Sm{art}: Writing Tips from the Experts
Recently, The Guardian asked several successful fiction writers to come up with a top ten list of their personal writing dos and don'ts. Since we've all got a secret novelist lurking within us (don't...
View ArticleStage Left: Originals vs. Adaptations
One theme that comes up over and over again in conversations about the State of Musical Theater Today is the tragic lack of original musicals on Broadway. The way everything is an adaptation of an...
View ArticleThe H-Word: WTF, America.
Every now and again I’m struck immobile by the state of our nation. I had wanted to prepare an article on the risks of sex work, real versus imagined, but I’m thinking what the fuck. Why bother. This...
View ArticleLady Business: Why Isn't There More Feminist Business Writing?
One of the most exasperating things about coverage of women and business is that it's often ultimately reduced to the question of whether or not women can "have it all," a phrase that Kelsey wisely...
View ArticleAdventures in Feministory: Jean Rhys
In her autobiography, Jean Rhys writes that it is “idiotic to be curious about the person” when talking about a writer’s writing. Despite this, Elaine Savory comments in her book on Rhys's writing that...
View ArticleMs. Opinionated: All the Advice You Asked For, and Some You Didn't
Welcome to the latest installment of Ms. Opinionated, in which readers have questions about the pesky day-to-day choices we all face, and I give advice about how to make ones that (hopefully) best...
View ArticleHey Vice! Here are 99 Reasons I, As a Female Writer, Won't Be Killing Myself
Author: Aya de Leon. Dress: Betsey Johnson, vintage. Accessories: Rag for incineration,Vice Magazine fiction issue featuring women writers suicide fashion spread. 1. Because being a woman and a writer...
View ArticleI Am A Vampire of Human Electrodes: Two Poets Talk About Writing and Why...
This month, Bitch collaborated with women-in-literary-arts group Her Kind to ask poets thought-provoking questions about art and language. Here, poets Stalina Villarreal and Ire’ne Lara Silva talk over...
View ArticleOn Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here's what's on our radar today!• Check out these five steps to prevent sexual violence that don’t blame survivors. [Statesman Journal]• An investigation finds that immigrants in detention centers...
View ArticleThoughts on Being Black Women Writers
An old typewriter with a "shift freedom" key. Photo by Martin Nelson.As an act of solidarity with Black men or white women, Black women often play into what Audre Lorde referred to as “male models of...
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