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Send Holiday Hope to an Incarcerated Survivor of Rape
This holiday season, take some time to go to Just Detention International and send a message to an incarcerated survivor of prison rape. From justdetention.org As... Read more »
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 »
In the Frame: Female Photographers Telling Stories
There are loads of photographers who take the body as their subject matter—hey, it’s nothing new. But the women in this post made a point of portraying the body as something to be celebrated and combined with fashion, sociological thinking, or mythology. It’s so much more than just... 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 »
Bechdel Test Canon: The Spirit of the Beehive
As we enter into the third week of the series, I thought we’d continue our conversation about fables and girlhood generated by Friday’s... Read more »
The 99%: Welcome Home, Deserving People! Thoughts on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
There’s something else going on here. There’s the construction (no pun intended) of a “deserving” poor person whose needs can be addressed via a for-profit reality show, as opposed to real, systemic change.
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