Everyday Utopia: An evening with Kristen Ghodsee

Join us for an evening with celebrated feminist and accademic Kristen Ghodsee, exploring everyday utopias, equality and why women have better sex under socialism.

Kristen Ghodsee is a professor and chair of Russian and East European studies at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of 12 books, including Everyday Utopia, Second World Second Sex and the critically acclaimed Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: And Other Arguments for Economic Independence.

On this occasion we'll be looking to upend what we imagine as possible by digging into the big ideas recurring across her work.

We cast back to Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism, a witty, fiercely intelligent exploration of why capitalism is rigged against women and what we can do about it.

And dive into her latest, in which Ghodsee provides a “powerful reminder that dreaming of better worlds is not just some fantastical project, but also a political one” (Rebecca Traister). This “must-read” (Thomas Piketty) offers a radically hopeful vision for how to build more contented and connected societies, alongside a practical guide to what we all can do in the meantime to live the good life each and every day.

Come for ideas, leave with hope.