Katha Pollitt
Katha Pollitt
Katha Pollittis an American feminist poet, essayist and critic. She is the author of four essay collections and two books of poetry. Her writing focuses on political and social issues, including abortion rights, racism, welfare reform, feminism, and poverty...
brave deal fit flak given imperfect men people themselves throwing ton
She's very brave the way she tackles this in the book. She's been given a lot of flak from the right, saying, 'Who'd want you?' But she does deal well with the imperfect fit between men and women. If she was a man, she'd have a ton of people throwing themselves at her.
practice tradition misogyny
Can currently existing religion be disentangled from the misogyny of its texts, its traditions, and its practices? ... a resounding NO: misogyny not only pervades the major faiths, it's baked in.
epidemics feminist trying
We live, I am trying to say, in an epidemic of male violence against women.
self-confidence healthy body
If a woman says, I am getting these breast implants to gain self confidence, then I have to ask, What kind of a society do we live in where a woman's self-confidence depends on having a dangerous, expensive and painful operation on a perfectly healthy body?
moon men blood
While woman sheds the Blood of Life each moon at menstruation, man can only shed the blood of death through warfare and killing.
feminism broadway novel
Like Broadway, the novel, and G-d, feminism has been declared dead many times