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Catherine Breillat Proves She's More Than a Porno-polemicistnew
As if to legitimize her unorthodox approach, the period drama of The Last Mistress brings Breillat into the haughty realm of Choderlos de Laclos' Les Liaisons Dangereuses, the infamous (often adapted) 18th-century novel of sexual gamesmanship as psychological and political intrigue.
New York Press |
Armond White |
06-26-2008 |
Reviews
What Will Post-Hillary Feminism Look Like?new
Here's my proposal: Feminists become for the Democrats and progressive politics what evangelical Christians have been for the Republicans and conservatism -- its demanding, uncompromising base.
Seven Days |
Judith Levine |
06-20-2008 |
Commentary
Carly Simon in the Same Breath as Carole King and Joni Mitchell?new
Vogue and Vanity Fair journalist Sheila Weller's thorough and well-written triple biography is less an attempt to put these singer/songwriters on the same artistic plane than it is to connect them to key moments in contemporary women’s history.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
06-16-2008 |
Nonfiction
Dawn Shamp Celebrates 1920s Roxboro in Her Debut Novelnew
On Account of Conspicuous Women is a picturesque, historically thoughtful look at four young women who become friends in 1920 -- a time when women, recently armed with the right to vote, faced the new challenge of proving their equality with men.
England Gets The Gossipnew
Beth Ditto's queer/weight activism should be applauded, but one worries that the singer's sudden celebrity rather ignores her day job.
Willamette Week |
Jay Horton |
04-09-2008 |
Reviews
Remembering Grace Paleynew
If I have any nascent wisdom in my head, Grace, it's this: You were always much wiser and less foolish than you let on.
Seven Days |
Mike Ives |
09-05-2007 |
Books
Where the Girls Arenew
Lamb and Brown look at pink culture and see red.
Seven Days |
Margot Harrison |
09-06-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
I Am Not a Housewifenew
Even women who can’t stand what Flanagan has to say concede that she’s a terrific writer -- her trenchant wit and breezily fluid prose make Maureen Dowd’s look like the work of a shrill amateur.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
04-13-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Killer Regeneratrixnew
In the U.S., the liberation of women has been grotesquely reduced to whether or not Roe v. Wade is the "law of the land" -- whatever happened to real feminism?
North Bay Bohemian |
Peter Byrne |
01-27-2006 |
Commentary
Roller Grrrlsnew
The women of roller derby are tough, fast and back on track.
Houston Press |
Keith Plocek |
01-17-2006 |
Sports
