I first met Sara Northerner when I began my coursework in the PhD in Humanities program at the University of Louisville in August 2008.  Sara was in her fourth year of the program at that time, having already completed coursework and nearing completion of her comprehensive exams.

For Nawal El Sa’dawi feminism is deeply politicised, the ideals of her resistance in line with the Western feminist movement.

The book is obsessive, and I am obsessed. It’s my go-to when I’m stuck, unmotivated, highly motivated, or want to impress a new friend.

I thought I might start my first blog post here on So to Speak thinking about feminism from a male perspective (the only perspective I have). What is a male feminist?

Friends!  This is the LAST WEEK to submit work for So to Speak’s Spring 2012 issue. 

The So to Speak Founders Panel at George Mason’s Fall for the Book festival last week featured three of the eight women who, together, founded So to Speak: A Feminist Journal of Language and Art, 19 years ago in 1993.