Columns
Check out our mission statement, to the right! In keeping with that mission, we frequently post Guest Posts and invite submissions to our regular columns and to Girl w/ Pen in general. You’re also welcome to contact us if you’re interested in becoming a regular Contributing Writer (see “Submit Your Ink“).
Regular Columns
- Bedside Manners (Adina Nack): applying the sociological imagination to medical topics, with a special focus on sexual and reproductive health
- Body Language (Alison Piepmeier): Because control of our bodies is central to feminism. (“It is very little to me to have the right to vote, to own property, etc., if I may not keep my body, and its uses, in my absolute right.” -Lucy Stone, 1855)
- Body Politic (Kyla Bender-Baird and Avory Faucette): A co-authored column on queer bodies, law, and policy.
- Girl Talk (Allison Kimmich): truths and fictions about girl
- Global Mama (Heather Hewett): myths and realities of motherhood, family life, and ge
- Mama w/Pen (Deborah Siegel): reflections on emergent motherhood, feminist and otherwise
- Nice Work (Virginia Rutter): social science in the real world
- Off the Shelf (Elline Lipkin): book reviews and news
- Pop Goes Feminism (Natalie Wilson): an intersectional feminist analysis of popular culture
- Second Look (Susan Bailey): a column on where we’ve been and where we need to go
- Science Grrl (Veronica Arreola): the latest research and press on girls and women in science & engineering
- The Xena Files (Leslie Heywood): a fresh and feminist take on literal girl power
Archived Columns
Comment Policy
We encourage and invite your comments on all our posts! We maintain a spirit of civil discourse over here. We’re happy to have disagreements — and frequently do, even amongst ourselves — but we don’t tolerate no disrespect. Please respect the community, and that means the editors and guest posters as well as readers and other commenters too.
