Thinking Pink Collection

Book covers to celebrate varying shades of pink.

Background with geometric shapes of varying shades of pink from light (upper right) to dark (lower left), black lines of varying thickness over, and transparent white letters "PINK" centered horizontally and vertically.

BOOKS TO CELEBRATE VARYING SHADES OF PINK

We heard the extreme pinkness of the summer 2023 film Barbie consumed all the pink paint in the world and even led to a global shortage. Well, we've had a few exciting and aesthetically beautiful recent releases with pink covers and decided to do a retrospective. Here are new and classic titles with covers in pink (or that use pink in strategic ways).

Life in Plastic, it's fantastic!

This collection is presented in excitement about the film Barbie (summer 2023). Looking for something mightier but still aligned with July 21st film releases? We've got an Oppenheimer reading list, too.

 

Aesthesis and Perceptronium: On the Entanglement of Sensation, Cognition, and Matter Aesthesis and Perceptronium On the Entanglement of Sensation, Cognition, and Matter Alexander Wilson 2019 Fall
A new speculative ontology of aesthetics
Algorithms of Education: How Datafication and Artificial Intelligence Shape Policy Algorithms of Education How Datafication and Artificial Intelligence Shape Policy Kalervo N. Gulson, Sam Sellar and P. Taylor Webb 2022 Spring
A critique of what lies behind the use of data in contemporary education policy
American Gospel: A Novel American Gospel A Novel Lin Enger 2021 Fall
Radically personal and quintessentially American, an intimate drama at the heart of an apocalyptic vision
An Ecotopian Lexicon An Ecotopian Lexicon Matthew Schneider-Mayerson and Brent Ryan Bellamy, Editors 2019 Fall
Presents thirty novel terms that do not yet exist in English to envision ways of responding to the environmental challenges of our generation
Anthropocene Feminism Anthropocene Feminism Richard Grusin, Editor 2017 Spring
A stunning experiment in thinking of the Anthropocene through feminism and queer theory
Border Thinking: Latinx Youth Decolonizing Citizenship Border Thinking Latinx Youth Decolonizing Citizenship Andrea Dyrness 2020 Spring
Rich accounts of how Latinx migrant youth experience belonging across borders
Cinema without Reflection: Jacques Derrida’s Echopoiesis and Narcissism Adrift Cinema without Reflection Jacques Derrida’s Echopoiesis and Narcissism Adrift Akira Mizuta Lippit 2016 Spring
Excavates a theory of cinema in Derrida’s writing on love, narcissism, echopoiesis, and fluidity
Designing the Creative Child: Playthings and Places in Midcentury America Designing the Creative Child Playthings and Places in Midcentury America Amy F. Ogata 2013 Spring
The construction of the “creative child” as Cold War America’s best hope for the future
Diaboliques: Six Tales of Decadence Diaboliques Six Tales of Decadence Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly 2015 Fall
“Literature doesn’t express even half of the crimes that society commits behind closed doors.” —Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly
Elements of a Philosophy of Technology: On the Evolutionary History of Culture Elements of a Philosophy of Technology On the Evolutionary History of Culture Ernst Kapp 2018 Fall
The first philosophy of technology, constructing humans as technological and technology as an underpinning of all culture
Gaming at the Edge: Sexuality and Gender at the Margins of Gamer Culture Gaming at the Edge Sexuality and Gender at the Margins of Gamer Culture Adrienne Shaw 2014 Fall
A major new analysis of the representation of marginalized groups in video games
Governance Feminism: An Introduction: An Introduction Governance Feminism: An Introduction An Introduction Janet Halley, Prabha Kotiswaran, Rachel Rebouché and Hila Shamir 2018 Spring
Describing and assessing feminist inroads into the state
Growing Perennials in Cold Climates: Revised and Updated Edition Growing Perennials in Cold Climates Revised and Updated Edition Mike Heger, John Whitman and Debbie Lonnee 2011 Spring
The landmark book on northern perennials, fully updated and expanded
Growing Roses in Cold Climates: Revised and Updated Edition Growing Roses in Cold Climates Revised and Updated Edition Richard Hass, Jerry Olson and John Whitman 2012 Spring
Gut Anthro: An Experiment in Thinking with Microbes Gut Anthro An Experiment in Thinking with Microbes Amber Benezra 2023 Spring
A fascinating ethnography of microbes that opens up new spaces for anthropological inquiry
Guy Vernon: A Novelette in Verse Guy Vernon A Novelette in Verse John Townsend Trowbridge William Logan, Editor 2012 Spring
A lost classic of American literature—a narrative of race and sexual intrigue in antebellum America—rediscovered
Heidegger: Phenomenology, Ecology, Politics Heidegger Phenomenology, Ecology, Politics Michael Marder 2018 Fall
Understanding the political and ecological implications of Heidegger’s work without ignoring his noxious public engagements
How to Talk about Videogames How to Talk about Videogames Ian Bogost 2015 Fall
A fond look at the preposterous—and yet essential—pursuit of games criticism
Impermanence: Life and Loss on Superior’s South Shore Impermanence Life and Loss on Superior’s South Shore Sue Leaf 2023 Fall
A personal journey through the ever-changing natural and cultural history of Lake Superior’s South Shore
Juárez Girls Rising: Transformative Education in Times of Dystopia Juárez Girls Rising Transformative Education in Times of Dystopia Claudia G. Cervantes-Soon 2017 Spring
Through the voices of high school girls in Ciudad Juárez, understanding how education can promote self-empowerment and resistance against injustice and violence
Laruelle: Against the Digital Laruelle Against the Digital Alexander R. Galloway 2014 Fall
Explores the digital as a philosophical concept
Matters of Care: Speculative Ethics in More Than Human Worlds Matters of Care Speculative Ethics in More Than Human Worlds María Puig de la Bellacasa 2017 Spring
Challenging the view that caring is only human
My Life in the Purple Kingdom My Life in the Purple Kingdom BrownMark 2022 Spring
From the young Black teenager who built a bass guitar in woodshop to the musician building a solo career with Motown Records—Prince’s bassist BrownMark on growing up in Minneapolis, joining Prince and The Revolution, and his life in the purple kingdom
Psychedelic White: Goa Trance and the Viscosity of Race Psychedelic White Goa Trance and the Viscosity of Race Arun Saldanha 2007 Spring
A bold new approach to racial difference conceived through rave tourism
Queer Optimism: Lyric Personhood and Other Felicitous Persuasions Queer Optimism Lyric Personhood and Other Felicitous Persuasions Michael D. Snediker 2008 Fall
A new paradigm for queer theory
Queer Ricans: Cultures and Sexualities in the Diaspora Queer Ricans Cultures and Sexualities in the Diaspora Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes 2009 Spring
Seeing the diversity in Puerto Rico’s gay and lesbian communities in the United States
Ready Player Two: Women Gamers and Designed Identity Ready Player Two Women Gamers and Designed Identity Shira Chess 2017 Fall
A timely look at the implicit biases in video games as they construct and define feminine identity
South American Journals: January–July 1960 South American Journals January–July 1960 Allen Ginsberg 2022 Fall
The great Beat poet’s observations, reflections, poetry, and mind-expanding explorations while traveling through South America
The Digital Is Kid Stuff: Making Creative Laborers for a Precarious Economy The Digital Is Kid Stuff Making Creative Laborers for a Precarious Economy 2021 Fall
How popular debates about the so-called digital generation mediate anxieties about labor and life in twenty-first-century America
The Long 2020 The Long 2020 Richard Grusin and Maureen Ryan, Editors 2022 Fall
Sharply intelligent, often personal reflections on the global crises of 2020 that are still ongoing
The Poetics of Cruising: Queer Visual Culture from Whitman to Grindr The Poetics of Cruising Queer Visual Culture from Whitman to Grindr 2022 Spring
A groundbreaking new history of urban cruising through the lenses of urban poets
The Price of Nice: How Good Intentions Maintain Educational Inequity The Price of Nice How Good Intentions Maintain Educational Inequity Angelina E. Castagno, Editor 2019 Fall
How being “nice” in school and university settings works to reinforce racialized, gendered, and (dis)ability-related inequities in education and society
The Right to Be Out: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America’s Public Schools, Second Edition The Right to Be Out Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in America’s Public Schools, Second Edition Stuart Biegel 2018 Fall
An updated edition of this measured, practical, and timely guide to LGBT rights and issues for educators and school officials
The Toxic Meritocracy of Video Games: Why Gaming Culture Is the Worst The Toxic Meritocracy of Video Games Why Gaming Culture Is the Worst Christopher Paul 2018 Spring
An avid gamer and sharp media critic explains meritocracy’s negative contribution to video game culture—and what can be done about it
Therapy Tech: The Digital Transformation of Mental Healthcare Therapy Tech The Digital Transformation of Mental Healthcare Emma Bedor Hiland 2021 Fall
A pointed look at the state of tech-based mental healthcare and what we must do to change it
Value in Marx: The Persistence of Value in a More-Than-Capitalist World Value in Marx The Persistence of Value in a More-Than-Capitalist World George Henderson 2013 Spring
Why Marx’s multiple explorations of the theory of value continue to provide powerful ways of thinking about capitalism—and beyond
Young-Girls in Echoland: #Theorizing Tiqqun Young-Girls in Echoland #Theorizing Tiqqun Heather Warren-Crow and Andrea Jonsson 2022 Spring
Who’s worse, the Young-Girl or the Man-Child?