Despising Our Mothers, Despising Ourselves

by Orania Papazoglou

Feminism has devalued the role of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jan 1992

Tough-minded Feminism

by Suzanne Fields

Two authors stir a debate that suggests a new phase of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 1991

Abortion and the Actualized Self

by Camille S. Williams

Sympathetic accounts of abortion sustain our cultural . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Nov 1991

Zebra

by Natasha Trethewey

Up and down the oneway streets of houses huddled deep and close together, sycamores, live oaks brace up to the concrete, break through, their dark roots surfacing, disrupting the order of a New Orleans neighborhood. A block away the laughter, the games belong to black . . . . Continue Reading »

1 May 1991

Feminism: Beyond the Second Stage

by Jessica Gress-Wright

Barbara Bush finally got to speak at the Wellesley commencement last June, despite protests from 150 seniors that she did not embody the qualities that Wellesley seeks to instill in its students because she had dropped out of Smith to become a wife and mother. At about the same time, another Smithie . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Oct 1990

Feminist Theodicy

by Maria McFadden Maffucci

Women and Evil by nell noddings university of california press, 284 pages, $25  For centuries theologians and philosophers have been struggling with the agonizing and bewildering problem of evil. Believing Jews and Christians cannot escape the perennial dilemma of reconciling the existence of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Jun 1990