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Statement: Publisher’s Decision to Pull “Bad and Boujee” Book is “Misguided and Regrettable”

Press ReleaseApril 16, 2022

"When debates over books and authors have a racial dimension, they can get heated quickly because they tap into long histories of exclusion and marginalization of people of color… More

[VIRTUAL] Free Speech Live!: Feminism and Free Expression in China

Wednesday, September 15, 2021 | 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm ET
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Marching Forward: A Women’s History Month Reading List

Recommended Reading

As we mark the history of women’s contributions and achievements, we hope you’ll be inspired by this reading list to seek out even more stories of women’s experiences. More

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The PEN Pod: Challenging and Critiquing White Feminism with Koa Beck

InterviewJanuary 22, 2021

“A broader initiative that needs to be taken. . . is teaching marginalized genders. . . We have cis women, trans women, nonbinary people, trans men, gender-variant people, two-spirit,… More

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The PEN Pod: Exploring White Feminism and Ways to Combat It with Ruby Hamad

InterviewNovember 13, 2020

“We need something more than a movement that can’t be introspective enough to admit its own limitations. . . Maybe what we need is a holistic way of thinking.” More

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The PEN Pod: Confronting a History of Hate with Seyward Darby

InterviewJuly 21, 2020

“The alt-right was frequently described as angry white men. . . but it struck me as wrongheaded to assume that women would not be in the movement.” More

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Suit Against Chilean Artist Collective Is Censorship

Press ReleaseJuly 2, 2020

"The accusations against Las Tesis constitute a clear attempt to restrict freedom of artistic expression in Chile." More

University of California Press - The Feminist War on Crime: The Unexpected Role of Women’s Liberation in Mass Incarceration

A Review of The Feminist War on Crime by Aya Gruber

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By: Sarah McEachern | June 23, 2020

“Gruber examines several feminist movements and their crusades to end gender-based violence, which push the movement toward over-policing.” More

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A Review of The Feminist and The Sex Offender by Judith Levine and Erica R. Meiners

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By: Claire Adler | June 18, 2020

“A refreshingly hopeful and pragmatic guide for building a broader political movement against both prisons and sexual violence.” More

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[POSTPONED] Defending Women Cultural Rights Defenders

Thursday, March 12, 2020 | 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
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Outstanding piece by @andreacgore, Vacek Chair in pharmacology/professor of psychology at UT-Austin, defending faculty tenure against SB 18. She argues that immunotherapy would not exist if UT-Austin had not given tenure to its discoverer. https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/university-texas-andrea-gore-professor-tenure-17816783.php

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What does academic freedom mean now, and how might it change?

Here's our whole Future Trends Forum conversation with @ACEducation and @PENamerica researchers:

https://youtu.be/nQ8Kl0XJIr0

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#RIP John Woods, Masterly Translator of Thomas Mann, Dies at 80

Woods was the recipient of two PEN America Translation awards, in 1981 and 1987

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