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'The Riot Grrrl Collection' spreads girl germs of the '90s movement
"What we do is secret." That motto is scrawled more than once in the fanzines assembled in "The Riot Grrrl Collection," this first-ever collection of writings and artwork from Riot Grrrl, the early '90s punk-based feminist movement whose critique of boy-...Tags: Arts and Culture, Literature, Book, Music, New York University
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Legit Review: 'Flashdance the Musical'
VarietyThe producers of "Flashdance the Musical" have "postponed" their plans to bring the show to Broadway this summer. The new tuner, based on the Adrian Lyne-helmed pic, opened in January in Pittsburgh, and after a few months on the road itâs now playing...Tags: MTV (tv network), Sergio Trujillo, Movies, Dance, Music
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Justice Ginsburg: Roe v. Wade not 'woman-centered'
Tribune reporterForty years after the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Roe v. Wade case legalized abortion, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg said the case is not her "ideal picture" for resolving the controversial issue of abortion. Instead, the landmark decision gave...Tags: Abortion, Colleges and Universities, Crime, Law and Justice, General Practitioners, Social Issues
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'Cleopatra' barges into Cannes
Liz Smith"I WILL have to ask you to mind what you say. I am Isis. I am worshipped by millions who believe it." So snapped Elizabeth Taylor to Rex Harrison in "Cleopatra," a movie that pretended to chronicle the life of Egypt's ancient queen, but was really "All...Tags: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp., Alec Baldwin, Julia Roberts, Taylor Kitsch, George Bernard Shaw
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Brutal murder of teenager overshadows Italy women's rights vote
Reuters* Lower house of parliament ratifies treaty on violence against women * Vote comes after shocking series of murders of women * Funeral of teenager burned to death held as vote takes place By Naomi O'Leary ROME, May 28 (Reuters) - Italy's lower house...Tags: Murder, Parliament, Elections, Crime, Law and Justice, Lower House
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Emmys 2013: Creators discuss appeal of 'Homeland,' 'Breaking Bad'
Every good television show needs an audience to sustain it. At the Envelope Emmy Roundtable, five of TV's top show runners told The Times' Martin Miller what they think draws viewers to their own programs: Alex Gansa of "Homeland," Terence Winter of...
Tags: Damian Lewis, Bryan Cranston, Arrested Development (tv program) , Breaking Bad (tv program), Game of Thrones (tv program)
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Surrogacy exposed
WASHINGTON — Women's reproductive rights have enjoyed a half-century or so of well-defined proponents and opponents, but the recently flourishing fertility industry, from egg harvesting to surrogacy, has produced fresh and surprising alliances among...Tags: Government, Civil Rights, Executive Branch, Human Rights, Politics
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Women becoming priests without Vatican's blessing
SAN FRANCISCO — The priest will be ordained in a purple Lutheran church. The Communion bread, symbolizing the body of Christ, will be gluten-free. The congregation will pray to "our mother our father in heaven." But the real departure from Roman...
Tags: Abortion, Breads, Vatican City, Roman Catholicism, Religion and Belief
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LETTER: IRS Reviews Had Disparate Impact
Letter writer Gerald Zuckler argues conservatives shouldn't complain about their treatment by the IRS as tea party groups represent only one-third of the organizations whose applications for tax-exempt staus were flagged for review over their political...Tags: Taxation, Civil Rights, Tea Party Movement, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice
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Kjerstin Gruys' year without a mirror gave her a true look at herself
Los Angeles TimesKjerstin Gruys is a UCLA doctoral student in sociology with a keen, feminist's interest in body image. Her dissertation will plumb the relationship between appearance and inequalities in the workplace. Acutely aware of how our permeating obsession...Tags: Weight Loss, Weight, Botox (drug), Family, Weddings
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Summer brings out much of the best in Chicago area
Every now and then I make a list of nine things I've liked lately. Here's one for the approach to summer. 1. Lake Michigan I love the lake in its lonelier seasons, too, but now, when the warmth comes back and the people come out, the lakefront reminds...Tags: Jeff Perry, PBS (tv network), Meryl Streep, Scandal (tv program), Art Institute of Chicago
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Cannes Film Review: 'The Immigrant'
VarietyCementing himself as the great classicist of his generation, James Gray turns back the clock to 1921 in "The Immigrant," a romantic tale that cuts to the very soul of the American experience. This rich, beautifully rendered film boasts an arrestingly...Tags: The Weinstein Company, Migration, Jeremy Renner, Two Lovers (movie), Ellis Island
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