Women & Conceptual Poetics
This May the University of Arizona Poetry Center hosted the Conceptual Poetics Symposium: Conceptual Poetry and its Others. The...
"Telling Doctors What to Think"
Changing the language of abortion...
Backlash Spectacular by Katha Pollitt
"Yes, women are still making gains in education and--slowly--in politics and other areas. But longstanding feminist gains are eroding:...
"Welcome to the Era of the Gyno Spa"
Take note: Being educated is not enough, being compassionate and intelligent and running on the treadmill are also not enough, neither is...
Let the Contest Begin!
Switchback Books' Gatewood Prize is open! We're excited to, once again, begin the process of receiving and reviewing manuscripts. Check...
Last weekend for Feminist Interrogations exhibit at Arc Gallery in Chicago
"Feminist Interrogations" showcases feminist art works by emerging artists that do not privilege gender, but see it in conversation with...
Ida Applebroog
Good grief, I'm really reading about and looking at a lot of Ida Applebroog's work right now. There's a great video on her website where...
Shad(ow)y Ladies!
For those of you in the Chicago area, hip lit mag/broadsheet quarterly THE2NDHAND is having its release party tomorrow night at Ronny's....
Vagina Festival
While cruising the Feminist Majority Foundation website, I couldn't help but notice an event called "Vagina Festival" to be held in NYC...
Poetry Cavalcade!
Hello Loves! Please coddle and nurture me because this is my first posting to the Switchback Blog, and regardless of my general overage...
