Abby Zimet: What We Do — Jane Austen’s Tenner
On Tuesday’s 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen – 1775-1817 – U.K. officials unveiled their new £10 banknote featuring “the mother of the great tradition of the English … Continue reading
Video: Le Clitoris
. Women are lucky, they get to have the only organ in the human body dedicated exclusively for pleasure: the clitoris! In this humorous and instructive animated documentary from French … Continue reading
Jimmy Carter: Why I severed my ties to the Southern Baptist Convention
Women and girls have been discriminated against for too long in a twisted interpretation of the word of God. I have been a practicing Christian all my life and a … Continue reading
Chris Hedges and Rachel Moran: Prostitution — Being Raped for a Living
— In this episode of teleSUR’s Days of Revolt, Chris Hedges speaks with author and former prostitute Rachel Moran about the violence and disempowerment inherent in prostitution. “People who depict … Continue reading
Patricia A. Nugent: High Hopes
All his symptoms were aligned with the inevitability of death. But we still took Dryphuss to the veterinarian’s office to assess whether we might continue to manage his pain. The … Continue reading
Video: Laura Bates — Everyday Sexism
In this fascinating talk, founder of the award-winning EverydaySexismProject, Laura Bates, talks about her inspiring initiative. EveryDaySexism is a growing collection of over 50,000 women’s experiences of gender imbalance. The … Continue reading
Video: Christina Hoff Sommers — The top five feminist myths of all time
Domestic violence statistics, girls sold as sex slaves, the wage gap– what are the real statistics behind the plight of American women? And are the real numbers beyond critical analysis? … Continue reading
Audio: Lucille Clifton reads “Homage to my Hips”
Lucille Clifton (1936–2010) reads her poem “Homage to my Hips”. A prolific and widely respected poet, Lucille Clifton’s work emphasizes endurance and strength through adversity, focusing particularly on African-American experience … Continue reading
Patricia A. Nugent: When Hillary Clinton announced that she’s again running for president, I cried.
I had also cried when I voted for her in the 2008 Democratic presidential primary. I didn’t realize they were that close to the surface, but when I actually saw … Continue reading
Lulu Nunn: 74 Essential Books (an alternative canon)
When Open Culture recently published Jorge Luis Borges’ list of 74 ‘great works of literature’, Lulu Nunn saw one glaring issue: the list included no works by women. Whether intentional … Continue reading
Patricia A. Nugent: Lucretia Mott — “The Lioness of the Convention”
“It’s the will of God,” the men argued, waving Bibles in her face. But she knew better; she was a minister, after all. Yet she was not allowed to speak. … Continue reading
Jenne’ R. Andrews: Becoming Your Beloved
Becoming Your Beloved Thirty five years out from your death, out of the dense black of the kitchen window where the trees have tightened their embrace around one another— . … Continue reading
Doug Anderson: The Conservative Mind
1. Believes that it is preserving the old ways, the ways of God and the “Founding Fathers” against encroaching evil. 2. Believes it is entitled to more wealth than others … Continue reading
Chris Hedges: Pornography is what the end of the world looks like
“Fifty Shades of Grey,” the book and the movie, is a celebration of the sadism that dominates nearly every aspect of American culture and lies at the core of pornography … Continue reading →