Tag: sexism
Why did so many people vote for Trump?
Radical economic inequality causes social breakdown. We're seeing it right now.
Author of ‘Abolish Silicon Valley’ Wendy Liu says tech must change
"There’s this extreme power discrepancy that’s being magnified by Silicon Valley in ways that are not necessarily new, but they’ve improved upon the ways it already existed."
Screen Grabs: Visions of liberation that don’t quite live up to legends
'The Glorias' and 'I Am Woman' let subjects down, 'Native Son' gets noir revival, 'Sign of the Cross' goes over the top.
RIP, the Notorious RBG
How one woman, one petite woman with a mighty intellect and a grit true to her Brooklyn roots, became not just a role model, but a revered symbol of the struggle for women’s equality.
Pianist Holly Mead echoes quarantine angst on new album ‘Solitary Animals’
Pianist and composer Holly Mead picked the title Solitary Animals for her fourth album months before COVID-19 spun us all into cocoons of solitude. Released July 10th on all...
A laser, a dog, and grape gum lead to feminist superpower in ‘Equality Girls’
Aya de León, author and lecturer in the African American Studies department at UC Berkeley, reads a lot of books to her 10-year-old daughter. Even in ones she liked,...
All hail Jacki Weaver, Pride’s hilarious, touching ‘Stage Mother’
When Jacki Weaver was asked to star in director Thom Fitzgerald’s latest film, Stage Mother, the Academy Award-nominated Animal Kingdom and Silver Linings Playbook actress didn’t hesitate for a...
Screen Grabs: Into ‘The Vast of Night’—and beyond
A couple restored minor classics, plus new features about recording-industry sexism, Islamic fundamentalism and UFO invasion, make this another wide-ranging week in the streaming world.
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THE GREY FOX
Released into the...
Tori Amos: ‘Artists will be the second round of responders’
Singer-songwriter Tori Amos is quick to applaud the first responders—the doctors, nurses, and EMTs—who are currently risking their lives to save others during the coronavirus pandemic.
But the “Silent All...
Phyllis Lyon, lesbian rights icon, passes at 95
It's impossible to imagine the queer rights movement without Phyllis Lyon, who passed away today at the age of 95 of natural causes. Along with her wife and partner...
