Misunderstood Motherhood: The Poetry of Sylvia Plath and Sharon Olds
Picasso’s La Vie demonstrates the split characterization of the western woman. On the left, a woman clings in the nude to her lover’s arms. On the right,…
Picasso’s La Vie demonstrates the split characterization of the western woman. On the left, a woman clings in the nude to her lover’s arms. On the right,…
A single, overtly innocuous question has recently become one of the loudest signs of our times: “What is a Woman?” Nationwide clamor was triggered by the question…
Resentment combines hatred and love/desire. Self-hatred and dissatisfaction often leads to imagining that someone else has it better and to resentfully desiring to be that someone. That…
Warren Farrell rose to fame as the author of a feminist book called The Liberated Man. He went on to give talks to sold-out crowds of mostly…
During World War I, Serbia had the most casualties of any country as a percentage of the population; between 16.67% to 27.78%.1 This meant that subsequently there…
In the Heart of the Heart of Another Country. Etel Adnan. San Francisco: City Lights Books, 2005. There is one single date in Etel Adnan’s 2005…
Many feminists describe the history of humanity as a male tyranny, oppressing and maltreating women at every opportunity. Their name for this is the “patriarchy;” a name…
Why Men Earn More and What Women Can Do About. Warren Farrell. New York: AMACOM, 2005. Warren Farrell’s book Why Men Earn More and What Women…
The political climate of the Middle Ages was atrocious for women. Not only did society and the Holy Church of England view women as property for men,…
This short, informal bit of writing is inspired by a former high school student of mine who has, for the last number of years, devoted her working…