By Michelle Dean — 2016
Newly discovered letters give a rare glimpse of how her poetry—and her radical politics—were formed.
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When women found themselves “alone or nearly alone” in a sea of men, they came to be seen as “tokens” – a constantly scrutinized stand-in for all women, viewed by others in terms of their gender and gender stereotypes.
The #TimesUp and #MeToo movements are a revolution that could not have taken place without decades of quiet, painstaking groundwork.
Your breathing rate and pattern is a process within the autonomic nervous system that you can control to some extent to achieve different results.
“The head nun just started crying. Of course I like to make offerings and to honor. But in 20 years of doing this … it’s all been males. This is the first time I’ve had the opportunity to honor a female.” - Head nun, Drupka nunnery about Jetsunma Tenzin Palmo
The black lesbian feminist writer and poet, who died 25 years ago, is better known than ever, her words often quoted in books and on social media.
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Racism. The belief in the inherent superiority of one race over all others and thereby the right to dominance, manifest and implied.
There is this thing that happens, all too often, when a Black woman is being introduced in a professional setting. Her accomplishments tend to be diminished. The introducer might laugh awkwardly, rushing through whatever impoverished remarks they have prepared.
Diane di Prima was a revolutionary feminist poet who was on the front lines of the shifts in art and culture that took place in the fifties, sixties, and seventies.
Diane di Prima didn’t confine herself to merely being a poet.
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