Are you interested in insightful and transformative works on feminism and the human experience of pain? Join Dr. L Ayu Saraswati and me on Wednesday, March 13th, from 10 - 11 A.M. Central Time U.S. Our conversation will be about her remarkable life journey and her latest book, Scarred: A Feminist Journey Through Pain.

Dr. Ayu is an award-winning author, award-winning teacher, engaging speaker, innovative consultant, and professor in women, gender, and sexuality studies at the University of Hawaii. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland, College Park. Before her current position, Dr. Ayu was an assistant professor in women’s studies at the University of Kansas and a postdoctoral fellow at Emory University.

Her book Pain Generation: Social Media, Feminist Activism, and the Neoliberal Selfie is a Nautilus book award winner, and her book Seeing Beauty, Sensing Race in Transnational Indonesia received the National Women's Studies Association Gloria Anzaldúa book award.

Dr. Ayu’s expertise also extends beyond academia. She serves as a board member at Women’s Studies Quarterly, a consultant at EVERYBODY Consulting, and an acquisition editor at Biography: An Interdisciplinary Quarterly Journal. 

Her latest book, Scarred: A Feminist Journey Through Pain, is one of Library Journal’s Best Books of 2023. It is equal parts memoir and scholarly criticism. Dr. Ayu provides thought-provoking theories and life-transforming ways to understand pain, specifically in relation to feminism.