Culture
Mom & Pop Culture: Lessons Learned From Free to Be... You and Me
The lessons shared in Free to Be… You and Me are not only timeless, they are also incredibly essential to remember in today’s world. When we have young boys being targeted by... Read more »
Bechdel Test Canon: D.E.B.S.
Angela Robinson’s spy caper D.E.B.S. explores being under cover and out of the closet.
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Mom & Pop Culture: An Interview With Ani DiFranco
With twenty studio albums under her belt, and another coming out in the new year, she is still as bad-ass as ever. While her new songs may not hold the same personal angst as earlier ones, they are still infused with a strong point of view, activist spirit, and feminist ideology. I recently had the... Read more »
Sm{art}: Vanessa Renwick
Founder and janitor of the Oregon Department of Kick Ass, Portland-based artist Vanessa Renwick has made over 40 films... Read more »
Bechdel Test Canon: Bandidas
BFFs Salma Hayek and Penélope Cruz saddle up and ride for Bandidas, a western buddy comedy.
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Mom & Pop Culture: Music Madness
The problem is that while a lot of music (I’m thinking mostly of pop and hip hop here) that’s geared towards teens and adults also appeals to kids, it’s not actually appropriate for them. So what’s a mama (or papa) to do when they want to rock out, but not expose their kids... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Elaine May
Elaine May gained notoriety for directing the 1987 Hollywood mega-disaster Ishtar, but before that she broke barriers for women in comedy with longtime partner-in-crime Mike Nichols, and for women in film with her gripping Mikey and Nicky and hilarious The Heartbreak Kid... Read more »
In The Frame: An Interview with The Girls
Together, Andrea Blood and Zoe Sinclair are known as The Girls—an artistic partnership that has revolved around intense tableaux self-portraits, live performances, videos and installations. Along with exhibiting regularly in the UK, they... Read more »
Mom & Pop Culture: Viral Videos
We’re (not so) slowly creating a new social contract where oversharing has become de rigueur. Blame it on the popularity of reality TV or the easy access the Internet provides—either way, we’re currently at a place where a video... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: If I Were a Douchebag Forbes Writer Edition
If you don’t want to give Marks the pageviews, Dominion has a nice highlight reel from his article here. Instead of rehashing the (many) negative aspects of what Marks had... Read more »
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