Rah! Rah! Roundup

If you live in New York or happen to be visiting, next week is your last week to check out Kim Gordon’s solo exhibition of new works at 303 Gallery.

Feminist music critic and Runaways biographer Evelyn McDonnell speaks out on why she thinks The Huffington Post was irresponsible in their reporting of Jackie Fuchs’ rape allegations.

Tanya Steele says that when she looks at Nina Simone, she sees “what is right with her, and what was wrong with the culture that surrounded her” in regards to the documentary What Happened, Miss Simone?.

Speaking of film, Remezcla published this list of “10 Latino Filmmakers You Should Know,” and I’m excited to check out work by Lexi Hiland, Katia Gomez and more.

Continuing the movie talk, is Channing Tatum a “bad feminist”?

OK, now I can’t stop talking about movies, which is why I am so thankful for PQ asking the important question: why can’t film critics stop discussing genitals in relation to the new film, Tangerine? #Transmisogyny

Switching over to books, this writer says the 85 stories that Clarice Lispector wrote, when seen in their entirety, conjure “… a record of a woman’s life, written over the course of a woman’s life. As such, it seems to be the first such total record written in fiction, in any language.”

I am so digging Nikki Darling’s review of Myriam Gurba’s Painting Their Portraits in Winter over at the RADAR Productions blog.

Meanwhile, you no longer need a prescription to get birth control in California and Oregon. Congrats, West Coast–you’ve got your weather and now this. Just kidding, I’m totally happy for you. I’m just waiting for other states to catch up to your coolness.

Radio documentarian/reporter/educator/champion-of-the-female voice Ann Heppermann announced The Sarah Awards!

What did we miss this week? Let us know in the comments <3