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August 30, 2009 | Danielle C |
Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Porcelain and the Tramps
The first time I ever heard the name 'Porcelain and the Tramps', I was randomly searching YouTube (as one does on a boring Saturday morning) and their song Gasoline popped up in that Related Videos ba...
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August 22, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Jenny Owen Youngs
Born in New Jersey in 1981 and raised in the usual suburban surroundings, Youngs first picked up the guitar at the age of 14 and attended the music program at the State University of New York at Pur...
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August 15, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Little Jackie
Blend the old-school R&B sound with a quirky hybrid of hip-hop and pop and you get Little Jackie, the creation of genre-defying singer-songwriter Imani Coppola and collaborator Adam Pallin.
Th...
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August 09, 2009 | Nellie B |
Arts and culture,
Feminism
A Feminist Goes to the Ballet
Ballet, as fine arts and sources of entertainment go, is not exactly what one might call a feminist pastime. Though it is ridiculous trying to mandate whether something is "feminist" or not, ballet d...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Bikini Kill
It's baaaaaaack.
This week - a little history lesson. The post on Care Bears on Fire, and the comments about the riot grrrl movement got me thinking. Most girls my age don't even know what the riot ...
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Care Bears on Fire
It was a summer afternoon like any other. I was sprawled across the couch with a pack of twizzlers in one hand and a large iced coffee in the other, two food-items that are essential to my survival. T...
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Joss Whedon's Equality Now Speech
Joss Whedon is the creator of such shows as Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Firefly and Dollhouse. He's also awesome. I'm not too familiar with his work, but I've always admired him as a feminist icon, as ...
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feminist chat with the rad Nikki Darling
Nikki Darling recently interviewed me for her blog, and we had a very cool chat.
Nikki Darling is a feminist music critic who writes for the LA Weekly and was the former interviews editor at LA Rec...
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The Music Industry and It's Best Friend, Sexism
Despite my passion for music, I doubt I could ever succeed in the music business. My reasons for this are very simple: I am overweight, I don’t wear makeup and I don’t keep up with current trends, and...
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GirlPower: Voices of a Generation
I just got a heads up about this awesome group of young feminists and performers who put together a show called "GirlPower: Voices of a Generation." It looks amazing. Information is below:
The ...
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Tori Amos on men
Tori Amos just wrote a beautiful a piece for The Guardian's Observer. She speaks, as a victim of sexual assault, how her life was shaped by the incident, the dangers of masculinity standards and the m...
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Support Women Artists Sunday: Meiko
Meiko, born and raised in Roberta, Georgia (population: 808), has the classic story of a girl with talent from a small town. She honed her skills by singing at church, little league baseball parks and...
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Lily Allen: closet feminist?
So Lily Allen's new music video just come out for her song 22. And it got me thinking. I've always listened to Lily Allen, and thought "there's just something about her I really, really like."
Peopl...
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July 09, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Perez starts a record label
Apparently the rumors (that I never actually hard about) have been confirmed and Perez Hilton is launching an imprint with Warner Brothers "in the near future."
Perez states, "I have an ear, whi...
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July 08, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Gossip Roundup
Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam is ago! THANK GOD!!!!! Apparently, Demi and the Purity Ring Trio return to Camp Rock to find out that many of the students and teachers have turned to the dark side and joi...
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July 07, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Why I Respect Taylor Swift
"I wanted this since the time I was a little girl. I've always just wished that maybe someday people would care about the words that I wrote. I'm so lucky that my songs are basically my diary put to...
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Women and Broadway: what EXACTLY do we hate?
Clearly there is discrimination against women in the film industry. Hell, if Ela Thier’s open letter didn’t make that clear enough, the associations most of society has with “Hollywood” and “women” sh...
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July 04, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Support Women Artists Sunday: Laura Marling
In honor of 4th of July weekend...I'm going for a Brit. Good.
Laura Marling, a 19 year old from Hampshire, England, released her first album, Alas, I Cannot Swim, in February 2008. Her unique sound...
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Support Woman Artists Sundays: Bat for Lashes
This week I'm going for Bat for Lashes. She's relatively new on the scene but I totally dig her.
According to her website Bat for Lashes is "the work of British singer/ songwriter, multi- instrument...
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Support Women Artists Sunday
Alright, I'm ready to start a weekly series. Every Sunday (unless I forget and it's a different day...which will happen) I'm going to feature an up and coming new female artist that we should all supp...
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Urbindex
Go check out Urbindex- he's a great musician and also a great guy (I've known him forever).
Here's one of his songs: sweet dreams.
He's on iTunes too- just search Urbindex....
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May 14, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Tasty Tunes
So...I haven't really posted this week. My bad - mucho obligatory work to do.
Anyway, since I didn't have time to write anything of substance I've decided to do a shout out of sorts to all the bands...
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The State of Religious Debate In Our Nation
So here's what some fine churches in our nation have been debating lately. Have they been debating the scriptures? No. Our fates after death? Sort of...
Yes, two churches down south are debating whet...
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April 29, 2009 | Julie Zeilinger |
Media
Random Urban Dictionary: Nickelback
Okay, I don't like Nickelback. So I'm a little biased on this one, but I found these quite amusing. Note: I did NOT WRITE THESE, but feel free to bash them in the comments =)
Nickelback
--Anot...
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April 19, 2009 | Hannah S |
Gender-based violence,
Media
Don't Be a Band Creeper
It seems that people these days don't have lives. Its too bad really. I've become increasingly aware of this fact because lately i've realized that the obsession rate with some musicians and bands i...