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Unapologetic Women

Posted inFeatured, Highlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quote Posts, Quotes

Vivian Gornick on ‘Political Activism as a Path Toward a Coherent Self’

by Krista Stevens January 31, 2020October 19, 2022

“But writing itself, living a life defined by work and intellect rather than love or marriage, became her primary feminist commitment.”

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quotes

Elizabeth Wurtzel Made it Okay to Write ‘Ouch’

by Sari Botton January 9, 2020October 19, 2022

Today’s memoirists and personal essay writers owe a debt of gratitude to the Prozac Nation author for rewriting an inhibiting rule.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Featured, Story

Live Through This: Courtney Love at 55

by Lisa Whittington-Hill July 9, 2019October 19, 2022

Lisa Whittington-Hill on why Courtney Love deserves to be the girl with the most cake.

Posted inStory

Queens of Infamy: Josephine Bonaparte, from Malmaison to More-Than-Monarch

by Anne Thériault April 4, 2019October 18, 2022

In fraught games of power politics, sometimes the best revenge is not being exiled to die alone on an island in the South Atlantic.

Posted inStory

Queens of Infamy: Josephine Bonaparte, from Martinique to Merveilleuse

by Anne Thériault March 28, 2019October 18, 2022

Even the Reign of Terror was no match for a determined young woman with a pug and a prophecy on her side.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Queens of Infamy: Zenobia

by benhuberman December 12, 2018October 19, 2022

In third-century Syria, a widowed monarch dared to be wildly ambitious — and almost brought the Roman Empire to its knees.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Queens of Infamy: The Rise of Catherine De’ Medici

by benhuberman September 27, 2018October 19, 2022

Kings and popes thought she was their pawn. The Merchant’s Daughter begged to differ.

Posted inCulture, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

The Castration Heard Around the World

by Aaron Gilbreath July 16, 2018October 19, 2022

Lorena and John Wayne Bobbit’s famous castration story remains relevant twenty-five years after the incident, and just as painful.

Posted inBooks, History, Nonfiction, Story

The Roaring Girls of Queer London

by Longreads May 8, 2018October 19, 2022

Flashy hooligans like Moll Cutpurse and Long Meg sported broad-brimmed hats, wore “ruffianly short locks,” and carried swords. Other women lived quietly in secret same-sex marriages.

Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature

Climate Change Is Personal for These Alaskan Women

by Aaron Gilbreath March 19, 2018October 19, 2022

Here are the voices of the Alaskans threatened by climate change.

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