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Danica Patrick Can Do Whatever She Wants With Her Body

Posted on March 10, 2013 by

Danica Patrick Can Do Whatever She Wants With Her Body by Kirsten Clodfelter Even if, like me, watching auto racing isn’t one of your top five (or top one hundred) favorite ways to spend a weekend, you’re probably at least … Continue reading →

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Okay but Seriously, Stop Blaming the Victim

Posted on January 21, 2013 by

Okay but Seriously, Stop Blaming the Victim by Kirsten Clodfelter As a feminist, I admire Hanna Rosin. I enjoy the important work she’s done in co-founding DoubleX, and I regularly teach excerpts of her essay, “The End of Men,” to … Continue reading →

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Femme Savage

Posted on September 5, 2012 by

Femme Savage by Billee Sharp I am at my absolute worst when I’m ill, even a minor cold will deconstruct the reasonable persona I possess in the full flush of health. My husband knows this well, he tries not to … Continue reading →

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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: KILIAN MCDONNELL

Posted on August 25, 2012 by

ON HEARING THINGS MALE By Kilian McDonnell In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth . . . a wind from God swept over the face of the waters . . . Then God said, “Let there … Continue reading →

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Snakelocks und die “Sex-Granny”

Posted on August 7, 2012 by

What’s in a name? Evidently quite a lot if current marketing trends are indicative of success. Some names are labored over others just slip out intuitively. Jack Dorsey, who thought up Twitter now brings us Square – the innovation that … Continue reading →

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From the Same Source as Her Power: A Threnody for Adrienne Rich

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

From the Same Source as Her Power: A Threnody for Adrienne Rich by Chase Dimock How do we account for and preserve a writer’s power after she dies? At the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris, any researcher who wants to access … Continue reading →

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Queen Eileen and the Twisted Knickers of Feminism

Posted on February 1, 2011 by

As soon as I read Susan Faludi’s essay American Electra: Feminism’s Ritual Matricide (Harpers Oct 2010) I felt a little uncomfortable bunching in my undergarments. Faludi tells a lamentable tale concerning the history of the feminist movement where every succeeding … Continue reading →

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