January 2010
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Cindy Sherman - Untitled Film Stills
womenswork:
Cindy Sherman, Untitled Film Still #3, 1977
When Cindy Sherman was asked about the role of feminism in her work for an interview with Tate Magazine, she responded, “The work is what it is and hopefully it’s seen as feminist work, or feminist-advised work, but I’m not going to go around espousing theoretical bullshit about feminist stuff.” However bluntly evidenced by her remarks, ...
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Femmes of Color Symposium 2010 →
Call for Workshops, Papers, Performance, and Art Femme of Color Symposium (FOCS) 2010: Celebrations and Reflections March 26-28, 2009 Astor Crowne Plaza 739 Canal Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70130 www.focs2010.com FOCS2010: Celebrations and Reflections, the inaugural symposium by and for self-identified FEMMES of COLOR, will create the opportunity—through workshops, community...
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Submit to the Carnival of Feminists! →
genderacrossborders:
challyzatb:
Your own or someone else’s. Tumblr posts are welcome. :)
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Bad Reputation:Interview with Penny Arcade
You’ve been performing Bitch! Dyke! Faghag! Whore! since the 90s. Can you say something about how the show has changed in terms of content over the years?
My last shows of B!D!F!W! occured in Australia in 1995. In 2007 I was asked to reprise the show for OUTFEST , the LA film festival. I improvised around the ideas that no one wants to be gay or lesbian now; they all want to be Queer, but...
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kathy acker, proto-riot grrrl
karaj:
“gritty scene, mostly male and white” is perhaps the most feminist nyt headline ever. the piece rightly calls out the fales library for the lack of women in its archive and in “downtown pix” (its new show, through april 3). but i am psyched that nyu is ameliorating this, a bit, with its expanding riot grrrl collection. and i am psyched for this show, which features artists like carolee...
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Can a film stop homophobic bullying? →
gauntlet:
And now we have it: Stonewall has produced a feature film called Fit that dramatises the issue and a DVD of which will be sent out to every secondary school in Britain next month. The movie is based on the 2007 play of the same name with which Stonewall has toured schools around the UK. School films do not normally rank as must-sees with their low budgets and often clunking approaches...
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Call for Submissions: Passionate: Romantic Erotica →
rkb:
Call for Submissions Deadline: March 15, 2010 (earlier submissions especially welcome) Passionate: Romantic Erotica To be published by Cleis Press Editor Rachel Kramer Bussel is looking for romantic, primarily heterosexual erotic stories for for women’s erotica anthology Passionate: Romantic Erotica. Stories can feature couples exploring new erotic territory, strangers who share...
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Ravin Agrawal: 10 young Indian artists to watch |... →
The talk starts with discussing Bharti Kher who works with the symbolism of the Bindi, and it’s associations with marriage of third eye. Also, Chitra Ganesh and the gender politics of comics.
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Ultra Violet » Two Poems →
by Janice Pariat.
Pariat is working on a collection of poems based on women literary characters and writers. This link: her poems to Bertha Mason and Sylvia Plath.
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Vixen Noir and Oz workshops
themerchgirlnet:
So the absolutely awesomesauce Vixen Noir, burlesque erotic performance artist extraordinaire, wants to bring her Unleash your Fire workshops up to Brisbane. Here’s how she describes them:
Vixen Noir has devised an academy where the ultimate goal is to empower women in their sexuality, from the inside out, using erotic performance art as a vehicle for transformation. Classes...
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