Her Circle will return from its hiatus in 2010, relaunching with an International Women’s Day Virtual Festival in March. Stay tuned for more details. Best, Misty
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Patricia Leavy: Feminist Author Blurs the Arts and Sciences
Lauren Sardi interviews Patricia Leavy, feminist sociology professor and author. Leavy has become known for advocating innovative and artful approaches to conducting social research as a means of getting at the complexity of lived experience and linking the “inner worlds” of women to the social contexts in which they live.
An Interview with Heidi W. Durrow, author of The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
Heidi W. Durrow discusses her novel, The Girl Who Fell From the Sky—winner of the 2008 Bellwether Prize for Fiction.
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Following a Year of Protests, Can Micro-Loans to Women Help Affect True Change?
It is hard not to believe we’re in a time of empowerment of those less powerful, and to be swept up in the fervor escalating the world over. In 2011, we witnessed the Arab Spring, the Occupy Wall Street protests and most recently, one of the largest protests of women in Egypt’s long history against the [...]
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A Different Kind of Social Justice Movement: Choreographer Ananya Chatterjea Uses Dance to Inspire Change
Caroline Palmer looks at the motivations of Minneapolis-based choreographer Ananya Chatterjea and the work of Ananya Dance Theatre (ADT).
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Violence, Sex & Exploitation: Japanese Women & Children in Natsuo Kirino’s Crime Novels
Natsuo Kirino’s novels are not for the faint-hearted, nor are they for westerners loath to abandon the cultural stereotype of the Japanese woman as a delicate and beautiful “oriental flower”. Wendy Nakanishi explores the role of women in Japanese culture and society through Kirino’s popular works of crime and suspense.
