Michael Simms: Re-reading Christina Rossetti’s ‘In an Artist’s Studio’
The value of Rossetti’s poem lies in both the expert use of the Petrarchan sonnet, a particularly challenging form to master in English, and in the poet’s complex stance on the role of art in creating and re-enforcing images of women.
Patricia A. Nugent: Abort. Now.
Sharia law: when laws are created or interpreted based on religion.
Michael Robertson: The Utopian Feminism of Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Charlotte Perkins Gilman addressing members of the Federation of Women’s Clubs in 1916 (Photo by Getty) . Charlotte Perkins Gilman is best known today for ‘The Yellow Wallpaper’ (1892), a … Continue reading
George Yancy: #IAmSexist
Men, listen up. In light of a year of disturbing revelations from the #MeToo movement and from last month’s profoundly troubling Brett Kavanaugh hearings and his eventual confirmation to the … Continue reading
Elizabeth Romero: Perspective
The woman who lived here before me was Spanish. I have found her attempts to battle the roaches pasted under the heater and sink, have swept dried beans and rice … Continue reading
Julie Matthaei: Feminism and Revolution — Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Why we must reach beyond a politics that views feminism as a struggle of women against oppression by men for a solidarity politics that seeks to end all forms of oppression. Orla … Continue reading
Sandy Solomon: Little Letter to the Future III
In our time, neighbors posted names and addresses of abortion nurses, doctors; names of doctors’ kids, their schools. One website ran red with animated blood. Doctors died: Gunn, Britton, … Continue reading
Lynn Lobash: A Feminist Reading List
A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf (1929) This extended essay examines the question of whether a woman is capable of producing work on par with Shakespeare. Woolf asserts … Continue reading
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