Miss Representation is a 2011 documentary written and directed by Jennifer Siebel Newsom that exposes how mainstream media and culture contribute to the under-representation of women in positions of power and influence in America. With the tagline, “You can’t be what you can’t see,” the film draws attention to how limited and often disparaging are media portrayals of women and girls. As the film’s website explains, “In a society where […]
Cindy Williams Gutiérrez | The Names of Forgotten Women
Columbia Gorge Dance Card Even the noble pine cannot resist the wind’s advances. With uneven breath, he curls along her stoic spine, refusing no for an answer. No question he’s notorious in dance circles on the Columbia. Milonga campera—titillating tango: Gorge wind leads, faithless fir cuts in—follows. A sea of lithe, green lines. Gusty tempo and her branches sway, sashay until spiked cones slip off like lusty stilettos. The ardor […]
Sparrow | Goodbye, Patriarchy
It’s like the French Revolution. One by one, prominent men are wheeled out to the guillotine and dispatched. Of course, the present-day “deaths” are metaphorical. Garrison Keillor is still alive, just out of sight. But “Garrison Keillor,” the charming, folksy, self-deprecating Midwestern humorist, is dead. As is “Harvey Weinstein,” the brash, 1930s-style film mogul. Some of these decapitations are as swift as an ATM transaction. TV journalist Charlie Rose disappeared […]
Ellen Woods | Taking charge
In 2007 my daughter Lulu surprised the family by joining the Army. She was eighteen and had already been accepted at Cal State Monterey. Lulu told me that her father and stepmother insisted that she go to college; they were vehemently opposed to the army. Her dad and I hadn’t made any joint decisions since he remarried when Lulu was four years old. I fully supported Lulu’s decision though it […]
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