Author Archives: steinarlene

About steinarlene

Sociologist and author. Writes about politics, culture, sexuality; engages in scholarly/journalistic cross-talk; editor of Contexts Magazine; professor, Rutgers University.

Living (Partially) Outside the Law

Posted on July 3, 2014 by steinarlene

Originally posted on Arlene Stein:
Several years ago, when my son was in middle school in a suburb close to New York City, he was required to fill out numerous forms. There were spaces for his mother’s first name, her…

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Banality of Evil, American Style

Posted on June 5, 2013 by steinarlene

Originally posted on Arlene Stein:
Margarethe von Trotta frames her new bio-pic, Hannah Arendt, around the philosopher’s coverage of the trial of Adolf Eichmann. Arendt is perhaps best known for describing the “banality of evil” at the heart of Nazism, and von…

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The End of Normal? We’re Not There Yet

Posted on May 30, 2013 by steinarlene

Originally posted on Arlene Stein:
Being normal isn’t all that its cracked up to be. In 1963, Betty Friedan exposed the dark underside of “normal” femininity in a book that helped launched the women’s movement, The Feminine Mystique. Michael Warner’s…

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