Category: Women

23 Oct

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Women (not zombies) take over SAM: Elles exhibit pairs spectacular art with cynical marketing

by · October 23, 2012 · 0 Comments

Japanese artist Yaoyi Kusama hallucinatory work is featured in the Elles: SAM exhibit. (Yoyi Kusama, Yellow tree/Living Room, 2010, seen at Aichi Triennale at Nayabashi Venue)

Oh my god! Run! Women are taking over the Seattle Art Museum! SAM is currently running two related exhibitions devoted to female artists from around the globe. The first Elles: Women Artists from the Centre Pompidou, Paris is a selection of the 200 works that were exhibited at Centre Pompidou in France since 2009. This [...]

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18 Oct

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Scotland wants a breakup, misogynist schooled on sexism, cats turned copters

by · October 18, 2012 · 0 Comments

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Scotland launches breakup campaign after 300-year relationship with England There’s nothing worse than ending a long-term relationship. You have to tell your friends and family and decide who’s going to keep that TV you went halfsies on. But that’s just what the Scottish National Party wants after successfully initiating a referendum for Scottish Independence. However, [...]

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15 Oct

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Will attack on child activist end Pakistani apathy about civil rights?

by · October 15, 2012 · 2 Comments

A student holds an image of Malala Yousufzai, who was shot on Tuesday by the Taliban, during a rally in Lahore

The name Malala Yousufzai was new to me until recently. But the power of her words wasn’t. Back in 2009, when her hometown in Swat Valley was virtually under Taliban control, Malala, using the pen name Gul Makai, wrote a diary that was published and broadcast on BBC’s Urdu language radio service. In it she [...]

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10 Oct

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In honor of I-502: A Globalist marijuana travel guide

by · October 10, 2012 · 0 Comments

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My name is Sara and I smoke pot. Ahh. I feel so much better. And if Initiative 502 passes next month, there’s going to be a lot more people coming out of their smoky closets. Our state looks to be on the verge of legalizing pot for recreational use, so it’s about time we start [...]

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02 Oct

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Half the Sky: half humanitarian heroics, half celebrity ego trip

by · October 2, 2012 · 9 Comments

Actress Olivia Wilde hangs at the Umoja Women's Village in Kenya as part of Half the Sky. (Photo via Jessica Chermayeff/PBS)

Newsflash: being a woman is surreal. Last night I was supposed to be at the gym. So I could look slimmer and prettier or something. But I had a headache. So I stayed on the couch, stumbled across human dolls on Facebook (seriously?!), and tuned in to the much-trumpeted nationwide premier of Half the Sky. [...]

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