Regan Penaluna is a writer with a master’s degree in journalism and a PhD in philosophy. Previously, she was an editor at Nautilus Magazine and Guernica, where she wrote and edited long-form stories and interviews. A feature she wrote was listed in the Atlantic as one of “100 Exceptional Works of Journalism.”
She lives in Brooklyn.
Penaluna's new book is How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind.
At the Guardian she tagged ten "books by women, some of them long overlooked, but all deserving to be better known." One title on the list:
This Sex Which Is Not One by Luce IrigarayRead about the other entries on the list.
This is the only book by a living philosopher on my list, but I admire how French philosopher Irigaray aims at nothing less than to punch through the western canon and create an entirely new discourse for women. She’s captivated by the paradox of how language can free women from sexist discourse, if the entire discourse is sexist. She has some good advice. When you describe sexism in the texts of men, mimic the harmful content of their words – but do so unfaithfully. I have had endless fun with this.
--Marshal Zeringue
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