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The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo
By Lisa Moricoli-Latham
If ever there were a film that ought to be required viewing for the readers of Bitch, it would be Lisa F. Jackson's The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo, which premiered on HBO last night. And not for the bleeding-heart liberal reasons that instantly spring to mind.... Read more »
On Seal Press, and the fucking of same
I haven't posted about either WAM or the rest of my trip east because, frankly, I haven't had time — I got back to Portland with a teetering pile of pre-production work about to fall off my already stacked-sky-high plate, and I'm still slogging through it. But I have been reading what others out... Read more »
WAM-n-me
A lot of discussion about WAM! is going on. Some of it's in public blogs, like here, and here, here, here, and here. (I know, that's a lazy way of linking, but I'm tired....) Also here. (OK, I promise I'll stop that.)
A lot of the discussion is also happening over email, and so it's not public. I... Read more »
Thinking lots about lots of things
Thinking so much about so many things that I don't really have anything to say just yet.
But one of the things I've been thinking a lot about is knowing when to stop talking and listen.
In that spirit, and because it has a lot to do with the thinking, Jessica Hoffman's open letter to white... Read more »
Divertissements for performing bears
The title of this post is the song title of another provocatively-titled entity (or problematically-titled entity, depending on whom you ask), 3 Leg Torso, a band I saw perform tonight. I've never been good at describing genres, but I'll call it a mashup of Klezmer/Chamber/Gypsy/Circus/Carnival/(... Read more »
More WAMmy goodness
Lisa already gave a good rundown of what makes WAM so fab. This was only my second WAM, and I was blown away by how much it's grown since I last attended. As compelling as the lectures and panel sessions may be, for me WAM is all about the networking, the mutual-admiration-society atmosphere, and... Read more »
WAMmy goodness
I have been to every Women, Action, and Media conference except one (I had to miss last year's because of a scheduling conflict, and it just about broke my heart), and this one was the best ever. Put on by the Center for New Words, WAM 2008 gathered 600 feminist activists and media folk to discuss... Read more »
April Foolz!
OK, I know everyone doesn't like Jezebel. Sometimes I don't, but mostly I do - it can be informative and amusing much of the time. Now that my disclaimer is out of the way, they've got a funny April Fool's joke going on right now and are writing the site as though it has been purchased by ... Read more »
MidwesTurn
I’m coming to the Midwest in May to do some fundraising/outreach! I’m really excited (hence my use of the exclamation point); it’ll be my first trip back to my roots on behalf of this organization I love so dearly. It’s like chocolate and peanut butter together.
So far,... Read more »
Flying to WAM!
In the frenzy of preparing for my first Women, Action, and the Media (WAM!) conference, I'd arranged a flight that arrived in Boston a day before the conference actually began. Not cool since my hotel room share wasn't starting until tomorrow.
I wasn't too worried because I had a layover in... Read more »
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