Lesbian Themed Virtual World Coming Soon
Showtime’s “The L Word” is teaming up with multimedia developer Electric Sheep to create its own interactive experience. The service will begin testing next month with plans to fully launch in early 2009 — when the show’s new series begins — according to the Hollywood Reporter.
“The L Word” virtual world will be the first major […]
The Triumphant Warped Return of Grace Jones
What can I say, she is fierce! Grace Jones, 60-year-old actress/model has just released a new video for “Corporate Cannibal” the first single off her forthcoming album, Hurricane (which features collaboration with Tricky, Brian Eno and others). The video is creepy and fantastic. The lyrics, well…here is a sample:
Employer of the year
Grandmaster of fear
My […]
New Music from Three Fierce Ladies
At just 23, Delta Goodrem is already one of Australia’s most successful and highest-selling female artists. Now she’s ready to take on the world. Her first international album Delta is set for release in June 2008 on Decca. The first single “In This Life,” became a No.1 hit in Australia, effortlessly seducing radio with […]
Smoking Gun
Pistolera is a NYC-based band that defines the latin alt-folklorico genre. Drawing from traditional styles of Mexican music and fusing it with pop-rock sensibility, the electrifying quartet features Spanish lyric songs of vocalist and guitarist Sandra Lilia Velasquez, the driving accordion melodies of Maria Elena and the unbeatable rhythm section of bassist Inca B. Satz […]
Italian Vogue Features Black Models
It’s an open secret in the fashion industry: black models rarely get jobs on catwalks, in magazines and on billboards. According to executives, they do not inspire women to spend money.
Now a counterattack to the racism of the fashion industry is coming from an unlikely source: Italian Vogue .
The NYT reports that for the July […]
The Women: Hollywood and film
Riding on the box office success of Sex and the City, and the strong female turn out for Hillary Clinton’s historic campaign, Hollywood execs have finally figured out the we are a powerful and lucrative demographic. Already lined up are scores of films catering to the fairer sex.
Coming this fall is a remake of the […]
Heterosexual Propaganda And The City
I emerged from the darkened cinema after watching the new film version of “Sex and the City” feeling just as beaten-over-the-head with heterosexual propaganda as “Mr. Big” was with white roses. Yes, the relationships between the primary four white women (plus the new addition of Carrie’s black personal assistant — a comforting, mammy-like portrayal by […]
Fashion King Yves Sant Laurent Died Last Night
French fashion icon Yves Saint Laurent died of a brain tumor in Paris last night at the age of 71.
Over the course of his 50-year career, he revolutionized women’s clothing by breaking down the distinction between masculine and feminine.
Perhaps best known for introducing the “Le Smoking”, a tuxedo for women, in 1966, Saint Laurent considered […]
Eco-Conscious Bra Taps Into Solar Power
Green is in. Looking to hitch a ride on the sustainability bandwagon, lingerie maker Triumph International Japan introduced a solar-powered, eco-friendly, and green (literally) bra in Tokyo last week. Yes, that’s b-r-a. Bra.
Featuring a solar panel around the stomach area, the simply-named “Solar Energy Bra” can generate enough electricity to power up your mobile phone […]
Where Are The Women?
The collective Guerrilla Girls was founded in 1985 with a mission to bring attention to issues of gender and race within the art world. Through posters and public actions, hard facts and a bit of humor they have confronted inequality in major museums and Hollywood.
In 1985 they picketed the Museum of Modern Art in […]
