Marianne Schnall
Marianne Schnall is a widely published writer and interviewer. She is also the founder and executive director of Feminist.com, a leading women’s website and nonprofit organization. For more than 15 years, Feminist.com has been fostering awareness, education, and activism for people across the world. She is also the cofounder of EcoMall.com, one of the oldest environmental websites promoting earth-friendly living.
Schnall’s interviews with well-known individuals appear at Feminist.com as well as in publications such as O, The Oprah Magazine, Glamour, In Style, The Huffington Post, the Women’s Media Center, and many others. She does a monthly radio commentary for WAMC’s nationally syndicated show “51% The Women’s Perspective,” which is carried on NPR, ABC and Armed Forces Radio stations.
She was a contributor to Robin Morgan’s anthology Sisterhood is Forever: The Women’s Anthology for a New Millennium, co-writing (with Amy Richards) the “Cyberfeminism: Networking on the Net.” Her new book, Daring to Be Ourselves: Influential Women Share Insights on Courage, Happiness and Finding Your Own Voice came out in November 2010.
Through her writings, interviews, and websites, she strives to inspire change by bringing attention to important issues and causes that affect our world.
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Oprah Winfrey’s OWN Network
OWN President Sheri Salata is optimistic about the direction Winfrey has chosen for her network, and about the potential of multi-platform programming. More »
Giving Women’s History a Home
Perhaps this year's Women's History Month will mark the success of a push for a National Women's History Museum, a campaign that has built up an impressive history of its own. More »
Hillary Clinton Launches Public Service Initiative
Working with the nation’s top women’s liberal arts colleges, Secretary of State Clinton hopes to harness the potential of women around the world to strengthen leadership in both government and civil society. More »
Letting Girls Be Girls—A Global Campaign
This week in Davos, Switzerland, the World Economic Forum will highlight a drive by The Elders to end the practice of child marriage. More »
Media Heroes Recognized
To help envision a more equitable landscape, last week the WMC 2011 Women's Media Awards celebrated today's powerful and visible women in media. More »
“Miss Representation”—Poised to Advance a Media Movement
The documentary shown on Oprah's OWN network takes on the disparagement of women and girls in the media in a comprehensive way. Marianne Schnall talks to "Miss Representation" filmmaker Jennifer Siebel Newsom. More »
Senator Gillibrand's Call to Action
Like the national appeal to Rosie the Riveter during World War II, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is asking women to move "Off the Sidelines" to the center of decision making and power in the United States. More »
Peace Laureates Take On the War on Women
Members of the Nobel Women's Initiative are marshaling their collective wisdom and experience to tackle the challenge of ending rape as a weapon of war. More »
Celebrating International Women’s Day: Reflections from Natalie Portman, Maya Angelo
For the centenary of International Women's Day this week, Marianne Schnall samples assessments from a wide range of women on where we stand around the world. More »
Maria Shriver Takes On Alzheimer’s Advocacy
In her final year as California's First Lady, Maria Shriver turns public attention to Alzheimer’s advocacy at her influential California Governor & First Lady's Conference on Women. Reflecting on an interview with Shriver, author and Feminist.com founder Marianne Schnall explores the personal stories and experiences behind Shriver’s decision. More »
Shining a Light Under the Veil
The author, whose interviews have been widely published, talks to playwright Mary Apick about the stories of women who spend their public lives shielded from our view. More »
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“Elders” Fight Misuse of Religion to Oppress Women and Girls
Former Presidents Jimmy Carter and Mary Robinson say women and girls are the victims of dangerous practices too often justified in the name of religion and tradition. They are members of a prestigious international group that is spotlighting the issue. More »
Eve Ensler’s Mission: Awaken the Girl Self
Eleven years after the launch of V-Day, Eve Ensler sets out to do for girls what she did for women—uncover the truth of their experiences and create a global dialogue. Her new book is being published February 9. More »
From Media Blitz to Women’s Conference: Has Maria Shriver Discerned a Watershed Moment?
A Time magazine cover story and a week of programming on NBC immediately followed the release of The Shriver Report. This week, California’s First Lady will use the findings to engage participants in her annual conference on women. If the continuing activity fails to “ignite a national conversation,” it won’t be for lack of planning and effort. More »
Communicating with Jane Fonda
Not content merely to speak to her Broadway audience eight times a week through a critically acclaimed performance, Jane Fonda is blogging daily and twittering nightly. She finds herself hooked on the instant feedback. More »
Turning Pain to Power
Women and girls in eastern Congo suffer sexual atrocities that are tactics of war in the region. Playwright Eve Ensler has joined with Dr. Denis Mukwege to ask us to imagine the unimaginable, to empathize and join together to end the terror. More »
