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Welcome to the web branch of Broad!, a literary zine produced entirely by the female-bodied or -identified! We’re currently looking for contributors to submit fiction, essays, poetry, music, or art...
View ArticleThree Women Who Turned Me On to Spoken-Word Poetry
I’m a relative newcomer to the world of spoken word and slam poetry. Spending sleepless nights pouring over Neruda, it never really occurred to me that poetry, when performed out loud, could draw...
View ArticleDid You Even Read It All? A Response to the “Having it All” Debates
Apparently, this child has been abandoned naked in a briefcase because hir mommy works too much. When the July/August issue of the Atlantic arrived in my mailbox with its cover photo of a woman...
View ArticleA Gentlelady’s Guide to Ending Slut Shaming
Source We at Broad! have realized that many of our submitters are young adults in high school, which means that many of the people who read this blog are probably young adults who are dealing with this...
View ArticleAn Open Letter to Gentleladies
Dear readers, Please remember the following: You deserve to feel safe in your expression of your sexuality. You do not have to apologize for other people’s violations. The world will try to make you...
View ArticleIt’s V-Day: One Billion Rising
Happy V-Day: A day to protest violence against women. As you enjoy the evening with your loved ones, take some time to dance and rise up as part of the movement to end violence against women!...
View ArticleFirst Friday Link Round-up!
Greetings grrrls and welcome to the first ever Friday link round-up! This will be a regular feature where we share our interesting internet findings on literature, feminism, the intersection of those...
View ArticleLink Round-up
Everyday Feminism posted this useful guide to listening as a person of privilege and an ally to social justice stuggles. I thought it was a nice breakdown and I agree that to simply listen and learn is...
View ArticleIndependence
On Tuesday, June 25, I was in Texas. I was in Texas because in six weeks I will move there for an MFA program, and I needed to find a place to live. That MFA program is for another post. I mention...
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