Nov 28, 2017
Girls learn, from the time they are young, to hate their bodies. We learn to focus on and work to fix so-called “flaws” — everything from weight to wrinkles to body hair to skin “imperfections.” Once we hit puberty, things often become worse, as men begin to gaze at, comment on, or grope our bodies, now...
Nov 9, 2017
Take Back the
Night/Friday, September 18, 2015.
“Male violence against women is still considered a distraction [by the male left], rather than a fundamental oppression that the left has to deal with.” — Daisy Kler
We talk about intersectionality a lot these days, but what does it really mean to combine our...
Sep 20, 2017
In 2003, Andrea Dworkin wrote, “The world was sleeping and Kate Millett woke it up.” Indeed, Kate Millett was a game changer. In 1970, she published Sexual Politics, which catapulted her to fame, both in and out of the feminist movement. The New York Times called the book “the Bible of Women’s Liberation”,...
Aug 24, 2017
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In this episode, I speak with Ninotchka Rosca, an incredibly accomplished activist and writer from the Phillippines. She is the author of six books, including two bestselling novels — The State of War and Twice Blessed (which won the 1993 American Book Award for Excellence in Literature) —...
Aug 3, 2017
Women’s bodies have always
been have always been the focal point of patriarchy. Liberals and
conservatives alike have both worked to ensure women don’t have
bodily autonomy. As a result of patriarchy, women’s knowledge of
and control over their own bodies has been wrested from us. We are
forced to depend on male...