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Something Special Happened in Texas
The reason the sky is bigger here is because there aren’t any trees. The reason folks here eat grits is because they ain’t got no taste. Cowboys mostly stink and it’s hot, oh God, is it hot…. Texas is a mosaic of cultures, which overlap in several parts of the state, with the darker layers…
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How the Black Swan Decision Can and Should Effect Non-Profits
Originally posted at HowlRound Just as HowlRound was finishing up its tweet chat on “Making a Career, Making a Living in the Arts,” the news broke that a judge for the Southern district of New York ruled that Fox Searchlight had violated the law by not paying its interns. The U.S. Department of Labor has…
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Is Wonder Woman Too Muscular For the Silver Screen?
Originally posted at Bitch This is a dark summer for geek girls. Though superhero and comic book-based films are all the rage these days, it’s male crime-fighters who get all the attention: there are no films starring female superheroes on the horizon. Take the whip-smart spy Black Widow, for example. The Avengers member will co-star…
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Where Have you Gone, Sarah Connor?
Originally posted at Ms. and Bitch Flicks. Remember Linda Hamilton (playing Sarah Connor) and her guns in “Terminator 2″? Summer always makes me a bit nostalgic for childhood. I remember fondly the excitement of being out of school, the long days with nothing to do but read and the cool refuge from the hot Texas…
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The Girl’s Guide to the Hollywood Fringe
Originally posted at Ms. It’s summer, which means elite theater professionals all over America are headed to the country for summer stock. If you can’t make it up into the mountains this summer (or if you can’t afford the expensive tickets to these high-society productions), fear not: Our cities are full of all variety of…
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#exposepp Exposes Massive Support for Planned Parenthood
Originally posted at RH Reality Check. There are some benefits to spending the weekend home alone. For example, you get to be the first person to see all the Facebook pictures of your friends out having fun. Sometimes you also get to watch a pretty amazing thing happen on Twitter. An anti-choice Facebook community called…
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Dispatches from LALA Land: The Road to New Plays
Originally posted at HowlRound It was a sunny day in May and LA Stage Alliance was hosting LA Stage Day, a gathering of Los Angeles theater folk centered around inspirational presentations, workshops, and breakout sessions. So I ventured down the 5 to University Hills, just off the 10, where participants in small group discussions like…
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Meteor Employee Shoots a Bull’s Eye Against Sexism, with Help from the Hawkeye Initiative
originally posted at XX Factor/Slate Feminist concern with representations of women in comic books and video games is hardly a new thing, nor is it always greeted with support—just ask Anita Sarkeesian, whose Tropes Vs Women has inspired intense backlash from territorial gamers. But as more and more women enter these previously male-dominated fields, the…
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Miss Julie and the Timeless Art of Slut-Shaming
Cross posted at Ms. Apparently, some things never get old. Neil LaBute, screenwriter of such movies as a remake of the 1973 film The Wicker Man, about crazy, man-killing witches, has adapted the misogynist classic Miss Julie, written in 1888 by August Strindberg. (If you haven’t heard of Strindberg, think Rush Limbaugh as a 19th-century…
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The New Evil Dead: A New Lesson in Masculinity. And Oh Yeah, Tree Rape.
Cross posted at Ms. SPOILER ALERT: This post contains major spoilers. Also, TRIGGER WARNING: RAPE. I am not really into gore for gore’s sake: When I go to horror movies, I want to be held in suspense and suddenly surprised, not just grossed out. Luckily for Sam Raimi fans, the new version of the 1981…
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