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The Mad Woman summer reading list

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19 hrs ago •

The controlled sexuality of American cheer

Purity culture meets sex work meets aspirational womanhood meets endless girlhood

Jun 26 •

The banality of men's wars

On regarding the pain of others

Jun 23 •

Ruthie Ackerman on family mythologies

Jun 20 •

The Girls Gone Wild to pregnancy app pipeline

Millennial women's unique self-discipline— and our desire to be redeem ourselves through motherhood— goes way beyond "internalized misogyny."

Jun 19 •

The Space Crone

Let's talk menopause

Jun 16 •

Submit your summer reading list recs

Every year, I put together a list of books that have appeared in the newsletter or that have been discussed within our community— and it’s that time…

Jun 13 •

Dire Straights Pod

Here's how to listen!

Jun 13 •

Introducing 'Dire Straights': a feminist podcast about heterosexuality

Because we're not OK.

Jun 10 •

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June Reading Group

Jun 9 •

"I think, like marriage, home is a fantasy"

Talking with Kelly McMasters, author of The Leaving Season, about the male gaze, the divorce memoir, and the anxiety of writing about other people

Jun 5 •

Mad Woman Digest: May 2025

Stuff that made me mad and/or that I am madly in love with

Jun 3 •

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