Culture
On the Map: Judging An Emcee By Her Cover
Since her 2007 album Dans ma Bulle (Inside My Bubble) debuted at the top of the charts by selling 50K copies in its first week,... Read more »
Screenshot: Reality TV hitting close to home
Talk about a case of reality TV hitting close to home: students at a beauty college in Alameda, California, found out that the owners of the college had been shopping around the following reality TV proposal:
"The students are mostly inner-city, unwed mothers taking advantage of government... Read more »
Sm{art}: Margaret Kilgallen
"I like things that are handmade and I like to see people's hand in the world, anywhere in the world; it doesn't matter to me where it is. And in my own work, I do everything by hand. I don't project or use anything mechanical, because even though I do spend a lot of time trying to perfect my line... Read more »
Sapphic Salon: The Death of An Heiress, The Milking of the Press
If you weren't aware of Casey Johnson while she was alive, you've most likely heard of her posthumously this week. The heiress to the Johnson & Johnson company passed away over the weekend, allegedly due to diabetes-related complications. She was 30-years-old, a mother of her... Read more »
B-Sides : Carol Kaye
Carol Kaye is one of the most prolific pop music musicians you’ve never heard of. She and her 4-6 strings have backed some of the most popular songs, movies, and television series of the past fifty decades, and can be heard “These Boots Were Made for Walking,” guitar on Lesley Gore’s “... Read more »
Jennifer Hawkins poses nude, "flaws" and all
Australian beauty queen and model Jennifer Hawkins appears nude and un-Photoshopped on the February cover of Marie Claire magazine. According to Hawkins, the photo shoot is meant to... Read more »
I Spy... Sarah Emma Edmonds
"I am naturally fond of adventure, a little ambitious, and a good deal romantic-but patriotism was the true secret of my success."
Sarah Emma Edmonds, one of only about 400 women known to have served in the military during the U.S. Civil War, was not even an American—... Read more »
Sapphic Salon: Sex and Misogyny in the Publishing World
There's a great piece in this Sunday's New York Times Book Review by Katie Roiphe regarding the inclusion of sex in novels by American male writers over time. Roiphe... Read more »
Top Ten Reasons Why This Feminist is a Sports Fan: #1
This is it. The #1, above-all reason why this feminist is a sports fan is ...
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Sm{art}: Ginger Brooks Takahashi
I saw Ginger Brooks Takahashi’s work in the art auction for the Lesbian Herstory Archive. Although her work spans illustration, multimedia, wall hangings, and music, the themes of sexuality, gender, and community run throughout. (Rabbits also... Read more »
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