Everyone has their own idea of what the feminist movement means in the 21st century. We also have a pretty good idea of what the suffrage and subsequent women’s movement of the 60′s and 70′s look like too. When I started writing IntheClotheset the first question I asked myself was …
This year the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to three women, jointly. Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee and Tawakkol Karman. All three of these women were presented this honor for their life work in the areas of women’s rights, peace, and democracy advocacy. It’s important to talk about women like …
Margaret Cho embodies the ideals of what it means to truly be yourself. Whether its rejecting an arranged marriage to become a liberal stand-up comic or stepping into the role of the “patron saint” to those who don’t belong. Margaret Cho has been speaking out against bullying throughout her career …
Julia Alvarez is a New York City native of Dominican decent, with a body of work that includes five novels, a book of essays, four collections of poetry, four children’s books, and two works of adolescent fiction. She is regarded as one of the most critically and commercially successful Latina …
In honor of Hispanic Heritage month, I am kicking off the Modern Feminist series this month with Frida Kahlo. Most famously played by Selma Hyack. She is a self taught painter, her work, a large part of which are self portraits paints the life of a woman much like you …
Born Jan. 11, 1971 Mary J. Blige is a singer, producer and songwriter with a successful career spanning 18 years. A career in which she has put to voice everything it means to be a woman in my generation. Her themes about love, heart break and self-acceptance pulls from the …
This week I am celebrating the self made woman. The woman who battles not just the world at large but her own demons triumphantly. In a sea of all the reality TV wrecks in this world Bethany Frankel is just that kind of woman. She’s a chef, turned New York …