“My Subversive Barbie” by Alida Brill
The Women’s Media Center, March 9, 2009

Whatever the iconic doll has come to mean to little girls around the world, to the author, decades ago, she was a spark to the imagination. Both she and Barbie could be anything—well, just about. Read More

“My Mother, Hillary, and a Banner Day” by Alida Brill
The Women’s Media Center, March 31, 2008

My mother’s birthday was March 4.  She turned 100, becoming a centenarian.  My friends stop for a moment trying to do that calculation in their heads because the arithmetic doesn’t work automatically—until they remember that I was born in her 40s.  She was far ahead of her time in late childbearing and in most other things as well. Read More

“On Doctor Tiller’s Death” by Alida Brill
The Women’s Media Center, June 3, 2009

When right-wing commentators and talk-show guests characterize such good and compassionate men as criminals and worse, can we be surprised at the outcome? The author argues that, to honor George Tiller, we must insist on a public debate that reflects reality and the rule of law. Read More

“Betty Friedan, Map-Maker” by Alida Brill
The Women’s Media Center, February 6, 2006

Betty Friedan died Saturday, February 4, 2006. It was her 85th birthday. Now, after almost three decades of friendship, I find it surreal: writing this remembrance and not a birthday greeting. The symmetry of the dates would not escape her notice.  Read More

"On Marilyn French"
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The Guardian Weekly, UK, May 11, 2009 

From TO MEND THE WORLD: WOMEN REFLECT ON 9/11
From the Shards by Alida Brill
Read her essay here