My co-author of GIRLdrive, close friend, and intellectual soulmate Emma Bee Bernstein died on December 20th, 2008, in Venice, Italy. Unable to give Emma a fitting tribute on GIRLdrive until now (Emma had changed the password), I am finally able to honor her after my initial shock. The past six months had been [...]

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Today marks the birthday of my mother, Ellen Willis, who died on November 9, 2006. If you’re a follower of this blog, you probably know that she was a major Second Wave feminist writer, critic, and activist. The best way to honor her today is by reading one of her pieces, many of [...]

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Hi guys,

Couldn’t resist telling you about an interesting project that I’m involved in.  The Institute for the Future of the Book is running an online think tank funded by the MacArthur Foundation about Doris Lessing’s The Golden Notebook, a feminist classic and, apparently, one of Barack’s favorite books, as well.

Six other readers, all female critics/writers, [...]

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