Lady Justice news of her deathrushes through meand it takes a minuteto process the meaningbecause I’ve been in denialfor years that we’re justpounding nails into ourown coffin and this year’sa banner year for nails Can’t […]
The Revolution (Relaunch)
A creative resurgence of the official publication of the National Woman Suffrage Association.
“Steamy Love Letters”: Re-Discovering the Poetry of Ina E. Gittings
Typed on what are now 100-year-old pages, a handful of poems discovered in an attic offer a glimpse of the inner life of Ina E. Gittings (1885-1966). Gittings’ archival presence covers several states in the […]
Justice
This collage, entitled “Justice,” is made up of words and phrases that describe the legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The artist, Claire Louge, creates her pieces by scouring magazines and cutting pieces with the […]
Two Poems by Kara Dorris
Photograph by Venus De Milo. Life Story They said mustaches are illegal ifyou habitually kiss people.That we can’t carry ice creamin our back pockets on Sundaysbut can marry at fifteenwith parental consent.They said women can’t […]
The Personal Importance of the Supreme Court
My friend, among my oldest and dearest—a pessimistic realist attorney—was crying quietly in the corner. Half an hour earlier she showed up at the courthouse saying, “It’s not gonna happen.” And I told her, “Today, […]
Flaming Feminist Litigator
“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 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 Revolution (Relaunch) 