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Women Are Called to Action
Collage Detail from Womens Lib- A Storms Approachin’ collage by Sally Edelstein Today on International Women’s Day 2017, nearly 45 years after the women’s liberation movement stormed onto the scene...
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Rise:Empower, Change and Action!
Collage Detail from Womens Lib- A Storms Approachin’ collage by Sally Edelstein Nearly 50 years after the women’s liberation movement stormed onto the scene opening a floodgate of discourse about...
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Great Hemline Battle 1970 Mini v.s. Midi
1970 was a year of great cultural divides. Alongside war protests and racial unrest, women were in revolt. But in a year of turmoil there was one divisive issue that captivated the media. A hot...
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Women and Beauty- Is there an Expiration Date?
Today I turn 64 and if I am to believe the media, I have long passed my expiration date of desirability as a woman. In fact to accept conventional wisdom about women, nothing matches their fear of...
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The Mid-Century World Ruth Bader Ginsburg Defied
The world was never the same because of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. A shy, petite, Jewish girl from Brooklyn changed my life forever. Her impact was as profound as another self-effacing, compassionate,...
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“Remembering Inauguration Day 2017- When Pussy Hats and MAGA Hats Collided.”
The tale of two cities was the tale of two hats While thousands of armed troops descend on our capital in preparation for Joe Biden’s inauguration, exactly 4 years to the day another army sporting pink...
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Abortion Rights – 4 Decades of Women Marching
Step on women’s rights and they start marching. If you stomp on justice they will take to the streets. They march against misogynist presidents and protest economic inequality. And over and over again...
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Ms. Magazine and Me
You can call me Ms. Edelstein, from now on! Ms. Magazine, that grande dame of feminist publications started by that grande dame of feminists Ms. Gloria Steinem, just did a profile on me. For a long...
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After Ms Magazine ran a piece on me as an artist a few months ago, I switched gears and decided to pitch them a story about my Mad Men-like childhood where I was more Don Draper than his wife Betty. It...
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Art Appreciation It’s All In The Family
I’ve been in hundreds of art shows over the years. It is always a thrill. But this most recent one, “Agency: Feminist Art and Power” at the Museum of Sonoma County is especially satisfying. Meaningful...
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When Feminism Was the Woke of Its’ Day
Feminism sought ought to advance a deep transformation of American society and scared conservatives. “Lib Poster” Illustration from Newsweek Magazine 3/23/70 Women in Revolt The current war on...
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Happy International Women’s Day 2023
Collage Sally Edelstein “Equal Opportunity-What a Game” Don’t just accept the card you are dealt. Play your own hand. It’s no mystery- women are powerful Happy International Womens Day
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A Birthday Wish
Today I enter the last year of a decade I tip-toed into in 2015 with some bemusement and a not without a touch o’ disbelief. Today I turn 69 and to believe the media, I have long passed my expiration...
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Artists Talk ACCESS An Ordinary Notion
The legacy of suffragist Alice Paul brought to life on the stage in the Tony award-winning production of Suffs, was also the inspiration behind ACCESS: An Ordinary Notion an exhibition I am honored...
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