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Femspec Vol 19, Issue 2, 2020 

Editor's Corner

Critical Articles

SAMANTHA CASTLEMAN. "Narrative Organization as Cultural Training in The Left Hand of Darkness"

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VICTORIA CHRISTENSEN. "Women Artists: The Formation of Identity as Self-Created and Socially Constructed"

Personal Narratives

NARISA AFSAR CHOWDHURY. "The Women's Movement and the Trans Movement: Unnecessarily at Odds"

BATYA WEINBAUM. "Chocolate Waters on Language, the Essentialist Nature of Men and Women, and the Justification of the Need for Women's Culture, 1974"

Interviews

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REBECCA SMITH. "Responding to the Call of the Mother: An Interview with Mara Keller by Antique Radiant Hart"

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BATYA WEINBAUM. "How Chocolate Waters Found WOW Cafe"

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Obituary

NICHOLAS BIRNS. "Down Here in Paradise: The Speculative Work of Toni Morrison"

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Conference and Event Coverage

GIOVANNI N. DORTCH. "Comic Con in Intersectional Eyes"

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MARA LYNN KELLER. "The Once and Future Goddess: Art Exhibition in Honor of Dr. Elinor Gadon, Founder of the Women's Spirituality Graduate Studies Program at CIIS. Curated by Tricia Grame and Mara Lynn Keller. October 12-14, 2018"

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CHRISTOPHER LESLIE. "Decolonizing Science Fiction: Annual Meeting of the Science Fiction Research Association, June 21-24, Chaminade University, Honolulu"

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BATYA WEINBAUM. "Where Did All the Goddesses Go? Goddess Spirit Rising in Simi Valley CA, Sept 12-15, American Jewish University"

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Book and Media Reviews

MERRY L. BYRD. "Harsh: A Review of The Lesson"

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CHRISTOPHER LESLIE. "Essentialism is Dead! Long Live Essentialism: Doctor Who Series 11"

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SONIA MICHAELS. "Gender Warriors: A Classroom-Ready Approach to Urban Fantasy"

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BATYA WEINBAUM. "Life Spiraling into Art and Activism"

Books and Media Received

Contributors

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