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A Celebration of Caribbean Authors
I recently interviewed Staceyann Chin after reading her newly published memoir The Other Side of Paradise. Those who are familiar with Chin’s work as a spoken word and performance artist won’t be...
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Page Turner: Farai Chideya on Fiction, Feminism, and Sophie’s Choices
It’s hard to be a consumer of media these days and not encounter the work of author and multi-media journalist Farai Chideya. She founded the online journal Pop + Politics in 1995 (practically a...
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Page Turner “YA Lit Bitch”: An Interview with Novelist Sara Zarr
Welcome to “YA Lit Bitch,” a new Page Turner book blog series about my ever-so-slight (or ever-so-obvious) obsession with young adult literature that’s not only good, but represents a wide-open range...
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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...
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The 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...
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Adventures 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...
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Ms. 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...
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Hey 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...
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I 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...
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Thoughts 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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