Barbara Berg on Sexism Today

Sexism in America: Alive, Well, and Ruining Our Future
by Barbara J. Berg

—Reviewed by Saskia Vogel

Does Sexism in America really show the truth about women’s lives in the new millennium? The reader sympathetic to the idea of gender equality hopes the answer is no.

But it’s hard to brush off Barbara J. Berg’s clear language and arguments about how sexism is ruining the future of America. Even those reluctant to call themselves feminists may be spurred into action.

In 23 bite-sized chapters, Berg traces the women’s movement from the 1950s through the …

December 3, 2009

Arroyo

December 2, 2009

by Vernon Ng

Thrashing in white heat
waterside,

honing your mind to a sharp edge,

you cloak your body in wax
and honey

to steel yourself, yes,
and to sweeten yourself.

You slip
into the …

Herant Katchadourian on Guilt

December 1, 2009

Herant Katchadourian, emeritus professor of psychiatry and human biology at Stanford University, has taught over 20,000 students over the years but closed his teaching career with a seminar on guilt. …

The Taxicab Incident

December 1, 2009

by David Hernandez

A boy runs into a busy street,
a boy who happens to be my father.
Yes he’s careless and yes here comes
the taxicab. This happened

Arturo Vargas

November 30, 2009

Arturo Vargas was born in El Paso, Texas and grew up in the Pico Union neighborhood of Los Angeles. His office — where he is executive director of the National …

Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales

November 30, 2009

On December 1, 1835, Hans Christian Andersen published the first volume of his immortal Fairy Tales. The initial reception across Europe was less than enthusiastic, but Andersen’s popularity gained momentum …

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