Blog Entries tagged 'magazines'
Five Favorite Books for Venus Magazine
I almost always read for inspiration. I’m on a perpetual hunt for books
that make me want to sit down and write my own. I can’t believe they
are so hard to find—there are millions of books, after all. But to find
my books, the ones that call my name, is a major deal. Once found, I
read these books in bed at two in the morning, take them on airplanes
again and again, and get teary-eyed remembering who I was the first
time I cracked their pages.
Double Blood, Greater Good Magazine
Double Blood
Like many biracial Americans of my generation, my parents met in the
tumultous cultural revolution of the 1960s. They married when it was
illegal for people of different races to do so, and continued to challenge
entrenched assumptions about race by having me. It was dangerous work.The Klan threatened our interracial family in Mississippi often. My father's Jewish mother disowned him for marrying a black woman.
Modern Beauty, with Patricia from Australia
Today I got an email from a young high-school student in Australia, Patricia, doing a report on Third Wave and Women's Magazines.
"As a founder of third wave feminism, I'd like to ask you a few questions."
1. What is your personal definition of "modern feminism"?
Any act or thought that leads to a safer, healthier, more equitable and enjoyable experience for women and the people who love them.
Living With Music: A Playlist by Rebecca Walker, The New York Times
On Wednesdays, this blog is the delivery vehicle for “Living With Music,” a playlist of songs from a writer or some other kind of book-world personage.
This week: Rebecca Walker, whose most recent book, “Baby Love,” is available in paperback.
