Marian Anderson used her rejection and status to shine a light on racial inequality and unite Americans.
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Photographer Ana Amado is Making Women Uninvisible
In her photo series “Lideresas” (“Female Leaders”), Spanish photographer and architect Ana Amado switches male protagonists for women in iconic photographs.
“Middlegame”: A Dance That Has Stood the Test of Time
Dusan Tynek’s “Middlegame” goes beyond the artistic to shed light on some of the political and gender tensions we’re currently facing.
Unseen Pictures of Female Icons by Susan Wood
Wood’s photo book is a celebration of female icons including Barbara Chase-Riboud, Yoko Ono and Gloria Steinem.
Why Are People So Angry Miss America Is Losing Its Swimsuit Competition?
Allison Geller responds to the Twitter outcry about eliminating the swimsuit competition in the Miss America pageant.
Becoming Anna Karenina in the Era of Modern Feminism
Tolstoy’s iconic classic “Anna Karenina” sheds light on current issues related to gender and politics.
A Lawyer With A Crazy Idea
Though she doesn’t suffer from mental illness, Eleanor Holmes Norton has dedicated her life to what in the past seemed like a crazy idea: an inclusive country where everyone had equal rights.
Isabel Urbina Peña On Gender Balance in the Creative Field
As a letterer and graphic designer, Isabel Urbina Peña has a longstanding passion for everything related to letters. … These discussions led her to create the Yes, Equal project, a database of female creatives.
Spatial Reasoning: Gender, History and Minimalist Spaces
What is it about minimalist spaces, those mainstays of architectural history classes, that makes them seem cold and alienating to people?