How to Think Like a Woman

· Rivetingly and accessibly told, this book blends memoir with biography to give us fascinating accounts of lost feminist philosophers as well as a current look at ongoing sexism in academia. Although serious in subject matter, Penaluna's honesty, storytelling, and humor make this a page turning read

· Though the book centers on four 17th and 18th century feminist philosophers in particular? Mary Astell, Damaris Masham, Catharine Cockburn, and Mary Wollstonecraft?Penaluna also includes brilliantly drawn ?compendium? chapters that look at some women philosophers from 900 BC onwards, as well as the history of male philosopher's personal and written attitudes towards women

· There has been a recent rise in popularity of historical books that tell the untold stories of important women, such as Mary Gabriel's Ninth Street Women, Francesca Wade's Square Haunting, Michelle Dean's Sharp, Maggie Doherty's The Equivalents, Claire Mac Cumhaill's Metaphysical Animals, Rebecca Buxton and Lisa Whiting's The Philosopher Queens. Penaluna's book takes a unique and fresh spot amongst them.

· Like National Book Award Finalist My Autobiography of Carson Mccullers by Jenn Shapland and New York Times bestseller My Life In Middlemarch by Rebecca Mead, How to Think Like a Woman blends the personal with the historical to draw fascinating throughlines across time.

· We expect blurbs from Ada Calhoun, Francesca Wade, Rebecca Mead, CJ Houser, and Michelle Dean, to name just a few

· In this project, Penaluna is beginning the work to remedy the inequity that very nearly derailed her path as a scholar, reviving this lost history to the benefit of future generations of women intellectuals. We'll publish this timely title during Women's History Month

· In her capacity as senior editor at Guernica, Penaluna frequently interviews and uplifts the voices of lesser known women philosophers, including Brianna Toole, Heather Widows, and Samantha Rose Hill. Like Jia Tolentino and Lisa Taddeo, Penaluna's journalistic eye is thorough, fresh, and unflinching.