After the polls closed for the 2016 presidential election, my husband and I strapped our soon-to-be-one-year-old daughter into her high chair and turned her towards...
Archive for tag: social justice

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...

HELP VIDA CONTINUE TO FIGHT FOR *ALL* WOMEN IN LITERARY ARTS!
PLEASE SUPPORT VIDA’S PRESENT & FUTURE VIDA stands for accountability, transparency and change. We work for gender parity and justice. And we depend on you, our community of supporters,...

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...

VIDA Reads with Writers — Treasure Shields Redmond!
What are you reading on the subway or in the waiting room today? I am reading Michelle Alexander’s The New Jim Crow and Toni Cade...