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There's Power in Numbers

By Elizabeth C. Tippett — 2019

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.

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Slut-Shaming, Whorephobia, and the Unfinished Sexual Revolution

The sexual revolution is unfinished. A sexual double standard between men and women still exists, and society continues to punish bad girls and reward good ones. Until we eliminate good-girl privilege and bad-girl stigma, women will not be fully free to embrace their sexuality.

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Meredith Ralston
2025
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Audre Lorde Reads Uses of the Erotic: The Erotic as Power

Audre Lorde reads the essay “Uses of the Erotic: the Erotic as Power.” There are some ad-libs, but this reading is pretty faithful to the final text, which can be found in Lorde’s essay collection Sister Outsider, among other anthologies. One of the most important essays of the 20th century.

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Audre Lorde
2019
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What Happens When Women Stop Believing the Lies—Mina Shah—TEDxBocaRaton

Mina believes empowering all women to confidently say “no” to what they do not want, so they can gracefully and unapologetically speak up for what they “do” want, gives them the power to positively impact their own lives, the lives of others, and ultimately the world.

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2016
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Women of Wisdom

Women of Wisdom explores and celebrates the spiritual potential of all women, as exemplified by the lives of six Tibetan female mystics.

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Tsultrim Allione, Chögyam Trungpa (foreword)
2000
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Rebecca Solnit on What Makes Her Hopeful in the Age of Trump from MeToo to Anti-Gun Protests

Extended interview with author and activist Rebecca Solnit. Her acclaimed essay, “Men Explain Things to Me,” is celebrating its tenth anniversary this month.

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Rebecca Solnit
2018
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Book TV: Rebecca Solnit, “Men Explain Things to Me”

Rebecca Solnit, a contributing editor at Harper’s, talks about her book of essays on such topics as gender inequality, rape, hate crimes, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, and gay marriage. She spoke at Moe’s Books in Berkeley, California.

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Rebecca Solnit
2014
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Recollections of My Nonexistence: A Memoir

In Recollections of My Nonexistence, Rebecca Solnit describes her formation as a writer and as a feminist in 1980s San Francisco, in an atmosphere of gender violence on the street and throughout society and the exclusion of women from cultural arenas.

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Rebecca Solnit
2021
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Men Explain Things to Me

In her comic, scathing essay, "Men Explain Things to Me," Rebecca Solnit took on what often goes wrong in conversations between men and women.

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Rebecca Solnit
2015
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Nina Simons: Reclaiming Relationship & Tradition | Bioneers 2016

Reclaiming Relationship & Tradition: Towards a Future that Works for All.

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Nina Simons
2016
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Tsultrim Allione—Fighting the Patriarchy

Lama Tsultrim Allione talks about patriarchy in Buddhism, and how moving past patriarchy starts with admitting its existence.

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Lama Tsultrim Allione
2019
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