Okay. What about those men who really do believe if they just pressure you to drink the tea, you’ll thank them later? If only you’d taste it! You must want it as much as they want […]
This woman just explained consent with the most perfect metaphor
“I Have This Fantasy,” a poem
by Heather Bell I have this fantasy that I am dressed in a leather jacket smoking a cigar just standing there holding Kafka or Adrienne Rich by the spine when an old […]
Nobody’s Perfect: Strong Women and Strong Drink
At a reception a couple of years ago, I had the good fortune to be introduced to Gloria Steinem. I held back tears of awe. (The tears were also borne of peri-menopausal hormones.) All […]
“Stardust,” a poem
by Colette Tennant I don’t like it when scientists call me a carbon-based life form it makes me sound like a pencil smudge on my writing finger a really bad child at Christmas […]
Self-styled Anti-hero Amanda Palmer
When I read this article by Rachel Edidin on Wired, I knew I had to share. In “The Art of Asking Why We Hate Amanda Palmer,” Edidin boils it right down: Amanda […]
When Sisters Sit Together
When sisters sit together, they always praise their brothers. When brothers sit together, they sell their sisters to others. – – – I’ll make a tattoo from my lover’s blood and shame […]
Herstory: Giving Special Attention to the Experiences of Women
“Women have always been an equal part of the past. They just haven’t been part of history.”
-Gloria Steinem
Another Story
by Paula Whyman One Down. Seven letters. Clue: Can be itself, or the opposite of itself, or different in infinite fractional degrees. Or alike. It can be just alike. More of […]
What Do You Remember?
This month, we Sirens are devoting ourselves to some of our best-loved words. As you will see, I don’t always go with the grain, but this rant does turn to praise. “Mindful” […]
Saturday, February 21at 4:00pm–Grand Central Lit Crawl
Originally posted on Lisa Lanser Rose:
Join me and local writers Lynn Waddell, Heather Jones,Austin Collins, Erika Lance, and Sheree L Greer for the Grand Central Lit Crawl. It’s a literary take on the classic bar…
The Gloria Sirens 