Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011

The Written Bird: a two-day literary event!

For the Birds is pleased to announce the details of our literary event, “The Written Bird” as part of our Birds of Summer event series! The two-day event will feature workshops and readings by women writers as a means to foster ideas and words, and to have our voices heard in a field that can [...]

Sunday, February 6th, 2011

Molly Allis’s “Pilgrim”

The fire escape outside of my kitchen window serves as a meeting ground for Mourning Doves, where they sit and sing their ooAAH cooo coo coo requiem for me while I drink my coffee or work on some writing. It’s our morning routine. Or rather, our mourning routine. Anyway, today when I sat down to [...]

Tuesday, October 5th, 2010

GIRLS WRITE NOW (AND FOREVER)

Tonight Girls Write Now had their housewarming party at their new home! Writers and those interested in youth mentoring should definitely check out this rad nonprofit organization that combines all-girl youth mentoring and a creative writing program to NYC at-risk or underserved high school girls. Girls Write Now pairs girls ages 13 – 20 who [...]

Monday, May 17th, 2010

WEBSITE COMMENT PHILOSOPHY

We, the birds, have recently encountered comments on our blog that, well, we aren’t so down with. While we are all for freedom of speech, we also seek to maintain a safer space with healthy and productive dialogues that will not alienate or offend. We also understand the internet is by no means a safe [...]

Thursday, April 29th, 2010

WOMYN’S LAND

A few weeks ago I drove to Amesville, Ohio to spend a weekend at SuBAMUH (Susan B. Anthony Memorial Unrest Home) as part of a larger oral history project on women-only intentional communities. I will say this: I’m surprised I came home.
SuBAMUH was founded in 1979 as a feminist education center. It’s 151 acres contains [...]

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

NYU’s Riot Grrrl Archive & Alison Piepmeier’s book “Girl Zines”

As women and feminists, zine writing has been a crucial part of documenting our personal and political history for almost two decades. So, how excited were we at For The Birds Collective to hear that Kathleen Hanna donated her papers and zines to NYU’s Riot Grrl Archive at Fales Library! Immediately following my reaction “how [...]

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