This week, vintage photos of Friday Kahlo blew our minds with their beauty.
A current photo showing a period leak offended Instagram’s oh-so-proper sensibilities.
Thank Goddess for this Women’s Hip Hop History playlist from BitchTapes. And double-thanks to Bitch for highlighting the feminist hardcore band War on Women.
“Is it credible that fiction occupies a unique place? Credible that men who dismiss what female storytellers have to say as irrelevant to them, aren’t also inclined to dismiss – albeit unconsciously – what females of every variety have to say?” – Author Robin Black on men who don’t read fiction by women.
Poet Susan Howe and artist R. H. Quaytman talk about “the mother-daughter thing.”
“I can’t tell you the number of parents I’ve seen who think they’ve somehow failed at feminism because their daughters like lace and Barbie dolls; it’s much rarer to see the parent of a boy upset because his love of Batman and Star Wars doesn’t sufficiently challenge gender roles.” – An interesting piece on the devaluation of femininity.
In literary news, Brooklyn Poets launched The Bridge, a “poetry network connecting student & mentor poets,” this week.
Flying Object is hosting Where We Stumble: Dismantling Rape Sub-Culture this weekend in Western Mass. Registration for the event is closed, but you can still attend the public performance and open house.
The NYC CUNY Chapbook Festival starts this Tuesday! Check out the full line-up of fantastic panels and readings, plus the book fair featuring Belladonna*, Bloof, No, Dear, Monk Books and tons of other rad chapbook presses we love.
Check out The Critical Flame‘s latest issue, dedicated entirely to “The enduring power of Adrienne Rich.”
Next week begins National Poetry Month! Will you be NaPoWriMoing?
What else, what else, what else? Let us know what we missed in the comments! <3
