As defined by Wikipedia.org…
"Herstory is a neologism coined in the late 1960s as part of a feminist critique of conventional historiography.
"In feminist discourse the term refers to history (re-stated as 'his story') written from a feminist perspective, emphasizing the role of women, or told from a woman's point of view."
Sheila Kelley S Factor is proud to be a part of herstory by redefining "pole dancing" and "feminine movement." We've taken those terms out of the dark, male-dominated clubs and given them back their authentic roots. Roots which are female-centric; women dancing into their curves around the maypole celebrating fertility and organic sensuality and being honored as leaders in their matriarchal cultures.
Women We Admire
Click to learn more about these inspiring female herstorians:
- Louann Brizendine, M.D.
Author of The Female Brain (required reading for all S Factor Instructors)…
- Eve Ensler
Author of The Vagina Monologues…
- Christiane Northrup, M.D.
Author of Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom…
- Lou Paget
Women's sex and intimacy expert and author…
- Regena Thomashauer
Founder of Mama Gena's School of Womanly Arts…
- Lissa Rankin, M.D.
Doctor, writer, teacher, artist and founder of Owning Pink…
Books We Recommend
Click to research and read literature that has affected our feminine culture, both positively and negatively:
- Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape by Susan Brownmiller
- Female Sexual Slavery by Kathleen Barry
- Blood Magic: The Anthropology of Menstruation by Thomas Buckley & Alma Gottlieb
- Misogyny: The World's Oldest Prejudice by Jack Holland
- Who Cooked The Last Supper? The Women's History of the World by Rosalind Miles
- A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects by Mary Wollstonecraft
- The Female Brain by Louann Brizendine
- Why Gender Matters: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know about the Emerging Science of Sex Differences by Leonard Sax
- The Civilization of the Goddess: The World of Old Europe by Marija Gimbutas
- Serpent of the Nile: Women and Dance in the Arab World by Wendy Buonaventura
- The Chalice and the Blade: Our History, Our Future by Riane Eisler
- When God Was a Woman by Merlin Stone
- The Thinking Body by Mabel Elsworth Todd
- A Natural History of the Senses by Diane Ackerman
- Bodymind by Ken Dychtwald
- Ideokinesis: A Creative Approach to Human Movement and Body Alignment by Andre Bernard, Wolfgang Steinmuller & Ursula Stricker