Author Archives: Ann Bartow

According to this BBC News article: “Desperate Housewives star Teri Hatcher has revealed she was sexually abused by an uncle during her childhood. Hatcher says she kept the attacks secret until 2002, when the 14-year-old victim in an abuse case … Continue reading →

From a post at the blog Vociferate: “This week, on reading the search terms that weirdos had used to get to my blog, I found the third of what seems to be becoming some kind of trend. This week it … Continue reading →

Iraq Three Years Later with Noah Feldman, Victor Davis Hanson, Joe Klein, Kenneth M. Pollack, and Andrew Sullivan Miller Theatre at Columbia University “The United States invaded Iraq on March 20, 2003. Tonight, Miller Theatre marks the third anniversary by … Continue reading →

“Womenomics 101” is an Alternet article with information and links about ways in which “American corporations — enabled by a political class dominated by men — continue to punish [women workers] for the high crime of being female.”

“Standing at the Crossroads: Race Class and Art” is commentary by Kevin Alexander Gray, president of the South Carolina ACLU and contributing editor to Black News in Columbia, SC. Here is an excerpt: …Whenever people say things like Hurricane Katrina”ripped … Continue reading →

By Helen Brown, here. Atwood has a new collection of short, fictional essays out called “The Tent.”

A poem by Molly E. Holzschlag that you can read here. Via Blackfeminism.org.

Read about The Street Harassment Coalition here. Also check out their blog, “A Week In the Life of a Woman on the Street.”

A blogger who calls herself Manxome at “Climacteric Clambake” writes very powerfully about her experiences with sexual abuse here. (Part one is here. Part two is here.)

“The Geeky Feminist” discusses her experiences with pornography here.

Dr. Crazy teaches undergraduates and blogs at “Reassigned Time.”   Here is an excerpt of one of her recent posts: “For those of you who don’t recognize the title of this post, it’s a quotation from the movie Mean Girls, … Continue reading →

Via Jessica at Feministing: “The Newcomb College Center for Research on Women–in collaboration with the New Orleans Women’s Studies Consortium, The New Orleans Network, and Girl Gang Productions–has put out a podcast of International Women’s Day: Addresses on the Matter … Continue reading →

Three interesting blog posts that you might enjoy: 1. “What’s Happiness Got to Do With It?” at Mad Melancholic Feminista 2. “Proud (and happy) to be a miserable feminist” at Rude Barbie 3. “Has The Civil Rights Movement Made African-Americans … Continue reading →

I just spent four days at Loyola Law School in New Orleans delivering presentations to faculty and students. Television and the print media have not given us an adequate sense of the disaster that was and that continues. 80% of … Continue reading →

Laura Quilter at Derivative Works writes: “i’ve been too angry to post about south dakota : and really, too unsurprised and cynical to have anything particularly interesting to say : but some music has been particularly resonant to me the … Continue reading →

Andrew Lawless published this interview at “Three Monkeys Online” where you can read the whole thing. Below is merely the first three (introductory) paragraphs: “Censorship is not limited to totalitarian States. It can be a subtle thing, when disconcerting ideas … Continue reading →

Anyone else read “Of Manliness and Men” in the 3/12/06 NYT and think, this is like some kind of Monty Python skit? If you missed it, here’s an excerpt: Questions for Harvey C. Mansfield Interview by DEBORAH SOLOMON “Q: As … Continue reading →

“Letter to Alex and Chris, Twelve Years in the Future” at One Good Thing “The Rape of the Earth” at Creek Running North “South Dakota Special” at Michael Berube’s blog “Women Are Like Sheep: Cuddly, Easily Led” by Amanda Marcotte … Continue reading →

Hi folks, As some of you may have heard, Heather Corinna of Scarleteen.com and I are spearheading a young feminist project, the All Girl Army (http://allgirlarmy.org). Right now, we are looking for feminists between the ages of 10 and 23 … Continue reading →