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The Indie Intimacy of Angel Olsen
“I swear, Angel Olsen was just staring at me… I wonder what she’s thinking,” I whispered to my friend during Angel Olsen’s show August 3rd at Pickathon, a three-day music festival held just outside Portland, Oregon.
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On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
So much to read about the Ferguson protests today:
• As protests remained active in Ferguson all weekend, the National Guard is being sent in, a curfew is being enforced, and... Read more »
Two Artists Who Alter Public Signs to Spread a Guerrilla Message
In early August, a team of six people fanned out across the New York City subway system, putting up sticky notices that look like the could be official city notices. But if subway riders stopped and read the small posters, they would see that they actually bore the image of a pair of hands and a... Read more »
On Our Radar: Feminist News Round-Up
Here’s what’s on our radar.
• The Ferguson, MO Police Department ... Read more »
On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here’s the news on our radar today:
• “With the thinnest of rationales, the police here responded to community anger in the self-justifying language of force.” Jelani Cobb reports on what he witnessed last night in... Read more »
When Someone in the Sex Industry is Attacked, It's Victim-Blaming Business as Usual
Perhaps it’s true that were Christy Mack not well-known as a porn star and tattoo model, this wouldn’t be such big news to begin with. But coming on the heels of very recent headlines about domestic violence, sparked by a video showing Baltimore Ravens player Ray Rice dragging his... Read more »
Rewriting the Rules with Author Elissa Washuta
Elissa Washuta is white and Native, bipolar, and lost her virginity to rape. Her first book, My Body is a Book of Rules, is a modern coming-of-age memoir that reaches into these tangles of the body and mind through American pop... Read more »
Hot Off the Small Press
As summer is quickly coming to a close, take some time to bask in the sun and soak in a good book. Here are some short, sweet, stellar reads for the rest of August, all works are recent releases from independent publishers.
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On Our Radar: Feminist News Roundup
Here’s the news on our radar today:
• In the wake of Michael Brown’s killing, and how the media is talking about the incident, an essay on why “... Read more »
Warpaint: Keeping Their Composure at Pickathon
Warpaint at Wonder Ballroom photo by Lauren Baker
I wasn’t too familiar with Warpaint until I saw their set at this year’s Pickathon Festival in Happy Valley, Oregon. While I was living in Minneapolis, I remember their lead single “Undertow” was popular... Read more »
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