In 2019, I wrote a column suggesting that drag is to misogyny as blackface is to racism. I had read about feminists who questioned the...
For the sixth year in a row, Finland tops the list for the world’s happiest country. You can download the full report at worldhappiness.report/ed...
Maestro JoAnn Falletta knew she wanted to be an orchestra conductor at age 11. She grew up in Queens, and her parents took her to free concerts at...
Every year, National Coming Out Day is on Oct. 11. It began in 1988 with the concept of lesbian and gay liberation being contingent on the radical...
The meaning of freedom is subjective. In most dictionaries, it is referred to as an individual state where one has the power to act, speak or think...
As I write this, I cannot assume anything about the election outcome, so I would rather focus on what is happening regardless of who wins the...
I watched most of the Star Trek series through Voyager, and many times the ship’s crews were on yellow alert because of a potential threat. A...
Independence Day is upon us. In 1776, themes of individual freedom and liberation from tyranny coexisted with slavery, the ongoing genocide of the...
Misogyny is not normative in Northampton. We have a deep and rich feminist herstory.Women own many of the city’s independent businesses. The state...
In my young adult years during the 1980s, the concept of political correctness was not pejorative by nature. We feminists and progressives felt the...
While my own sociopolitical views are far from columnist Jay Fleitman’s, I had chosen to simply write my column sans any specific critique of his...
Many of us reflect on the past year and project goals for the coming year when a new calendar year arrives. I usually feel the new year in...