Featured Blogs
HCE Welcomes New Books Editor
Please help me in welcoming Christine Hamm as our new Books Editor. Christine is a PhD candidate in English Literature at Drew... Read more »
Which came first - The writer or the mama?
In the south, it’s not uncommon to hear this expression: “Don’t you have people?” This refers to the hired help a woman... Read more »
Overheard at a booksigningHello, HerCircle friends. As you might recall, my debut novel Janeology launched last month and I have been out and about promoting... Read more »
A Good Deathby Grace Andreacchi Enough about the writer’s life, let’s think about the writer’s death for a change. It’s sure to come,... Read more »
My Happy Life: The Disturbingly Sane
by Nicolette Westfall In My Happy Life, Lydia Millet takes the view that the members of society that do not fit in are insane... Read more »
Virginia Woolf and the Insanity of Criticism in Mrs. DallowayInitially, I intended to discuss the complexities of oppression and insanity, looking at both the Great War veteran, Septimus... Read more »
Honey, Your Man Doesn’t Care about Martha Stewart: Confessions of a Slacker Housewifeby Nicolette Westfall I wasn’t attracted to the book initially, because it has a yellow and pink cover, with ironing board,... Read more »
Art Blog
Dear Talula, a film by Lori Benson
2006, 34 minutes Review by Nicolette Westfall Lori Benson potently documents her abrupt transition from new mother to a patient with...
WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution arrives in New Yorkby Lee Conell “Where should I start?” I wondered when I wandered into “WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution,” the show currently...
The Pen and Brush Celebrate Opening of Full Circle Exhibitby Diane Saarinen Art lovers crowded into the Pen and Brush for the opening of “Full Circle: A Tribute to the Cultural Diversity...
Fifth Annual Women’s Show at VARGAby Lynn Alexander The VARGA Gallery of Woodstock, New York, recently concluded the annual Women’s Show–an event showcasing...
Women and the Hijab or Why Is That Man Shouting at Me?
by Grace Andreacchi It was not without some trepidation that I set out on my first ever journey to the Middle East this winter. I’d...
Sisters in the Darkby Mary Anne Zammit Gender violence is a challenging problem affecting all societies, and the trafficking of women by international...
Shopping for International Women’s Dayby Carolyn Boyd This International Women’s Day, I plan to celebrate with one of my favorite activities: shopping. I don’t mean...
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