On Dec. 15, 2015, Flint, Michigan’s newly elected mayor, Karen Weaver, declared a state of emergency in the city as a result of a “manmade disaster.” On Tuesday, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder (R) took action and declared the state of emergency in the county where Flint is located. This all started in April 2014 when appointed officials […]
Author: Lisa Fine
Lisa Fine is a professor of history and the co-director of the Center for Gender in Global Context at Michigan State University. Her recent work is on the relationship between the working class and the natural world.
Surprising Similarities: Sandberg’s “Lean In” and Friedan’s “Feminine Mystique”
For six weeks in the spring of 2013, Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In topped the New York Times bestselling nonfiction list. About exactly 50 years before, Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique accomplished the same feat. The timing may be a coincidence, but it is not accidental that Sandberg’s work resonates with Friedan’s book: According to Jodi […]