The poem is more broadly about the struggle of the speaker to separate from her mother and be born as an individual, and of course, about the same conflict confronted by all mothers and daughters throughout time.
“Ink on Paper” seems to prioritize unarticulated feeling over rational thought and movement and communication over holding things tightly and trying to preserve their physical manifestations.
Recently, we’ve seen the emergence of a new film genre, as a number of movies — mostly thoughtful and impeccably well-made by women — tackle a topic that’s uniquely female.
I love Lizette Woodworth Reese’s “All Hallows Night” because it bridges religions and cultures as a remembrance of people—family members, community heroes, saints, and martyrs—who have died.
Women have been creating scary movies, writing and/or directing as well as starring in them, for the past 120 years. Here are thirteen titles to explore, just in time for Halloween.
The hardest part of jury duty for me was being forbidden to talk about the trial until after our verdict. Writing poems months later helped restore the voice that had been silenced. —Kathleen McClung
In 'Catherine Called Birdy,' the protagonist creates her happy ending by challenging assumptions and rewriting rules so they are better suited to everyone.
Aside from the jarring directorial choices and overall bleakness of 'Blonde,' what bothered me the most is that while individual predators and the Hollywood machine are condemned for exploiting Marilyn, 'Blonde' feels just as exploitive.
In these divided times I am grateful for poems like this to remind us of good things we may have taken for granted before—like just “getting” to sit in an uncomfortable folding chair in a school auditorium—and of the experiences many of us have in common.
'The Woman King' artfully and seamlessly blends some familiar movie genres with a fresh female perspective—following in the tradition of big-screen sagas like Gladiator, Braveheart, and Last of the Mohicans