Rebel Girls - Pushing Back

Image: Kristy Moreno’s KEY LIME KISS, 121/2 in. (31.8 cm) in height, stoneware, underglaze, slip, glaze, 2023.

“I am ashamed to admit that my knee-jerk reaction to this exhibition was, “Give me a break, haven’t we been down this road?” Feminism is not a new cause. The second wave of feminism, in which many of the senior artists in Rebel Girl actively engaged, is over. Aren’t women on the stage to stay? This is a common misconception. Many of us are duped into a kind of complacency.”

Originally appeared in the November 2026 issue of Ceramics Monthly and is used with permission of the American Ceramic Society.