Featured Women’s Stories

 
Personal Essays
Oreo
Oreo
We Didn't Have a Word for Fun
We Didn't Have a Word for Fun
I'll Make the Ambrosia
I'll Make the Ambrosia
Shapewear
Shapewear
How a Holy Spirit Disguised as a Boy Came to My Rescue
How a Holy Spirit Disguised as a Boy Came to My Rescue
Vern
Vern
The Tiger's War
The Tiger's War
Senior Lesbian Widow Seeks Love Online
Senior Lesbian Widow Seeks Love Online
Ghost Child
Ghost Child
Life in Plastic
Life in Plastic
Namesake
Namesake
The Bathroom
The Bathroom
Black Girl Innocence
Black Girl Innocence
Taking up Space
Taking up Space
Dissolution
Dissolution
Summer Plans
Summer Plans
The Girl & Her Organs
The Girl & Her Organs
My Craving Body
My Craving Body
My Voice Over His
My Voice Over His
Space
Space
Hairpiece
Hairpiece
Someplace Humid Near Orlando, Florida
Someplace Humid Near Orlando, Florida
An Acquaintance
An Acquaintance
Murder, Girl
Murder, Girl
Tundra Moon
Tundra Moon
How I Found Out I Was Raped
How I Found Out I Was Raped
Channeling Rena in the H&M Dressing Room
Channeling Rena in the H&M Dressing Room
Spontaneous Combustion
Spontaneous Combustion
Swaddled Together
Swaddled Together
Sorry for Your Loss
Sorry for Your Loss
Monthly Theme Essays
Picked Out
Picked Out
Putting My Gym Teacher's Head Between My Thighs
Putting My Gym Teacher's Head Between My Thighs
Daddy's Going To Buy You A Diamond Ring
Daddy's Going To Buy You A Diamond Ring
Woman, Mother, Protector
Woman, Mother, Protector
At Last
At Last
The Risk of Change
The Risk of Change
Proof of Life
Proof of Life
Trying
Trying
The Trap of Service
The Trap of Service
An Accumulation of Silences
An Accumulation of Silences
Awaking Alone
Awaking Alone
Sandwiches
Sandwiches
Cooking in Secret
Cooking in Secret
The Midwestern Table
The Midwestern Table
She Feeds
She Feeds
Macarons
Macarons
Here Is What I Grew For Us
Here Is What I Grew For Us
Resident Aliens
Resident Aliens
Nothing Much to Offer but a Sky Full of Stars
Nothing Much to Offer but a Sky Full of Stars
In the Direction of My Heart
In the Direction of My Heart
Physical Education
Physical Education
Letting Go with Love: Launching my (Neurodivergent) Daughter to College
Letting Go with Love: Launching my (Neurodivergent) Daughter to College
Fool’s Gold
Fool’s Gold
Sub Plan: March 17th
Sub Plan: March 17th
Spectator
Spectator
Hands
Hands
Solo Voyage
Solo Voyage
Thin Places
Thin Places
Thank You for the Beautiful Life
Thank You for the Beautiful Life
You Know Me Now
You Know Me Now
AMPLIFY
Looking Back to Move Forward: Featuring a Very Special Amplifier!
Looking Back to Move Forward: Featuring a Very Special Amplifier!
Amplify InBetween: The Second to Last
Amplify InBetween: The Second to Last
Shapers of a Movement: Movement through Radical Feminist Punk
Shapers of a Movement: Movement through Radical Feminist Punk
Shapers of a Movement: Dorothy Stopford Price and the Fight for Community Health
Shapers of a Movement: Dorothy Stopford Price and the Fight for Community Health
Shapers of a Movement: The Impact of Women of Color and Nonbinary Folx in Organizing Spaces
Shapers of a Movement: The Impact of Women of Color and Nonbinary Folx in Organizing Spaces
Shapers of a Movement: When Women Strike Back
Shapers of a Movement: When Women Strike Back
Amplify Introduction: Taking a Look at the Shapers of a Movement
Amplify Introduction: Taking a Look at the Shapers of a Movement
Amplify InBetween: The Keepers of the Community
Amplify InBetween: The Keepers of the Community
Sisterhood and the Many Identities of Pat Parker
Sisterhood and the Many Identities of Pat Parker
Amplify InBetween: Women Who Reshaped Their Homelands
Amplify InBetween: Women Who Reshaped Their Homelands
Rage Against the System: Sex Workers of the ECP Take on the Church, Racism, and Police Brutality
Rage Against the System: Sex Workers of the ECP Take on the Church, Racism, and Police Brutality
Anna Julia Cooper, The Black Liberation Feminist
Anna Julia Cooper, The Black Liberation Feminist
Amplify InBetween: First in Class
Amplify InBetween: First in Class
The Poetic WarriHER, Janice Mirikitani
The Poetic WarriHER, Janice Mirikitani
Amplify InBetween: Nachiyar, Seacole, and WarriHER Resources
Amplify InBetween: Nachiyar, Seacole, and WarriHER Resources
The Meeting of Greatness: How the Trưng Sisters and Laskarina Bouboulina Changed Their Countries' History
The Meeting of Greatness: How the Trưng Sisters and Laskarina Bouboulina Changed Their Countries' History
Amplify InBetween: Four Revolutionary WarriHERs You Should Know
Amplify InBetween: Four Revolutionary WarriHERs You Should Know
Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua, Lead Stratgiest and Revolutionary Icon
Micaela Bastidas Puyucahua, Lead Stratgiest and Revolutionary Icon
AMPLIFY Introduction: Amplifying the Revolutionary WarriHers
AMPLIFY Introduction: Amplifying the Revolutionary WarriHers
AMPLIFY: Redefining Activism with Grace Lee Boggs
AMPLIFY: Redefining Activism with Grace Lee Boggs
AMPLIFY: The Women of Greenham Common, Camping For Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
AMPLIFY: The Women of Greenham Common, Camping For Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
AMPLIFY: Soledad Estorach, Anarcha-Feminist Breaking Tradition in Times of War
AMPLIFY: Soledad Estorach, Anarcha-Feminist Breaking Tradition in Times of War
AMPLIFY: The Lavender Menance, Disrupters of the Feminist Movement
AMPLIFY: The Lavender Menance, Disrupters of the Feminist Movement
AMPLIFY: Sigird Phyllis Stearner - The Revolutionary Scientist
AMPLIFY: Sigird Phyllis Stearner - The Revolutionary Scientist
AMPLIFY: The Women of the Atlanta Washerwomen Strike of 1881
AMPLIFY: The Women of the Atlanta Washerwomen Strike of 1881
AMPLIFY: Dorothy Roberts
AMPLIFY: Dorothy Roberts
AMPLIFY: Reiko Okuyama
AMPLIFY: Reiko Okuyama
AMPLIFY: Dr. Ruby Hirose
AMPLIFY: Dr. Ruby Hirose
AMPLIFY: Winona LaDuke
AMPLIFY: Winona LaDuke
AMPLIFY: Lucy Hicks Anderson
AMPLIFY: Lucy Hicks Anderson