The Big Lie That We Don’t Need Feminism Anymore

When I started this site, I didn’t call myself a feminist. I had a hazy idea that feminism was a good thing, but it was something that other people worried about, not me. I was living in a time and culture that had transcended the need for feminism, because in my world we were all […]

Protest is Patriotic: The Declaration of Sentiments

The United States started with a manifesto. You may have heard of it: The Declaration of Independence. The country started with a protest, and protest is part of the American tradition. When the women of the Seneca Falls Convention decided to write their declaration concerting the rights of Woman, they deliberately chose the Declaration of […]