What's a Girl Gotta Do? by Holly Bourne (proof) - HOW TO START A FEMINIST REVOLUTION:1. Call out anything that is unfair on one gender2. Don't call out the same thing twice (so you can… Read More
"An author's aspirations in the time of Obama and Trayvon" PBS NewsHour 9/5/2016ExcerptSUMMARY: In "Invisible Man, Got the Whole World Watching," Mychal Denzel Smith discusses what it'… Read More
If ever there were places in need of racial healing, they are the State of Missouri and the St. Louis region. Instead, what St. Louis got was a racially divided Election for Mayor that has p… Read More
From the first time I heard the word crone in reference to contemporary women I cringed. My reaction isn’t unexpected because the sound of the word and its meaning was never pleasant… Read More
In March of this year, State Street Global Advisors unveiled the “Fearless Girl,” a statue of a little girl installed to face Wall Street’s famous “Charging Bull&rdq… Read More
Photo by Sami MititeluStanding in one’s power, setting boundaries and taking personal responsibility isn’t always easy. I admit that for me sometimes standing in my pow… Read More
THE ALCHEMY OF BLACK FUTURES: BLACK COMICS, BLACK BEER CALENDARS & BLACK ICONOGRAPHYAs the information age gives way to the age of reckoning, where the dictates of nature will take prece… Read More
Welcome to Once Upon a Retelling! I'm a huge fan of retellings, and I'm really interested in hearing about authors' own love of the original stories, and what inspired them to retell those s… Read More
I'm taking part in the Mid-Year Book Freak Out Tag again this year, which I originally stole from Cait of Paper Fury - who has also taken part again this year. THE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO F… Read More
The Art of Starving by Sam J. Miller (Bought) - Matt hasn’t eaten in days.His stomach stabs and twists inside, pleading for a meal. But Matt won’t give in. The hunger clears his… Read More
YA does a fantastic job of covering and exploring difficult and sensitive topics. There are so many books that are really powerful and incredibly important, to the point where I think they s… Read More
Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme run by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s topic is Hidden Gems.The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender by Leslye WaltonI absolutely loved th… Read More
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan (eProof)Published: 6th November 2018 | Publisher: Hodder & StoughtonNatasha Ngan's WebsiteEach year, eight beautiful girls are chosen as Paper Gir… Read More
"Remembering President George H.W. Bush, dead at 94" (video 16:48 min)"A tribute to 41 and his ‘kinder, gentler’ legacy" PBS NewsHour 12/1/2018ExcerptSUMMARY: Less than eig… Read More
Madonnas
-Non-fiction by Christine Beck –
Teacher. Nurse. Secretary. Three acceptable careers for a young woman when my mother was a girl. I became a high-powered corporate lawy… Read More
I could be a Hotep or a Wakandan depending on the day. My name is Bro. Yao. The bro. stands for brother. Though I can't remember some past declaration to be a "brother" of… Read More
Confident women have always been easy targets for ridicule. Women are used to having their credentials questioned, their appearance judged, and men given credit for their accomplishments. Ev… Read More
The death of George Floyd brought a wave of change and intolerance against police brutality and racism in Hollywood. Hundreds of stars have yet again come together to sign an open lette… Read More
Raat Akeli Hai is a Hindi-language crime/thriller/drama film directed by Honey Trehan and starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Radhika Apte, Shweta Tripathi, Tigmanshu Dhulia, Shivani Raghuvanshi a… Read More
Sarah Dajani ’26
Opinion Editor
Cinestudio is showing “Barbie” on Friday, Sept. 22. This is a stronger stance than you might think.
From being banned in a number… Read More