Eve, Barbie, and Miss America walk into a bar ... but there's no joke!

On October 24, join The Baylor Line at the AC Hotel for BookTalk: Eve, Barbie, and Miss America — an evening with three authors and three vastly different answers to the same question: what does it mean to be a woman?

Lactation. Menopause and the dreaded night sweats. Useful sexism. Ever wonder why women live longer than men? Or why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's? Researcher and New York Times bestselling author, Dr. Cat Bohannon's Eve discovers and rewrites the story of human evolution through the long forgotten lens of female anatomy. Starting 200 million years ago with an early milk-producing ancestor, Bohannon gathers the "Eves" of history along the way.

Philosopher and award-winning Baylor University professor Dr. Lenore Wright's Athena to Barbie takes a philosophical approach to womanhood, asking how women can understand themselves as someone who has, but is not just, a body. Following the different ways the female body is viewed and experienced through the archetypes of Mary, Athena, Venus, and Barbie, Wright unpacks the impossible pressures and illusion of choice when it comes to identity for a woman, and points to something better for everyone involved.

In Miss America's God, Baylor ministry professor Dr. Mandy McMichael argues the pageant isn't all just glam, swimsuits, and overly on-brand answers like you see on TV. It's an up close view of American culture and the complex cocktail of everything Americans hold near and dear: sex, entertainment, competition, and religion. McMichael argues that the pageant especially latches on to religion to stay relevant and why that's kept it popular for so long.

On October 24, you’ll leave feeling informed and inspired — dare we say, radicalized? — by three women who know about women. It’s a rare crossover you don’t want to miss.

Each ticket grants you access to the opening reception sponsored by the outrageously good and female-founded 1953 Tequila, plus a plated dinner, as well as the panel and interview.

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