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Tag: feminism
Interview with Gina Walker and The New Historia
This is the work of The New Historia: to summon women deliberately left out of history and discover them and the shards of information about them that can be found. As more and more female actors are made visible, another narrative of the human experience emerges that is more inclusive, accurate, and just.
Beauty is A Bad Investment, But I Can’t Stop Buying
I think it’s foolish not to appreciate the creative aesthetic of beauty. Beauty is literally some women and femmes’ livelihood and often beauty is the job that will pay most when other jobs are still overrun by men. The question shouldn’t be is beauty worth or time, but rather what you’re getting out of beauty.
An Interview With Claire Potter
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Claire Potter, author and Professor of History at The New School. Potter is the Co-Executive Editor of Public Seminar, she hosts the podcast Exiles on 12th Street, […]
You Woke Up: A Conversation
These transgressions are the fibers that weave together the quilt of patriarchy.
On the Maturer Sex
Through the myth that women have the upper-hand when it comes to expressing emotions, a burden is placed on women to coddle, take care of, and excuse men’s inappropriate actions.
Born Sinner
On one of the first days of Morality, my teacher passed each student an index card and asked us to write whether we were pro-life or pro-choice.
Bill of Rights Poem
My cries for equality cannot be silenced
Works of Annie Fay Meitchik
Annie Fay Meitchik is an artist, blogger, and writer based in Southern California graduating from The New School this spring with her BA in Creative Writing. Annie plans to pursue a career at the intersection […]
An Interview with Plan B
I’m Liz and I’m a box of emergency contraception.
Marjorie Simpson Will Have Her Revenge on Springfield
Marge ends up back in the same spot where she began, idly considering the corn-patterned curtains as she washes the dishes.
“I was never the kind of girl who grew up dreaming about her Prince/Princess Charming”
Ambulatory sisters— sister somnambulists— sorority of sleep-hikers— we are crossing a bridge. We’ve crossed our uncle & our fiancés will be cross, but we’ve got a long list, a lot of items to cross off. […]