On Bad Behavior: An Interview with Therese Anne Fowler

On Bad Behavior: An Interview with Therese Anne Fowler

On the November 25th cover of The New York Times Magazine, Nancy Pelosi poses in a crisp coral pantsuit and matching heels. Her legs are...

VIDA Reviews! Not That Bad, edited by Roxane Gay

VIDA Reviews! Not That Bad, edited by Roxane Gay

Content note: this piece discusses the trauma and minimization of sexual misconduct In the introduction of Not That Bad, Roxane Gay begins, “When I was...

News Flash: There’s No Central Office Called #MeToo

News Flash: There’s No Central Office Called #MeToo

1 I’d already had a bad day when I read Daphne Merkin’s now-infamous Op-Ed in The New York Times, “Publicly, We Say #MeToo. Privately, We...

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...

On Conclusion and Findings: A Conversation Between Yanyi and Catalina Ouyang

On Conclusion and Findings: A Conversation Between Yanyi and Catalina Ouyang

Catalina Ouyang‘s ongoing project Conclusion and Findings (working title) is a participatory event that takes various material forms. The artist invites writers to create poetic...

The White Fists of Old Letters: On Being Plathian

The White Fists of Old Letters: On Being Plathian

I. October 5, 2017 It’s hard to say when my work was first called Plathian. It certainly could have been during a senior year college...

Why I Can’t Have Coffee with You: Saying No to the Patriarchy

Why I Can’t Have Coffee with You: Saying No to the Patriarchy

Faculty Meeting This summer at a faculty meeting, I joked with a colleague. I’ve learned how to do this as a woman in the patriarchy....