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"The intersectional feminist anthology we all need to read" (Bustle), edited by a remarkable and inspiring 19-year-old activist whom the BBC named one of 100 "inspirational and influential women" of 2016. Why is it difficult for so many women to fully identify with the word feminist? How do our personal histories and identities affect our relationship to feminism? Why is intersectionality so important? Can a feminist movement that doesn't take other identities like race, religion, or socioeconomic class into account even be considered feminism?

In April 1962, President and Mrs. John F. Kennedy hosted 49 Nobel Prize winners - along with many other prominent scientists, artists, and writers - at a famed White House dinner. Held at the height of the Cold War, the dinner symbolizes a time when intellectuals were esteemed, divergent viewpoints could be respectfully discussed at the highest level, and the great minds of an age might all dine together in the rarefied glamour of "the people's house."

In January 2017, Donald Trump signed an executive order stopping entry to the United States from seven predominantly Muslim countries and dramatically cutting the number of refugees allowed to resettle in the United States each year. The American people spoke up, with protests, marches, donations, and lawsuits that quickly overturned the order. But the refugee caps remained. In The Displaced, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Viet Thanh Nguyen, himself a refugee, brings together a host of prominent refugee writers to explore and illuminate the refugee experience.

This is the first authoritative investigation into allegations that Gary Devore was victim to a lethal kidnap operation by the CIA. Set against a political backdrop marked by war, sex, and blackmail, The Writer with No Hands unveils the never-told true story of Hollywood's forgotten rebel, Gary Devore, and Dr. Alford's search for the brutal truth in a world where everyone lies for a living.

The podcast formerly associated with SB Nation's Blogging the Boys, The Writer's Block is back in action to provide you with all the content and analysis you need when it comes to the Dallas Cowboys and the NFL at large.

The Texas Outlaw Writers are a group of journalists, writers, and misfits (along with their guests) who like to write, chat, and sometimes rant about news, current events, politics, culture and travel. While we're mostly Texas-centric, we take up topics of both local and national interest. Topics such as immigration/border issues, elections/campaigns, reproductive freedom, public education, economy, healthcare, criminal justice, and the environment.. Our shows might take the form of round table discussions, one on one interviews, or even reading some of the stories from our weekly newsletter.

Chrys and Benjamin Gorman, of Not a Pipe Publishing, host Tilting at Windmills on YouTube, TikTok Live, and your favorite podcasting app. They interview authors and other artists and talk about books, politics, fighting fascism, and finding joy in the midst of everything. Come slay giants with us!

The Writers Haven Show, hosted by author and filmmaker V. Helena, showcases the work of nationally and internationally known writers of literature, film, television, theatre, and music. The format of the show includes one-on-one interviews with the artists, panel discussions with industry insiders, and breaking industry news. To see a broadcast of the show, which is aired on 32 cable channels, check your local listing or visit our website at www.writershavenshow.com.

It’s about life, not writing.

A podcast hosted by Brenden Nevidomsky talking to writers of the WPGU web writing team about their articles, across different topics around new music, playlists, music think pieces, and the latest in music news.

Cassandra Bell is a screenwriter, producer and director. She has produced some amazing projects that you have probably watched over and over again. As a filmmaker she feels it's important to understand the network that your are filming for. Understand your target audience and she even. has a 12 Step Motto that all filmmakers should put on their checklist.

Whether he was composing love letters, speeches, or legal arguments, words mattered to Abraham Lincoln. An admirer and avid reader of Byron, Burns, and Shakespeare, Lincoln was the most literary of our presidents. His views on love, liberty and human nature were all shaped by his reading and knowledge of literature. Kaplan explores Lincoln's life through his use of language as a vehicle for complex ideas and feelings and as an instrument of persuasion and empowerment.

I hope you’re reading this while on a bus, commuting to work, getting ready to face the customers or bosses. I wanna rest your mind a bit, before all the hassle of day to day life hits. I know how it feels, I’m living through it. I’m typing this on my phone still deciding if I’m ready to share my personal space to the world. But this world gives me peace and a daily lift, readying me for the day and calming me for the night. I hope to the few people that hear this, try what I did. Make a place where everything is as you want it to be, a place where stress and depression, will be ...

The Writers Haven Show, hosted by author and filmmaker V. Helena, showcases the work of nationally and internationally known writers of literature, film, television, theatre, and music. The format of the show includes one-on-one interviews with the artists, panel discussions with industry insiders, and breaking industry news. To see a broadcast of the show, which is aired on 32 cable channels, check your local listing or visit our website at www.writershavenshow.com.

Blackwildgirl begins her life as a queen superpower. When she is still a child, however, her parents strike a bargain that leads to her dethronement—and sets her on a forty-five-year journey to become the warrior she was born to be: Blackwildgoddess. Join an interactive adventure exploring the private life and journals of a young Black girl, beginning at the age of eight, as she struggles and evolves from a tennis player, musician, and college student to become a wife, mother, lawyer, scholar, and writer.

World-renowned novelist Mark Helprin offers a ringing Jeffersonian defense of private property in the age of digital culture, with its degradation of thought and language, and collectivist bias against the rights of individual creators.

In 1968, as protests shook France and war raged in Vietnam, the giants of Black radical politics descended on Montreal to discuss the unique challenges and struggles facing their brothers and sisters. For the first time since 1968, David Austin brings alive the speeches and debates of the most important international gathering of Black radicals of the era.

In collaboration with the ACLU, authors Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman have curated an anthology of essays about landmark cases in the organization’s 100-year history. Fight of the Century takes you inside the trials and the stories that have shaped modern life. Some of the most prominent cases that the ACLU has been involved in - Brown v. Board of Education, Roe v. Wade, Miranda v. Arizona - need little introduction. Others you may never even have heard of, yet their outcomes quietly defined the world we live in now.

Welcome to the Lunchroom News Podcast, ‘Le Hawkesbury Social’, a space where we celebrate life in all its colours: happiness, joy, love, connection, and even the moments of sadness that make us human. Hosted by a passionate mental health advocate, this show dives deep into the topics that truly matter to today’s culture and community.Each episode offers honest conversations, thoughtful reflections, and real stories that bring people together. Whether you’re here for mental health discussions, community connections, or just looking to feel seen and heard in a fast-paced world, you’re...

Welcome to the Hockey Writers Ink. The show where the writers are fresh off the presses and the ink is not dry!Your Host Lance Green from SteelFlyers.com is joined by Co-Host SteelFlyers, as they talk about all things Philadelphia Flyers Hockey, Lance’s latest articles, Player profiles, interviews & Guests!https://steelflyers.com/links/hockey-writers-ink/Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-hockey-writers-ink--4748032/support.