The Power of Cliche
A great event happening this weekend in NYC: The Power of a Cliche: Representing Iranian Women Hosted by Iranian Alliances Across Borders and ArteEast Saturday July 21 4:30 – 6:30pm The Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery) New York, NY Iranian Alliances Across Borders (IAAB) and ArteEast are proud to present an afternoon of spoken word [...]
...read moreHelp a blogger out
I need business cards. I’m trying to design them to include the Feministe logo and my contact information. Easy, right? Except I don’t have Photoshop, and I’m generally inept at design stuff. So, any design-savy Feministe readers want to help me out? I don’t think it should be too difficult, and I don’t imagine it’ll [...]
...read moreNew Seven Wonders of the World
Hopefully this is next on my list of wonders. Are here. I’m sadly only 1 for 7 (2 for 8 if you include the only Ancient Wonder still standing). But I’m 6 for 14 on the finalists…
...read moreI Love Art.
Especially abstract art. Check it: Exhibit A, Snowball Family Exhibit B, Black and White Aren’t they awesome? Lucky me, I don’t have to go far to view the artist’s work, because they’re hanging on my refrigerator. And new work rotates in all the time, because my four-year-old is always busy. I admit I think my [...]
...read moreWomen in Art
Apparently, women in art are all fair-skinned, sitting still, and posing demurely. Those women’s likenesses, naturally, are captured by male painters. I’m channeling the Guerilla Girls as I watch this. Thanks to Chris for the link.
...read moreAttack of the 50-Foot Mikhaela
Awesome feminist cartoonist Mikhaela Reid has a new book out, and she’ll be touring the country to promote it. She’s a pretty cool lady, so pick up a copy or stop by to see her in the following cities: Sat Jun 9, 4pm | Detroit: Mikhaela Reid & Masheka Wood Cartoon Slideshow & Signing @ [...]
...read moreAs if his portrayal of Spock weren’t enough
Leonard Nimoy, photographer, has been studying the fat female nude for the past eight years. And? He gets it. He has a show of photographs of obese women on view at the R. Michelson Galleries in Northampton, Mass., through June; a larger show at the gallery is scheduled to coincide with the November publication of [...]
...read moreFemale writer takes over Wonder Woman
I don’t read comics, but I have it on good authority that Gail Simone is a pretty cool lady, and a great writer. This might just inspire me to go out and buy a Wonder Woman book. Thanks to Neil for the link.
...read moreOutrage comes cheap these days, and death threats come cheaper
Bill Donohue, head of the watchdog Catholic League, said it was “one of the worst assaults on Christian sensibilities ever.” “It’s not just the ugliness of the portrayal, but the timing — to choose Holy Week is astounding,” he said. My God! What could it be? What could be making the little vein throb in [...]
...read moreArt Stuff
Don’t forget! The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art opens this Friday at the Brooklyn Museum. Which I haven’t visited in an unconscionably long time. Like, not since before they re-opened the renovated front entrance (which does look lovely; I’ve seen it from the outside, when I’ve been to craft fairs in the parking [...]
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