Thinking Women/Talking Politics

I am a feminist academic. Got my Ph.D. in 1994 from University of Delaware. My work has always centered on power--who has it, who doesn't, who can get it, who can't and why.

 So: academic, mother, screaming liberal, wife, aging daughter and writer. That's me, in no particular order. (A friend recently suggested the list ought to look like this: screaming liberal, screaming liberal, screaming liberal, are there other things to think about? But he overstates...!)

I tend to identify as a single mother. Happily coupled now, I raised both kids alone for about fifteen years. Being a single mother allowed me to understand the value our culture puts on "women's work" (almost none) and to experience first hand  the especial penalties reserved for working mothers. Whether it's institutional aggression to my politics or indifference to my son's special needs, doing this on my own taught me a thing or two about advocacy.  And the value of other women specifically, of like-minded companions generally. That is not to say women always agree or do what is best for other women. It is to say that there is enough sexism to go round and provide a bit of common ground. These are my goals here: connection and conversation. 

Please visit often, check out my blogs, sign the guestbook and tell me what you think. Contact me: kbean@kelliebean.com

For my latest op-ed: http://www.opednews.com/author/author1861.html

To preview my book: 
 https://outlookweb.marshall.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=ecd989dafbd949da9507524d6e1a135e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fwww.amazon.com%2fPost-Backlash-Feminism-Women-Media-Reagan-Bush%2fdp%2f0786431180%2fref%3dpd_bbs_sr_1%3fie%3dUTF8%26s%3dbooks%26qid%3d1221174761%26sr%3d8-1

To hear an interview: https://outlookweb.marshall.edu/owa/redir.aspx?C=ecd989dafbd949da9507524d6e1a135e&URL=http%3a%2f%2fcstw.osu.edu%2fpodcasts%2fdefault.cfm