Curators, scholars, artists, and designers reflect on the labor and experience of motherhood in the new essay collection Inappropriate Bodies.
Feminism
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Andrea Fraser Puts Male Feminism on the Line
In her performance, Fraser plays the role of male feminists, both empathizing with them and exposing their failure to empathize with the goals of the Women’s Movement.
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How a Jeopardy! Champ’s Play to Become a Feminist Public Intellectual Crashed
The new documentary Who is Arthur Chu? is a cautionary tale about the dangers of getting too online.
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Artists in Argentina Join a Mass Protest for Women’s Equality
On International Women’s Day, the collective Nosotras Proponemos joined women’s groups in their fight for equality, right to abortion, and end to femicides.
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An Attempt to Redefine Feminist Art Has Some Surprises
With over 125 pieces on view, Half the Picture could have been refined, showing fewer works without compromising its curatorial punch.
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How Women Have Been Constricted by Design
As Annica Cuppetelli’s research has revealed, contemporary women are still routinely subjected to garment-based forms of discrimination.
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The Best Signs from the 2019 Women’s March
Running themes included Marie Kondo “tidying up” the White House Cabinet and quotes from Cardi B’s government shutdown speech.
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Black Feminist Literature at the NY Art Book Fair: An Interview with the Free Black Women’s Library
Artist and librarian OlaRonke Akinmowo has collected over 1,000 books written by Black women to assemble the interactive biblio installation.
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An Afrofeminist Project Uses Technology to Empower Marginalized Communities
NeuroSpeculative AfroFeminism engages Black womanhood and technological possibility, rejecting the marginalization of people of color in the scientific realm.
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In an Open Letter, Artists Urge Gender Parity at Rencontres d’Arles Photography Festival
Over 300 signatories have offered their support for the call urging festival director Sam Stourdzé to increase the number of participating women photographers to 50%.
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Formal Feelings: Anne Waldman’s Poetry Explores Feminist Traditions
In Trickster Feminism, Waldman employs a range of poetic forms including chant, the blues refrain, and the prose poem.
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An Interview with Lynne Tillman
The novelist and critic discusses her new book of fiction — Men and Apparitions.