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More conference bitching

Debbie Rasmussen — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 17:33:03 -0400

I was back in Minneapolis this weekend for the National Conference for Media Reform, an event organized by the folks at Free Press, a nonpartisan group focused on media reform and policy.

Teenage Mother (1967) Trailer

Anna Breshears — Wed, 28 May 2008 14:28:43 -0400

TEENAGE MOTHER means nine months of trouble! I saw this a couple of months ago on the Feminist Law Profs Blog and had to watch it again. Attitudes in many places haven't changed much since Arleen's time. The prevailing belief is that girls who explore their sexuality get what they deserve for being a "tease". The dialog is ridiculous and entertaining and there's no way Arleen is 15. It's striking that a movie that is supposed to be an educationa

Hope/politics of place

Debbie Rasmussen — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:57:45 -0400

Here in Northeast Portland is a place called In Other Words Women's Books and Resources, a nonprofit bookstore founded in 1993. I've only lived in Portland for a year, so most of what I know I've learned from talking to people and reading news articles, like this.

A few nights ago I went to a screening of a short documentary called Moving In: A nonprofit feminist bookstore and the politics of place. The documentary, created by Dawn Jones (who's on the board of Bitch; photographed below), examines the bookstore's 2006 move, which resulted from being economically displaced from their original neighborhood, to a historically African-American neighborhood. The film is fantastic; you should see it if you have the opportunity.

The Business of Being Born

Rachel Fudge — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:52:09 -0400

I finally got around to seeing The Business of Being Born, which means I got very intimate with Ricki Lake and her female powers. Lake not only produced this documentary about the ever-increasing medicalization of birth in the U.S. but also included up-close-and-personal footage of the birth of her second son, at home, in the bathtub, attended by a midwife.