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Donna Zuckerberg is an American classicist, feminist, and writer. She is author of the book Not All Dead White Men (2018), about the appropriation of classics by misogynist groups on the Internet. She was editor-in-chief of Eidolon, a classics journal, until its closure in 2020.
Dec 29, 2023 · Donna Zuckerberg. Dec 29, 2023. Share. I read a fuckton of queer memoirs and I have no regrets. At some point during the pandemic I stopped reading books. My concentration and focus were so shot to hell that anything over 3,000 words felt like an unmanageable slog.
“If there was ever a time to dispel myths of racial and gender superiority, it is now. Donna Zuckerberg has written an important book to help us understand how the Western classical canon is weaponized to diminish the humanity of women by anti-feminist online communities. This is a must-read.”
Donna Zuckerberg is a writer, recovering academic, and abuser of ascending tricola. She publishes Myth Takes, a Substack newsletter with irreverent feminist analysis of classics, culture, and life.
Academic Writing. The Curious Incident of the Intertextual Debt in the Frogs – Didaskalia 14.02, October 2018.. The Clothes Make the Man: Euripides, Aristophanes, and the Evolution of the Ragged Hero – Classical Philology 111.3: 201-223.
Oct 15, 2019 · If there was ever a time to dispel myths of racial and gender superiority, it is now. Donna Zuckerberg has written an important book to help us understand how the Western classical canon is weaponized to diminish the humanity of women by anti-feminist online communities. This is a must-read.
Mar 8, 2023 · Backlash: Misogyny in the Digital Age tells the stories of four women leaders who faced online harassment and threats. The film also interviews Donna Zuckerberg, a classicist and author who explains how misogyny draws on ancient texts to justify racism and antifeminism.
