Entertainment
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Lourdes Portillo Retrospective at MoMA
A retrospective of the films/videos of Lourdes Portillo opens tomorrow, June 22nd, at the MoMA in New York. “Lourdes Portillo: La Cineasta Inquisitiva” celebrates the...
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3 Lessons from U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey (A 3 Part Series Coming Soon!)
Series Introduction: I am dancing and screaming with joy even more often than usual because Natasha Trethewey is our next US Poet Laureate! For those...
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Growing Up Loving a Working Mother
By Sydney When I tell people that my mother was a stripper, professional dominatrix, and at one point owned an escort service, I usually get...
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The Nerve of Lena Dunham
Lena Dunham’s new HBO show “Girls” has touched a nerve. Or maybe a few. Surely this is in part because it is a nervy show....
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Excerpts from "Jumping the Jahru"
By Nina Sharma Jones That Dress That dress? It’s so heavy it could kill you. It will cost as much as an SUV, shouldn’t run...
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Masculinity, the NFL, and Concussions
The defenders of the National Football League (NFL) have been busy. In the wake of the suicide of Junior Seau, on the heels of several...
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When Injured Brains Speak
By Daniel R. Morrison and Monica J. Casper Last year in TFW, we wrote about the gendered aspects of traumatic brain injury (TBI), noting stark differences between...
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TFW Forum on Women Filmmakers (Day 3)
TFW is excited to highlight the inventive work of several phenomenal women filmmakers in a three-day forum that ends today. Carmen Torres, tiona m., Aishah Shahidah Simmons,...
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Women Filmmakers Forum: Pratibha Parmar
Filmmaker Pratibha Parmar has an exemplary track record for her passionate commitment to making films with integrity and illuminating untold stories with visual flair and...
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TFW Forum on Women Filmmakers (Day 2)
TFW is excited to highlight the inventive work of several phenomenal women filmmakers in a forum that runs from Wednesday through Friday. Carmen Torres, tiona m., Aishah...
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Women Filmmakers Forum: Nev Nnaji
Nev Nnaji is the producer/director of Reflections Unheard: Black Women in Civil Rights, an upcoming feature-length documentary which focuses on the marginalization of black women...
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Women Filmmakers Forum: tiona.m.
tiona.m. is a multi-media artist whose mission is to make the invisible, visible and to humanize her subjects. She believes that her work as a...
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TFW Forum on Women Filmmakers
TFW is excited to highlight the inventive work of several phenomenal women filmmakers in a forum that runs from today through Friday. Carmen Torres, tiona m.,...
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Women Filmmakers Forum: Anna Barsan
Anna Barsan is a filmmaker and media educator currently living in Brooklyn, NY. She holds a Master’s in Film and New Media from the New...
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Women Filmmakers Forum: Carmen Torres
Carmen Torres graduated from the Universidad del Cine in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and also holds a B.A. in Literature and Philosophy from Universidad de los...
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Race, Mad Men, and Nostalgia
By Claire Oberon Garcia Like three million other Americans, I eagerly looked forward to the return of Mad Men. I love the show. But as...
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A Holistic Anatomy of Yes?: A Review of Corset Magazines Orgasms Issue
I have strong views on sex. As a co-founder of the not safe for work tumblr Come Correct (bettacomecorrect.tumblr.com) I unapologetically let you know that...
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Man v. Food: Representations of Meat and Masculinity
By Mari Kate Mycek While watching Man v. Food, I observed a very interesting relationship between men and non-human animals. The situations I’m going to describe...