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A Modest Proposal . . .
. . . to the Young Man on the Plane from Los Angeles to Seattle who said of the movie that most passengers—male and female—voted to watch, “I don’t watch chick flicks!”
So what exactly is a “chick...
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June 28, 2007 | Ariel Dougherty |
Arts and culture
Joining Audience to Filmmaker
Documentary filmmaking is never a job for the faint-hearted. Nevertheless, five separate works are currently in production that all focus in radically different ways on the women’s liberation moveme...
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SiCKO Hits the House
It’s ironic, but outside of hospitals and day care centers, perhaps the best place to acquire some kind of illness on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., was Michael Moore’s press conference on Capitol H...
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New Study Finds Abysmally Few Minority and Women Owned Radio Stations
In 1976, the U.S. Court of Appeals advised the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) that it should begin to include race as a factor in deciding which applicants to approve licenses for broadcast...
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The Thinking Woman’s Theater—Mary-Mitchell Campbell
I first saw Company by Stephen Sondheim back in the 70s, when Elaine Stritch with her alcoholic rasp was singing “Here’s to the Ladies Who Lunch” and the whole show had a snooty, misogynistic qualit...
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May 31, 2007 | Melissa Silverstein |
Arts and culture
Guild Finds No Progress for Hollywood Women Writers
Ever read the credits of your favorite TV show or movie? Chances are it was written by a man. A recent report from the Writer’s Guild of America West, “Whose Stories Are We Telling?” shows us why. T...
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In Defense of Hip-Hop
“Hip-hop is the CNN of the ghetto”—words spoken by legendary artist Chuck D of Public Enemy years before Puffy became a household name and bling a term used by actual CNN anchors. Serving as a mirro...
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The Mother’s Day Gift I Want
Jewish mothers have gotten a bad rap—for being overprotective, overfeeding, intrusive, manipulative, guilt inducing. The list is easily extended. It is almost impossible to remember that the Jewish ...
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Alternatives to the Summer Blockbuster
The summer movie season kicks off this weekend with Spiderman 3 descending onto thousands of screens at a multiplex near you. Hollywood prognosticators predict the biggest grossing summer EVER with ...
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My Subversive Barbie
A friend of mine is turning 50 today.
Our friendship was brief but intense. I didn’t get invited to her glitzy celebrity and fashion-hype parties. We don’t run in the same circles any longer.
Al...
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March 06, 2007 | Susan Dworkin |
Arts and culture
The Thinking Woman’s Theatre
“A woman’s perspective is exactly what’s needed when tackling plays about aggression, warfare and political upheaval,” says director Eleanor Holdridge. “In Shakespeare, there’s an intrinsic sense of...
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February 27, 2007 | Kristal Brent Zook |
Arts and culture
Murphy’s “Norbit”—Just a Good Laugh?
You may have heard the film “Norbit” was number one at the box office on its opening weekend earlier this month. You’ve probably also seen the ads at bus stop benches and on billboards: the image of...
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February 21, 2007 | Sallie Bingham |
Arts and culture
What Happened to Women’s Theatre?
It existed, in the 1980s and early 1990s: plays written and directed by women were being produced—off-Broadway, at theatres dedicated to the work, such as the Women’s Project and Productions, and ev...
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Women's Voices Missing from the Theatre—Does Anyone Care?
In recent weeks, if you scanned the Broadway theatre listings in New York you would see the names of some of the most prominent actresses of our time, such stars as Angela Lansbury, Vanessa Redgrave...
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September 18, 2006 | Melissa Silverstein |
Arts and culture
Fall TV—Women Creators Take Their Shot
This week marks an annual fall ritual, the parade of new TV shows each hoping to become the next big hit. Perhaps because women haven’t had the opportunities men have to create shows, TV, like the ...
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August 14, 2006 | Milon Nagi |
Arts and culture
June Cross on Secrets and Displacements
Writing her memoir Secret Daughter “has been a journey in learning how fallible memory is and how changeable a story can get,” said June Cross at a recent journalists’ lunch at the Women’s Media Cen...
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July 25, 2006 | Melissa Silverstein |
Arts and culture
In Hollywood, Perception of Equality Doesn't Make it Real
With summer movie season upon us, a potential blockbuster opens each weekend on as many screens as possible throughout the local multiplex. By Sunday morning Hollywood executives know if they've got...
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Basketball and Babies
A new documentary opening this weekend highlights a growing issue for women's sports—what happens when you get pregnant?
The WNBA celebrates its 10th anniversary this summer, and with 14 teams, th...