“Today, we face the rise of Donald Trump with frustration, fear, and anger. We understand the chilling uncertainty facing our already long-suffering brothers and sisters, immigrants, Muslims, people of color, queer and trans people, and women, as violent, right-wing bigots are actively targeting them. And together, we approach this new era diligent in our fight … Continue reading
[Originally published in Performer magazine, June 2015] Like a prettily manicured hand wrapped tight after a brawl, Seattle’s Chastity Belt flexes a gauzy and bruised, unapologetically girly riot grrrl glee. Their March release Time To Go Home is an intoxicating blend of fuzzy noise pop, with a spectrum that shimmers in shades of The Pixies, … Continue reading
[Originally shared at LadyClever.com] I KNOW you’re going to be disappointed, but hear me out. Full disclosure? I looked. I looked right away. As soon as I read that, while doing a squat and shredding his guitar with passion, Lenny’s leather pants gave up and released the Kraken, I hurried to see it. … Continue reading
THE EPITHETS are endless. Crotch droppings, snowflake, semen demon — from sophomoric to salacious, these are just some of the names used to refer to kids by a faction of childless citizens of the web who aren’t just fruitless and fancy-free, but are ruthlessly anti-reproduction. Unwittingly, I joined a social media group that doesn’t just discuss or celebrate … Continue reading
[Originally shared at LadyClever.com] MY GREASY HAIR is slicked back by a shiny black headband and pulled into a ponytail. No makeup, just a giant pair of dark sunnies to obscure that fact, and the sickly sheen of high SPF sunscreen. I have on black leggings and a tank top, and over that an army-green tee with … Continue reading
The Republicans once again enjoyed the spotlight this week not for their sparkling rhetoric (maybe someday, Steve Doocy) but because of a hideous anti-Obamacare propaganda viral video, which depicts a young woman visiting a reproductive health clinic and getting sexually assaulted by Uncle Sam. [Scroll down to watch the full clip] The Maddow Blog wrote, … Continue reading
[LadyClever.com originally hosted this post.] Buckle up. The well-kept secret of dangerous drug abuse by American women has been exposed in a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Since 2007, more women have died each year from drug overdoses than from motor vehicle-related injuries, and deaths and hospital visits due to overdose continue to … Continue reading
[This piece first appeared at WeeklySauce.com.] Critics are really cutting into designer and reality television star’s Rachel Zoe for her son Skyler’s hairstyle, or lack thereof. Her impossibly handsome two year-old is getting a lot of negative attention for his tumbling auburn curls, being mistaken for a little girl as well as being called one … Continue reading
[This article was orginally written for LadyClever.com.] Women currently earn only 77 cents for each dollar a man earns for the same work. And it often doesn’t feel like enough women are sufficiently enraged by that income disparity between the sexes in the U.S. For example, while civil rights leader and Texas Rep. Senfronia Thompson toiled toward … Continue reading
[Originally hosted at LadyClever.com.] The potty-mouthed, pouty-lipped ladies cracking wry jokes about how lazy, smelly, gross, and generally sleazy they are, wore thin for me just a few disappointing episodes into “Two Broke Girls” and “Whitney”. As such, I definitely did not expect to dig comedienne Amy Schumer’s new sketch-comedy show, “Inside Amy Schumer”, chalking it up as … Continue reading
[LadyClever.com orginally hosted this post.] “Change their minds and change the world,” the old Wonder Woman theme song reminded little girls glued to the TV at home. Now, a team of filmmakers has harnessed that same spirit to showcase the story of the lasso-wielding lady and her impact on our culture, comic book and otherwise, with their documentary “Wonder Woman! … Continue reading
This spring, I had the distinct privilege of taking part in a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) promoted by the Generalissimo Stan Lee and led by esteemed Professor Christina Blanch via Ball State University, aptly dubbed the Super MOOC. Prof. Blanch is a doctoral candidate well-versed in women’s studies, who happens to also be a comic book … Continue reading
[LadyClever.com originally hosted this blog.] I’ve been on board throughout Lena Dunham really sticking it to the man on her HBO show Girls this season; intentionally instigating the naysayers by flaunting her “famous” family, disregarding racial quotas, and bearing her breasts and belly shamelessly. [Season two spoiler alert, don’t read on if you’re not caught up to episode five of season two.] … Continue reading
LadyClever.com hosts the original posting of this article.] Hold on to your peculiar hats manic pixie dreamgirls! Idiosyncratic it-girl Zooey Deschanel rang in the new year by giving the ax to the ol’ ‘adorkable’ act, speaking out in the February issue of Glamour magazine regarding society’s narrow perception that a feminist can’t be, well, feminine. The often out-spoken doe-eyed darling … Continue reading
With the 2012 election looming, it’s critical that women are being heard and music is a great place to start. The “War on Women” is a blanket term for the innumerable ugly ways the politicians and talking heads prove again and again that they find the fairer sex to also be the more feeble sex. Women have to listen … Continue reading
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