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The Feminist Present

The Feminist Present

Written by: The Clayman Institute for Gender Research
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Welcome to The Feminist Present, the first podcast from the Clayman Institute for Gender Research at Stanford University. Hosts Adrian Daub and Laura Goode welcome a range of feminist scholars, journalists, creators, activists, and more. Please join us as we use the gift of feminism to figure out what’s going on right now.

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  • Episode 59: Pitch Craft with Laura Goode
    Sep 13 2025

    Greeetings! It's been a while! But we're back and one of us (Laura!) has A BOOK! It's called Pitchcraft: The Writer's Guide to Getting Agented, Published, and Paid, and it's out next week. So this is a short introduction to that book, to the writing life and to how Laura came to write it.

    We also have important announcements about the future of the podcast -- no worries, we're not going anywhere! But we're making some changes! Tune in and find out more!

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    36 mins
  • Episode 56: Abstinence & Horny Nuns with Melissa Febos
    Jun 4 2025

    Melissa Febos joins Laura and Adrian to discuss her new book, The Dry Season: A Memoir of Pleasure in a Year Without Sex. Together, the trio dives deep into histories of horny nuns and Melissa’s experience of self discovery and feminist transformation during her period of abstinence.

    Melissa Febos is the critically acclaimed author of 5 books including Whip Smart and GIRLHOOD, books that weave personal narrative with feminist thought and sharp lyricism. She is a recipient of a 2022 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship and was awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism for her book GIRLHOOD. Among many other recognitions, her book, BODY WORK, has been acclaimed as a national bestseller and an LA Times Bestseller. Her newest book, The Dry Season, is available now.

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    57 mins
  • Episode 55: Cat Bohannon on Women and Evolution
    Apr 9 2025

    In this episode, Cat Bohannon joins Laura and Adrian to discuss her most recent book, Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution, where she reframes the stories we tell about human evolution with women at the center.

    Cat Bohannon’s is a poet, academic, and scientist. She completed her PhD in 2022 at Columbia University, where she studied the evolution of narrative and cognition. Her work has appeared in Science, The Atlantic, Scientific American, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, Lapham’s Quarterly, The Georgia Review, and Poets Against the War.

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    45 mins
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