Back in 2008, Nadia Plesner got quite upset. There was an ongoing genocide in Darfur (it still hasn’t been resolved and Sudan is still being terrible about things). She, being an artist and an activist, created a painting, Darfurnica. It was about the media and how it’s terrible that we can know the name of Paris [...]

Man I feel old. I grew up with the second wave of feminism anti-rape Take Back the Night. Now these kids are putting on tube tops and marching in SlutWalks! Feminism is so progressive. Back in college we had Take Back the Night. Women would all quietly walk from one end of campus to the [...]

    How has it already been a year since we forewent bras and let our breasts hang out to protest the absurdity that fell out of the mouth of the cleric Kazem Seddiqi? Last year Seddiqi spoke to the Iranian media and blamed lady boobs for all the earthquakes of the world. This would [...]

This week is turning into obituary week here on the site apparently. You probably don’t know who Madelyn Pugh Davis is. You’ve never seen her photo and you could never place her name. But you’ve definitely seen her work and you’ve no doubt heard anecdotal stories about her as well. This is the woman, who [...]

    Gwyneth Paltrow is singing Adele on Glee right now and I’m having a hard time keeping my eyes dry. Elizabeth Sladen passed away today. I grew up with her. As a child, she was one of my idols. Her adventures on Doctor Who scared me and thrilled me and sometimes made me laugh. [...]

What you think guys are the only ones who can betray their loved ones so they can shoot Force lightning out of their hands and hang out with giant cyborgs? WRONG. Dude, maybe the Jedis should get Yoda or Luke or Leia or somebody awesome representing them rather than ol’ Mace Windu. Just saying. The [...]

There are many great females in music, but there sure aren’t a lot of great female *musicians* in music. Quick, name a great bass player! Paul McCartney! Geddy Lee! That guy from Primus! The dude who plays bass for my favorite band whose name escapes me at the moment! Easy, right? Now, quickly name me a great female bass player! [...]

The year: 1973. The soap opera: The Young, and The Restless. The matriarch on the long-running CBS soap The Young and The Restless is the most powerful woman and best role model ever to emerge from the wilds of Genoa City, Wisconsin. This is no overstatement. Joan of Arc? Dead and buried in the backyard [...]

As a child, I was fascinated with nature, science, space, and humankind’s impact on the former, advancements in the middle, and future in the latter.  I was deeply curious, and ever-hungry for information.  This hunger was later tempered by a foray into religion, perhaps to my detriment, but nevertheless, I believe there is one woman [...]

It’s no easy thing to be an artist’s muse – it’s even tougher to be an artist’s wife; how do you support your partner without becoming overshadowed, yourself? This is something Amelie Matisse, wife to, you know, Matisse – Henri if you’re nasty – knew all too effin’ well.   Amelie was a tough-as-nails woman [...]