At a young age, both her parents as well as her only sibling died through tragic causes related to alcohol, seizures and infections. Left an orphan, Eleanor Roosevelt attended Allenwood Academy at age 15 in London. It was there that she met and became deeply influenced by the feminist headmistress, Marie Souvestre. Marie Souvestre was one of the most important […]
“I hated high school. I don’t trust anybody who looks back on the years from 14 to 18 with any enjoyment. If you liked being a teenager, there’s something wrong with you.” – Stephen King High school is a weird time. Contrary to popular belief, high school is not a “miniature real world”. It’s f*cking Hell with […]
Stephanie Shirley may as well be the female Bill Gates —yet no one knows about her. Born as Vera Buchthal in Nazi occupied Germany, at the age of five she was sent to Britain as a child refugee and grew up under the care of foster parents. After leaving school, Shirley decided not to go […]
Most of us aren’t apt to list Sex and The City when questioned about our favorite shows. Maybe it’s because Sarah Jessica Parker is just so whiny in it or maybe it’s because anything that’s popular becomes lame (before it eventually becomes meta). Whatever the reason you don’t list Sex and The City as a favorite, you […]
Why are we always talking about the Moon? Of all the planets, why is it the Moon speaks to us most importantly? While every planet is important and makes up who you are and the energy around you, the Moon is the ultimate feminine energy. She is the “bringer of moods” and the “puller of tides.” […]
They say that writing heals. Putting pen to paper is like pouring a warm bath for your soul. It’s been the savior of the greatest literary geniuses the world has known – Hemingway, Plath, Bukowski, Sexton. And there is no one, I mean no one, who can touch your soul like Anne Sexton. While she […]
Mina Loy is the pioneer of modern feminism. Mina Loy is the greatest poet since Walt Whitman. Mina Loy is unknown. According to Poets Org, In 1921 Ezra Pound wrote to Marianne Moore: “Is there anyone in America except you, Bill [William Carlos Williams] and Mina Loy who can write anything of interest in verse?” […]
Frida Kahlo knew a thing or two about pain. Contrarily, she also knew a thing or two about love. Married, divorced and married again to the famous Mexican muralist, Diego Rivera, Frida found herself in a toxic love affair she couldn’t let go. What do you do when you love a man who is no […]