3 of Meg Wolitzer’s favorite books about the lives of women
Meg Wolitzer didn't mean to write a novel of the #MeToo movement. But her latest, "The Female Persuasion," explores issues around power, sexual assault, feminism and how women relate.
The epic, 40-year-old feminist art piece that we’re still learning from today
With the popularity of the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements, this massive altar to feminism, which artist and feminist educator Judy Chicago completed in 1979, is gaining renewed attention for its triumphs -- but also its problems.
This poet wants you to rethink what it means to be vulnerable
Poet Analicia Sotelo penned her latest collection to upend tropes of the helpless damsel, inspired by an Italian painter's dream-like depiction of womanly strength in the throes of vulnerability.
Feminist poetry is having a renaissance. Here are 3 poets to watch
Feminist poetry is flourishing -- particularly for women of color.
The way women operate today in the public sphere is not too different from how they did in the literature of Homer or the Middle Ages, says Mary Beard, a leading feminist and expert in ancient history. Beard joins Jeffrey…
Watch women read these powerful lines of poetry from McKayla Robbin's collection "we carry the sky."…
“The world was sleeping, and Kate Millett woke it up,” feminist writer and critic Andrea Dworkin wrote of Millett’s contributions to feminism and mental health.
Caroline Kitchener grew up hearing that strong women don't need to rely on a partner to have a happy and successful life. But after graduating college, her values clashed with real life: She decided to move to a new city…
Roxane Gay, feminist, essayist, novelist, comic book writer, keen observer of pop culture and lover of tiny baby elephants, is out with a new collection of short stories , called "Difficult Women." On the eve of the Women's March on…
