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May 12, 2011 | JessicaMc |
Arts and culture,
Feminism,
Gender-based violence,
Violence against women
Torture
Vaginas and clitorises and lips,
cut to pieces, ripped open,
stitched up, closed up,
torn apart like dispensable junk.
Hanging bits of flesh
falling to the ground
and blood-soaked thighs trembli...
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Bridesmaids: Not Your Average Wedding Movie
One of the benefits of going to a college at large, urban campus is that we fairly often get cool free previews of things. My freshman year I went to a free advanced screening of Role Models (hilariou...
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May 07, 2011 | Brian C |
Arts and culture,
Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Oh Land
Nanna Øland Fabricius (born 20 November 1985 in Copenhagen), better known by her stage name Oh Land, is a Danish singer-songwriter and record producer. She is currently living in Brooklyn, New York Ci...
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May 05, 2011 | Shvaugn |
Arts and culture
Red Sunflower Desire
I can remember
the first time I split
this earth open,
locked within the blooming
garden of sunflowers that
formed the upstairs bathroom.
I told you first
almost begging, asking about
how I sh...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Dum Dum Girls
Dum Dum Girls are an indie pop band from California currently signed to Sub Pop Records. Their name is a homage to The Vaselines album 'Dum Dum' and the Iggy Pop song "Dum Dum Boys". The group als...
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Saturday Vids: Ideal Women
Elena Rossini is a film director, cinematographer and editor from Italy. She's also a really awesome woman who is working on multiple feminist projects, including a documentary about the manipulation ...
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April 25, 2011 Arts and culture
Hollywood Gender Gap Persists in 100 Top-Grossing 2008 Films
A new study from researchers at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism shows that females remain less visible and less valued than males in top feature films—both in front of and behind the camera.
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Support Women Artists Sunday: The Konki Duet
Active Suspension is a quietly brilliant little French label with a fondness for maverick electronica music. Though probably the most gentle record AS have released, it’s also the deepest, most in...
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April 19, 2011 | Julie Zeilinger |
Arts and culture,
Body image and body standards,
Feminism,
Girls,
Media,
Misogyny
An Interview with Glennis McMurray
Glennis McMurray is the founder and editor of the website, G.L.O.C. (TheGLOC.net) the first large-scale blog by and for all the Gorgeous Ladies of Comedy. Glennis is a seasoned musical improvisor havi...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Ladi6
A sultry voice with razor sharp wit and a stage show to match, Ladi6 is New Zealand’s leading hip-hop soul artist and in her own right, an emerging international star.
Highly decorated at home and ab...
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April 14, 2011 | Nurdiyansah |
Arts and culture,
Feminism
The Little Girl Dance
The little girl is dancing terribly wild
She clinks, how her body moves
Only herself
While she’s surrounded by boys
Whirling like a lily
Turning around over and over
Until loose from the rotatio...
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The Power of “Ruined”
Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize winning play enlightens audiences across the country. Ruined just finished a run in Berkeley, California, plays this month in Denver and opens April 22 in Washington, D.C.
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Big Tree
Big Tree is a five piece folk band hailing from Brooklyn. They classify themselves as "A group of friends that love playing music and getting brunch the next day." Little is known about Big Tree's...
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Women and Work—A Tapestry of Our Lives
This week the labor movement honored Dr. Martin Luther King, who died on April 4 defending workers in Memphis, with a National Day of Action for Worker's Rights. Here writer and WMC Progressive Women's Voices alumna Alida Brill reflects on our history.
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My Body Is
My body is not an object.
It is not another’s to sculpt or scrutinize.
It is not the canvas on which you paint your expectations and standards.
It is not your playground.
My body is not your proje...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Kate Walsh
She’s been called music’s best kept, not-so-secret ‘secret.’; ‘The missing link between Joni Mitchell’ (hails UK’s The Guardian) and a host of female singer/songwriters cut from the UK’s intricate...
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For All Feminists Looking Forward to "On The Road"
Undoubtedly, many of you will want to see Walter Salles' forthcoming cinematic re-telling of On The Road. It's also inevitable that your younger sisters will also want to see it since Kristen Stewart ...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Warpaint
Warpaint is an American experimental art rock group from Los Angeles, formed in 2004. The band consists of Emily Kokal (vocals, guitar), Theresa Wayman (guitar, vocals), Jenny Lee Lindberg (bass, voca...
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"Made in India": Outsourcing Surrogate Motherhood
Without judging the parties involved, two Brooklyn documentarians present an award winning story of those most vulnerable in what has become a global industry.
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Support Women Artists Sunday: An Horse
An Horse is a two-person indie rock band from Brisbane, Australia, comprising Kate Cooper of Iron On on vocals and guitar and Damon Cox of Intercooler on drums. In 2008 they toured the United States a...
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A Gendered Lens—Literal and Metaphoric
Photography exhibits on both coasts—one massive, the other showcasing one artist's vision—both reveal the quality of women's insights that shed light on our times.
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Adele
Adele is a Grammy-awarded British singer born as Adele Laurie Blue Adkins, on May 5, 1988 in North London. She herself describes her music as something meant for heartbroken people. She is the very fi...
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Saturday Vids: "This Is For You"
These three young men were National Youth Poetry Slam finalists. Their willingness to stand up for women is inspiring.
...
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March 09, 2011 | Dina L |
Arts and culture,
Body image and body standards,
Feminism,
LGBTQIA,
Media,
Race/Ethnicity
GaGa: The Image of a Pop-Star
I was lucky enough to recently see Lady Gaga in concert–it was fantastic. She was fantastic (her voice is really good), the show was fantastic, and the world that she created onstage was fantastic. If...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Sick Of Sarah
Sick Of Sarah began in Minneapolis, MN in April 2005 as an all-female band with catchy hooks, unique lyrics and thoughtful, well-crafted music. The band displays talent, passion, and an ever-present s...