Adventures in Feministory
Adventures in Feministory: Women's Comics of the '70s and '80s
San Francisco was home to more than a few alternative cartoonists, and when women found out what a boy’s club the scene seemed to be, they took matters into their own hands.
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Once and For All: No Bras Were Burned in the Making of Feminism
The 1968 Miss America protest where, contrary to popular belief, no bras were burned. Photo via Media Myth Alert.
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Remembering Writer Doris Lessing: “Whatever You're Meant to Do, Do it Now.”
On Sunday, November 17th, the British author Doris Lessing died in her home in London at age 94. Lessing’s writing and life were exemplary—she held herself and society to a high standard—and if you were... Read more »
The Illustrated Adventures of Vaginal Davis
Artist Ali Fitzgerald reports from the home of Berlin-based Vaginal Davis, the influential performance artist whose shows... Read more »
Veronica Franco, History's Favorite Renaissance Prostitute Poet
In a time when prostitution and female education were both considered unwholesome, professional courtesan Veronica Franco established herself a leader in the 16th Century literary arts. Although initially known among the Venetian literati for her iconic beauty and razor-sharp wit, Franco... Read more »
Who Was Anne Boleyn?
Susan Bordo is one of the most acute and lively chroniclers of our time. Whether she takes to task the male body (in her aptly named book The Male Body) or female body image (... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Law Professor Patricia J. Williams Opens Up
Patricia J. Williams, James L. Dohr Professor of Law at Columbia University, published these words twenty-five years ago in her renowned essay on slavery, race, gender, and rights called “On Being the Object of Property”:
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Adventures in Feministory: Jean Rhys
In 1966, when Jean Rhys was 76 years old, her novel Wide Sargasso Sea was published. The novel, a prequel to Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre, is told from the perspective of the Caribbean Creole “... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Domitila Barrios de Chungara
Domitila Barrios de Chungara was a labor rights leader and political activist from Bolivia. In addition to advancing the status of the working class of Bolivia, Barrios de Chungara was also an advocate for women’s rights.
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Adventures in Feministory: Simone de Beauvoir
You probably know her as the French intellectual who penned the feminist tome The Second Sex. But did you know that in addition to writing this 800-page (in English translation—the French is shorter) classic of feminist theory, Beauvoir was also a journalist, essayist, novelist,... Read more »
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