A thought on the powerful connections between women

“The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.”
— Adrienne Rich

The poet Adrienne Rich had a long writing career and a busy activist life; for International Women’s Day, it feels appropriate to use this observation from the heady days of the 1970s.

By the time I got to university, Rich was that anomaly: a poet who was well known. Poems like Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers (which she wrote when she a student herself) were widely read, and as I moved into my university studies, I was absorbed by her collection Diving Into the Wreck, which was published in 1973.

Adrienne Rich was born in 1929 and died in 2012. I’m sure her work and words will inspire students and others for many years to come.