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05 Jun

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The philosopher Susanne K. Langer wrote, “The notion of giving something a name is the vastest generative idea that ever was conceived.”...

29 May

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I'm not a Catholic and not a child and decidedly not a little boy. Yet this story, covered in depth by Ruth Graham of the New York Times earlier this month, haunts me.

15 May

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I often think that every disadvantaged — hell, call it what it is: oppressed – group must endure certain ritualistic phases imposed by its oppressors.

01 May

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Recently, I was having a conversation with a woman—a new acquaintance, highly intelligent, a theatre actor, and a feminist—who said she was finding herself furious at young people these days.

10 Apr

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Here's a story that is of quite stunning importance to our country. As the United States adjusts to an increasingly nonreligious population, thousands of churches are closing every year.

27 Mar

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I sometimes love to redefine stuff--concepts, ideas, certainly stereotypes--stuff that we were certain we had already settled and were positive about.

20 Mar

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Women's rights are human rights and human rights are women's rights, once and for all. --Hillary Rodham Clinton, 1995 UN Conference on Women, Beijing, China. Please settle in, because this may take awhile. I write it with a heavy heart.

13 Mar

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This week, on my podcast "Women's Media Center Live with Robin Morgan," I pay tribute to a remarkable man: former President Jimmy Carter. Our conversation (listen here), originally taped in 2014, is unique for a number of reasons.