“I was trying to figure out why, in 2009, we were still being treated the same way, if not worse, then when I was 14 and listening to Bikini Kill.”–Tom Tom founder Mindy Abovitz on why there are “so few female drummers.”
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Happy New Year! NOT. “The Texas Department of State Health Services announced that at the start of 2016 it would cut off about $600,000 in funding for HIV prevention services provided by Planned Parenthood. The state has provided this funding to the women’s health provider for nearly 30 years. The state gave no reason, saying simply that ‘there will be no further renewals of this contract’ in its notice to Planned Parenthood. ‘The state cuts these programs in an attempt to score political points,’ Rochelle Tafolla, a spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, told the Texas Tribune. ‘The true victims here are tens of thousands of women and men who no longer have access to health care that they need.’
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Happy 2016, Weird Sisters!
Finally, major media outlets are taking notice of the lack of diversity in film criticism. “Because men make up the vast majority of critics — 78% of the top critics appearing on the Rotten Tomatoes website in spring 2013 were male — films with male directors and/or writers receive greater exposure from critics…Niche entertainment sites have the worst record for publishing women, who make up only 9 percent of their critics.” Chaz Ebert reminds us that “a wide spectrum of voices is critical in challenging the mainstream white male-dominated narrative that drives much of Hollywood and the popular media. Being introduced to diverse critical voices and opinions in the arts not only affects how we see the world but also has a profound influence on how we begin to heal it.” Continue reading
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Cady Noland’s Bluewald (1989) sold at Christie’s New York this year for close to $9.8 million—a record for an American artist. Curious who the “top 10 most expensive living female artists of 2015” are? Click here. Additionally, “In 2016, all of the solo shows at SculptureCenter in Queens, New York, will be by women.”
Bluewald (1989)
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“We can beautifully fracture our surfaces when we are challenged to confront what appear to be the limits of our selves. This is what working in collaboration means to me.”–Poet Dawn Lundy Martin
Charli XCX says her documentary, “The F Word and Me” is exploring how “the question ‘whats it like to be a woman in the music industry’ is annoying/complex but still necessary.” Continue reading
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“After an Appleton clinic temporarily suspended abortions earlier this year due to funding issues, there are only three clinics that provide abortions remaining in Wisconsin…NARAL Pro-Choice Wisconsin announced recently that it is piloting a program in Madison to provide food, lodging and support for Wisconsin women who have to travel long distances to receive an abortion.”
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“Black girls are six times more likely to be suspended than white girls…#SpringValleyHigh is everywhere.”
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Introducing…HINDER! Hinder is “an exciting new app that helps you keep track of all the unhinged anti-abortion zealots right in the palm of your hand!”
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