Author Archives: Misty

Women Writers Reading: Angélique Jamail reads Erika Johansen

Posted on August 7, 2017 by Misty

I often tell my students, especially my seniors, that they need to make the world a better place. They smile, they nod, they agree. They contemplate ways in which they might do that. I’m not being flippant when I charge … Continue reading →

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America made this supermodel a feminist

Posted on July 26, 2017 by Misty

Too good not to share: Paulina Porizkova’s op-ed in the New York Times about how America made her a feminist. Nearly as interesting as Porizkova’s sharp assessments of how women and sex are viewed in the different countries in which … Continue reading →

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Summer Reading Roundup: Writing Women’s Lives

Posted on June 27, 2017 by Misty

Summer is just the time for lovely, doorstop-sized biographies of wonderful women writers. Some of these aren’t that recent, but still good reads nonetheless. For your long sunny hours at the pool or beach, femmeliterate recommends: The Last Love Song: … Continue reading →

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The Bitch is Back (and hooray for that!)

Posted on May 25, 2017 by Misty

A few years ago, when in the span of about four years I got a Ph.D., got a real job as an assistant professor, moved across the country to a part of the world I’d never inhabited with a man … Continue reading →

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Free Women, Free Men: Sex, Gender, Feminism by Camille Paglia

Posted on April 28, 2017 by Misty

Camille Paglia captures all her best provocations, smoke bombs, and sturdy anti-establishmentarianism in this collection of essays, opening with excerpts from her hefty and admittedly groundbreaking Sexual Personae (1990) and ending with recent publications on Salon.com affirming her stance on … Continue reading →

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Divided We Stand, by Marjorie J. Spruill

Posted on February 10, 2017 by Misty

Depending on how you look at it, feminism has either become more acceptable and mainstream, or it continues to be perceived by most young women as a radical dogma that requires one to forego personal grooming and to revile men. … Continue reading →

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