More than fifty powerful feminist voices imagine the world we could build together. Both visionary and touching, this exciting collection includes pieces from Lori Adelman on sex, Melissa Harris Perry on the promised land, Jill Soloway describes a hilarious woman-only commune, and Janet Mock envisions a world so safe that true happiness is attainable.
What People Are Saying
“The Feminist Utopia Project is an incredible addition to the feminist canon. With contributions from some of the most important voices in gender justice, this book looks to the future with optimism, strength, and intelligence. Your feminist library is not complete without it.” Jessica Valenti, editor of Yes Means Yes
"Brodsky and Nalebuff have captured the vibrancy that is currently infusing a new generation of feminists, while challenging the limitations still informed by politics and history." Booklist
“The imaginative and exhilarating artwork, stories, and essays here are smart, funny, moving, significant—and inspire hope for what might be.” T Cooper, author of Changers
"How beautiful! Here, you can taste, touch, speak, hear, see, and feel liberation. Our journey toward justice is lifelong—the fierce stories in this book light the path." Joanne N. Smith, executive director Girls for Gender Equity
"The collection's diverse visions and the applause-worthy, rallying intro prove that we might not have to wait for these dreams to become real." BUST
“This remarkable collection of essays, stories, and artwork showcases multiple ways in which feminists have and continue to struggle for equality and a just society. Brodsky and Nalebuff have created a collection of highly readable interpretations of feminist utopias as they emerge from a wide array of perspectives, including women's political standpoints, their ethnic and racial situations, sexual preferences, and class positions. Taken together these brilliant and beautifully crafted essays signal new and radical directions in feminism. The Feminist Utopia Project is essential reading for anyone who has ever imagined a better world.” Crystal N. Feimster, author of Southern Horrors: Women and the Politics of Rape and Lynching
“The voices in this volume are high voltage—full of youth, determination, and power.” Emily Bazelon, author of Sticks and Stones
"This book shows a state-of-the-art feminism where human experience meshes with institutional policy and public life." Chris Kraus, author of I Love Dick
About the Editors
Rachel Kauder Nalebuff is a playwright living in Los Angeles. She is the creator of The New York Times bestseller My Little Red Book, an anthology of women’s first period stories. She has given talks about periods to schools, conferences, and Girl Scout troops around the country. Her work reducing the taboos around menstruation has been featured in The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Huffington Post, NPR, and Jezebel.2
Alexandra Brodsky is an editor at Feministing.com, student at Yale Law School, and co-founder of Know Your IX, a national student campaign against campus gender-based violence. Alexandra regularly writes about feminist law in publications including the New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Nation and has spoken about strengthening civil rights responses to gender-based violence on national television and radio programs and before the Senate.