Women To Watch
Two new films to see. Written by Shamim Sarif and produced by Hanan Kattan and Enlightenment Productions.
The World Unseen
In 1950’s South Africa, apartheid is just becoming institutionalized. Free-spirited Amina has broken all the rules of her own conventional […]
Immigrant Women Working As Dancers Say Job Is Dangerous
As neon lights bathe the dance floor of the darkened nightclub, a group of young women from Latin America sit at tables, sipping water or soft drinks and waiting.For $2, the women will dance one song. For $10, they will dance a set. Forty dollars buys an hour of their time.
The scene plays out in […]
Gay Elders’ Distinctive Challenges Up Close
photo: Mary Altaffer
Frank Carter was once a globe-trotting professional dancer; his world is smaller now. He battles multiple health problems, walks with a cane and rarely leaves his compact Manhattan apartment.
As an 86-year-old gay man, with no family nearby and many acquaintances long since dead, he’d seem a likely prospect for isolation.
Instead, he has kindled […]
Heart Condemns Use Of Song On Campaign Trail
What’s in a song? Apparently a lot, if the song happens to be Heart’s 1977 hit “Barracuda” and […]
Host a Move On For Obama Party!
On Sunday, September 21st, MoveOn.org is organizing “MoveOn for Obama” calling parties to help recruit an army of volunteers for Obama. Will you host a party?
Get more info here!
Women Groups Endorse Obama
Women’s rights groups endorsed Barack Obama for president Tuesday, asserting the historic selection of a female Republican vice presidential candidate does not make up for John McCain’s lack of support on issues important to women.
“We don’t think it’s much to break a glass ceiling for one woman and leave millions of women behind,” said Eleanor […]
Magazines At Your Door
For all the magazine lovers out there, here comes Maghound, a netflix type service for periodicals.
Maghound is Time Inc’s new service that lets you, the consumer, choose which magazines you want to receive every month—with no hassles, and one low price!
There are hundreds of popular and diverse selections, plus, you get all your magazines delivered […]
Tina Fey As Sarah Palin On SNL
Tina Fey, now the star of “30 Rock,” returned to Saturday Night Live to play Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin for the premiere of the show’s new season. Fey bears a striking resemblance to Palin and nailed the candidate’s distinctive accent. Fey and Amy Poehler opened the show with a joint appearance as Palin […]
NY Times Cites Palin Croniysm, Censorship, Secrecy and Lying
Gov. Sarah Palin lives by the maxim that all politics is local, not to mention personal. So when there was a vacancy at the top of the State Division of Agriculture, she appointed a high school classmate, Franci Havemeister, to the $95,000-a-year directorship. A former real estate agent, Ms. Havemeister cited her childhood love of […]
Latifah Returns To Hip Hop
Queen Latifah considered naming her new hip-hop album The L Word “just to mess with people’s heads.” The New Jersey rapper/actress has endured much speculation about her sexuality because she doesn’t discuss her personal life and played a lesbian in the 1996 film Set It Off. “L was gonna stand for love though or La,” […]
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