I. It’s late summer. Wet asphalt simmers in still heat, glazed neon by barlights. Trains screech to a halt overhead, crowds jostling...
Archive for tag: #metoo
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
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
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
“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 Permission to Reveal
This July 11 Report from the Field is a post by a Addie Tsai regarding their personal experiences concerning a noted literary figure. Confession 1:...
Report from the Field: Justice
This Report from the Field is a post authored by Jody Hobbs Hesler regarding her account of her personal experiences with the Title IX process...
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
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
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....