“How better to access and understand the urgency behind the #BlackLivesMatter call than to hear such striking, poignant, heartbreaking poems read by a Black body?” – WEIRD SISTER contributor Morgan Parker writes about the importance of #BlackPoetsSpeakOut over at FANZINE.
“Even though Austen wasn’t out there smashing the system, her books are all about filtering a very patriarchial society through a female point view through the use of irony and wit.” – Flavorwire Editor Sarah Seltzer blows our minds with her comparison of Jane Austen and online feminism.
The new issue of Sink Review is here, featuring poems by WEIRD SISTERs Emily Brandt and Morgan Parker, plus work by WS pals Monica McClure, Cynthia Arrieu-King, and many other greats.
Should L.A. have a Wanda Coleman Library? (We vote an emphatic hell-yes, obviously.)
“If you’re a young woman, you’ve probably been told there’s something wrong with your voice.” Read Marybeth Seitz-Brown’s Slate piece on uptalk and sexist standards around speech patterns.
Will the next waves of feminism include dance-offs and twenty feet-tall Catwomen? Only time can tell… (But then again, do we need waves at all?)
This is kinda cool, but where’s the BOB-style pin-up?
What are you doing tomorrow? Oh that’s right, you’re marathon-reading Bernadette Mayer’s Midwinter Day with us at Berl’s Poetry Bookstore!
Colorlines’ list of women of color who rocked 2014 includes badasses Janet Mock, Wagatwe Sara Wanjuki and Veronica Arreola, creator of the #365FeministSelfie hashtag, who spoke via video at WEIRD SISTER’s event, The Feminist Selfie, earlier this week.
Lastly, thanks to everyone who came out for The Feminist Selfie! It was a great night of talks, readings, and conversations about selfies, feminism, representation, media, creative process, pop culture, motherhood, and much more. Here are some pics from the event:
