March 2012
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WatchHave you wondered how Sandra Fluke, the Georgetown University Law student whom Rush Limbaugh attacked a few weeks ago, dealt with it all? In a panel discussion co-presented by Glamour magazine last night at 92Y, “Running in Heels: Where Are the Women Candidates for 2012?” (full video here), Chelsea Clinton shared her own story of being attacked by Limbaugh as a 13-year-old and asked...
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10 Great Quotes From Ina May Gaskin About Birth,...
A blogger for Babble’s “being pregnant” blog attended a talk between legendary midwife Ina May Gaskin and author Jennifer Block at 92Y on Monday.
Below are a few quotes they highlighted.
On Simone de Beauvoir: “She was revolted by the woman’s body… I thought, ‘she’s a wanna-be man.’ That’s too bad because she’s pretty smart.”
On feminism that rejects female biology: “It’s sad...
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World Poetry Day
With World Poetry Day, UNESCO reminds us of poetry’s incalculable value in promoting critical thinking and life-long civic engagement. Poetry, UNESCO proclaims, “is a social need […] and a means whereby [young people] can look into themselves at a time when the outside world is irresistibly luring them away from themselves.”
To celebrate World Poetry Day, we share a poem...
WatchVideo: Reuters Editor in Chief Stephen Adler interviewed Sandra Day O’Connor, the first female Supreme Court judge, at 92Y on Mar 15 about her life and latest endeavors. She is now working to defend the judiciary from political attacks.
In a forum at the 92nd Street Y, O’Connor said one of her new post-court passions is iCivics, a web-based interactive site that uses online games to...
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“Please don’t say hi every time you see me, okay? Once a week is plenty. In...”
– Quotes from Nurse Jackie on the 92Y Facebook page.
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Marty Reisman, A Throwback Player, With a Wardrobe...
Marty Reisman wears vintage Borsalino fedoras because no one makes a good hat anymore.
He is known to measure the height of table tennis nets with $100 bills because, sure, a $1 bill is just as long, but why be “chintzy” about it?
He likes the city’s trendy new Ping-Pong parlors just fine, particularly if some hot rapscallion has the gall to challenge him.
Marty Reisman, A Throwback Player,...
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The Right to Marry
DAVID BOIES: You can’t say the religious doctrine is wrong. Religious doctrine is a doctrine of belief. And I don’t think either Ted or I or anybody would say that the Archbishop or the Southern Baptists don’t have the right to believe whatever they believe. And our Constitution, the First Amendment, guarantees them that right of freedom of conscience and freedom of religious...
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Mikhail Baryshnikov was here for the 92Y Harkness Dance Festival Saturday night, to our delight. When are you coming?
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