One of my favorite sites and resources is Feminist Review. In the last three and a half years it has published nearly 3,500 reviews of current books, films, music, theater performances, eco-friendly clothing, and a whole host of other products. They’ve run interviews with prominent feminists Ariel Gore, Victoria Law, Rebecca Walker, the creators of [...]

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Thanks to the In the Sisterhood blog for directing me to this campaign.
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There once was a young woman who published a book of essays about her life, including her work as a mid-level aide to a politician. Although her book wasn’t primarily about her work there, it did include instances of what many would term sexual harassment by her office’s chief of staff.  When asked if she [...]

I have rarely encountered such an antagonistic interviewer as Deborah Solomon, whose interview with Eve Ensler was published on January 21st in the New York Times Magazine. The subject of the interview was Ensler’s new project and book, which is described as follows in an email I received from vday.org:
Eve’s newest work, I Am an [...]

In 1970 Alix Kates Shulman wrote an essay titled “A Marriage Agreement” and instantly became one of the voices of the burgeoning Women’s Liberation Movement. She was ten years into her second marriage when she came up with a set of rules that she and her husband agreed upon to make their relationship more equitable.  [...]