Audio: Diving into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich
I came to explore the wreck.
The words are purposes.
The words are maps.
I came to see the damage that was done
and the treasures that prevail.
Chanelle Gallant & Shannon Perez-Darby: Sex Trafficking Prosecutions Won’t Stop the Next Epstein. Here’s What Will.
We can fight child sexual abuse using a block-and-build strategy rooted in economic, racial, and gender justice.
Daniella Toosie-Watson: A Series of Small Miracles
Listen: in this poem, there are no men.
I give to myself & give again.
Julie L. Holcomb: 177 years ago, the Seneca Falls Convention kicked off the fight for women’s suffrage – an iconic moment deeply shaped by Quaker beliefs on gender and equality
Real change, Lucretia Mott believed, would require going to the root of the problem: “mindless tradition and savage greed.”
Sally Bliumis-Dunn: Women’s Voices
…when Margaret Thatcher took voice-
lowering lessons, she was told
to speak as if she had a penis and a cold.
Robert Frost: A Servant to Servants
My father’s brother wasn’t right. They kept him
Locked up for years back there at the old farm.
I’ve been away once – yes, I’ve been away.
The State Asylum.
Jessica Kutz: The Gender Gap on Climate
A new report shows a growing gender gap among people who vote with environmental issues in mind.
Mary Wollstonecraft: It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world!
I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.
Ellery Akers: After the Election
Beautiful wreckage of my country, I’m still trying to love you.
Rebecca Gordon: Staring Down Misogyny
What the election means for women (and the rest of us)
JULIA CONLEY: THE RESISTANCE STARTS NOW
“We’re more prepared than ever to block the disastrous Trump policies we know are coming,” said one climate group. As voters across the United States grappled on Wednesday with the … Continue reading
Barbara Crooker: Car Hop
I made seventy-five cents an hour, plus tips. All those shiny quarters. Some went down the throat of the jukebox—96 Tears, What Becomes of the Brokenhearted, Reach Out / I’ll Be There.
Georgia Jensen: Two Years After Dobbs, the Fight Goes On
The reproductive rights landscape is bleak, but there are still ways to fight for abortion access.
ERIN AUBRY KAPLAN: CAN WOMEN WIN?
It will take concerted action to ensure that women belong in the House.
