The East Side Freedom Library invites you to a conversation about the new book, What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About #MeToo, by JoAnn Wypijewski

Saturday, October 10, 2020, 1pm

This event will be live on Zoom and live streamed to Facebook. Register here to join on Zoom.

What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About #MeToo is a collection of essays which explore the current state of our society’s discourse about sexual politics. Reviewers have written: “With beautiful prose and complex analysis, JoAnn Wypijewski reports to us the true messiness: of sex, life, late capitalism, fear, and yet the hope that still breathes in the mess. Her work is a national treasure.” (Debbie Nathan). “JoAnn Wypijewski is the finest and most fearless literary journalist writing today, and in these crucial and stunningly beautiful essays she brings into bracing focus the deepest politics of desire. No other writer is telling these stories; maybe no other writer could with such generosity of spirit.” (Jeff Sharlet)

JoAnn Wypijewski is a writer and editor based in New York. From 1982 to 2000, she was an editor at the Nation magazine. She has written for the magazine, as well as for Harper’s, CounterPunch, the New York Times Magazine, the Guardian, and other publications. She is on the editorial committee of the New Left Review. She was the co-editor with Kevin Alexander Gray and Jeffrey St. Clair, of Killing Trayvons: An Anthology of American Violence. JoAnn will be joined in a live Zoom conversation by three Twin Cities women:

Since retiring as a dancer and choreographer, Michèle Steinwald has managed performing arts projects and professional development programs for professional dance companies across the U.S. From 2006-2013, she was Assistant Curator for the Performing Arts at the Walker Art Center. Although Canadian, Steinwald is currently living in Minneapolis as an independent curator, community organizer, and occasional writer.

An East Side resident, Sidney Stuart came to ESFL in Fall 2019 as intern from HECUA’s “Inequality in America” program. She is working towards her BA degree in Sociology at the University of Minnesota and is involved with the Non-profit organization Minnesota Youth Collective. She continues to learn about transformative justice and developing new systems and thinking around accountability.

As a young girl growing up in rural Ethiopia, Najaha Musse was witness to rampant gender inequality and social injustice. Her family fled to a refugee camp in Kenya and then immigrated to Minnesota, where Najaha began her formal education in the 3rd grade. She became the first in her family to graduate from high school and receive a college degree. She is now a 4th year medical student. Najaha has received the Hawkinson Foundation’s Peace and Social Justice Award and has been recognized as top 10 women in medicine who inspire by leading, trailblazing, and innovating.

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