
Taking place in over 520 cities and 100 countries, poets are organizing events, demonstrations, and workshops in support of social justice under the banner of “100 Thousand Poets for Change” on September 24, 2011.

Taking place in over 520 cities and 100 countries, poets are organizing events, demonstrations, and workshops in support of social justice under the banner of “100 Thousand Poets for Change” on September 24, 2011.

Her Circle Ezine is pleased to announce a new book giveaway. Read the book review of Ellen Meerpol’s “House Arrest” on July 11th, share your thoughts and two readers will qualify to win a copy of the book! Read more of this announcement.
We currently seek a volunteer Editorial Assistant to support our expanding Visual Arts section. Working virtually from her home office, the Editorial Assistant will participate in a variety of tasks, including editorial research, writing small news features, correspondence, fact checking, proofreading, and other activities as required. Attendance to weekly staff meetings is conducted via Skype [...]
We’re looking for a volunteer Online Editor to play a senior role overseeing the editorial content of the Visual Arts section. With a working knowledge of feminist theory and socially engaged contemporary art practice, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the voice of HerCircleEzine.com. You will be a self starter with drive and [...]
Volunteer Editorial Assistant We currently seek a volunteer Editorial Assistant to support our expanding Visual Arts section. Working virtually from her home office, the Editorial Assistant will participate in a variety of tasks, including general research, correspondence, fact checking, proofreading, and other activities as needed. Exceptional candidates may be invited to write short articles and [...]
We currently seek a volunteer Editorial Assistant to support our expanding Books & Literature section. This volunteer position requires an 8hr per week commitment for an initial period of 3 months. The ideal volunteer aspires to a career in publishing, is computer literate, has a demonstrated interest in women’s literature, and is socially and politically aware. Click on the link to learn more about this opportunity.
Working under the direction of the Publisher and Web Editor, the Arts Blog Coordinator Intern will assist with the production of a new blog dedicated to feminist styles in contemporary art. Objectives and Responsibilities: *Help facilitate the production of editorial content for the new arts blog *Undertake directed and independent research on established and emerging [...]
We’re looking for a volunteer Web Editor to play a senior role overseeing the editorial content of the Arts section. With a working knowledge of feminist theory and socially engaged contemporary art practice, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the voice of HerCircleEzine.com. You will be a self starter with drive and creative [...]

March 1st – May 15th, 2011 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. Coming to terms with the diagnosis, and the changes the body undergoes during treatment, can be both a painful and confusing time. In ‘Self Examination’, photographer Kay Chernush documents her own experience of transformation and survival. [...]
May 21, 2012 By Melissa Corliss Delorenzo from The Writer's Life
May 18, 2012 By Melissa Corliss Delorenzo from The Writer's Life
May 17, 2012 By Kate Robinson from InContext

May 15, 2012 By Anuja Seith
In her book Exhibiting Blackness, Bridget R. Cooks, associate professor in the School of Humanities at UC Irvine, analyzes the curatorial strategies, challenges, and public and critical receptions of the most significant exhibitions of African American art and culture in American art museums.

January 3, 2012 By Lourdes Acevedo
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 [...]

February 15, 2012 By Melissa Corliss Delorenzo
Her Circle takes a close look at the International Museum of Women and its efforts to promote, support and curate the art of women from around the globe: “Although women in the Western world continue to struggle for purchase in the artistic realm, in other parts of the world voices go completely unheard—are entirely silenced. There is no outlet for them. Here is where the International Museum of Women seeks to fill the gaps and build bridges….”

February 1, 2012 By Heather Child
Heather Child looks at roles for female characters in Disney-Pixar’s latest creations and asks, “Why are films with their feet firmly in the twenty-first century still struggling with something as basic as gender representation?

May 1, 2012 By MaryAnne Kolton
In her latest novel, Carol Anshaw presents us with a sizable group of friends, and an unforgiveable accident. She ensnares us and them in a net of gut-wrenching guilt, twisted families, fierce addictions, love, lust and everyday life. Carry the One then proceeds to lure us into closely following these people for thirty years. MaryAnne Kolton speaks to the novelist in this UpClose interview.

from Main, UpClose Interview
Dutch artist Elis Vermuelen’s Global Burrows Project is an exploration of the places we inhabit and what we leave behind. From the beaches of the Netherlands to a disused house in the American Midwest, Vermuelen’s two-year journey opens a window onto our relationships with ourselves, each other, and our surroundings.

May 15, 2012 from One World Cafe
Colombian writer of creative non-fiction, Adriana Pàramo reads from her recently published book Looking for Esperanza, which won the Social Justice and Equality Award in Creative Nonfiction in 2011, and discusses the issues raised in the book with Claire Hart.

May 1, 2012 By Cathy Fitzgerald from Eco Art Notebook
Eco Arts Notebook examines Polly Higgins, author of Eradicating Ecocide—exposing the corporate and political practices destroying the planet and proposing the laws needed to eradicate ecocide, and her work with exposing the world to the idea and concerns about Ecocide.
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