Akashinga “The Brave Ones”: Nature Protected by Women
A growing body of evidence suggests that empowering women is the single biggest force for positive change in the world today.
Diane K. Martin: Love Before Breakfast
He would give her something to cry about.
If she knew what was good for her,
she would do something with her hair.
Video: Nellie Bly Makes The News
An animated documentary about the legendary journalist who changed the game for women in reporting before women even had the right to vote.
Video: Strength
Strength is a film about female physical and emotional strength from the point of view of a weightlifter and narrated by Adele Hampton reciting her poem ‘Lessons in Olympic Weightlifting’.
Roberta Hatcher: The Knitting Activist
Over under the country unraveling,
the old anxiety returning,
she sits and knits pink hats
for a new generation of women marching.
Molly Fisk: That Kind of Woman
We try them on as subjects, our mythical forebears,
wondering who we are: Penelope. Persephone. Eve.
Eurydice. Sleeping Beauty, Cassandra, Ophelia, Cinderella.
Barbie.
Patricia A. Nugent: Abort. Now.
Sharia law: when laws are created or interpreted based on religion.
David Huddle: She and My Granddad
Granddad–at war with Grandmama all
my life but drawn to women, always polite–
would have said, Yes ma’am, can’t nobody run her.
Patricia A. Nugent: Who Needs the Library?
I’ve been looking forward to our book reading in the community associated with “three days of peace and music” in 1968. Woodstock, New York has long been considered a sanctuary … Continue reading
Charlotte Turner Smith: On Being Cautioned Against Walking on an Headland Overlooking the Sea, Because It Was Frequented by a Lunatic
In moody sadness, on the giddy brink,
I see him more with envy than fear
Rebecca Gordon: From Mowing the Grass to Cutting the Flesh
If we were sometimes silly, we were also wise enough to know that understanding and taking control of our bodies was a first step to taking control of our lives.
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
Video: Group Intervention: Breaking the Cycle of Domestic Abuse
“Group” follows three convicted abusers as they confront the attitudes and beliefs that led to their violence, with the help of a compassionate group therapy facilitator. This video won 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
