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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

The Daily Northwestern


Catharine MacKinnon. MacKinnon discussed her new book about gender inequality and sexual assault, at the Rebecca Crown Center on Thursday afternoon.

Feminist legal scholar Catharine MacKinnon speaks on ‘Butterfly Politics’ and gender inequality

April 25, 2019

Catharine MacKinnon discussed her latest book, “Butterfly Politics,” which deals with gender inequality and sexual assault, in Hardin Hall of the Rebecca Crown Center Thursday afternoon. The event...

Sarah Banet-Weiser speaks to a crowd of about 20 at the McCormick Foundation Center. She discussed feminist images in media and popular culture.

Sarah Banet-Weiser talks popular feminism, economic visibility

April 19, 2019

Sarah Banet-Weiser worries feminism ends with social media posts. Instead, she wants there to be more critical thinking about feminism in media. Banet-Weiser, a professor of media and communications...

The cover of "Hidden Figures." Its author, Margot Lee Shetterly, will speak on campus next fall.

‘Hidden Figures’ named One Book One Northwestern for 2019-20

April 17, 2019

Margot Lee Shetterly’s “Hidden Figures,” the story of three black women scientists whose work at NASA launched the first manned mission to orbit the Earth, will be the 2019-20 One Book One Northwestern...

Northwestern alum Sarah Squirm performs standup at McCormick Auditorium. The event was hosted by One Book One Northwestern, and featured Squirm touching on issues of sex and feminism.

Sarah Squirm talks Northwestern, sex, bodily functions at One Book One Northwestern event

April 10, 2019

While walking onstage to begin her stand-up set, Sarah “Squirm” Sherman (Communication ‘15) saw someone in the audience immediately leave the auditorium. Her response? “If you don’t laugh...

Philosophy Prof. Jennifer Lackey leads a class at Stateville Correctional Center. Lackey and One Book One Northwestern volunteers visited the prison Wednesday to lead a discussion with inmates on “The Handmaid’s Tale.”

Stateville inmates draw parallels between prison life, dystopian fiction at One Book event

February 21, 2019

CREST HILL, Ill. — In “The Handmaid’s Tale” by Margaret Atwood, women in the dystopian society of Gilead are stripped of their power, left without control over their lives and bodies. Demetrice...

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