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“More girls have been killed in the last FIFTY years, precisely because they were...”
– Nicholas Kristof, Half the Sky
Read that AGAIN.
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Smash: Reach for Me →
I love the song & esp love the way the skirt becomes the ribbons. Reminds me of the big woman in The Nutcracker when all the children run out from her skirt.
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My Review of Mika in Philly →
Check out my review of Mika’s concert that was held last week (April 8th) at Union Transfer here in Philly.
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Top Ten Feminists In Film →
I haven’t seen all of the films on this list so I may have to watch a few but for more great feminist movies, there’s plenty from the 30s/40s especially pre-code. I also thought of Under the Tuscan Sun, Enough, and The Ramen Girl… and then of course, there’s always Hermione in the Harry Potter films.
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Things That Have Inspired Me Recently
Mika’s vaudevillian concert, the art deco doors in Northern Liberties, Lolita fashion, the 1930s sign for the police station I spotted while on the bus, my friend’s skirt with the pockets, beer mushroom bruschetta, peplum being in style again, the “Reach For Me” number from the TV show Smash*, my cat’s green eyes, how hard my old dog works to take a walk (so proud of...
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March 2013
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Feminists Are Officially the Majority!!! →
My entire life I have worn the label “feminist” proudly while most girls (and guys) my age took it to mean that I just hate men and that’s it. I am sooo unbelievably happy that people are finally realizing what being a feminist means! In fact, after being educated about the definition of feminism, a full 68% of women called themselves feminist!!! I can’t tell you how...
“Pain and suffering are always inevitable for a large intelligence and a deep...”
– Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, in Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoyevsky (via ifuckinghatedepression)
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February 2013
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“Is there anyone in this gathering who dares assert that our ladies are inferior...”
– Henrik Ibsen
The year before he wrote A Doll’s House, Ibsen had proposed that women be allowed to be present at the annual general meeting of the Scandinavian Club, and that they should be made eligible to become librarians there.
(via fuckyeahgreatplays)
January 2013
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December 2012
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Old Hollywood Questions
1. Audrey Hepburn or Grace Kelly? Audrey Hepburn
2. Gene Kelly or Fred Astaire? Gene Kelly
3. Sunset Blvd or All About Eve? All About Eve
4. Marilyn Monroe or Jayne Mansfield? Marilyn Monroe
5. Cary Grant or Clark Gable? Clark Gable
6. Bringing Up Baby or My Man Godfrey? Bringing Up Baby
7. Bette Davis or Joan Crawford? Bette Davis
8. James Dean or Marlon Brando? James Dean
9. Carole Lombard or Myrna Loy? Myrna Loy
10. Joan Fontaine or Olivia DeHavilland? Olivia DeHavilland
11. James Cagney or Humphrey Bogart? Totally different from each other!
12. Ernst Lubitsch or Billy Wilder? Billy Wilder... I think
13. Greta Garbo or Marlene Dietrich? Marlene Dietrich
14. Frank Sinatra or Bing Crosby? BING CROSBY
15. Casablanca or Gone With the Wind? GONE WITH THE WIND
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“If there is one among my readers to whom the dim and dingy half-light of the...”
– ~ Clara Morris, Stage Confidences: Talks About Players & Play Acting (1902)
November 2012
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Women do not have to:
be thin
give birth
cook for you
have long hair
wear makeup
have sex with you
be feminine
be graceful
shave
diet
be fashionable
wear pink
love men
be the media’s idea of perfection
listen to your bullshit
have a vagina
Rachel Maddow Has Last Word on Election Night... →
She words things in the right way, a great message for all voters.
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Dear Art Museums of Philadelphia,
There is absolutely no reason to say an exhibition or time to see the museum is “sold out.” People are not seated in the museum, they are milling through. To especially say that during certain times it is free to see the art but then tell people you need a reservation is ludicrous. I feel sorry for tourists from other parts of the world that come here...
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October 2012
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September 2012
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