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Farewell to Ronnie Spector, One Of The Original Bad Girls Of Rock & Roll Who Brought Edge and Flavor to 1960s Girl Groups
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(Music)
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The smash pop hit “Be My Baby” by the Ronettes was released in August of 1963, the same year and month as the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The streets of America were electric with strife ...
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Created on 18 January 2022
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Joan Didion and Me: How the Writer's "Slouching Towards Bethlehem" Showed Me The Power of a Woman's Voice, in the Literary World and Bey
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(Feminism)
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When Joan Didion died on December 23, 2021, there was an outpouring of national grief. Didion was a pioneer of ‘new journalism’ – long form reporting marked by the writer’s point of view. She was honored ...
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Created on 11 January 2022
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10 of the Best Woman-Centered Films of the Past Year, To Watch New Year's Day ...
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(Movies)
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With New Year’s Eve approaching, you can be sure of one thing: the equally notorious and lazy January 1st is coming. In case you were looking for movies to binge-watch all day long to get over the craziness ...
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Created on 22 December 2021
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The 10 Best Feminist and Female-Centered Books of 2021 to Cozy Up With This Christmas Break, According to BUST
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(Books)
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Are you trying to cozy up with some good books as the weather gets cooler and we welcome in 2022? Are you looking for some compelling new reads with strong female protagonists and thought-provoking ...
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Created on 21 December 2021
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Over a Century Ago, Two Young Girls Pulled a Prank That Got Way Out of Hand—And Convinced The World that Fairies Really Exist
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(Arts)
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"Fairies Offering Flowers to Iris," 1920, modeled by Elsie Wright and taken by Frances Griffiths. Credit: The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, London
Once upon a time, two girls played a prank ...
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Created on 16 December 2021
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"Harlem," The New Sitcom by "Girls Trip" Writer Tracy Oliver, Just Might Be the Fluffy-Lighthearted TV Fare Black Women Need in these “Post-Pandemic” Tim
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(TV)
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I have to say, when I first got the word of Harlem, a new ten-episode Prime Video series about a group of four Black gal-pals in Harlem, starring Megan Good I wasn’t exactly blown away by the premise. ...
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Created on 16 December 2021
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Alice Sebold apologizes to man she wrongfully accused of rape after he spent 16 years in prison
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(Feminism)
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When Alice Sebold, the award-winning author of the book The Lovely Bones, was a student at Syracuse University in 1981, she was the victim of sexual assault. After a few months, she encountered Anthony ...
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Created on 08 December 2021
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10 Female-Driven Holiday Films To Cozy Up With This Winter
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(Movies)
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... Cigarettes
Dir. Risa Bramon Garcia, 1999
Set on New Year’s Eve 1981, this ensemble comedy follows the lives of different groups of New Yorkers as they prepare to say goodbye to the old and ring in ...
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Created on 02 December 2021
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St Vincent Speaks to Carrie Brownstein About Their New Film "The Nowhere Inn," Their Feelings About Feminism, and the Dangers of Believing Your Own Hyp
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(Music)
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It is difficult, if not impossible, to pin down exactly who Annie Clark, also known as St. Vincent, truly is. That’s because, with each new album, she transforms into a new version of herself. At the ...
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Created on 30 November 2021
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Norah Jones' New Holiday LP, "I Dream Of Christmas" Is Chock Full of Re-imagined Classics, Including 6 New and Original Christmas Songs ...
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(Music)
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... Her voice is uniquely suited to Christmas songs; indeed, the press release that accompanied the album aptly described her as “a steady voice of warmth and reassurance for nearly 20 years.” And who couldn’t ...
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Created on 29 November 2021
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Where is Peng Shuai? Chinese Tennis Player Disappears From Public Eye After Sharing Her #MeToo Story. She Reappears for Video Call with IOC President, But Why Are They Ignoring the Allegations?
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(Feminism)
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... November 2, including allegations of sexual assault. The post, written as an open letter to Zhang, was deleted within half an hour and searches for Peng Shuai’s name yielded no results. Zhang served as ...
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Created on 23 November 2021
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Britney Spears Is Finally Free, But What Will Her New Normal Look Like?
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(Entertainment)
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Britney Spears is finally free. For 13 years, Britney’s conservatorship granted her father, Jamie Spears, and private practice conservator Jodi Montgomery full control over her financial, medical, and ...
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Created on 15 November 2021
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Iconic Renaissance Woman, Joni Mitchell, Returns With Joni Mitchell Archives Volume 2 :The Reprise Years (1969 - 1971) Which Continues To Showcase Her Musical Genius
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(Music)
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... Brandi Carlisle, and Margo Price to name a few. Joni’s catalogue of recordings are classics and her influence on pop culture is wide reaching.
The second installment of Joni Mitchell’s archives is being ...
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Created on 11 November 2021
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An Increasing Number of Women in the UK Have Reported Being Pricked or "Spiked" With Drug-Filled Syringe Needles While Out in Public. Activists Are Calling For Safer Nightclub Condition
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(Feminism)
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"Needle Spiking” : A New Sexual Assault tactic Worries Many Women in The UK, A Call For Action Has Been Made.
As if the past few months in the UK weren’t already filled with numerous stories about ...
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Created on 02 November 2021
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US Issues First Gender "X" Passport In A Historic Win For Intersex, Nonbinary, And Gender-Nonconforming Individuals ...
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(Feminism)
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In a landmark challenge to traditional gender classification, the U.S. government has issued its first gender “X” passport for individuals who do not identify as male or female. Jessica Stern, U.S. ...
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Created on 28 October 2021
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For Centuries, Halloween Was a Day for Young Women to Predict Their Future Husbands: A Look At the Unlikely Romantic History of All Hallow's Eve ...
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(General)
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The party had just died down and all the revelers were heading home. All, that is, except for three young women, each of whom had a different destination in mind. The first was headed off to a cabbage ...
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Created on 21 October 2021
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Halle Berry's Latest Character Finds Redemption In The Fighting Ring In Upcoming Netflix Sports-Drama "Bruised" ...
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(Movies)
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Halle Berry will make her directorial debut with the upcoming Netflix sports drama Bruised, in which she stars as a disgraced fighter who must defend her name and rediscover her power.
The 55-year-old ...
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Created on 21 October 2021
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In Her Memoir "The Big Hurt," Erika Schickel Looks At Her Self-Imposed Bad Girl Image Through A New Len
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(Books)
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In her new memoir, The Big Hurt, author and actress Erika Schickel re-examines her “bad girl” self-image and offers an intimate look into her long process of healing from emotional and sexual trauma. ...
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Created on 18 October 2021
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Country Singer Allison Moorer is Back With "I Dream He Talks to Me," A Memoir on Mothering a Child with Non-Verbal Autism ...
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(Books)
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... drawl as she chatted with her son’s teacher during afternoon pickup. It was a fall afternoon in the midst of after school dismissal and Moorer’s voice rang disparate compared to the usual city cadences ...
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Created on 12 October 2021
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Two New Essay Collections, "Sometimes I Trip On How Happy We Could Be" and "On Freedom," Examine American Culture and If Freedom Truly Exis
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(Books)
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... by Maggie Nelson and Nichole Perkins.
On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint
By Maggie Nelson
(Graywolf Press)
There are few cultural critics with as much name recognition as MacArthur “genius” ...
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Created on 08 October 2021
