feminist
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Read More: Grrr-Ls
That’s grrr, like annoying, not Riot. Cuz there’s none of that in Girls (not to mention women of color). [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1ieiTaJrN4&w=420&h=315] [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n0HAcSmz_pg&w=560&h=315] In the early 1990s, I was around…
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Read More: Framing a Blaxicana IdentityThis afternoon, my graduate student in Cultural Studies, Ana Thorne, successfully defended her dissertation, Framing a Blaxicana Identity: A Cultural Ethnography of Family, Race and Community in the Valley Homes,…
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Read More: Two Conferences: One Students’/Women’s Media PowerHome after back-to-back events where I wore one hat that just might be construed as two (an interesting slip [of the tongue] or tip [of the hat] that helps point…
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Read More: Hunger/StudAttended a midnight premier of Hunger Games. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri6wRz_NjiA&w=560&h=315] Granted, not my usual fare. Because I live it, I don’t usually “study” teen culture (save for my Fred work.) I…
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Read More: Female Oscar Coasters
Over two years ago, I wrote these words about a female directed Oscar contending war film: “The film plays this war as it is—an emotional roller coaster of fear and…
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Read More: Swoon at 20I had the pleasure of attending the first in a series of screenings at the UCLA film archive that will be revisiting the original films of “the new queer cinema”…
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Read More: Voice as Structure
Yesterday afternoon, I had the decided pleasure of partaking in a conversation with Natalie Bookchin, the amazing new media artist who is my friend and even sometimes collaborator. We spoke…
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Read More: I’m (Just Not) Political: PariahTo begin, I think Pariah is terrific. Dee Rees is a very talented writer and director whose grasp of her craft is exceptional for a young artist. She has made…
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Read More: Is Occupy LA a Feminist Space?Yes … ish? Here, my students and I, from Feminist Online Spaces, create a real-space circle at Occupy LA, after some initial trepidation, but with nothing resulting other than friendly/bemused/flirty/crazy…