#  Interviews 

 



   ![Kristen Ghodsee interview](/sites/g/files/omnuum3566/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/kristenghodsee/files/vb88_c1.jpg?itok=1jxqlIpE) 

 

## Audio/Video

“[Upstream, feat. Kristen Ghodsee,](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6SGxCjistigQLRxcEFeGqD?si=e971d4e992654df0)” Upstream Podcast, March 8, 2024

“[The Socialist History of International Women's Day with Dr. Kristen Ghodsee, a conversation with Mexie](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MLff6dyBAeg),” March 8, 2024

“[Pythagoras’ Utopia](https://shows.acast.com/dansnowshistoryhit/episodes/pythagoras-utopia),” Dan Snow’s History Hit Podcast, December 22, 2023

“[L’intime est politique](https://open.spotify.com/episode/5MHQWghfip64K7P5t62bYc?si=s1k4bP4XRwiLA7CRUn8h4w),” podcast from the Festival des Libertés, October 14, 2023

Science Magazine podcast, "[Everyday Utopia: In Praise of Radical Alternatives to the Traditional Family Home](https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adk6940)," September 28, 2023

Atlas Obscura Podcast, “[Twin Oaks](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/twin-oaks/id1555769970?i=1000629026536),” September 25, 2023

Freakonomics Radio, “[When Did Marriage Become a Luxury Good?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MT7kWf_F43E)” September 21, 2023

Current Affairs podcast, “[Why We Need Utopias](https://www.patreon.com/posts/why-we-need-w-89318605),” September 15, 2023

KQED The Forum, “[What Does Utopia Mean to You?](https://www.kqed.org/forum/2010101894319/what-does-utopia-mean-to-you)” September 7, 2023

WIRED, Have a Nice Future Podcast, “[Maybe you should just join a commune.](https://www.wired.com/story/have-a-nice-future-podcast-19/)” August 23, 2023

Everyday Anarchism Podcast, “[Everyday Utopia - Kristen Ghodsee](https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Miaj154v2Fs4Xuu5Uf5sS?si=3937549b42ce4285),” August 23, 2023

The Gray Area Podcast with Sean Illing, “[The Benefits of Utopian Thinking](https://open.spotify.com/episode/6GcjffafbireRixtJtgGFa?si=62e2702b0d1340de),” August 21, 2023

PRX The World, “[Building a Medieval Utopia,](https://theworld.org/media/2023-08-10/building-medieval-utopia)” August 10, 2023

Second Life Book Club, “[A Conversation with Kristen Ghodsee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8oXotqPHnc),” August 10, 2023

It’s Not Just In Your Head podcast, “[\#144 - Everyday Utopia (ft. Kristen R. Ghodsee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILS77n5fMGQ),” July 11, 2023.

Centering on Peace with Faramarz Farmod, “[Kristen R. Ghodsee on Women's Emancipation and Everyday Utopia,](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYDS38B0I5A)” BCTV.org, July 11, 2023

Total Liberation Podcast with Mexie (Livestream), “[Building Utopia with D. Kristen Ghodsee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsB8SgB3k0E),” July 7, 2023

Upstream, “[Everyday Utopia and Radical Imagination with Kristen Ghodsee](https://www.upstreampodcast.org/conversations),” June 19, 2023

RevolutionZ, “[Diverse Utopias with Kristen Ghodsee,](https://znetwork.org/podcasts/)” June 18, 2023

The Ezra Klein Show, “[What Communes and Other Radical Experiments in Living Together Reveal](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/09/opinion/ezra-klein-kristen-ghodsee.html),” June 9, 2023. Read the full transcript [here](https://kristen-ghodsee-fsh7.squarespace.com/s/Transcript-Ezra-Klein-Interviews-Kristen-Ghodsee-The-New-York-Times.pdf).

P&P Live! Kristen Ghodsee | [EVERYDAY UTOPIA w/ Dr. Julia Alekseyeva](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TcqDA53Vz48), June 7, 2023

Little Atoms, [Kristen Ghodsee’s Everyday Utopia](https://shows.acast.com/littleatoms/episodes/little-atoms-830-kristen-ghodsees-everyday-utopia), May 22, 2023

Podcast of the Free Library of Philadelphia, “[Everyday Utopia: Kristen Ghodsee in Conversation with Arwa Mahdawi,](https://libwww.freelibrary.org/podcast/episode/2255)” May 18, 2023

Revolutionary Left Radio, “[Everyday Utopia: Egalitarianism, Human Nature, & the Good Life](https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/everyday-utopia),” May 17, 2023

NPR’s Morning Edition, “[Women in some countries will mark International Women's Day with protests](https://www.npr.org/2023/03/08/1161859618/women-in-some-countries-will-mark-international-womens-day-with-protests),” March 8, 2023

Total Liberation Podcast, [“Love & Sex in a Capitalist Hellscape: Decommodifying our Relationships w. Dr. Kristen Ghodsee,”](https://totalliberationpodcast.com/91-love-sex-in-a-capitalist-hellscape-decommodifying-our-relationships-w-dr-kristen-ghodsee/) November 10, 2022.

Revolutionary Left Radio, Kristen Ghodsee, [Red Valkyries: Feminist Lessons from Five Revolutionary Women](https://revolutionaryleftradio.libsyn.com/size/5/?search=ghodsee), October 10, 2022

The Method Podcast with Rebecca Amsellem. [Episode 4: Repairing Our Desires](https://open.spotify.com/episode/0OH75x5M5hwezQfC3AP2Si?si=a0b2306babfa43c1). \[In English and French\] May 10, 2022.

Catalan TV3, “[La Fi de l’Amor,](https://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/quan-arribin-els-marcians/la-fi-de-lamor/video/6132132/)” November 29, 2021 \[In Catalan\]

Reimagining Soviet Georgia Podcast, “[Episode 11: Social Consequences of the End of Socialism with Kristen Ghodsee and Mitchell Orenstein](https://anchor.fm/sovietgeorgia/episodes/Episode-11-The-Social-Consequences-of-the-end-of-Socialism-with-Kristen-Ghodsee-and-Mitchell-Orenstein-e19otp3/a-a6r2ksu),” November 4, 2021

Jacobin Radio, [Long Reads: Kristen Ghodsee on the Lost World of Bulgarian Communism](https://blubrry.com/jacobin/81375688/long-reads-kristen-ghodsee-on-the-lost-world-of-bulgarian-communism/), September 25, 2021

Overdetermined: A Rethinking Marxism Podcast, [Vol. 1, Episode 2](https://blubrry.com/overdetermined/81363907/vol-1-ep-2/), September 24, 2021

Le Monde Diplomatique, [Podcast with George Miller: The forgotten chapter of the women’s movement](https://mondediplo.com/2021/07/07women-socialism-podcast), July 14, 2021

National Public Radio, Throughline Podcast, “[Capitalism: What Is It](https://www.npr.org/2021/06/21/1008906741/capitalism-what-is-it?t=1624559628701)?” June 24, 2021

[Book Discussion: Maria Todorova, "The Lost World of Socialists at Europe's Margins"](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QNTDc06-kM), Ohio State University, June 14, 2021

Foreign Policy Research Institute, "[Taking Stock of Shock: Social Consequences of the 1989 Revolutions](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lziI5nZH8hA)," with Mitchell A. Orenstein, June 7, 2021

Bruno Kreisky Forum “[Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism: Tessa Szyszkowitz in conversation with Kristen R. Ghodsee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwHhIRvPPMM)," Vienna, Austria , May 12, 2021

New York State Writer’s Institute, “[Socialism in the Age of AOC & Bernie Sanders: A Conversation with Bhaskar Sunkara & Kristen Ghodsee](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRS-a1xWx7M), March 16, 2021

Last Born in the Wilderness Podcast, “[Red Nostalgia: Post-Soviet Europe & Arguments For Economic Independence w/ Kristen Ghodsee](https://soundcloud.com/lastborninthewilderness/kristen-ghodsee),” March 15, 2021

Jacobin Talks, “[The Socialist History of International Women’s Day](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK5Lo3oFnz4),” March 8, 2021

The Katie Halper Show Podcast, “[Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism](https://soundcloud.com/katie-halper/03-08-21-khs-womens-history-pod-bounce2-for-kt),” March 8, 2021

Revolutionary Left Radio Podcast, Interview with Kristen Ghodsee, “[Socialist Feminism, Class Struggle, and the Cold War](https://upenn.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d39f4fb4db8b2926c221b3aca&id=dc873ab510&e=26f06cd649).” 7 March 2021

Democratic Socialists of America International Committee, Socialist Feminist Working Group, and Lux Magazine, “[Love and Sex Behind the Iron Curtain: The Experience of 20th Century State Socialism in Eastern Europe](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3_EvT946NU),” March 7, 2021

It's Not All in Your Head Podcast, "[Sex Feels Better When all of Your Basic Needs are Met.](https://anchor.fm/itsnotjustinyourhead/episodes/Sex-Feels-Better-When-All-Your-Basic-Needs-Are-Met-eqh6d0/a-a4lp1jn)" February 17, 2021

Capitalism Hits Home Podcast with Dr. Harriet Fraad and Juliana Forlano, "[Kristen Ghodsee on the Decommodification of Sex - Part 1](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufTiXvISQos)," February 4, 2021

Economic Update with Richard Wolff, "[Why Women Have Better Sex in Socialism](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUX4haBybaY)." February 1, 2021

The Michael Brooks Show, "[Sex and Gender on the Left](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umBg8-UFhYs)," January 5, 2021

AnthroPod, The Podcast of the Society for Cultural Anthropology, “[Socialism, Spies, and Serendipity: Katherine Verdery and Kristen Ghodsee on Anthropology and Epistemic Change,](https://culanth.org/fieldsights/verdery-ghodsee)” November 15, 2020

Not What You Thought You Knew Podcast, “[The Night Witches and the Fighting Women of the Soviet Union](https://play.acast.com/s/notwhatyouthought/thenightwitchesandthefightingwomenofthesovietunion).” September 29, 2020

The Vast Majority Podcast, “[Why you should an anti-anti-communist](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-vast-majority-why-you-should-be-an-anti-anti-communist/id791564318),” September 18, 2020

The Hotbed Collective, “[Do Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/do-women-have-better-sex-under-socialism-professor/id1343455484?i=1000476609801)?” June 3, 2020

Radio New Zealand, “[How we count women’s work is discussed at the 2020 New Zealand Arts Festival](https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/smart_talk/audio/2018745200/how-we-count-women-s-work-is-discussed-at-the-2020-new-zealand-arts-festival),” May 17, 2020

Radio New Zealand, “[Kim Hill speaks with Dr Kristen Ghodsee about her book Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism](https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/smart_talk/audio/2018741853/kim-hill-speaks-with-dr-kristen-ghodsee-about-her-book-why-women-have-better-sex-under-socialism),” April 12, 2020

Radio New Zealand, “[Sex and Socialism. When Unregulated Capitalism Kills the Mood](https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018724657/sex-and-socialism-when-unregulated-capitalism-kills-the-mood).” November 29, 2019

Catalanyu Radio, “[Per què les dones de països comunistes gaudien més del sexe](https://www.ccma.cat/catradio/alacarta/les-dones-i-els-dies/per-que-les-dones-de-paisos-comunistes-gaudien-mes-del-sexe/audio/1055263/)?” November 24, 2019 \[Catalán\]

Radio RaBe Berne, “[Warum Frauen im Sozialismus besseren Sex haben - Und andere Argumente für ökonomische Unabhängigkeit,](https://www.freie-radios.net/98036)” October 27, 2019 \[Deutsche\]

AnthroPod, The Podcast of the Society for Cultural Anthropology, “[Anthropologists as Public Intellectuals: Ruth Behar in Conversation with Kristen Ghodsee,](https://culanth.org/fieldsights/anthropologists-as-public-intellectuals-ruth-behar-in-conversation-with-kristen-ghodsee)” August 15, 2019

New Books Network: East European Studies, “[Red Hangover: Legacies of 20th Century Communism](https://newbooksnetwork.com/kristen-ghodsee-red-hangover-legacies-of-twentieth-century-communism-duke-up-2017/),” June 27, 2019

The Order of Things podcast, “[Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism,](http://www.critical-theory.com/listen-why-women-have-better-sex-under-socialism/)” June 25, 2019

New Books Network: East European Studies, “[Second World, Second Sex](https://newbooksnetwork.com/kristen-r-ghodsee-second-world-second-sex-socialist-womens-activism-and-global-solidarity-during-the-cold-war-duke-up-2019/).” June 20, 2019

Office Hours Podcast with Brandon Baker, “[A Conversation with Kristen Ghodsee](https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/conversation-kristen-ghodsee),” February 13, 2019

Little Atoms Podcast with Neil Denny, “[Kristen Ghodsee’s Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism](http://littleatoms.com/podcast/little-atoms-558-kristen-ghodsees-why-women-have-better-sex-under-socialism),” February 11, 2019

History Hit Podcast with Dan Snow, “[Sex and Socialism with Professor Ghodsee](https://play.acast.com/s/dansnowshistoryhit/sexandsocialismwithprofessorkristenghodsee),” February 9, 2019

VIDEO: PBS Newshour, ["Could Socialist policies give American women better lives?"](https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/could-socialist-policies-give-american-women-better-lives) January 3, 2019

Behind the News with Doug Henwood: “[Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism](http://shout.lbo-talk.org/lbo/RadioArchive/2018/18_11_29.mp3),” November 29, 2018

[Season of the Bitch ](http://www.seasonoftheb.com/)Podcast, November 11, 2018, “[Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism](https://soundcloud.com/seasonofthebitch/episode-57-why-women-have-better-sex-under-socialism-ft-kristen-ghodsee).”

[The Cut podcast](https://www.thecut.com/2018/11/the-cut-on-tuesdays-episode-4-alexandria-ocasio-cortez.html) with Molly Fischer, November 6, 2018 “[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez](https://kristenghodsee.com/s/The-Cut-1182018-with-Kristen-Ghodsee.mp3)”

KIRO Radio, [Seattle's Morning New with Dave Ross](https://tunein.com/podcasts/Morning-Shows/Seattles-Morning-News-p225193/?topicId=122885466), July 3, 2018. MP3 Clip: "[Prof Kristen Ghodsee from UPenn on democratic socialism and the generation gap"](/file_url/509)

Jacobin Radio: "[Behind the News with Doug Henwood: Anti-Communism](https://www.blubrry.com/jacobin/34158204/behind-the-news-declining-health-anti-communism/)," May 21, 2018

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, The Sunday Edition with Michael Enright, "[Are the labels 'right' and 'left' still useful shorthand for political belief?](http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/the-sunday-edition-february-25-2018-1.4548650/are-the-labels-right-and-left-still-useful-shorthand-for-political-belief-1.4548663)" February 25, 2018

KPFA Radio, Berkeley. "[Behind the News with Doug Henwood](https://kpfa.org/episode/behind-the-news-november-23-2017/)." November 23, 2017

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, The Sunday Edition with Michael Enright, "[What the legacy of the Russian Revolution means for socialism today](http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/the-sunday-edition-november-12-2017-1.4396794/what-the-legacy-of-the-russian-revolution-means-for-socialism-today-1.4396884)," November 12, 2017. MP3 Clip: [CBC Interview November 2017](/file_url/483)

KIRO Radio, [Seattle's Morning New with Dave Ross](/kristenghodsee/), August 25, 2017. MPS Clip: "[Advances for women under Cold War communist regimes](/file_url/473)."

KPFA Radio, Berkeley. "[Behind the News with Doug Henwood](https://kpfa.org/episode/behind-the-news-august-17-2017/)," August 17, 2017.

KIRO Radio, [Seattle's Morning News with Dave Ross](http://mynorthwest.com/category/podcast_player/?a=10021506&sid=1005&n=Seattle's%20Morning%20News%20with%20Dave%20Ross), August 16, 2017. MP3 Clip: "[Lessons of the Cold War that apply today](/file_url/471)."

Радио Свобода, “[Путин в юбке делу не поможет](http://www.svoboda.org/a/28468154.html),” May 5, 2017

Northeast Public Radio, "Academic Minute: [The Left Side of History](http://academicminute.org/2015/05/kristen-ghodsee-bowdoin-college-the-left-side-of-history/)," May 1, 2015

"[Wer hört heute noch auf Karl Marx im Osten Europas?](/file_url/314)," Deutschlandradio Kultur, 2 November 2015 (in German)

"[New Podcast features Dr. Kristen Ghodsee](http://blog.aaanet.org/2014/01/24/new-podcast-features-dr-kristen-ghodsee/)" American Anthropological Association

"[The Hunger Games, Revisited](http://vimeo.com/64076865)" with Aviva Briefel

"[Sixth Bulgarian Sets Himself on Fire to Protest Poverty](http://www.theworld.org/2013/03/bulgaria-fire-protest-poverty/)," an interview with Marco Werman on the BBC/PRI radio program, The World

"[Sixth Fire Suicide in Bulgaria](http://ruvr.co.uk/2013_03_21/Bulgaria-fire-suicide-protests/)," Interview on Voice of Russia (UK Edition), March 21, 2013

Kristen Ghodsee discusses communist mass women's organizations on [ILO TV](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD6ELHYceqM&sns=em)

"[The Fall of Communism in Bulgaria](http://www.theworld.org/2011/12/fall-of-communism-bulgaria/)" with Lisa Mullins on the BBC/PRI radio program, The World

"[Nostalgia for Communism"](http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wamc/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1867892) on Northeast Public Radio

"[Understanding post-communist nostalgia](http://vimeo.com/38119515)," with David Redmon and Ashley Sabin of Carnivalesque Films

["Bulgarian Muslims"](/file_url/264) with Lisa Mullins on the BBC/PRI radio program, The World

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["The Red Riviera](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxbjrANZ-1M)" with George Liston Seay on *Dialogue*

## Print/Digital

Jose María Robles, [El renacer de la utopía en tiempos distópicos: "Es un antídoto contra la resignación y la impotencia,"](https://www.elmundo.es/papel/historias/2024/03/02/65e203fc21efa0545b8b458a.html) *El Mundo*, March 4, 2024

JOSÉ LUIS FDEZ. CASADEVANTE 'KOIS,' [Kristen R. Ghodsee: «Las ecoaldeas están pensando hoy cómo será la vida después del capitalismo»](https://climatica.coop/entrevista-kristen-ghodsee-utopias-cotidianas-libro/), *Climatica.coop*, March 4, 2023

Nathan Robinson, “[Why We Need Utopias](https://www.currentaffairs.org/2023/10/why-we-need-utopias),” *Current Affairs*, October 4, 2023

Kati Krause, "[Diese Familien leben an einem utopischen Ort,](https://www.zeit.de/zeit-magazin/familie/2023-08/familienformen-zusammenleben-ethnografie-kinder)" *Die Zeit Magazin*, September 15, 2015

Norah Rami, “[Bad Sex? Blame Capitalism: Kristen Ghodsee is revolutionizing our understanding of sex and love](https://www.34st.com/article/2023/01/sex-socialism-transactional-relationships-modern-love-kristen-ghodsee).” *34th Street*, January 24, 2023

Juliana Kaplan, “[Is it time to start paying stay-at-home parents?](https://www.businessinsider.com/pay-stay-at-home-parents-how-much-should-they-make-2023-1)” *Business Insider*, January 21, 2023

Duyên Nguyen, “[Ordinary Lives, Extraordinary Times](https://omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/ordinary-lives-extraordinary-times).” *OMNIA*, November 22, 2022

[Наталья Ломыкина](https://www.forbes.ru/profile/231420-lomykina-natalya), Антрополог Кристен Годси о том, как капитализм стал главным врагом рождаемости,*Forbes.ru*, December 16, 2021

Daniel Finn, “[The Lost World of Bulgarian Communism: An Interview with Kristen Ghodsee,](https://jacobinmag.com/2021/12/bulgarian-communism-modern-political-history-kristen-ghodsee-interview)” *Jacobin Magazine*, December 13, 2021

«[Pourquoi Les Femmes Ont Davantage D’orgasmes En Régime Socialiste»: Interview De Kristen Ghodsee](https://lvsl.fr/pourquoi-les-femmes-ont-davantage-dorgasmes-en-regime-socialiste-interview-de-kristen-ghodsee/), *LVSL.fr*, December 5, 2021

[Begoña Gómez Urzaiz, ](https://elpais.com/autor/begona-gomez-urzaiz/?rel=author_top)**“**[La escritora que cree que el capitalismo es el peor enemigo del orgasmo femenino,](https://elpais.com/eps/2021-12-01/la-escritora-que-cree-que-el-capitalismo-es-el-peor-enemigo-del-orgasmo-femenino.html)” *El País Semanal*, November 30, 2021

Rebecca Amsellem, [« Les femmes sont vues comme des utérus ambulants », une conversation sur l’égalité salariale, Alexandra Kollontaï et l’amour avec Kristen Ghodsee](https://lesglorieuses.fr/kristen-ghodsee/), *Le Glorieuses*, October 20, 2021

Judit Betran, “[Kristen R. Ghodsee: "A las aplicaciones de citas no les interesa que tengas buen sexo](https://www.elperiodico.com/es/)" *El Periódico*, October 11, 2021

Guiseppe Pavino, “"[El socialisme d’estat va ser terrible en algunes coses, però beneficiós en d’altres](https://directa.cat/el-socialisme-destat-va-ser-terrible-en-algunes-coses-pero-beneficios-en-daltres/),” *La Directa*, October 7, 2021

Emma Pons Valls, “[Als països socialistes les relacions personals eren millors: era una manera de viure diferent](https://www.publico.es/public/als-paisos-socialistes-les-relacions-personals-eren-millors-manera-viure-diferent.html)" *Public.es*, October 4, 2021

[Sílvia Marimon Molas](https://es.ara.cat/firmes/silvia-marimon/), [**“**Kristen Ghodsee: "Las parejas que comparten la crianza de los hijos tienen mejores relaciones sexuales"“](https://es.ara.cat/cultura/parejas-comparten-crianza-hijos-mejores-relaciones-sexuales_128_4136445.html?utm_campaign=echobox&utm_medium=social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1633177700) *Ara*, October 2, 2021

Xavi Ayén, [¿Tienen las mujeres mejor sexo bajo el socialismo?](https://www.lavanguardia.com/cultura/20210930/7756626/mejor-sexo-socialista.html), *La Vanguardia*, September 30, 2021

Sandra Vicente, [Kristen Ghodsee: “El capitalismo no respeta a las madres, pero nos necesita, ¿quién va a comprar iPhone si dejamos de tener bebés?”](https://www.elsaltodiario.com/sexualidad/kristen-ghodsee-capitalismo-no-respeta-madres-pero-nos-necesita-quien-va-a-comprar-iphone-si-dejamos-de-tener-bebes) *El Salto*, September 30, 2021

Gislle Nath, “[Interview: Kristen Ghodsee, ‘Vrouwen die seks niet moeten ruilen voor economische zekerheid zijn gelukkiger in bed’](https://www.standaard.be/cnt/dmf20210916_96171717?articlehash=gm6VLnhNTxgo0iX5RP/dE49UbohgOiND5+LNKnFdJ60iYJ8mxrjpI11SjBL9VpMnuHpZONFZloOCc7HtG6sRtinumACDZ/UC6pF4Riw155fMAgjMfssiJmlkfRVSIEvI7oIGJi9IuRRE4EbFvbQOw5pm9iEb2I200ytGfTu0DxWDkga+fDxolP18yT36Z0L1fNh5MlpHtUv8Hn5p6+MBJhXy/TSdIm1eZyCUi9NMPikiV01oecmQ13nTCWjj0Sz0k8Mg3RawTNzgYLbxhozRQfFSblA+M3WJuTj3QTn3mG4znagzTxClK31TaurnaqpVBAIc5mGqr4XgKlm3OPEhEw==)” *De Standaard,* September 18, 2021

Megan Day, French Translation of earlier interview: “[Pourquoi les femmes ont une meilleure vie sexuelle sous le socialisme. Entretien avec Kristen Ghodsee](https://www.contretemps.eu/femmes-vie-sexuelle-socialisme-entretien-kristen-ghodsee/)” Contretemps.eu, June 28, 2021

Katelyn Silva, “[OMNIA Q&A: THE WINNERS AND LOSERS IN POST-SOCIALIST EUROPE](https://omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/omnia-qa-winners-and-losers-post-socialist-europe),” OMNIA, April 27, 2021

Братерский Александр, “[Профессор Кристен Годси: "Феминизм сегодня стал ругательным словом](https://upenn.us20.list-manage.com/track/click?u=d39f4fb4db8b2926c221b3aca&id=05b15e6213&e=26f06cd649)" [*finam.ru*](http://finam.ru/)*,* 8 March 2021

Julia Vladimirova, “[Американската етнографка Кристен Годси: За социализма, женските движения и секса](https://impressio.dir.bg/interview/amerikanskata-etnografka-kristen-godsi-za-sotsializma-zhenskite-dvizheniya-i-seksa),” *dir.bg*, January 4, 2021

Joëlle Smets, “[Quand sexe rime avec socialisme!](https://soirmag.lesoir.be/338984/article/2020-11-20/quand-sexe-rime-avec-socialisme)” *Le Soir*, November 20, 2020

Maria Wiesner, „[Guter Sex ist die ultimative Kritik am Konsum](https://www.faz.net/aktuell/gesellschaft/menschen/kristen-r-ghodsee-ueber-sex-in-der-ddr-und-im-kapitalismus-16980892.html)“ *Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung*, October 2, 2020

Polina Aronson,[ Кристен Годси: «Америка единолично переписала историю феминизма: это был классический империализм»](https://www.colta.ru/articles/society/25536-polina-aronson-intervyu-kristen-godsi-zhenschiny-emansipatsiya-sotsializm-dekoder) September 30, 2020

Meagan Day and Micah Uetricht, “[What Democratic Socialists Should Think About Anti-Communism: An Interview with Kristen Ghodsee and Scott Sehon](https://jacobinmag.com/2020/09/anticommunism-marxism-stalin-socialists-nazism-false-equivalences), *Jacobin Magazine*, September 27, 2020

Polina Aronson, “[СПРАШИВАЛИ? ОТВЕЧАЕМ! ДОСТИГНУТО ЛИ В СТРАНЕ МЕРКЕЛЬ ГЕНДЕРНОЕ РАВЕНСТВО?](https://www.dekoder.org/ru/article/sprashivali-otvechaem-dostignuto-li-v-strane-merkel-gendernoe-ravenstvo)” Dekoder.org, September 25, 2020

Iva Rudnikova, [“Какво е "истински" българ/ин/ка”](https://www.capital.bg/politika_i_ikonomika/bulgaria/2020/07/10/4088944_kakvo_e_istinski_bulgarinka/) *Kapital*, 10 July 2020

Roberto Sirvemt, [BAR Book Forum: Kristen R. Ghodsee’s “Second World, Second Sex,” ](https://www.blackagendareport.com/bar-book-forum-kristen-r-ghodsees-second-world-second-sex)*Black Agenda Report*, June 17, 2020

Alexandra Jones, “[Left unchecked, capitalism will ruin human relationships forever,](https://theface.com/society/capitalism-politics-sex-relationships-volume-4-issue-3)” *The Face*, March 17, 2020

Cornelia Meyer, “ “[Der späte Erfolg des Sozialismus: Warum in Osteuropa mehr Frauen in Tech-Berufen arbeiten,](https://www.businessinsider.de/wirtschaft/frauentag-warum-in-osteuropa-mehr-frauen-in-tech-berufen-arbeiten/)” *Business Insider Germany*, March 8, 2020

Kristen de Groot, “[The history behind International Women’s Day](https://penntoday.upenn.edu/news/history-behind-international-womens-day),” Penn Today, March 6, 2020

Juli Katz, „[Care-Arbeit sollte staatlich organisiert werden](https://taz.de/Archiv-Suche/!5666687&s=ghodsee&SuchRahmen=Print/)“ *TAZ*, March 2, 2020

Celia Parbey, "[Kristen R. Ghodsee: „Der Kapitalismus macht Frauen abhängig und betrachtet sie als eine Art Ware](https://editionf.com/interview-kristen-r-ghodsee-kapitalismus-sozialismus-unabhaengigkeit/)“ Edition F, Feburary 3, 2020

Eefje Goossen, “[Pourquoi les femmes ont-elles de meilleures relations sexuelles sous le socialisme?](https://www.solidaire.org/articles/pourquoi-les-femmes-ont-elles-de-meilleures-relations-sexuelles-sous-le-socialisme)” *Solidaire.org*, January 24, 2020

Sonja Eismann, “[Ist der Kommunismus so böse?](https://konkret-magazin.de/hefte/heftarchiv/id-2019/heft-122019/articles/ist-der-kommunismus-so-boese.html)” *konkret*, heft 12/2019

Angela Waters, “[Why East Germany was for Lovers](https://www.sleek-mag.com/article/why-east-germany-was-for-lovers/).” *Sleek Magazine*, November 9, 2019

Mathieu Magnaudeix, “[Le sexe socialiste, et si c’était mieux?](https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/international/091119/le-sexe-socialiste-et-si-c-etait-mieux)” *Mediapart.fr,* November 9, 2019

[Konstantin Nowotny](https://www.freitag.de/autoren/konstantin-nowotny), [„Sex ist Konsum“](https://www.freitag.de/autoren/konstantin-nowotny/sex-ist-konsum) *der Freitag*, October 31, 2019

Fátima Elidrissi, [Kristen Ghodsee: “El capitalism afecta nuestras vidas e incluso a nuestras experiencias sexuales,”](https://theobjective.com/further/kristen-ghodsee-mujeres-sexo-bajo-socialismo/) *The Objective*, October 21, 2019

Sara Pérez, Kristen Ghodsee: “[Las relaciones heterosexuales siempre serán más equitativas en las sociedades que apoyen la independencia económica de ellas](http://lalineadefuego.es/2019/10/17/kristen-ghodsee-las-relaciones-heterosexuales-siempre-seran-mas-equitativas-en-las-sociedades-que-apoyen-la-independencia-economica-de-ellas/)” *La Línea de Fuego*, October 17, 2019

Nuria Alabao, “[Cuando los hombres contribuyen de manera más justa al trabajo doméstico las parejas tienen más sexo](https://ctxt.es/es/20191009/Politica/28856/socialismo-sexo-trabajo-domestico-kristen-ghodsee-nuria-alabao.htm)” *Revista Contexto*, October 9, 2019

Mónica Zas, “[Por qué el capitalismo se cargó el orgasmo femenino](https://www.eldiario.es/cultura/libros/capitalismo-cargo-orgasmo-femenino_0_948055932.html),” *El Diario*, October 3, 2019

Tony Pecinovsky, “‘[Intersectional before it was cool’: The women’s movement under state socialism](https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/intersectional-before-it-was-cool-the-womens-movement-under-state-socialism/).” *People’s World*, October 3, 2019

Sophia Benoit, "[How Socialism Improves Sex Lives](https://www.gq.com/story/better-sex-under-socialism-kristen-ghodsee-interview/)," *GQ Magazine*, May 15, 2019.

Angela Waters, ["Why the Marxist history of International Women’s Day matters](https://www.sleek-mag.com/article/marxist-history-of-international-womens-day/)," Sleek Magazine: Berlin, March 7, 2019

Maria Bucur, “[Socialism and the Future of Gender Justice, Part 2](http://www.publicseminar.org/2019/02/socialism-and-the-future-of-gender-justice-part-2/),” PublicSeminar.org, February 15, 2019

Maria Bucur, “[Socialism and the Future of Gender Justice, Part 1](http://www.publicseminar.org/2019/02/socialism-and-the-future-of-gender-justice/),” PublicSeminar.org, February 14, 2019

"[The Scholar Behind Why Women Have Better Sex Under Socialism](https://penntoday.upenn.edu/index.php/news/scholar-behind-why-women-have-better-sex-under-socialism)" *Penn Today*, January 18, 2019.

“[No Scrubs](https://jacobinmag.com/2018/11/kristen-ghodsee-women-sex-under-socialism-eastern-bloc-communism).” *Jacobin Magazine*, November 29, 2018

“[Red Handed](https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/kristen-r-ghodsee-why-women-have-better-sex-under-socialism),” *Bitch Media*, November 21, 2018

“[Capitalism in Ruining Your Sex Life](https://www.thecut.com/2018/11/sex-under-socialism-kristen-ghodsee-interview.html),” *The Cut*, November 15, 2018

"[Seeing shades of grey in the red](https://omnia.sas.upenn.edu/story/seeing-shades-gray-red)," *OMNIA*, January 25, 2018

"[Sex war im Sozialismus besser](/file_url/479)," *General-Anzeiger*, 2 Oktober 2017

Mathew Reisz, "[Books Interview: Kristen Ghodsee](https://www.timeshighereducation.com/books/books-interview-kristen-ghodsee)," Times Higher Education, October 12, 2017

Judith Langowski, "[The history of communist feminism. An interview with Kristen Ghodsee](http://politicalcritique.org/world/2017/interview-with-kristen-ghodsee-feminism-eastern-europe-west/)" Politicalcritique.org, October 4, 2017

Judith Langowski, “[Osteuropäische Feministen: „Heftige, rechte Gegenreaktionen](http://ostpol.de/beitrag/4973-osteuropaische-feministen-heftige-rechte-gegenreaktionen)”” Ostpol.de 21.08.2017

"[Wofür kämpfen wir heute noch?](http://www.unicross.uni-freiburg.de/2015/07/14/professor-ghodsee-frias/#more-6784)" uniCross, July 14, 2015

"[Kristen Ghodsee](http://www.vagabond.bg/interviews/2680-kristen-ghodsee.html)" *Vagabond Magazine,* No. 87/88, 2013-2014: pages 20-23  ([pdf](/file_url/207))

[*Кристeн Годси: "Българските жени са приспособими, упорити и готови да поемат и най-големите предизвикателства"*](http://100women.pari.bg/article/2011/8/4/kristen_godsi_blgarskite_zheni_sa_prisposobimi_uporiti_i_gotovi_da_poemat_i_naj_golemite_predizvikatelstva)

[*Една американка с болка за България*](http://www.segabg.com/article.php?issueid=575&sectionid=7&id=00003)*, Sega,* 16 February 2002

[*Ghodsee's Bulgarian Studies Draw Wide Support*](http://www.bowdoin.edu/news/archives/1academicnews/002563.shtml)

## Other media (selected)

"[Top Four Reads for the Red Centennial](http://inthesetimes.com/article/20534/four-reads-for-the-red-centennial-russia-revolution-100-years-october)," Inthesetimes.com, October 2, 2017

"[Le sexe était meilleur à l’ère soviétique](https://fr.express.live/2017/09/29/sexe-ere-sovietique/)" *Express.live.fr*, 29 September 2017

"[Kalter Krieg, heisser Sex](https://www.nzz.ch/gesellschaft/sex-in-zeiten-des-sozialismus-kalter-krieg-heisser-sex-ld.1312485)," *Neue Zürcher Zeitung*, 25 August 2017

"[Warum DDR-Frauen den besseren Sex hatten](https://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/wirtschaft/konjunktur/Warum-DDRFrauen-den-besseren-Sex-hatten/story/29896162)" *Tages-Anzeiger*, 22 August 2017

"[Syrian Refugees Flood Bulgaria, Expose Flaws in EU Refugee Policy](http://www.voanews.com/content/syrian-refugees-flood-bulgaria-expose-flaws-in-eu-refugee-policy/1829049.html)," *Voice of American News*, Cecily Hilleary, January 13, 2014

"[The old ones die, and the young ones go abroad](http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/dec/26/20041226-104519-7406r/?feat=article_related_stories)." *The Washington Times*, Sunday, December 26, 2004.