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News

PoC News in America

There’s a lot to catch up on, from the ongoing #blacklivesmatters protests to The Wiz Live. Let’s get to it.

News

Friday News Bites: Gun Violence, Terrorist Violence, + What do we even say anymore?

Post author By Sara Habein
Post date Friday, December 4th, 2015
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With server changes around these parts, I’ve been away for a couple of weeks, and in that time we’ve had a lot of disheartening news happen around the world. I don’t even know what to say about it all, but I’ll do my best to round it up here, and then let’s all go get […]

News

Friday News Bites: Second Nepal Earthquake, Women on 20s + More

Post author By Sara Habein
Post date Friday, May 15th, 2015
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Greetings, all! I’ve been away for a week, and I’m just now catching up on some of the things that have been happening in the U.S. and elsewhere. Sometimes being without the internet for a week makes one feel as though everything happens when one is not paying attention! Let’s get started:

This Week in Misogyny

This Week in Misogyny Would Never Ban Squirting

Post author By [E] Hillary
Post date Friday, December 5th, 2014
7 Comments on This Week in Misogyny Would Never Ban Squirting

With all the terrible things going on this week, we actually have a few spots of good news this week. Not many, but I’ll take what I can get! Plus, this week’s BAMFs are even more badass than usual, and two of them are only 7 years old. (As usual, trigger warnings for pretty much everything […]

Tags abortion, Alabama, Alanah Pierce, Alexander Wang, Andy Borowitz, awesome feminist kids, ben carson, bill cosby, black astrophysicists, border patrol sex, campus sexual assault, Chicago, domestic workers, Elizabeth Lauden, FCKH8, Ferguson, fetal alcohol syndrome, fraternities, GamerGate, goldieblox, Grand Theft Auto V, Indiana, Janay Rice, jill scott, jimmy carter, Joan Clarke, Kingsman: The Secret Service, Macy's parade, Malia Obama, Mariana Rondon, Michael Brown, millennials, minimum wage, misogyny, murder, NFL, No Gender December, Oklahoma, online harassment, Pelo Malo, personhood, Piers Morgan, porn, pregnancy discrimination, rachel zoe, racists getting fired, rape, Ray Rice, Roger Goodell, Sarkeesian Effect, Sasha Obama, SCOTUS, SDSU, shia lebeouf, SJW auto blocker, squirting, street harassment, suicide, target, Terry Crews, The Imitation Game, trans, Trans Lifeline, TRAP laws, Tugce Albaryak, Victoria's Secret, Whoopi Goldberg, women in sports, workplace sexual harassment, Yale, young v. UPS, Zillow

News

Friday News Bites: #NotOneMore Campaign, Reading Rainbow Return + More

Post author By Sara Habein
Post date Friday, May 30th, 2014
2 Comments on Friday News Bites: #NotOneMore Campaign, Reading Rainbow Return + More

In a week filled with misogyny and gun-related sadness, about which our own Coco wrote about brilliantly, I’m going to mainly direct your attention to other stories happening around the world this week.

Books

Interview: Author Stacey Ballis (Plus a Book Giveaway!)

Post author By The Unprofessional Critic
Post date Thursday, January 30th, 2014
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Stacey Ballis: the author who enlightened me that authors are nice people!

Movies

Feminist Bollywood: Dhoom 3

Post author By Natasha
Post date Tuesday, January 14th, 2014
9 Comments on Feminist Bollywood: Dhoom 3

I’ve been thinking about action movie Dhoom 3 since I saw it in the theater on December 24. Strangely, I didn’t think it was as “good” as Ram-Leela or Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani (though those are all very different types of movies), but I’ve been thinking about it much more.

Tags aamir khan, abishek bachchan, bollywood, Chicago, dhoom, dhoom 2, dhoom 3, feminism, feminist, feminist bollywood, jai dixit, katrina kaif

Perspectives

My Life in Burlesque: The Care and Feeding of a Stage Kitten

Post author By Emma Glitterbomb
Post date Thursday, November 14th, 2013
2 Comments on My Life in Burlesque: The Care and Feeding of a Stage Kitten

Gather ’round, while I explain the art of being a stage kitten.

Tags apprentice, burlesque, Chicago, cigarette girl, emma glitterbomb, gorilla tango burlesque, gorilla tango theatre, stage kitten, the kiss kiss cabaret

Books

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America

Post author By [E] Sally J. Freedman
Post date Wednesday, September 18th, 2013
3 Comments on The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair that Changed America

I’ve come to learn that my brother reads really interesting books. To be more precise, he listens to really interesting books on his daily commute. After 10 years of back and forth from the Chicago Loop to the suburbs, he’s listened to libraries worth of novels. Recently, he recommended The Devil in the White City […]

Tags book review, Chicago, erik larson, the devil in the white city

Bodies

Me and My (Curvy) Shadow: Burlesque and Body Image

Post author By Emma Glitterbomb
Post date Friday, August 23rd, 2013
9 Comments on Me and My (Curvy) Shadow: Burlesque and Body Image

TW: talk of size and weight (no numbers) “I hope no one thinks, ‘Why’d they let the big girl in?’”

Tags anorexia, body image, bulimia, burlesque, Chicago, dancing, eating disorder, emma glitterbomb, gorilla tango burlesque, kiss kiss cabaret, size, Size acceptance

Life

Show Me What You Got: Burlesque and a Broken Heart

Post author By Emma Glitterbomb
Post date Thursday, July 25th, 2013
3 Comments on Show Me What You Got: Burlesque and a Broken Heart

All the metaphors you’ve heard about stripping making you free, are a LOAD.

Tags broken heart, burlesque, Chicago, dancing, distance, gorilla tango, kiss kiss cabaret, life, love, relationships, studio l'amour

News

News Appetizers for 2/15/2013

Post author By [E] Sally Lawton
Post date Friday, February 15th, 2013
1 Comment on News Appetizers for 2/15/2013

I feel like we read all of this last week: mergers, business deals, horrible everything? But this week we have puns.

Tags Airlines, al capone, BBC, birth control, Chicago, cruise, Heinz, NPR, nytimes, Oscar Pistorius, the pill, travel, Triumph, warren Buffet

Books

Mini-Reviews: “Who Done It?”, “Here I Go Again” and “Hooked”

Post author By The Unprofessional Critic
Post date Friday, January 25th, 2013
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When Chicago winter rears its ugly, black icy, snow swirly head, all I want to do is stay inside and read books. I don’t want to work. I don’t want to go out. I don’t want to get the flu, but that happened last week. But you know the great thing about the flu (after […]

Movies

Classic Woman-centric Movie Review: “Roxie Hart”

Post author By Linotte Melodieuse
Post date Friday, January 11th, 2013
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Hello, Persephoneers! This week’s classic movie pick is “Roxie Hart,” made in 1942 and based on the play Chicago by Maurine Dallas Watkins. The movie stars Ginger Rogers, Adolph Menjou, and George Montgomery and was directed by William Wellman. The play was based on Watkins’s coverage of the Belva Gaertner and Beulah Annan murder trials […]

Tags belva gaertner, beulah annan, Chicago, ginger rogers, maurine dallas watkins, roxie hart

News

News Appetizers with a Fine Cup of Coffee

Post author By [E] Sally Lawton
Post date Friday, January 4th, 2013
4 Comments on News Appetizers with a Fine Cup of Coffee

New Congress. Same old misery thanks to violence against women and people of color. And the possible return of one of the best TV shows ever.

Tags Boehner, Chicago, Congress, depardieu, France, house, Putin, russia, Sandy Hook, senate, twin peaks