“RGB,” acrylic on canvas, 48x60inches, 2019 To me, Ruth Bader Ginsburg represents the best in all of us. She spent her entire career working within the current system to make it better for all marginalized […]
The Revolution (Relaunch)
A creative resurgence of the official publication of the National Woman Suffrage Association.
The History of Feminist Zines: The Woman’s Journal
The Woman’s Journal, the longest running suffrage journal in America, was born in Boston on January 8th 1870 under the editorship of Lucy Stone and her husband, Henry Browne Blackwell. Perhaps what’s most interesting to […]
It Feels Like the death of Democracy
As the news of Trump’s demonization of public education crushes us like a wave… As the crafting of false analogies between “left-wing indoctrination” and social unrest leave us stunned… As we read the words “toxic […]
Aubade
Spring 2020 At first light they start. The latest scourge has cometo me by computer screen:digital images and soundsof the breathless, the dying.Voices of the millionsgathered in revolt. Removedby two hours from New York,I am […]
ACTIVHISTorian Archive: Toni Smith, 2002-2003
In 2003, I was stunned to see this photo in the Arizona Republic, its ragged edges and tape still visible when I later scanned it so I could always have it to remind me what […]
The History of Feminist Zines: The Una
Born in Providence, Rhode Island in February of 1853, The Una was edited by Paulina Kellogg Wright Davis for the first two years of its existence. It eventually relocated to Boston and endured for another […]
When He Sold The Combine
He threw in the farm he envisioned,a thick shawl of trees surroundingstraight seams of feed corn,cattle dotting generous pastures. He tossed in the househe’d never have with a wifedeported, everything sold to paya lawyer who […]
Cold fire
Cities are ablaze,ablaze with shame,babies born into skinmade wrong, sorekeening for theirmothers, sisters ofliberty done crying,wring our woesto their rhythm. Cities are ablaze,ablaze with shame,throats ripped inbroad daylight ona busy city street,sisters of libertydone crying,wring […]
The Feminist Fandom of Trina Robbins
Trina Robbins is an icon. After all, she was the first woman to illustrate Wonder Woman, but like so many aspiring artists, she started her mega-career as a mere zinester. In the late 60s, Trina […]
Black Lives Matter: are you still watching?
Ken and I have been friends for two years. We usually meet up for a yoga class or cocktails where we dive into and complain about work in the service industry and our most recent […]
The Revolution (Relaunch) 