Not voting is not a position or a stance. It is inherently a negative; an absence where there could be substance. I remember being a senior in high school in 2004. Our political science class was revved up for the Bush/Kerry election, but because we were 17, we couldn’t take our enthusiasm to the polls. […]
What might be possible if all women, and their allies of other genders, stood together? What would violent, penetrative, power-mad men do then? In the first act of David Gordon Green’s Halloween, Allyson (Andi Matichak)—granddaughter of John Carpenter’s original film’s Final Girl, Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis)—asks why Laurie can’t just move past her trauma. […]
In the era of #MeToo, a woman is only worth her weight in sisterhood. I’ve always had a complex relationship with Hillary Rodham Clinton. Some of my earliest memories are of her – her pantsuits, her not-baking cookies, her middle name. My dad always insisted on using her maiden name, Rodham, when he spoke about […]
Few would advocate for cheapening integrity. Yet, the win-at-all-costs movement is doing exactly that, and it’s championed by silent supporters as much as it is by morally hollow leaders. We want to win. We cheer our kids’ teams, compete at work, enter races, vie for prizes and champion the champions—all with good cause. It feels […]
And I wonder how I could have left these women out of my story, how I could have given all my attention to the men who had hurt me instead of the women who had helped me. When I’ve told this story in the past, I’ve focused on two things: I was assaulted in a […]
Say goodbye to the people in your life whose actions prove how little you matter, no matter who they are. I’m not surprised by Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the Supreme Court. I protested and raged, cried and bargained with the universe, but I always knew he would be confirmed. The only surprise was how willing […]
I am cautiously hopeful that change is coming. People are speaking up and demanding accountability. Today I feel a deep sadness in my core. Although I rationally knew that the Senate may indeed advance Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination, I am still shocked at the outcome of the initial vote. I am heartbroken for past and future […]
I sat in a theater and listened to Jett speak about the blatant, rampant sexism in the music industry, and I honestly wondered if there is ever any time, any space, any way for a woman to live safely in this country. One is a cunt, a whore, a slut. According to rock star Joan […]
