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Astell in the news

This page is meant to offer a running list of articles and entries on Astell in venues and publications aimed at a broad (i.e., not necessarily academic) audience. If you have any suggestions for something we've missed, please contact us.

In Project Vox's Revealing Voices Blog series:
  • Allauren Samantha Forbes, "Mary Astell and Theories of Friendship," link
  • Nancy Kendrick, "Discovering Mary Astell," link 
  • Michaela Manson, "'Thinking Like a Girl': Mary Astell on Mind and Prejudice," link
  • Simone Webb, "'employ your care about that which is really yourself': Mary Astell in Dialogue with Michel Foucault," link
In Medium: 
  • Alexander Douglas, "Mary Astell, Locke, and Logicbros," link
  • Emma Young, "Astell and the Feminist Question," link
Youtube videos/lectures about Astell:
  • Daniel Feldman, "Lecture on Mary Astell, Some Reflections Upon Marriage," link
  • Katherine McGowan, "Mary Astell: 3 Minute Philosophy," link
  • John DePoe, "History of Modern Philosophy: Astell," link
  • Rachel Paige, "Mary Astell," link
  • Political Philosophy, "Mary Astell," link​
In other media:
  • Mark Bridge, "Mary Astell: pioneering feminist’s library unearthed at Cambridge University" The Times ​link
  • Tom Almeroth-Williams, "Ahead of her timeMagdalene College Cambridge has discovered a treasure trove of women’s intellectual history" Cambridge University Stories link
  • Sienna Vittoria Asselin, "Meet the Mother of All Feminists, Mary Astell," All That's Interesting: link
  • Allauren Samantha Forbes, "A woman philosopher calls out misogyny in the 17th century," Aeon: link
  • Penelope Whitworth, "Mary Astell," Project Continua: Women Who Persist: link
  • OUP Philosophy, "Mary Astell on Female Education and the Sorrow of Marriage," OUP Blog: link
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