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Media Files

Helen Fisher
All About Eve

Helen Fisher, popular author (The First Sex, Why We Love) and media savvy anthropologist, speaks with WIE editor Jessica Roemischer about why women love to sleep with men at the top.

Andrew Cohen
Beyond Differences: Sexuality, Gender, and Enlightenment
an interview by Elizabeth Debold

A feminist activist and author interviews her male spiritual teacher about why women's liberation and spiritual liberation have nothing to do with each other.

Cynthia Bourgeault
A Liberation Beyond Gender

Cynthia Bourgeault, Episcopal priest and hermit, author of Love Is Stronger Than Death, and internationally recognized teacher of contemplative prayer, speaks with WIE's Jessica Roemischer about the ultimate liberation of women—beyond identification with gender itself.

Helen LaKelly Hunt
Spirit Unleashed: The Passion of 19th-Century Feminists

Philanthropist Helen LaKelly Hunt speaks with WIE senior editor Elizabeth Debold about the spiritual motivations of the 19th century American feminists who courageously stepped outside their prescribed roles to launch a movement that would eventually end slavery and give women the right to vote.

Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati & Mirabai Devi
On Being a Liberated Woman - Part One

In this pair of interviews, Ma Jaya Sati Bhagavati, an American-born guru and global humanitarian, and Mirabai Devi, a South African spiritual teacher, author, and healer, speak about the urgent need for women today to awaken to their highest potential.

Eve Ensler, Laura Kipnis, and Ariel Levy
On Being a Liberated Woman - Part Two

Three feminist commentators—award-winning author of The Vagina Monologues Eve Ensler, media studies professor and author Laura Kipnis, and whistle-blowing feminist Ariel Levy—weigh in on the status of women’s liberation in a world where much has changed for women yet many things remain the same.

Harvey Mansfield
In Defense of Manliness

Harvard University’s Harvey Mansfield gives his controversial take on men, masculinity, and the gender-neutral society.

Elizabeth Debold
Where Are the Women?
A Voices from the Edge event

Join Dr. Elizabeth Debold, founding member of the Harvard Project on Women's Psychology and Girls' Development, and What Is Enlightenment? senior editor, in a bold call for a new women's liberation.

Donna Zajonc
Igniting a Spark of Power
Donna Zajonc traveled to North Africa to teach sixty Muslim women how to develop political skills, cultivate constituencies, and organize coalitions. Her part hopeful, part cautionary tale of modern Muslim women emerging from oppression provides a fascinating glimpse into the complex politics of women’s liberation.

Articles

Integral Feminism
With Sofia Diaz, Diane Musho Hamilton, and Willow Pearson
Issue 37
What Is Liberation for Women Today?
24 extraordinary women give their answers
Issue 37
Freedom and Choice in Pornutopia
Why Girls are Going Wild
Issue 37
Where Are the Women? Part III
Beyond the Divine Feminine
Issue 32
Where Are the Women?

Noting the surprising absence of women at the leading edge of cultural change, Debold asks what happened to the revolution that women started in the last half of the 20th century—and calls women to once again aspire to transform the status quo.

Issue 29
The Reincarnation of Durga
Perhaps the Truest Story of Phoolan Devi, India's Bandit Queen
Issue 27
Igniting a Spark of Power
The politics of women's liberation in North Africa

Exploring the politics of women's liberation in North Africa. An interview with Donna Zajonc.

Issue 27
Women Who Sleep with Their Gurus ... and Why They Love It

There's a lot more to guru sex scandals than innocent victims fallen prey to unscrupulous teachers. Whether they're after wealth, security, social status, or enlightenment, women love men at the top, and they have for four million years.

Issue 26
Liberation Without a Face

A feminist activist and author interviews her male spiritual teacher about why women's liberation and spiritual liberation have nothing to do with each other.

Issue 16
I'm Not Here to Audition!

“'Mastery' implies that there's something under you-usually a slave. It's the mastery of the world that's gotten us into the mess we're in.” An outrageous, outspoken evangelist of health and fitness speaks out on enlightenment, women's empowerment and having the guts to tell the truth.

Issue 15
Why Women Don't Like the Word "Mastery"

“A literary agent once told me that if she put a call out for autobiographies, the next day she would have fifty on her desk from men and none from women.” A developmental psychologist shares some intriguing insights on why getting women to speak about self-mastery can be a difficult task.

Issue 15
Daughter of the Goddess

An interview with a founder of the feminist spirituality movement.

Issue 10
Dancing on the Edge

A feminist speaks candidly about women and liberation.

Issue 10