Feminism

Jul
30

Jesca Hoop, Hunting My Dress

Posted in Current Faves, Feminism, Music |

By Less Lee Moore

The title song of singer/songwriter Jesca Hoop’s second album, Hunting My Dress, might sound odd, until you listen to the song and consider the lyrics. Rather than describing a woman’s article of clothing, she seems to mean instead the search for a guise, or perhaps a disguise. With all the various personas that she inhabits on this album, it is quite a fitting term.
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Jul
30

Concrete Blonde, Bloodletting 20th Anniversary Edition

Posted in Feminism, Music, Retrovirus, Reviews |

By Noreen Sobczyk

Did you ever notice that Johnette Napolitano rarely, if ever, gets mentioned in those Top Women of Rock lists? Even if Concrete Blonde never had a good song on any album besides Bloodletting (which, rest assured they did), this album alone is enough to put her in the Top 20. Napolitano has the swagger, songwriting talent, and the vocal ability to assure her space as, perhaps not the Queen of Rock, but as a high-ranking member of the royal court.

On Bloodletting, Napolitano shows her vulnerability, desires, and strengths in spades on classic songs like the dysfunctional love song “Joey” (the band’s biggest commercial success); “Tomorrow Wendy” (a cover of the heartbreaking Andy Prieboy song about a friend dying from AIDS); and “Bloodletting (The Vampire Song);” one of the best vampire songs ever written, arguably second only to Bauhaus’ “Bela Lugosi’s Dead.”
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Jul
2

Underground Girls Blog: Q&A With Mandy Mullins Of Garbo’s Daughter

Posted in Blog, Feminism, Media, Music, The Internets |

By Less Lee Moore

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The lovely and talented Mandy Mullins, who has been an integral part of so many of our Popcasts here on Popshifter, was recently featured on the Underground Girls blog where fellow groovy girl Kelly Fever describes her as “one of the grooviest girls in the pop music scene” and I couldn’t agree more.

Read their Q&A with Mandy to find out more as she discusses her influences, her idols, her guitar, plus Stryper, Sassy Magazine, The Beatles, The Osmonds, and Bubblegum!

Mar
30

Five Faves: Female Movie Characters

Posted in Feminism, Films, Top Five Lists |

By Less Lee Moore

Not the Ultimate Top Five perhaps, but the five I return to over and over.
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Mar
30

More Than Shakespeare Slash: Q&A With Author Myrlin Hermes

Posted in Books, Culture Shock, Current Faves, Feminism, LGBTQ, Q&A, Teh Sex |

By Jemiah Jefferson

The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet, the new novel by Portland, Oregon author Myrlin A. Hermes, dismantles some of the best-known works of literature in the English language—the plays and sonnets of good ol’ Willie Shakespeare, most particularly Hamlet—and builds from their parts a unique, steamy, bisexual love triangle between three famous characters.
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Mar
30

Shouting Birds Into Existence: Yoko Ono/The Plastic Ono Band

Posted in Concert Reviews, Current Faves, Feminism, Music |

By Matt Keeley

Brooklyn Academy Of Music, Brooklyn NY
February 15, 2010

Every music geek has a list of bands that they’re certain they’ll never see live, but would just about kill to get the chance. For me, that includes Kraftwerk (seen once), DEVO (seen three times), and The Residents (seen twice). And Yoko Ono (now seen). And not one person killed or even maimed.
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Mar
10

Venus In Fur: Femininity, Masculinity, And The Wolfman

Posted in Blog, Current Faves, Feminism, Films, Horror, Reviews, Teh Sex |

By Hanna

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When The Wolfman’s release date was announced, feminist blog Jezebel asked why there aren’t many female werewolves, concluding that because werewolves are disgusting and hairy, people don’t want to equate that with women. They also pointed out that vampires are a lot more popular than werewolves at the moment, and described that position with regards to sex.

Although the answer to the question about women and werewolves lies exactly in those issues, Jezebel drew the wrong conclusions.
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Mar
5

Showdown At The Oscars

Posted in Blog, Feminism, Films, Reviews, Science Fiction, Science and Technology |

By Lisa Anderson

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Image from
Awards Daily

As Oscar night grows near, two of the most closely watched nominations are for Best Picture and Best Director. Former spouses James Cameron and Kathryn Bigelow are pitted against each other in both categories—Cameron for Avatar and Bigelow for The Hurt Locker. If Cameron wins, it will be a rare triumph for science fiction, one achieved despite controversy about Avatar’s content. Bigelow stands not only to score an upset victory against a blockbuster, but also to become the first woman to win the Oscar for Best Director.
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Feb
4

Bettina Köster, Queen Of Noise

Posted in Blog, Current Faves, Feminism, Music, Reviews |

By Julie Finley

I love it when you put on an album, and it just kicks ass immediately. I love it even more when it continues to kick ass, and then when it’s over, you feel compelled to listen to it again! That doesn’t always happen, even with some of your personal favorite albums.

Bettina Köster’s Queen of Noise might not be my favorite album, but it certainly falls into the realm of the type of album I just described. It just kicks ass, and continues to kick ass! (I apologize for my lowbrow description, but I guess it sort of brings the cave-girl out of me!) I mean, seriously; when something just rocks your lame ass, you know it instantly.
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Nov
29

Top Five Female Television Characters

Posted in Feminism, Television, Top Five Lists |

By Noreen Sobczyk

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1. Diana Rigg as Emma Peel in The Avengers, 1965 – 1968

When I was younger I wanted to be Emma Peel. Who am I kidding? I still want to be Emma Peel. She has a killer ’60s wardrobe, and for my money is the best dressed female character in television history. She’s intelligent, self assured, sharp, and sexy; a woman who can take care of herself, often rescuing her male partner John Steed. Using her wits as well as her martial arts skills, she solves crimes and fights villains, a great feminist character. (Earlier and later seasons of The Avengers held no interest for me as they did not feature Emma Peel.)
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