"citizen-cope" Articles & Blogs:
Inspired by music, Taurus designers find harmony
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Popular culture is filled with examples of cars inspiring music. The Beach Boys loved their "Little Deuce Coupe" and, of course, Wilson Pickett sang about "Mustang Sally." Turns out it's a two-way street: Music can inspire car designers, too.
A diverse ...[Read on] |
Women & Hollywood’ blogger speaks out about women, films, Citizen Jane
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I’m traveling today to the Citizen Jane Film Festival so no blogging today. Here’s an interview I did with the Columbia Daily Tribune in Columbia, MO in anticipation of the Citizen Jane Film Festival this weekend.
Melissa Silverstein of Brooklyn, N...[Read on] |
The Citizen Jane Film Festival
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This past weekend I was lucky enough to get flown to Columbia, Mo to attend the second year of the Citizen Jane Film Festival run out of Stephens College. (a woman’s college) Columbia is a good town for a fest because they already have a reputable one...[Read on] |
Q. What actions are you taking to cope with rising gas prices? A. Not much!
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This year, the folks at Kelley Blue Book asked the question, "What actions are you taking to cope with rising gas prices?" and America answered. The question is one of their regular Quick Polls to drivers nationwide, and the results of this particular ...[Read on] |
Quick Hit: What it's like for a female writer
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Shari Graydon at the Ottawa Citizen has a great piece on what it can be like for a woman writer. (Hate mail galore!)
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Come out to support girls in Africa
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In early 2009, our good friends Carol Ann Gleason, Founder and Director of Stimulus Projects and NYC-based Photographer Danielle St. Laurent teamed up to launch the Geo-Girls Citizen Journalism Program at the Kibera Girls Soccer Academy in Nairobi, Kenya...[Read on] |
Rooney Mara to Play With Fire as Lisbeth Salander
| Rooney Mara in 2009. Photo courtesy of PatrickMcMullan.com. If you are like me, or, for that matter, like just about every other free citizen with functioning eyeballs and a rough grasp of phonics, you have been eagerly awaiting the news of which young ac...[Read on] |
Keeping the Mood Light at The Lovely Bones Premiere
| Susan Sarandon, Christian Ashdale, Peter Jackson, and Saoirse Ronan at The Lovely Bones premiere in New York City, on December 3, 2009. Photographs by PatrickMcMullan.com. “I didn’t even recognize you!” Susan Sarandon said to an Alexander Wang-clad ...[Read on] |
Iran Detains American Female Journalist Roxana Saberi (Video)
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Saberi is just the latest American-Iranian to be arrested in the Islamic country; her dad hasn’t talked to her since Feb. 10, fears for her safetyPost | Today 10:40 am
Iranian-American journalist Roxana Saberi’s father is absolutely worried ...[Read on] |
Female fandom: Study says they don't like the pros
| A study out of Canada about the gendered nature of fandom reveals that women are not huge fans of professional sports. Not a shocker despite the plethora of popular media accounts of women forming fan clubs and becoming the latest target demographic for f...[Read on] |
Equality Watch: Women Missing from Great Directors Festival on TCM
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Got a press release from the folks at Turner Classics movies announcing their month long great directors festival in June.
This month long event will feature 350 films and not a single female director featured is included!
Here are some of the guys:
Fr...[Read on] |
Golfers Creamer, Gulbis get signature shoes
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Paula Creamer and Natalie Gulbis are two of the LPGA’s biggest stars. Even if you’re not a golf fan, you may recognize Gulbis from reality TV shows like “The Apprentice” or her many magazine covers. Creamer’s Citizen Watch commercials ran du...[Read on] |
Yeardley Love and Abusive Relationships
| For the past few weeks the media has covered every aspect of Yeardley Love's untimely death. And, I've searched for why this case struck such a deep cord within me. Is it because it involves college athletes? Athletes who grew up in the same state I did, ...[Read on] |
Questions to ask when choosing a sports camp
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When choosing a sports camp, there are many, many questions to ask. The size of the program, number of session days, distance from home, and philosophy should all influence your decision. The cost, length, and type of a particular program are not necessar...[Read on] |
Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat
| Is it possible to eat what you want without gaining weight? Many people, especially those who are chronic dieters are afraid this is not possible. Breaking away from the rigid set of dieting rules feels scary, and dieters are comfortable with the “restr...[Read on] |
Top power female athletes of 2011
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Apparently Bloomberg BusinessWeek creates an annual Sports Power list by choosing the 100 most powerful athletes on and off the field. This year's Power Sports 100 was pretty disappointing in regards to the number of women that were selected.
In fact, ...[Read on] |
From the Editor’s Desk: Fight Panic Attacks
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The room suddenly starts to spin, your stomach hits the floor, and your heart is racing at an accelerated pace. You can’t focus your eyes and your breathing becomes heavy and uncomfortable.
You start to believe you won’t be able to inhale deeply agai...[Read on] |
Band on the Rise: ChickSpeak Hearts Dreaden
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The city of Atlanta, G.A. is an example of the classic melting pot of different cultures, musical sounds, and visual arts that make southern metropolitans of today the best places to find new artists of all varieties. The music scene in Atlanta is more di...[Read on] |
Giving Victims a Voice: The Miss Landmine Pageant
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Morten Traavik wasn’t expecting much from his trip to Angola in 2003, but what he found there would change the future for women across the world.
During his time in Angola with his then girlfriend, Traavik immediately recognized two very important thin...[Read on] |
Giving Victims a Voice: The Miss Landmine Pageant
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Morten Traavik wasn’t expecting much from his trip to Angola in 2003, but what he found there would change the future for women across the world.
During his time in Angola with his then girlfriend, Traavik immediately recognized two very important th...[Read on] |
Do Kick-Ass Action Heroines Move Gender Sterotypes Forward or Just Perpetuate The Current Ones?
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Last week I read a report in an Australian paper and from Yahoo in India about some important research done here in the US on female action characters in films. I was kind of surprised not to see the research picked up wider so I went directly to the re...[Read on] |
ChickSpeak Celebrates Female Heroes: Past, Present and Future
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Independence Day is one of my favorite holidays. I am so proud and blessed to be an American. Running the risk of sounding cliché, the United States truly is the land of opportunity. While watching the current events unfold in the Middle East and in othe...[Read on] |
Spotlight on Abigail Smith: 26-Year-Old Breast Cancer Survivor
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Although October is officially Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it is an important subject that deserves attentive recognition every month of the year.
Cancer is a word that no one ever wants to hear spoken about themselves, nor about a family member, a co...[Read on] |
Mississippi River Project: Darkness visible
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(Ed. Note: Artist (and good friend) Eve Beglarian is paddling, biking and hiking the length of the Mississippi River in search of musical inspiration. This is one in a series of journal entries.)
After all the adventures of the past few days, despite ...[Read on] |
More Women at Toronto
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The Toronto Film Festival has added more films including Emily Blunt as Queen Victoria in The Young Victoria as the closing night film. (description from indiewire)
Set between 1836, the year before her ascension, to 1840, the year she married Prince Alb...[Read on] |
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