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Unhappy Medium
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Jenna Mahale
*Photo credit: Instagram/atmfiend*
*Jenna Mahale is Bitch Media’s 2021 Writing Fellow in Technology*
A woman wearing a ch...
Exterminate All The Brutes
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At around 2 pm this past Sunday, 20 year-old Daunte Wright, an African
American man, drove through Brooklyn Center, MN, with his girlfriend in the
passenge...
Cross Over
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I was interested to see all the fuss made over Lil Nas X's "Montero (Call
Me By Your Name)", which I think is a pretty ordinary song with a pretty
nifty vi...
Spring Renewals and YA Romance Books
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Spring has always been one of my favorite seasons. Not only does it mean
that winter is ending, but it’s a time of renewal. Everything starts
feeling fre...
Sister Galvan
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An interview with film-maker Marian Evans
by Heather McPherson (2004)
*H McP:* You’ve chosen this medium — film-making — subsequent to being an
artist a...
From Flowers to Medieval Country
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*Yellow Flowers of Summer* will soon be on it's way to a wonderful patron
who is collecting my work and lives out in Oregon. This is a limited
edition ...
ICYMI: A is For Announces New Playwriting Contest
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photo credit: Dianna Bush photography A month ago, A is For, a nonprofit
organization dedicated to advancing reproductive rights and ending the
stigma agai...
April Shows to See!
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KILL THE DEBBIE DOWNERS! KILL THEM! KILL THEM! KILL THEM OFF! From Anton
Checkhov’s Three Sisters Directed by: Beth Willmurt and Mark Jackson
Performed ...
AT ETERNITY’S GATE (2018): Review by FF2 Media
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From IMDb: A look at the life of painter Vincent van Gogh during the time
he lived in Arles and Auvers-sur-Oise, France. At Eternity’s Gate opens
11/16/1...
Story
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Again, here's a handout I use in my fiction/prose narrative classes that I
thought might be useful to others. Feel free to use these guidelines in
your wor...
The Origins of Girl Power
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What are the origins of "girl power," as a phrase? Most people know it from
either the late 90's British singing group The Spice Girls, or from the
early 9...
Read Women and Hollywood Now on Medium
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After five great years on Indiewire and the end of the blog network, Women
and Hollywood has moved to a new home on Medium.
You can read us here: https://b...
Separation Anxiety: Babai
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At its international premiere at this year’s Jubilee edition of the Karlovy
Vary International Film Festival, Visar Morina’s intense and immediate
father/s...
Wow! New things are happening in 2015!
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Hello world! Away from the online journal here at Timeless Rhythms Studio,
I have been growing my life in different directions for some time now! For
examp...
Ada & After: Women Do Science [Fiction]
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Coming soon...
in partnership with
BFI Sci-Fi: Days of Fear and Wonder and Film London
20, 21, 22, 23 November 2014
ICA/Hackney Picturehouse/ Aubin Cinem...
New Home for Counting Actors
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As of this month's post, the monthly report from the Counting Actors
project moves to the Works by Women San Francisco blog. March's post is
linked below....
Review: Robocop (1987)
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SPOILER WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS In a dystopic, but
recognizable future Detroit, powerful corporations are primed to “bring
back Detroit” wit...
UPDATE ON MIRA'S LIST AND UPCOMING EVENTS
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Greetings long lost friends,
I am still alive and kicking but not doing this blog anymore. I do,
however, go around the country and speak about the things ...
Let's...NOT talk about sex...?
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So a friend of mine recently experienced some sexual harassment and had the
courage to write about it publicly. I’ll give you a moment while you go and
r...
Hijab no longer will block elite weightlifter
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*by Thomas Roberts.*
After a hard-fought battle in the name of her faith, Muslim weightlifter
Kulsoom Abdullah is now able to compete without violating her...
Laurie Anderson, PIFF-Blessed/Chosen-Grateful
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In Joan Rivers new documentary, despite the over-arching theme of her
heroic battle to maintain eroding celebrity, she talks a lot about being
chosen. Yes,...