Keith Cunningham-Parmeter (Willamette): (Un)Equal Protection: Why Gender Equality Depends on Discrimination. Daan Evers (Groningen) and Natalja Deng (Cambridge): Acknowledgement and the Paradox of Tragedy. Asa Mittman (Cal State-Chico): Are the “Monstrous Races” Races? Office supplies and the story of civilization: Chris Wright interviews James Ward, author of The Perfection of the Paper Clip: Curious Tales of Invention, Accidental Genius, and Stationery Obsession. Decoding Plato: Mark Adams meets with the world’s leading Atlantologist to separate fact from myth. Beenish Ahmed on the shocking rise of female genital mutilation in the United States. Giles Price and Jon Mooallem on Nepal, before and after the earthquake: Confronting nature’s extremes on Everest and in Katmandu. Before billionaires wore hoodies: Hayley Krischer on the forgotten class history of ‘80s youth. Magazine publishing is a dark art, but the world of niche publishing — people who create magazines for necrophiliacs or donkey hobbyists, or for those of us who like to ride really small trains — features its own requirements. John Coyne reviews Corrupt Illinois: Patronage, Cronyism, and Criminality by Thomas J. Gradel and Dick Simpson. Reclaiming the word “spinster”: Jessica Gross interviews Kate Bolick about the single women in history who helped her understand how she could live on her own terms. Honorary spinster: Can I be a “single lady” without being single?
