Last weekend I wrote about sisters. Inevitably I am now writing about daughters. Both posts concern lives of privilege but are not limited by that definition.
Blog Posts about Women and Feminism
That Voice
Who is willing now to take these risks to try to preserve the future of the world?
Lipstick
The US economy has long been based on consumerism and it seems very likely to me that most of the consumers are us women.
bell
I only met bell hooks once at a large feminist gathering—but as it happens when a powerful woman is in the room, her presence registered.
Making Heroines
Where are our heroines?
The Abandoned
An indication of the “treatment” they were given is shown in Lundy’s sketches of the medicine bottles she found: mercury cyanide, mercury chloride and tincture of belladonna (deadly nightshade.) The sketches are burnt into paper with a soldering iron.
Lipstick
I often smile now to think of my vow and my doomed attempt to get my friends to copy me. But I also love and admire that earnest girl who knew, even then, that I was going to choose a different path.
Two Women: Margaret and Doris
I’ve come to believe over the years that there is a core similarity that connects the lives of all women. I think it is our ability to adapt.
Choice
No one in her right mind is “pro-abortion.” I know from personal experience what a difficult decision this is.
Guilty Until Proved Innocent…
Does fearlessness on the part of girls and young women cancel judgement and common sense?