REBECCA TRAISTER
ON THE POLITICS OF WOMEN'S ANGER

New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Traister presents her new, urgent and vital exploration of the #MeToo movement, the transformative power of female anger and its ability to transcend into a political movement.

SARAH HOOVER AND HILLARY LOPES
ON BIRTH TRAUMA AND MEDICAL CARE

Art historian and writer Sarah Hoover and founder of Blackswell Birth Foundation, Hillary Lopes, discuss the impressionist paintings of Edouard Manet and the contemporary work of Cecily Brown, on how racism and misogyny inform obstetric violence, parental mental health, the postpartum period and infant care in today’s medical care.

JAMIESON WEBSTER
ON FEMINISM

Clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst Jamieson Webster discusses Rebecca Solnit's seminal studies on women being silenced, debased and assaulted in her two recent books, Men Explain Things to Me, and The Mother of All Questions.

mona chalabi
on art & activism

As a data analyst, Mona looks at numbers with an activist's mindset: Who is left out of the equation? What does it mean? As an artist, she presents hard facts with a sensibility for human error, her drawings pointing out that a person is always behind the news.

DARCEY STEINKE
ON MENOPAUSE

On Flash Count Diary: Menopause and the Vindication of Natural Life, The New Yorker reviewer wrote: "I hope that Steinke’s book, which I consumed hungrily, will encourage a wave of work by and about women undergoing what is, quite literally, a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Steinke makes the case that the inexorable slide away from fertility is a rebirth of agency, and her book is the fruit of the very creativity it describes." —Sarah Manguso, The New Yorker

COLLIER MEYERSON
ON BLACK FEMINSIM

Award-winning journalist Collier Meyerson talked about the path-breaking radical black feminist group, the Combahee RiverCollective, its legacy and continued impact on today's struggles. Presenting writings collected by activist-scholar Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor in her recent collection published by Haymarket Books, Collier helped contextualize the work and open the floor for discussion.

VANESSA GRIGORIADIS
ON RETHINKING SEX, POWER AND CONSENT ON COLLEGE CAMPUS

Award-winning journalist, Vanessa Grigoriadis, joined The Floor's inaugural book club with, Blurred Lines: Rethinking Sex, Power, and Consent on Campus. The book is a sweeping epic drawing on reporting with students, parents, and university administrators from across the country.

MAYA SALAM
ON CULTURE POST-#METOO

The New York Times culture editor -- formerly the inaugural NYT gender reporter -- takes on us a a survey of arts and ideas in our post-#MeToo era. What has changed? What hasn't? Has there been a shift in how we create, and how we perceive new works?

BLYTHE ROBERSON
ON LOVING MEN

Between #metoo and toxic masculinity, women dating men have been cautioned to take care, to watch out. Yet isn't to fall in love to let go? How to navigate contemporary heterosexual romance has maybe never been harder. Comedian Blythe Roberson explores these questions and shares her own experiences with humor and wit in her book: How to Date Men When You Hate Men.

HANA SCHANK AND ELIZABETH WALLACE
ON BUILDING A LIFE

Where does ambition lead women in our millennium? Authors of The Ambition Decisions: What Women Know About Work, Family, and the Path to Building a Life discuss their research from the field, their own experience, and encourage a group discussion on how to navigate some of the hardest life decisions.