VIDA Reviews! In Search of Pure Lust & Conversation with Author Lise Weil

VIDA Reviews! In Search of Pure Lust & Conversation with Author Lise Weil

“A lesbian is a memoir.”  – Lou Robinson “Lesbian-feminism invites us to be present, to follow the crumbs.”  – Julie Enszer1 “We saw ourselves as...

Report from the Field: The Fearful I: Confessional Modes of Address and Speaking the Self

Report from the Field: The Fearful I: Confessional Modes of Address and Speaking the Self

When I crested 12 and took the first tentative steps down authorship’s overgrown path, the trees and buzzing insects spoke with the voices of Sylvia...

To Insist on the Depth and Complexity of Our Lives

To Insist on the Depth and Complexity of Our Lives

In a book I found years ago, Adrienne Rich is quoted as saying, “This is the work I see for us now: to insist in...

On Writing As Liberation

On Writing As Liberation

I. What is the word ‘expression?’ An utterance, a declaration, a representation. Of feeling, of thought, of character. Becoming a radical against silence, expression is...

VIDA Reads with Writers – Tamiko Beyer!

VIDA Reads with Writers – Tamiko Beyer!

What are you reading on the subway or in the waiting room today?  I’ve been reading a lot of novels lately; I’m enjoying how it feels to...

Report from the Field: The Other Section

Report from the Field: The Other Section

I attempt to practice a feminism rooted essentially in intersectionality. As a woman who has had the privilege of studying feminist theory that illuminates the...

Report from the Field: I Don’t Know How She Does It

Report from the Field: I Don’t Know How She Does It

I can’t remember the first time I heard the phrase in reference to myself: I don’t know how she does it. Perhaps it was when...