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The other night, while having a conversation with friends about...

The other night, while having a conversation with friends about what makes a a piece of fiction “misogynist” or “feminist” by any clear definition, the Bechdel Test was brought to the table. This...

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Susan Sontag on Art (via Brainpickings)

Susan Sontag on Art (via Brainpickings)

I’m just so glad that someone thought to preserve this...

I’m just so glad that someone thought to preserve this moment on film. There is a special magic in a poet reading his/her own words.

?They sit for hours on the ‘cafés’ warming their precious behinds, and talk without stopping about...?

“They sit for hours on the ‘cafés’ warming their precious behinds, and talk without stopping about ‘culture’ ‘art’ ‘revolution’ and so on and so forth, thinking themselves the gods of the world,...

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The Book of Repulsive Women, Djuna Barnes.

The Book of Repulsive Women, Djuna Barnes.

Last Minute Christmas Shopping? Me too.

Maybe you’ve already done all of your shopping except for that one last gift. Maybe you haven’t started. Either way, I don’t judge and I’m here to provide some gifting inspiration in all price...

On Surviving Winter

I recently spent some time in Los Angeles where the winter weather is a tad more predictable than my native Chicago. At some point in my travels, I found myself in a room full of former Midwestern...

If Simone De Beauvoir Did Yoga...

Somehow it’s already mid-September and the school year is in full swing again. And as much as I love being back in the classroom, to deny that teaching (or learning) is stressful would be a...

If Simone De Beauvoir Did Yoga...

Somehow it’s already mid-September and the school year is in full swing again. And as much as I love being back in the classroom, to deny that teaching (or learning) is stressful would be a...

"Men Explain Things to Me"

This morning, while reading Sheila Heti’s beautiful new book, How Should a Person Be?, I came across one of those sentences that stops you completely. While in a copy shop, the protagonist, Sheila,...

Gloria Steinem shows Oprah her New York walk up and all of its...

Gloria Steinem shows Oprah her New York walk up and all of its treasures and trinkets. The price she paid for it may make you want to kill yourself though. Don’t move to New York.

Gloria Steinem shows Oprah her New York walk up and all of its...

Gloria Steinem shows Oprah her New York walk up and all of its treasures and trinkets. The price she paid for it may make you want to kill yourself though. Don’t move to New York.

"Men Explain Things to Me"

This morning, while reading Sheila Heti’s beautiful new book, How Should a Person Be?, I came across one of those sentences that stops you completely. While in a copy shop, the protagonist, Sheila,...

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http://undergroundnewyorkpubliclibrary.com: I don’t even live in New York, but this is just everything.

The Bechdel Test

The other night, while having a conversation with friends about what makes a a piece of fiction “misogynist” or “feminist” by any clear definition, the Bechdel Test was brought to the table. This...

Questions Worth Asking

Max Frisch was a Swiss playwright and novelist whose creative works were particularly concerned with problems of human identity,individuality, responsibility, morality and political commitment....

Janet Flanner

“History looks queer when you’re standing close to it, watching where it is coming from and how it’s being made.” -Uncollected Writings 1932-1975 Janet Flanner is absolutely one of the great...

Edna St. Vincent Millay

“My candle burns at both ends;It will not last the night;But ah, my foes, and oh, my friends—It gives a lovely light.” ―Collected Poems Both a poet and a playwright, Edna St. Vincent Millay was...

Gypsetting: How to pack for international travel (What to wear)

In the first part of this post, I talked about why I don’t believe in checking bags and how...

Gypsetting: How to pack for international travel (the tote)

When traveling, especially internationally, I never check a bag. I don’t believe in it....

Erica Jong

“It took me years to learn to sit at my desk for more than two minutes at a time, to put up...

Djuna Barnes

“She was nervous about the future; it made her indelicate. She was one of the most unimportantly...

"The Landing" by Lydia Davis

"The Landing" by Lydia Davis: It’s finally getting to be that beautiful, warm, sticky summer...

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bell hooks

“Think of all the women you know who will not allow themselves to be seen without makeup. I often...

Belles Lettres (and the Presumption of Male Neutrality)

Belles Lettres (and the Presumption of Male Neutrality): “Genius is of small use to a woman who does...