As I was getting my daily dose of feministing.com, I ran across yesterday’s post by Jessica Valenti asking for support for one of their contributors, Courtney Martin, to win the Washington Post’s “America’s Next Great Pundit” contest. Now don’t get me wrong, I love feministing.com, it is one of my favorite sites. That’s why it’s [...]
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October 7, 2009
The United Nations Website
I’m not sure when or how recently the UN overhauled their website, but it looks fantastic. Clearly, someone in the right place heard the complaints about their crotchety website and the confusion about the actual structure and organization of the massive organism itself.
Let me tell ya, I like progress.
I can actually find the UN Radio [...]
September 24, 2009
Women’s Studies
Many long-time readers may know I have been studying political science for the last two years and am increasingly losing interest in solely studying this field. My interests are broaden and it seems difficult to bring all those interests together within the confines of quality social science research. It turns out I just may be [...]
September 18, 2009
Film for Fashion
Coco Before Chanel starring Audrey Tautou (Amelie) and directed by Anne Fontaine, another lady director (!), is coming out September 25, 2009 in New York and L.A. This film focuses on the fashion icon before she became the perfume bottle that nearly every grandmother in America has on her dressing table. Before she made Audrey Hepburn so [...]
September 14, 2009
You Can NOT Be Serious!
I have never been a huge fan of Serena Williams (being an older sibling I always preferred Venus), but it’s interesting listening to the reactions to Serena’s outburst Saturday night and the days since. McEnroe had deplorable behavior when he was playing in the ’80s. Most found his behavior humorous which [...]
September 4, 2009
Work
I was browsing the NYTimes and they’re asking for definitions of work. Well, this came to mind: a poster I bought in high school which lives in my blue bedroom at my parent’s house:
Because a woman’s work is never done.
and is underpaid, or unpaid, or boring, or repetitious,
and we’re the first to get fired,
and what [...]
August 27, 2009
Lady Film Directors
There are so few ladies directing feature films that I feel an obligation to watch in homage to my sister’s future career as a filmmaker. Of late, there have been Julie Taymor’s Across the Universe, Kathyrn Bigelow’s The Hurt Locker, and now it seems Jane Campion has a wonderful film to be released in mid-September [...]
July 13, 2009
Renee Cox
In my past life as an undergraduate at Amherst College, I had an epiphany during my junior year. I had to move fast, so I dropped my Theatre and Dance major, lined my ducks up in a row, switched to a Fine Arts major, and commenced my thesis research. These times involved a lot of [...]
July 8, 2009
Suede Magazine and its Predecessors
I stumbled upon Suede Magazine at CVS in Amherst, Mass a few years ago. I remembering bringing it back to my girls and we all clamoured over that magazine. The love shown was evident in its tattered feathered pages and unraveling binding. No matter how many times I say it, there are not enough positive images [...]
July 3, 2009
Janelle Monae
Last July, when I was still subscribed to Vogue I read about the artist, Janelle Monae. I love her. I think she’s awesome. And, now (I don’t know how I missed this!) I ran across her interviewed on NPR’s Fresh Air. Her album Metropolis is fantastic because it’s fun and energetic. It’s great for dancing. And, she [...]
