by Pier Marton | Jun 15, 2011 | Ego, Humor, Music, Native, Poet, Women
“A string quartet in her throat.” Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Jun 13, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Care, Death, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Middle-East, Native, Politics, Racism, Roma, Spectacle, Theater, Wars, Women
CODEPINK emerged out of a desperate desire by a group of American women to stop the Bush administration from invading Iraq. The name CODEPINK plays on the Bush Administration’s color-coded homeland security alerts — yellow, orange, red — that signal terrorist...
by Pier Marton | Jun 13, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Books, Health, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Middle-East, Native, Politics, Roma, Sci/Nat, Spectacle, Wars, Women
From the NYTimes: Kathryn Pearson, an expert on Congress at the University of Minnesota: her studies of the House show women introduce more bills, participate more vigorously in key legislative debates. From the Harper Collins website for the book “Why Women...
by Pier Marton | Jun 12, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Doc, Film, France, Hispanic, History, Human Rights, Humor, Ideas, Idées, Jewish, Magyar, Media, Middle-East, Politics, Shoah, Site, Time, Wars, Women
The “online cinematheque” presents until December 11, Cannes’ La Semaine de la Critique offers a retrospective with many free features. Where you will NOT see the blockbusters but the richer, rarer treasures. Email a link to a friend (Opens in new...
by Pier Marton | May 28, 2011 | Art, Death, Film, KeyFilm, Sci/Nat, Teach, Women
“Exquisitely animated and exceptionally bleak.” The New York Times Her website. I used to screen this film so students could understand: 1. how animation could be a very strong medium 2. how producing an artificial environment could be stronger at times...
by Pier Marton | May 28, 2011 | Afri, History, Human Rights, Humor, Media, Music, Poet, Racism, Spectacle, Women
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