Self-Creation in Celibacy
Melissa Febos’s “The Dry Season”
The award-winning writer’s new memoir demonstrates how self-creation is always a collective endeavor.
Public Feminism Today
A Conversation with Andi Zeisler, Suzanna Walters, and me.
The three of us discussed the concept of public feminism back in March 2024; now in the Summer 2025 issue of SIGNS.
You Serve Us
The President Is a Public Servant
A history of the role—because someone needs a reminder.
The Latest News
June 13, 2025
Last night, I attended my first Boston Dyke March and was delighted by how community-centered it was, and how the folx there understood that none of us live single-issue lives, as Audre Lorde told us — that Palestinian liberation and queer liberation are entwined.
This week, I wrote about Melissa Febos’ exquisite The Dry Season for The Women’s Media Center. Also, the transcript of the “Ask a Feminist” podcast episode on “public feminism” (a term that really only exists in academia!) was published in the Summer 2025 issue of Signs. It’s wild — I had always wanted to be published in Signs, and I guess this is how it happened.
Remember: Pride started as a riot and the president is a public servant.
~ Marcie
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