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She's the Original: "I Am Divine" Examines the Life of Beloved Drag Legend

Movies post by Kerensa Cadenas on April 11, 2013 - 1:16pm; tagged Divine, drag, John Waters, queer, queer artists.

Divine from Pink Famingos

Artistic mediums always have innovators, those people who weren't afraid to try new things with paint, words, light, film. Director Jeffery Schwarz's new film I Am Divine creates a portrait of how revolutionary drag superstar Divine brought drag from society's margins to the mainstream in his fearless and innovative way. 

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Kacey Musgraves: The Country Star Who Calls Out Gender Norms

Music post by Katie Presley on April 11, 2013 - 12:44pm; tagged b-sides, country music, kacey musgraves, Nashville, Texas, women in country.

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Kacey Musgraves is looking to change a mammoth, 44.6 million-albums-sold-last-year music machine from the inside out. And she's going to use pot, homosexuality, and atheism to do it. "EGADS!", one might say. "POT, HOMOSEXUALITY, AND ATHEISM?!" And then one might think for a moment. "No, wait. Those aren't that exciting anymore," one might realize. "Pfffft, Kacey Musgraves, nice try, with your 'controversial' singing music record. NEXT."  But wait. How often do you hear about any of the above in a COUNTRY album? How often are small-town Texas and big-town Nashville starting those conversations? ZING! That's what I thought. Kacey Musgraves is a native of the former, and a product of the latter, and she's changing the genre that made  her one song at a time.

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"Alien Boy" is a Chilling Documentary on One Case of Police Brutality

Movies post by Emilly Prado on April 11, 2013 - 9:08am; tagged mental health, police, police brutality.

police gather around the body of James Chasse

A medic—who was sent away—checks out James Chasse's injuries as police sip coffee. 

Cases of police brutality are reported time and time again across the country.  And yet, despite the passing of years and supposed reforms, we are always taken aback when new cases arise. 

Seven years after one particularly awful case in Portland, Oregon, the new independent documentary Alien Boy: The Life and Death of James Chasse captures the horror once more. The film is a chilling, intimate look at one case of police brutality and the flawed justice system that allows officers to act with impunity.

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On Our Radar: Today's Feminist News Roundup

Bitch HQ post by Hannah Forman on April 11, 2013 - 7:23am; tagged DSM, FEMEN, Homonationalism, immigration reform, Islamophobia.

Goodmorning Bitch readers! Here's some feminist news to kick start your day.

  • Today’s the last day to tune into the Homonationalism Conference happening right now at the The Center for Gay and Lesbian Studies at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York! What’s homonationalism you say? Watch the live stream video to find out! [The Center for Gay and Lesbian Studies at CUNY]
  • A note to white girls who didn’t get into the college of their dreams. [Racialicious]
  • Political correctness gone mad! Jezebel straightens things up for those who are completely mystified about when it’s appropriate to compliment a woman.[Jezebel]
  • Will immigration reform really exclude newly legalized immigrants from Obamacare? Seriously? [Colorlines]
  • Doesn’t look like FEMEN consulted the very women they are advocating for. On Islamophobic practices in feminist movements. [Huffington Post]
  • So the DSM recognizes both gender identity disorder and schizophrenia as mental illnesses, but if you have both at the same time, your access to hormones might be compromised. [Autostraddle]

Check out more news tomorrow!

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Ms. Opinionated: What Should I Do About My Friends' Wedding Costs?

Ms. Opinionated post by Megan Carpentier on April 10, 2013 - 3:41pm; tagged advice, friendship, marriage, money, ms opinionated, weddings.

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Welcome to the latest installment of Ms. Opinionated, in which readers have questions about the pesky day-to-day choices we all face, and I give advice about how to make ones that (hopefully) best reflect our shared commitment to feminist values—as well as advice on what to do when they don't.

Dear Ms. Opinionated,

I'd be interested to read a column about wedding etiquette, because it's ludicrous what couples expect their friends to shell out.

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RuPaul's Drag Race Comic Recap: The Six Best Moments from Episode Ten

TV post by Carolyn Main on April 10, 2013 - 2:25pm; tagged comics, RuPaul's Drag Race.

This week was the very special episode of RuPaul's Drag Race when our queens must take up drag novices and trick them out into being real drag royalty. This time around, in a turn of sincere patriotism, all the novices were gay military veterans. The soilders could not have been any more enthusiatic for high-heel-boots camp. Makeovers, make unders, and makeup blunders push our players to tears, reminding us, as in the Marines: no pain, no gain.

Check out our illustrated recap of the show where five faboulous fatales become four.

 

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A 15-Year-Old's Vision of Public School Dystopia

Girls of Color in Dystopia post by Victoria Law on April 10, 2013 - 11:25am; tagged dystopian, education, New York City, school, science fiction, teenagers.

Truancy cover

Last week, I looked at how Malinda Lo and Marie Lu, adult Asian-American authors, wrote race and gender into their worlds. In this post, let's look at how a NYC Asian high school student writes race and gender in his dystopia.

Fifteen-year-old Isamu Fukui wrote Truancy while attending Stuyvesant High School, one of New York City's most competitive and demanding public high schools. In many ways, the book reads as a critique of the public school system.

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