Feminist Stacks Roundup - June 29, 2026

For your binge-reading pleasure, the week in feminist posts on Substack.

Jun 29, 2026

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ROUNDUP

Taboo : What’s Left of a Real Cool Chick. By Kelly Thompson TNWWY in There’s Nothing Wrong With You (And There Never Was).
How to get the postnup that Belle Burden should have had: Yes, you can get a postnup (or prenup) and probably should--for peace of mind and even the strength of your marriage. Here’s how. By Lane Anderson in Matriarchy Report.
Coping when friends move, the power of shared firsts, and a spontaneous stoop bookstore: Things to read, do, and send to your besties this month. By Samantha Amberg and Erin Greenawald in Forevers: A Place for Friends.
Trump Says He Won’t Sign Housing Bill Until Congress Passes the SAVE Act. Here’s How It Can Become Law Anyway: Despite the President’s refusal to sign the measure, the bipartisan housing package could still become law through existing constitutional procedures. By Harper Thompson in The Women Post.
Working with Radiant Liquidity & other financial illusions : A conversation between Ruth Catlow and Cassie Thornton about money, or the end of it. By Feminist Economics Department in News from The FED (The Feminist Economics Department).
My Google Search Results: As a guide to the early summer mom mental load under patriarchy. By Kate Manne in More to Hate.
June Favourites : + BTS The Everywoman Festival, Reading Recommendations & More. By Lydia Wilkins in The Disabled Feminist.
Queer Archive Fever Roundup - Jun 27, 2026: This week’s roundup features a 1995 photo of members of Gay Men of African Descent (GMAD) marching in NYC Pride, a 1975 photo of contestants in the Bourbon Street Awards, some exciting news, and more! By Queer Archivist in Queer Archive Fever.
The Story on the Plate: Food or Art? By Architecture, Feminism, and Me in Architecture Feminism and Me.
Nancy Mace Falls From Grace: What does this high-profile MAGA warrior’s abject failure in the South Carolina governor’s race tell us about a Republican Party making the turn to November? By Claire Potter in Political Junkie.
‘We Were the Song:’ Twentieth Century Sapphic Folk Lore: Connie Converse, Ellen Stekert and the earliest Sapphic folk songs, recorded from in the closet. By Trish Bendix in Lit Femme.
When Women Made Headway (But Not History) in STEM: Only temporary. By Feminist Science in Feminist Science.
When Men Tried to Steal Women’s Votes, the Last Time: Why I Voted for Melinda Greene — and Why Local Elections Matter More than Ever. By Lorissa Rinehart in The Female Body Politic.
28. The Right Doesn’t Have to Revoke the 19th to Undermine Women’s Citizenship: The real stakes of the Right’s cult of masculinity are your vote and diverse, competent leadership. By Soraya Chemaly in Unmanned.
The US Kids Book is coming! + Q&A with Ping Zhu: The Story of Art without Men for younger readers is out this October. By Katy Hessel in The Great Women Artists.
Weathering: The biological costs of oppression—and why the research gives me hope. By Serena Mira Asta in Stress & Sensibility.
Ain’t I a Woman? Again?: Michelle Obama, misogynoir, trans panic, and the very old American hobby of pretending Black women are not women. By ProfessorMeredith in Bitchy History.
Radicalized Into the Matriarchy: A Conversation with Dr. Jonna Cohen. By Wise Women... Forward in Wise Women... Forward.
Letter to My Younger Self #9: I Thought Becoming a Mom Would Make My Life Perfect: Rachel Kramer Bussel, a 50-year-old mom to an almost 2-year-old, lets her younger self know how later motherhood has worked out for her. By Oldster Magazine and Rachel Kramer Bussel in Oldster.
Marriage is not a sexual revolution: Louise Perry is in the New York Times arguing that women should act as though birth control doesn’t exist, only fuck men who will be good dads, and learn to love ‘the opposite sex’ within marriage. By Tracy Clark-Flory in TCF Emails.
Maximum pleasure guaranteed: Can a woman get off without being killed for it? By Laurie Stone in Everything is Personal.
A Decent Man. By The Anti-Misogyny Club in The Antimisogyny Club.
Priceless: A new essay on the surprisingly recent phenomenon of “ladies’ menus” — plus a poem. By Feminist Food Journal in Feminist Food Journal.
Come Spy With Us: A Seven-Week Summer Salon. By Marissa in The Feminine Prose.
Was Aristotle A Brilliant Misogynist? : Why yes Mary, he sure was, and here is an introduction to his playbook. By Mona Mona in Feminist Works.
Silenced: Facebook’s silencing of a whistleblower shines a light on a private justice system and a “post-state” future where tech bros write the rules. Or as we call them, “laws”. By Carole Cadwalladr in How To Survive the Broligarchy.
The Second Sex: Week 18. By Megan Burke in Megan Burke, PhD.
“I started wondering about sexual abuse in my family” Ask a Therapist : A reader wonders if her intrusive post-partum thoughts mean that she was abused. By Diana Fox Tilson, LICSW in Other Interests.
Trump holds housing aid hostage in order to manipulate elections : And more of this week’s Ms. Must-Reads. By Ms. Magazine in Ms. Magazine.
This, That, Other.: Had we but world enough, and time. By jeanette winterson in Jeanette Winterson: Mind Over Matter.
Modern Women Are Not Marriage Material - And That’s A Problem.: Why “Marriage Material” Discourse Is Often A Bad Faith Conversation. By Unpunishable Woman in Unpunishable Woman.
The problem isn’t your hormones. It’s him. : Why do we insist on blaming women for everything? Why can’t we just admit that their partners are ruining their lives? By Zawn Villines in Liberating Motherhood.
How Can I Stop Centering My Husband? (Reader Advice): A feminist advice column for women dealing with husbands who are continually draining their mental energy. By Bad Woman in Bad Woman’s Substack.
Women as an Absent Center: Pregnancy Outcomes under Patriarchy. By 15th Century Feminist in 15th Century Feminist.
The Wo-manosphere Machine – Part 1: The Leadership was Auxiliary : A women’s leadership summit spent the weekend teaching women not to lead. The contradiction is older than the feed it arrived in. By Rachel @ This Woman Votes in This Woman Votes - Progress & Politics.
No sex please, we’re researchers: Plus Yesteryear and Invisible Women in a presidential library! By Caroline Criado Perez in Invisible Women.
Why Women’s Presence Stands Out—Yet Their Absence Doesn’t: On cognitive biases distorting how we see women’s representation. By Katie Jagielnicka in The Noosphere.
abortion and reproductive rights
Gen Z Wants Abortion Legal In Any Circumstance: 6.22.26. By Jessica Valenti in Abortion, Every Day.
FOUR YEARS LATER, STILL MAD AS HELL.: The State of Abortion Access in the US. By FEMINIST in Feminist HQ.
Abortion Positivity!: some recent positive updates in the abortion landscape. By Stephanie in Feminist Midwife.
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UPCOMING EVENTS

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1. Kelly Thompson’s Women Are Talking

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2. Skye Cleary’s Substack Live with Megan Burke: Beauvoir, The Second Sex & Authenticity

3. Mona Mona’s Feminist Romp Through the History of Philosophy

4. Nan Tepper’s Wham! Bam! Thank You! Slam! — Freedom or Fear

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