Our heartfelt attempts at cheer and goodwill this holiday season bark their knees-if they had knees-on reports like Name It/Change It. Just when we wanted to forget all about misogyny comes this portent reminder that it is always with us, especially in the various forms of media I attempt to ignore but which bathe our country in a bath of vitriol.
Blog Posts about Women and Feminism
Yoga
My little practice restored my faith in one crucial phrase, one crucial possibility, which I feel to this day, and that is the possibility of achieving through my body the peace that passes understanding.
Bashing Women: Why Women Playwrights Get Slaughtered
When a play by a woman is reviewed, I notice, certain attitudes prevail. Of course there are exceptions, but the rule is that the play is treated with condescension if not outright hostility. Women authors face the same barrage but it is much more intense, and more universal, for playwrights.
The Passion That Drives The Green Shoot Through The Flower: The Reason Many Women Take Writing Workshops
A while back, or perhaps it was more than a few years ago, we all became aware of the epidemic of violence against women in this country, and memoirs began to be written as the survivors felt empowered to describe what they had gone though, battling through shame and the fear of family repercussions. We all have our lists of these titles, some of them bitingly effective, others less so, and perhaps I was not alone in imagining that writing about the problem would make the problem go away, or at least diminish it.
Why Are So Few Women Writers…
You can easily finish this sentence: why are so few women writers reviewed in The New York Times? Included in literary quarterlies? Republished in anthologies? Given major prizes? Well… VIDA’s
Jill Abramson Appointed Executive Director of The New York Times
Having lived through the bad old days of journalism… I was elated to hear that Jill Abramson has been appointed the first women executive director of The New York Times.
The Poor Are Always With You
A report released in 1997 reveals that sixty-six percent of the country’s poor adults are women.
Women, Dogs and Mountains
Most of the lone hikers I meet, often accompanied by one or two dogs, are women, young, old and in between.
The Wise Hook
In old seaside cabins I have found the wise hook nailed to the splinter-board bathroom wall, opposite the small sink and the plain toilet that has no special adaptors for