FEMINIST ART - On the right is Shirin Fakhim's mixed media work "Tehran Prostitutes" from 2008. It is a life size sculpture. Shirin Fakhimâs "Tehran Prostitutes" uses absurd and sympathetic humour to address issues surrounding the Persian working-girl circuit. In 2002 it was estimated that there were 100,000 prostitutes working in Tehran, despit...
FEMINIST - Nothing sells guns and ammo faster than women with guns. Not to women of course! To men who apparently have nothing better to do than blow their wad (literally and figuratively) on buying a bigger, more powerful gun. The reason is obvious. Men are the ones with penis envy. On the right female Russian soldiers ready their Kalashnikov rif...
By Suzanne MacNevin - Chemistry Teacher. RELIGION - Catholic schools are not exactly known for their tolerance and understanding, especially with respect to women and other cultures. As someone who has taught previously at Catholic schools I have a voice on this topic. In January Grade 7 student Miranda Washinawatok, who will turn 13 at the end of ...
"The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off." - Gloria Steinem. "Law and justice are not always the same. When they aren't, destroying the law may be the first step toward changing it." - Gloria Steinem. "We ask justice, we ask equality, we ask that all the civil and political rights that belong to citizens of the United States, ...
ENTERTAINMENT - So apparently if you Google Tati Kalveks my blog is #2 on the list right now. Huzzah! How was this brought to my attention? An email from Andy Patterson of Abubilla Music brought it to my attention that apparently my blog post on her is quite popular. "Hi there, I hope this finds you well. I saw the post on your blog about Tati Kal...
I'm the crazy Aunt everyone warned you about... And its so true. My sister and her husband hate me (or more specifically they hate the things I give my niece for xmas and birthdays). This past xmas for 2011? I gave my niece a drum set. Buying for her is getting tricky. She is 12 and interested in boys and I wanted to give her something she could 2 ...
By Suzanne MacNevin - February 15th 2012. Its really early in the morning the night after Valentines... and I am reading poetry. Not because I am lonely (although I am), but because THIS is a really kewl poem. And although this poem is about relationships, it has a strong feminist slant. Read and see why. I added the artwork for fun since some of y...
Note to Self: In the past 4 years roughly I have been threatened with 5 different lawsuits from various different people... mostly because I like to say it how it is. None of the lawsuits amounted to anything more than threats and I am easily amused by vague attempts to get "blood from a stone". Speaking honestly and truthfully means people get eas...
RELATIONSHIPS & SEX - Today is Valentines... but I want to talk about an interesting trend I've noticed. White men who prefer non-white women, because (according to them) non-white women are less selfish, more forgiving, more tolerant, more giving, more loyal, more patient, more diligent, more understanding and kinder. Notice anything? They're...
Rachel Kneebone's sculptural women are perched on pedestals, their torsos deformed and twisted, their arms intertwined with flowers and plants creating abstract shapes in a hellscape. Kneebone's most ambitious work includes "The Descent," from 2008. "The Descent" is a 11½-by-5-foot porcelain caldron filled with hundreds of tiny human forms being ...
Body Gesture: A Group Exhibition of Feminist Art is at Elizabeth Leach Gallery. 10:30 am-5:30 pm Tuesday-Saturday. Closes January 28th 2012 (today, sorry for the late post). The feminist art show features thoughtful and provocative artwork as it explores feminist themes such as body image, gender polarization and a womanâs right to choose. The ar...
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