DOWNTOWN SALON
presented by The New Shul

The 'F' Word: What Happened to Feminism?
An intergenerational dialogue

Nancy K. Miller came of age in the 1950s and came to feminism in the 1970s, trailblazing the path for female academics in an era when there were practically none, devoting her intellectual life to the pursuit, and practice, of feminism. Kamy Wicoff came of age in the 1970s and came to feminism in the 1990s, when feminism seemed to have become an academic specialty—or worse, a historical artifact—and is devoting her intellectual life to trying to understand where this vacuum leaves women of her generation. Baby boomer women proudly called themselves feminists; their daughters treat it like the new f-word. Join us for an intergenerational discussion on how to take women of all ages into the future, as we learn to be feminist in a post-feminist world.
The New Shul invites you to join moderator Esther Perel and guest speakers Kamy Wicoff and Nancy K. Miller for a roundtable discussion and open debate. Perel is a Manhattan based psychologist and social commentator whose cross-cultural pulse and playful intellect break with convention. Kamy Wicoff is a freelance journalist and author, whose first book, “I Do but I Don’t: Walking Down the Aisle Without Losing Your Way,” will be published by Da Capo Press June 1, 2006. She has written for WSQ and Salon. Nancy K. Miller is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature, The Graduate Center, CUNY. Her most recent book is "But Enough About Me: Why We Read Other People's Lives" (Columbia Univ. Press, 2002). She is currently the co-editor of WSQ (Women's Studies Quarterly).

Join The New Shul, a progressive, inclusive, and independent Jewish congregation in lower Manhattan, for provocative discussion, drinks, debate, and community building. Swap thoughts and insights with old and new friends on issues in (or behind) the headlines.

$10, $5 for members of The New Shul

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