Barefoot Poet’s Walk Against Climate Change Cut Short by SUV Driver
Poet, environmentalist and quirky creative activist Mark Baumer, 33, was walking along the side of a highway in western…
The Indypendent
Jessica Max Stein
‘Girls Just Want to Stop Trump’: Snapshots from the NYC Women’s March
I am full of hope after participating in and reporting on Saturday's Women’s March in New York City. About…
I first suspected I was queer when a friend gave me a copy of Rita Mae Brown’s Rubyfruit Jungle,…
Gay Marriage Endangers Queer Community
I was standing outside the Stonewall Inn last June 24 at the moment gay marriage came to New York…
Affirming the Outsider’s Eye: Adrienne Rich’s Legacy
The 1960s found Adrienne Rich, like many women of her generation, plagued by disillusion. Born in Baltimore in 1929,…
‘Gold Is Not God’: Yom Kippur at Occupied Wall Street
“Think we’ll get arrested at synagogue tonight?” I texted M., as I dressed for Kol Nidre services at Occupied…