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In Praise of Loud Women — the Joy and Power of Being Noisy and Female

No one wants to sit next to a loud woman. I know this because someone recently moved the placement card on a dinner table to get away from me. That label — “loud woman” — has never been a compliment, ... read more

In Defense of Third Person

Also, no one simply watches other people walk into a room without being aware of their ... and the throat clearer and the woman who wears black cardigans (she must have twenty!) and the young man with ... read more

The Man from Dream City

American Masters Online thanks ... afraid of her instincts–afraid of being a woman. There was a violent, primal appeal in Gable’s sex scenes: it was all out front–in the way he looked at her, man to w... read more

Learning to read is learning how to live

For parents, the good news is you don't have to be university-educated ... power to transcend the here and now, and to teach children how to sit still, concentrate, and appreciate the richness and pow... read more

Stories of Faith and Civil Rights

I guess if I'd had any sense I'd a-been a little scared, but what was the point of being scared ... by the speakers' description of the power of the vote. "It made so much sense to me," she said." The... read more

'Suspiria' Review: A Bold and Beautiful Vision of Powerful Women Unleashing Hell

Some remakes come and go unnoticed while others are met with loud and ... The various women heading up the Markos household are a perfectly cast ensemble and all deserving of praise, but Angela Winkle... read more

The Science of Female Condoms: The Future of Sex?

"In those days, you couldn't talk 'condom' out loud," Leeper recalls ... In addition, women may need help figuring out how to broach the subject with their male partners. Though the condoms have won p... read more

Quick reviews of the books I read in 2018

I highly recommend this book, especially for white women. 6. Text Me When You Get Home: The Evolution and Triumph of Modern Female ... idea of being a mother, and Valenti discusses that motherhood is ... read more

Five Female Poets on Protest and Resistance

Whether it’s responding to North Korean missile taunts, the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, the inadequacy of the U.S. government’s Apology to Native Americans, realities of school shootings, or ques... read more

The future of safe sex?

“In those days, you couldn’t talk ‘condom’ out loud,” Leeper ... In addition, women may need help figuring out how to broach the subject with their male partners. Though the condoms have won praise fo... read more

20 Best Punk & Emo Albums of 2018

It’s five songs of short, fast, and loud punk, all clocking in at under two minutes, all completely void of frills. These guys are masters, and it’s so refreshing to hear them coming together to make ... read more

Stories Overlooked: The Millions Interviews Chaya Bhuvaneswar

Winner of the 2017 Dzanc Short Story Collection Prize, Chaya Bhuvaneswar’s White Dancing Elephants is a daring look at the power of ... like the woman administrator at my undergrad college, who active... read more