Without putting words in anyone’s mouth, I think I can say pretty confidently that the women of the Reader believe that we should celebrate International Women’s Day every day; that’s why we strive to write about bad ass women as often as we can. But since the patriarchy says there can only be one, official International Women’s Day, we might as well take the time to look back on some Reader stories, past and present, that celebrate some of the best ladies around.
- “Call of the wild” by Julia Thiel
- “Code Blue Birth” by Deanna Isaacs
- “Dance provocateur Camille A. Brown explores stereotypes and identity in Black Girl: Linguistic Play“ by Britt Julious
- “GirlForward gives teenage refugee girls a chance to grow” by Brianna Wellen
- “Kathleen Hanna: Grrrl interrupted” by J.R. Jones
- “A long-overdue collection of Jessica Hopper’s music writing plants a flag for female rock critics” by Kevin Warwick
- “Patti Smith discusses art, remembrance, and detective shows” by Aimee Levitt
- “Pitchfork gives it up for riot grrrls” by Brianna Wellen
- “She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry tells the story of the badasses of the women’s liberation movement” by Aimee Levitt
- “Show us your . . . portraits of googly-eyed vaginas” by Silvia Chavez
- “Sisters Against the System” by Cara Jepsen
- “Soccer star Becky Sauerbrunn and the ascent of woman” by Michael Miner
- “Strip Search” by Tori Marlan
- “Turning Pritzker Pavilion into a second kind of art” by Peter Margasak
- “Tyra Richardson: the Prodigy” by Jake Malooley
- “The University of Chicago’s message to the Class of 2019: Don’t be a rapist” by Aimee Levitt
- “Where’s a Place for Us?” by Steve Bogira
- “Zoom in: Hyde Park” by Osita Nwanevu