catapult magazine
vol. 7, num. 21 :: 2008.11.21 — 2008.12.05
As much as social structures and roles have changed with regard to gender equality, deeply ingrained ideas remain about what is feminine. Are these aspects of the 21st century to be embraced or resisted—or some combination of the two?
Feature
Femininity and the Big-Boned Gal
Reflecting on identity via a mother's larger-than-life mythology.
Editorial
Unequal embrace
Contextualizing a healthy sense of gender identity within a hierarchy of privilege.
Articles
The mouse that roared
A sixth grade boy stumbles upon mystique on the middle school stage.
A porch glider and a glass of sweet tea
A grandmother's humble lessons about what it means to be a woman.
Finding my feminine
Seeking good questions and good answers on a personal journey toward feminism.
An essay unwritten
On receiving a call for submissions for the "Women's Worlds" issue of catapult magazine.
To be two
A fantastic tale about losing--and finding--one's voice.
Conversation: “Women’s Worlds”
Your opportunity to be a part of the conversation about women and femininity.
How to have a meaningful Christmas
Embracing mystical experience as a means of understanding the incarnation.
Reviews
High school drama
A review of the teen noir film Brick.
Gallery
In case you missed it the first time
Neither Minnie Mouse nor Wonder Woman
An overview of the genre and two specific novels reveals changing images of women.
Into Esther
A keynote address from Jubilee 2006 that takes a look at what one of the Old Testament's more obscure texts is speaking to us here and now.
On becoming a Diva for Jesus
Some words about conscious personal care for women, with a warning to those who faint at the thought of seeing The Vagina Monologues.
Weaving the web
Broadway’s Glass Ceiling
Why an artistic culture dominated by men is a problem.
Ain’t I a Mommy?
Bookstores brim with motherhood memoirs. Why are so few of them penned by women of color?
Mothers
An excerpt from Greg Bottoms’ new book Fight Scenes.
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I would not give a fig for the simplicity on this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
qtd. in The Blue Sweater
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