Winter’s Bone: Feminism as Survival
November 10, 2010
In Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone (2010), women are foot soldiers. They are not in the army, they are not in a war-torn country: they are living off the grid in southern Missouri, …
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A (Dark Dark) Darker Breed of Feminism: Nona Marie Invie on Activism, Queers, Hole covers, and Being the Only Woman Performing at a Show (Again)
November 9, 2010
I recently wrote an article about Dark Dark Dark’s new album, Wild Go. In it I sang songs of praise for the band’s frontwoman, Nona Marie Invie, relaying (my perception of) her unique take …
Dark Dark Darker: Nona Marie has a Wild Go at an even Wilder Life
November 7, 2010
Dark Dark Dark Wild Go Supply and Demand (2010)
Listening to Wild Go, sophomore album of Minneapolis/New York/New Orleans outfit Dark Dark Dark (released on October 5th), I try to tease out this band and its …
The Boys Just Want to Have Fun: Laurelin & the Boys Play the Space
By SAMUEL HUBER
October 21, 2010
Laurelin & The Boys, 10/9/10 The Space, 295 Treadwell St., Hamden, CT
The Space is not your typical concert venue. It is not a dive bar. It is not a nightclub. Because it does not …
A Weekend, In Poetry
By JESSICA COLE
October 17, 2010
Even with the advent of reality shows, Facebook albums, and Texts From Last Night, few people are able to accurately chronicle their weekends. Even fewer (sorry, party live-Tweeters) have mastered the combination of wit and …
How to Lose Fans and Alienate People: A Tempered Review of Liz Phair's Funstyle
By SAMUEL HUBER
October 2, 2010
Liz Phair Funstyle Self-released (2010)
How To Like It. You were never supposed to hear these songs. These songs lost me my management, my record deal and a lot of nights of sleep. Yes, I …
Arrival: Women at Yale College
By PRESCA AHN
September 22, 2010
Director’s Note
By now there are several documentaries about Yale: To Be a Man (1966), Bright College Years (1970), Coeducation (1970), Black at Yale (1974), Boola Boola (1990), Queer at Yale (2003), and my film Arrival …
In Defense of the "Bed Intruder Song"
September 22, 2010
I am a progressive and politically correct feminist, to whom social justice is important. Thus, I should despise the “Bed Intruder Song,” the Auto-Tuned reinterpretation of a bizarre news story from Huntsville, Alabama, about the aftermath …
The Top 100 Female Artists Z100 Never Played, in No Particular Order: Volume 1
By TAJA CHEEK, SAMUEL HUBER, CHLOÉ ROSSETTI, and ERIN VANDERHOOF
September 13, 2010
Often, we Femmusic Directors have heard said that “all the best frontmen are…well, men.” There does appear to be a common sentiment about …