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Catching the Thieves

May 10th, 2010 · 1 Comment

I don’t often sit down to watch a movie, but when I have been watching movies lately, they’ve been from the In Technicolor! era. Recent watches have been For Love of Ivy, Arsenic and Old Lace, Sunset Boulevard and Mogambo. Tonight I’m watching To Catch a Thief. I’ve been enjoying the [...]

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Tags: art · culture · film

Womyns’ Communities

February 26th, 2009 · No Comments

An article on lesbian separatist communities that I found interesting.
I’ve been thinking a lot about communities of women (of all sexual orientations) because of the novel I’m reading, The Patron Saint of Liars by Ann Patchett. It is really, really good. It’s about a home for unwed mothers run by the Catholic church [...]

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Tags: culture · feminism · introspection · politics

Contemporary Graphitti

October 6th, 2008 · No Comments

I saw this on my ride home Thursday night, scribbled onto a seat of my train:

So much for “I wuz here”, hunh?

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Tags: culture · feminism · new york · politics