Apr 19 Watch 6:25 Meg Wolitzer’s new novel explores life-changing importance of female friendship In her first months of college, a young woman has a harrowing encounter with a male student -- and a life-changing one with an older, renowned feminist writer. Meg Wolitzer's "The Female Persuasion" is about friendship, womanhood, ambition, and other… Continue watching
Apr 13 3 of Meg Wolitzer’s favorite books about the lives of women By Elizabeth Flock 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. Continue reading
Mar 20 The epic, 40-year-old feminist art piece that we’re still learning from today By Jennifer Hijazi 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. Continue reading
Mar 06 This poet wants you to rethink what it means to be vulnerable By Jennifer Hijazi 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. Continue reading
Feb 02 Feminist poetry is having a renaissance. Here are 3 poets to watch By Jennifer Hijazi Feminist poetry is flourishing -- particularly for women of color. Continue reading
Dec 29 Watch 7:36 How the long history of not being taken seriously affects women in power today By PBS News Hour 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… Continue watching
Oct 30 This poet wants us to unlearn the words, ‘Sorry to be a woman’ By Elizabeth Flock Watch women read these powerful lines of poetry from McKayla Robbin's collection "we carry the sky."… Continue reading
Sep 07 Kate Millett, renowned feminist who shed light on ‘Sexual Politics,’ dies at 82 By Jennifer Hijazi “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. Continue reading
Jun 16 Watch 3:12 I ignored advice and followed my boyfriend to a new city after college. Here’s why By PBS News Hour 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… Continue watching
Jan 18 Roxane Gay on ‘difficult women,’ divisions in feminism and the Women’s March on Washington By Elizabeth Flock 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… Continue reading