May 2012
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April 2012
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“Please study this testimony: “Born in a rancid, bat-infested cave at the...”
– My Horoscope this week.
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“If this conversation about me is going to be had, I will do my part to insist...”
– Ashley Judd in the Daily Beast responding to recent criticisms over her appearance.
March 2012
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“Women, like everyone else, have been duped. We have been persuaded over the past...”
– -Laurie Penny in The Independent.
(Thanks to Amy Klein for sending this to Permanent Wave listserve)
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February 2012
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Why I'm I a feminist? Because This is How my...
from NYULocal’s showlistings:
Amy Klein and the Blue Star Band at the Hive
8:30 p.m., Free All Ages Amy Klein, former member of the intense and beloved Titus Andronicus, will be playing some feminist benefit. Amy Klein is one of those people who can be all bra-burning and feminist, but not annoying about it. The show is technically free ($5-10 suggested donation) so there’s really no...
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“Recognize that you are not the center of the universe.
Figure out how the idea...”
– riot grrrl zine #2, 1991
(reprinted in Girls To the Front: The True Story of the Riot Grrrl Revolution by Sara Marcus)
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"A Dangerous Method" Review: Our Dangerous Minds
When I was younger, I thought I was related to Sigmund Freud. A black and white picture of the father of psychoanalysis sat perched in our living room for as long as I can remember, so I always assumed he was some relative. I am not sure at what age I realized this was not the case, but I’m sure the confusion would be a nice anecdote in my unwritten memoirs. As the granddaughter of the...
Komen VP retweeted (then deleted) message saying...
fuckyeahfeminists:
Stay classy, Karen Handel.
via @JessicaValenti
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Chocolate Chip Cookies: Not for the faint of...
Last night, I came home from dinner and drinks with friends and decided I wanted a cookie. I’ve been baking a lot recently as you have to do something when you’re unemployed and your self esteem craves validation, which it then gets in the form of your friends giving you a muffled “mmmmm” as they eat pumpkin bread with chocolate chips while you stare at them as they...
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January 2012
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Etta James- Rather Go Blind (Lucky Paul Remix)
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“The 70,000 women who die annually as a result of unsafe abortion didn’t just die...”
– The complacency over unsafe abortions must end (via guardiancomment)
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December 2011
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Eggs Rachel
The original Eggs Benedict was supposedly created at Delmonico’s for regular customers Commodore E.C. Benedict and his wife. It was an off the cuff dish suggested by the server in response to the Commodore asking if they had anything new to serve. I’m not surprised that not a lot of thought went into its creation; the traditional recipe is not that good or inspired. For years,...
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“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension,...”
– Anais Nin
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November 2011
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Romanian Film Festival Opens at Lincoln Center...
Our School
The 6th Annual Romanian Film Festival starts tomorrow (November 30th) at Lincoln Center, and I highly highly recommend checking out some films. First up for me is Friday’s screening of Our School, a verite documentary about 3 Roma children in Transylvania from Brooklyn filmmaker Mona Nicoara.
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“Vernacchio explained that sex as baseball implies that it’s a game; that one...”
– New York Times Magazine article, “Teaching Good Sex” about sex positive, non-abistence only sex education.
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“The notion that law enforcement is there to protect a wealthy elite from the...”
– Laurie Pennie in The Guardian
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“Meanwhile, as Mr. Sandler cavorts in loud dresses, Katie Holmes (playing his...”
– A.O. Scott reviewing Jack and Jill for The New York Times. One of the best reviews I’ve read in years.
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After Cubic Zirconia, I went down to The Cove for...
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WatchCubic Zirconia- Take Me High
One of the problems with posting a music video for Cubic Zirconia is that they really are incomparable live. I got to catch them a couple of weeks ago when they opened for SBTRKT, and last night they played at The Music Hall of Williamsburg for the Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival. To drive the point home, they have in no time become one of my favorite act to see...
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“Answering questions written in by students, he explains the meaning of life,...”
– Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. In his last speech, delivered at Ohio State. Today would have been Mr. Vonnegut’s 89th birthday. Sagan and Vonnegut are the closest I come to having a religion.
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“Boys aren’t better at DJing than girls. We don’t DJ with our...”
– Hanna Hanra in the snarky “Why are There No Female DJ’s Mag’s Top 100 List” in The Guardian.
I think Hanra raises a good (and hilarious) point; there really aren’t inherent differences in capability based on gender, but as someone that works in a technical field,...
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NYFF Review: "Goodbye First Love"
(Goodbye First Love played the main slate at the 2011 New York Film Festival and opens at BAM next month)
I wanted to fall in love with Goodbye First Love (and I liked the film, I even adored many of its parts), but my ultimate relationship is filled with more respect than amour. Directed by aptly named Mia Hansen-Love, the film begins with a passionate if quietly volatile teenage romance...
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October 2011
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“Look at something far away and things will come back to you.”
– my friend, Francis, aka Policy
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