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Tag Archives: feminism
High School Poetry Series: Gender, Identity, & Race — Johnny Ward
A note from Series Editor Sarah Marcus: Born from a powerful in-class discussion that we had about gender, race, and the role of masculinity in rape culture, “Be A Man/Be A Woman” poems are an analysis of gendered personal experience … Continue reading
Posted in High School Poetry Series, Race, Sarah Marcus
Tagged feminism, gender, high school poetry series, Identity, Johnny Ward, Justice, Poetry, race, resistance literature, Teaching, Urban Education
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High School Poetry Series: Gender, Identity, & Race — DeJuan Brooks
A note from Series Editor Sarah Marcus: Born from a powerful in-class discussion that we had about gender, race, and the role of masculinity in rape culture, “Be A Man/Be A Woman” poems are an analysis of gendered personal experience … Continue reading
Posted in High School Poetry Series, Race, Sarah Marcus
Tagged feminism, gender, High School, Identity, Poetry, race, Urban Education
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SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: MIRIAM’S SONG
“Miriam the prophetess” by Anselm Feuerbach. Public Domain image. “Miriam the prophetess… took the tambourine in her hand; and all the women followed her with tambourines and dances. And Miriam called to them: Sing…” (Exodus 15:20-21) Editor’s Note: The most … Continue reading
Posted in Saturday Poetry, Saturday Poetry Series
Tagged Biblical Poetry, Celebratory Poetry, Contemporary Music, contemporary poetry, feminism, Feminist Poetry, inclusive feminism, Inspirational Poetry, Intertextual Poetry, Midrashic Poetry, Occasional Poetry, Passover, Performance Poetry, Poetry & Art, Poetry & Visual Art, Poetry of Faith, resistance poetry, Rhymed Poetry, Second-wave feminism, Spiritual Poetry, Third-wave feminism
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Feminism, Culture, and Poetry: An Interview with Lisa Marie Basile
Feminism, Culture, and Poetry: An Interview with Luna Luna Magazine Editor Lisa Marie Basile by Sarah Marcus This interview originally appeared as part of Gazing Grain Press’s feminist-author interview series by co-editor Sarah Marcus and is reprinted here with permission. Sarah Marcus: You … Continue reading
A Review of Leah Umansky’s Don Dreams and I Dream
A Review of Leah Umansky’s Don Dreams and I Dream by Sarah Marcus As a binge watcher of the television show Mad Men and as a feminist reading through a feminist lens, I was interested to discover the manner in which Leah Umansky would address … Continue reading
SATURDAY POETRY SERIES PRESENTS: LAURA E. DAVIS
By Laura E. Davis: ATTITUDES TOWARD SEX THE BOYS ARE ALWAYS TALKING about their cocks, naming names—Rebecca, Elizabeth, Ashley—we see these girls all lined up, waiting to admire the boys’ cocks. And the boys talk about size of their cocks, … Continue reading
Posted in Laura E. Davis, Saturday Poetry, Saturday Poetry Series
Tagged #HobbyLobby, American Poetry, feminism, Feminist Poetry, found poetry, Hobby Lobby, Inspirational Poetry, LGBT Poetry, LGBTQ Poetry, Love Poetry, Motivational Poetry, Occasional Poetry, Poetry, Poetry & Art, political literature, Politics, SCOTUS, Supreme Court, U.S. Supreme Court, war poetry
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Because Misogyny
Because Misogyny By Kirsten Clodfelter Because misogyny: Elliot Rodger. Because misogyny: Every man who Elliot Rodger calls to mind. Every man who has let the whistled catcall of hot momma morph in his mouth to stuck-up bitch when that … Continue reading
Women Are “Just More Emotional”
Women Are “Just More Emotional” By Sarah Marcus “Hey, the 1950s called, they want their stereotype back,” I said during a somewhat intense debate last night. I was asking a new friend, let’s call him Adam, what he thought … Continue reading
Where Is the Million Hoodie March for Renisha McBride?
Where Is the Million Hoodie March for Renisha McBride? by Zerlina Maxwell It’s been two weeks since the unnecessary and untimely killing of Renisha McBride. On November 2, the unarmed 19-year-old who was in search for help after a car accident in the … Continue reading
The As It Ought to Be Archive 
Gayle King Is Wrong: Street Harassment Is Not a Compliment
Gayle King Is Wrong: Street Harassment Is Not a Compliment By Leslie Maxwell By now you’ve likely seen the video released recently by Hollaback!, a campaign to end street harassment, in which a woman walking around New York is … Continue reading →