Feminist Writers Organization

http://www.mariashriver.com/blog/2013/04/A-vision-to-lift-womens-voices-erin-belieu

The birth of VIDA!

A Vision to Lift Women's Voices Cate was someone I knew only vaguely. Our paths had crossed a few times professionally—we are both teachers in creative writing programs—and coming of age together in the writing world, we’d been finalists for the same jobs, awards and prizes.

http://lareviewofbooks.org/article.php?id=1381

"What’s absent from the book, though, is a sense of these ideas being galvanizing for readers in general and women in particular. Part of what I remember about that era is the thrill of theory — how it seemed to promise profound aesthetic relevance and political engagement. Beyond Foucault and Derrida, thinkers like Gayatri Spivack and Hélène Cixous served as models of empowerment and intellectual heft. Female friendships, which seem almost incidental to Madeleine’s existence, were formative and central, as my friends and I argued about feminism and deconstruction and politics and s*x." --Alix Ohlin

Los Angeles Review of Books - Reader, You Married Him: Male Writers, Female Readers, and IN ANTOINE WIERTZ’ 1853 painting The Reader of Novels, a naked woman lies on her back, comfortably secluded in her bo***ir, holding a copy of The Three Musketeers to her face. The sheets beneath her are in slight disarray. She looks like she’s having a good time. The painting, reproduced in Belinda…

http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/app/obituary.aspx?n=gerda-lerner&pid=162129171

"I am happy because I found the balance between adjusting, or surviving what I was put through, and acting for what I believed in," she said in 2002. "That's the key."

Gerda Lerner's Obituary on Asbury Park Press Read the Obituary and view the Guest Book, leave condolences or send flowers. | MILWAUKEE (AP) — Gerda Lerner spent her 18th birthday in a N**i prison, sharing a cell with two gentile women arrested for political work who shared their food with the Jewish teenager because

FWO adviser Lori Lynn Turner's work is featured on The Inquisitive Eater:

http://inquisitiveeater.com/2012/12/19/fiction-green-is-good/

Fiction: Green Is Good by Lori Lynn Turner All Serena wants is lovely green. Collards, Dandelions, Lacinato Kale, Spinach, and Basil sautéed in olive oil with garlic and tiny tomatoes. Never onions, though she is fond of...

http://www.nplusonemag.com/on-shulamith-firestone-preface

On Firestone: Preface Her wit was biting and aphoristic; her words sizzled on the page. With an almost anachronistic philosophical confidence, she explained the world as she saw it without hesitation, from the ground up. At age 25 she wrote The Dialectic of S*x: The Case for Feminist Revolution—described by contemporarie...

http://feministwriters.wordpress.com/2012/07/25/fwo-at-the-nyc-poetry-festival/

FWO at the NYC Poetry Festival On Sunday, July 22nd, the Feminist Writers Organization joined dozens of other writers organizations from NYC on Governor’s Island for the 2nd annual New York City Poetry Festival, organized ...

Feminist Writers at the New York City Poetry Festival.

This Sunday at the NYC Poetry Festival:

3:20pm at The White Horse Stage: Feminist Writers Organization reading feat. Amy King, Nathalia Perozo, & Justin Sherwood.

It's going to be a beautiful and action-packed weekend on Governor's Island. Please come out!

The Lineup Saturday, July 21st THE ALGONQUIN – Hosted by Vanishing Vinny 11:40pm: The Truth Urban Theater Group & I Am the Voice Featuring Shadrack Boakye, Dillon Brown, & Jemelle Joseph The Tru...

This Wednesday at 6pm in Soho, four extraordinary political commentators (Rebecca Traister! Michelle Goldberg! Jen Bluestein! Sandra Fluke!) discuss "Women as Candidates, Women as Symbols."

http://newamerica.net/events/2012/new_america_nyc_2012_women_as_candidates_women_as_symbols_0

Congratulations to FWOers Nora Boydston, Maxine Case, Joanna Grim, Amanda Harris, Tia Hanke Hills, Nathalia Perozo and Justin Sherwood on their wonderful thesis readings this week, and on their upcoming graduation!

http://feministwriters.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/fwo-honored-at-the-new-school/

FWO Honored at The New School Last night, The New School’s Office of Student Development & Activities held their 10th Annual Student Leadership Awards, honoring individuals and groups at The New School who demonstrate...