Driven from the Village with Pitchforks
“Monster” is a good name for anything you want to destroy.
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Posts Tagged: Anita Hill
Toil and Trouble
Feet dangle in the foreground, suspended in space by distance and gravity.
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ENOUGH: #MeToo and the Cult of Desirability
A Rumpus series of work by women and non-binary writers that engages with rape culture, sexual assault, and domestic violence.
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Dispatches from the Swamp: I Watched the Comey Hearings in a DC Bar with a Face Full of Novocaine
When you live in a political football it’s hard to ignore getting kicked.
...moreThis Week in Books: Tainted Witness: Why We Doubt What Women Say about Their Lives
Welcome to This Week in Books, where we highlight books just released by small and independent presses. Books have always been a symbol for and means of spreading knowledge and wisdom, and they are an important part of our toolkit in fighting for social justice. If we’re going to move our national narrative away from […]
...more“I Believed Anita Hill”
“Professor Anita Hill lifted my feminism from my soul and inner circle of cohorts and into a public place.” For their Crush of the Week series, Racialicious highlights Anita Hill, recalling her dignity and quiet courage during Clarence Thomas’s confirmation hearings. Her bravery got her torn apart in some corners, but it also paved the […]
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“This fall will mark the 20th anniversary of Anita Hill’s testimony before Congress about the sexual harassment she experienced while working for Clarence Thomas. Though Hill offered only her own narrative about the behavior she witnessed, her story helped other women build a vocabulary and learn to talk about unjust sexual-power dynamics. Thanks in part […]
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