Nobel Women’s Initiative takes on sexual violence
The Nobel Women’s Initiative, which is exactly what you think it is, is taking up the cause of ending sexual violence in war. Tall order, I know, but if you want to eavesdrop on them — or better yet, participate in their conversation — you can ...
Can women write?
Well, they can pick up a pen, surely. But do they need gender-exclusive paths to the Cocktail Party of Greatness? It’s an old debate, and here’s Australia writer Benjamin Law’s quick summary, in this article, viz. a debate over the for-women-only Orange Prize:
The literary world’s £30,000 Orange Prize ...
Rape in the DRC: Now complete with statistics!
A few days ago, I got a press release about Congo, the first line of which is this:
“A new study shows that women in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been raped at a rate 26 times higher than previously thought. The shockingly high number is equivalent to 1,152 women ...
Events that are worth a New York minute — and more
Here are two upcoming events that promise to be interesting and inspiring. If you’re in the City, come on by. If you’re not, tell your metro-friends. (And come say hi to me at the Dart celebration!)
A Celebration of the Dart Society, an collective of journalists whose ...
With this death, losing a way of seeing — and being in — the world
Tim Hetherington and Chris Hondros, two eminent photographers and journalists, were killed yesterday in Libya. I’d learned about Tim’s work from Glenna Gordon, whose talent and practice has been heavily influenced by Tim’s own.
Glenna pays moving tribute to Tim’s work here. And on the
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