NATURES WASTEFULNESS SEEMS QUIETLY OBSCENE
Laura Barton on the wife's lament:"It made me think how, in our island tradition of maritime songs and sea shanties, we have become accustomed to this sound of wives lamenting, to women pining for men over the waves, and this essential idea of being separated by water. And, though there are some notable exceptions, in these songs of the sea the women are nearly always left standing on the shore.
Canadian female musicians roundtable in Eye Weekly. They broach the typical topics why they do/don't consider themselves feminists, how critics are stupid, how gender impacts their relationship with the audience, alternately depressing and inspiring.
Amy Poehler interviews the young women of Cares Bears On Fire on her jr. feminists web show.
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