by Deborah Quinn | Jul 12, 2019 | Politics
On Medium today, I wrote about Harris and Warren…and their tote bags. Which satchel wins?
by Deborah Quinn | May 30, 2019 | aging, Feminism, Politics
Between March 25and April 3, Gloria Steinem, Jane Goodall, and Nancy Pelosi all had birthdays. Nancy is the spring chicken: she turned 79 on the 28th of March. When she turns 80 next year, she will be in good company: Toni Morrison, Yoko Ono, Glenda Jackson, Judi...
by Deborah Quinn | Mar 26, 2014 | aging, Education, Feminism, Gender, Politics
Gloria Steinem spoke at my college graduation back in 1986. At the time, as a graduate of a woman’s college, I thought to myself “oh good lord, her. Couldn’t they find someone more relevant?” It was the era of “divest now” and...
by Deborah Quinn | Oct 5, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, Education, Feminism, Gender, me my own personal self, teaching, writing
Next week I am teaching Virginia Woolf’s brilliant and amazing essay A Room of One’s Own. So on my list of “to do” for the weekend is this note, jotted down while I was in a meeting: “find a way in to Room.” Indeed. Of course, what...
by Deborah Quinn | Feb 27, 2013 | Abu Dhabi, Books, Feminism, Politics
Well, not Friedan, exactly, but The Feminine Mystique. It turned fifty last week, you know, and I have to say that I think it (she?) is holding up pretty well, all things considered. As some of you have pointed out in comments, the book is flawed–there is no...
