged Off Then Horrify Me Now by Lizzie O'Leary

Why Jennifer's Body is Still Socially Relevant by Carly Lane

When 'Good Writing' Means 'White Writing' by Marcos Santiago Gonsalez

Women & Power: A Manifesto by Mary Beard - review by Rachel Cooke

One More Pioneering Women in Science You've Probably Never Heard Of by Ellen Elliott

Why the Witch is the Pop-Culture Heroine We Need Right Now by Kathryn VanArendonk

How an Amateur Astronomer Became One of History's Greatest Solar Observers by Sarah Laskow

A Sociologist Explains Why Wealthy Women Are Doomed to be Miserable by Rachel Sherman