It is a decade that seems to me to be largely neglected… but it was crucial for me and for many other women and what we achieved does endure although constantly under threat.
Blog Posts about Women and Feminism
To Dream the Impossible Dream
To what degree are we talented women constrained in fulfilling our ambitions by the fear of being labelled insane or cast out?
The Zombie Law
Michelle Goldberg’s column in The New York Times describes the 1935 Federal Comstock Act as a threat that Americans have not taken seriously.
Now It’s Happening!
I have been feeling for years that the big effort we made in the early 1980’s to expand the presence of women as playwrights and directors had stalled.
Power of Protest
All around me I hear people disparaging the campus protests so brutally put down at a number of “top” universities, disparaged as a meaningless waste of time…
Aloneness
We live in a Noah’s Ark society where the expectation is that everyone, but especially women, will be paired.
No Onions in Four Languages
The old vows for heterosexual couples now seem not only outdated but impossibly demanding; gay couples perhaps have a different attitude.
We Always Wanted to Win
Yes, we always wanted to win. And sometimes, we do.
“Fatty, fatty, two by four…”
I hate to write the first line of a disgraceful ditty that I probably said more than once with other girls when I was a fourth or fifth grader. I was ashamed to say it, I knew it was wrong, and yet I did, which is probably the case with all wrongdoing.
Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself
Now that girls are not routinely instructed in fear—of mice, spiders, snakes, and the unknown—our native courage is much in evidence.