Her name may not appear on the press release, but Allison Peller has been critical to the organization of the New.New York exhibit (curated by Artist / Photographer / Curator / Educator, John Silvis) at the Essel Museum in Vienna. With the exhibit (open NOW, since November 23rd) quickly approaching, I wanted to get a few
I can’t think of a better binder to put women in than the U.S. Senate. 🙂 “These are your women in the Senate in January 2013: Republicans: Deb Fischer, Nebraska; Lisa Murkowski, Alaska; Susan Collins, Maine; Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire. Democrats: Diane Feinstein, CA; Barbara Boxer, CA; Mary Landrieu, Louisiana; Barbara Mikulski, Maryland; Debbie Stabenow, Michigan; Amy Klobucher, Minnesota ; Claire
So, I do hope that you all get to the voter polls today. I realize that many of you may be tired of the whole electoral process. I know many of my facebook friends must be tired of my PSA announcements, but I’ve tried to keep it to the important ones. Since I live in
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Since my last post, the ING Marathon was canceled, but I think that is ok. It was a disappointment, but seeing the rate of recovery – the city can’t handle a big event like that one just yet. Although many out-of-town-ers already flew in for the event, it was determined to be too taxing of a
I am back online, for a timely post: In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, NYC civil servants have been regularly issuing updates, while “Authorities” and other service providers are attempting to get back online in whatever ways they can. It has been made clear that we, in Brooklyn, are lucky when we hear of the severity
Today I saw the Forbes list of POWERFUL WOMEN who “run the world” (speaking of which, happy b-day Hil!). So, that’s cool, but… you may have also noticed their list of Richest People is still made primarily of white men, and women who inherited money and/or are in the Walton (that’s Wal-Mart) family. Yesterday I
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Yesterday I told my little brother in an all-too-rare phone call of sisterly wisdom how I’ve seen that there are just so many different ways to live life in this world. That there are so many different ways to employ one’s self. I noted also that if you can imagine something – there has probably been someone
I recently signed a petition to end sexism in media via the Miss Representation website. They followed up with me – providing a list of action items. Below, I have adapted their list – translating it for the visual arts… I think I like #4 the most. 1. Tell people about exhibits of women’s art work. 2.
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The Peace and Freedom Party of California, founded in 1967, is committed to socialism, democracy, ecology, feminism and racial equality. We organize toward a world where cooperation replaces competition, a world where all people are well fed, clothed and housed; where all women and men have equal status; where all individuals may freely endeavor to
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Originally ratified at the Green Party Convention in Denver, Colorado, June 2000 1. GRASSROOTS DEMOCRACY Every human being deserves a say in the decisions that affect their lives and not be subject to the will of another. Therefore, we will work to increase public participation at every level of government and to ensure that