In this second episode, Heli Mahkonen elaborates on a key aspect of Beauvoir's Second Sex, namely her critique of romantic love. How does that classic, feminist critique relate to Black feminist thought on romantic love?

Hosted by Ashika Singh and Liesbeth Schoonheim

More reading.....

• Collins, Patricia Hill (2000): Black Feminist Thought, London/New York: Routledge


• De Beauvoir, Simone ([2011]1949): The Second Sex, translated by Translated by Constance Borde and Sheila Malovany-Chevallier, New York: Vintage Books


• Fallaize, Elizabeth (1998): Simone de Beauvoir: A Critical Reader. London/New York: Routledge


• Ferguson, Ann & Jónasdóttir, Anna (2014): Love. A Question for Feminism in the 21. Century. London/New York: Routledge


• García-Andrade, Adriana, Gunnarson, Lena & Jónasdottir, Anna (2018): Feminism and the Power of Love. Interdisciplinary Interventions. London/New York: Routledge


• Lorde, Audre (1984): Sister Outsider, Berkeley: Crown Publishing


• Saurer, Edith ((1997)): Liebe, Geschlechterbeziehungen und Feminismus, in: L' homme : Zeitschrift für feministische Geschichtswissenschaft, Jg. 8, Nr. 1, 6-20.