What is the cost of a father dying alone? Who knows the toll when chemo is what you do on your lunch hour? How do we measure the loss of a career to care for a loved one with a disability? What’s the price tag on a child’s terror while waiting in her hospital bed for a parent to finish work and drop exhausted into the chair beside her?
How Black Feminist Scholars Remember Toni Morrison in the Classroom
To mark Morrison’s birthday today, black feminist scholars talk to Ms. columnist Janell Hobson their own best practices, their favorite texts from Morrison and how they choose to teach it in the classroom.
Their Eyes on the Goals
High school students in Southern California are answering the call to action and taking on the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals.
Black Feminist in Public: Veronica Chambers on the Power and Meaning of Beyoncé
“I think people who dismiss her as somehow being a lightweight or a pretty girl with some lucky breaks—as if you can create at that level without thinking critically!—that is actually just another sign of misogyny and how women are discounted for what they create. When we make exquisite things, people assume there are fairies in the night who do it with magic dust instead of looking at the work and the research and the effort that goes into it.”
Today in Feminist History: The Suffrage Hikers are Halfway to D.C.
February 18, 1913: Half way! Day seven of the suffrage hike was very successful in a number of ways, not the least of which was passing the midpoint on the long trek from Newark, New Jersey, to Washington, D.C.
Today in Feminist History: The Suffrage “Snake Dance”
February 17, 1913: It’s day six of the suffrage hike from Newark, New Jersey to Washington, D.C., and the intrepid pilgrims have now passed the 100-mile mark while covering 14 miles from Philadelphia to Chester, Pennsylvania.
Today in Feminist History: Suffrage Hikers Go Over the River and Through the Mail
February 16, 1913: General Rosalie Jones and her suffragist Army of the Hudson have crossed the Delaware River, and as in a previous campaign by another General in 1776, she not only got all of her troops across safely, but went on to achieve the day’s objective after encountering resistance.
Today in Feminist History: The Last Hurrah for Suffrage Hikers in New Jersey
February 15, 1913: General Rosalie Jones and her suffragist Army of the Hudson hiked 18 muddy miles today on their journey from Newark, New Jersey, to Washington, D.C. But despite poor road conditions, it was a good day, thanks to two fine receptions along the way during this final full day in New Jersey.
Sappho’s Series of Lesbian Poets: Vi Khi Nao’s Body of Language
Vi Khi Nao is a prolific, prize-winning author working in poetry, fiction, film and cross-genre collaboration.We talked about her two “sapphic” books—The Vanishing Point of Desire and Swans in Half-Mourning—and, knowing she’d give me brilliant answers, I also asked her two questions almost impossible to answer.
Today in Feminist History: “Sis Boom Ah! Sis Boom Bah! Coo, Coo, Suffragettes!”
February 14, 1913: The suffragist Army of the Hudson continues its advance on Washington, D.C., marching from Princeton to Trenton, New Jersey today. The troops have now covered 53 miles in just 3 days since leaving Newark.