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In case y’all didn’t know, Isabella Rossellini is Awesome. Not only was she in Blue Velvet, but she also did an amazing series on the sex lives of various animals called Green Porno.
You can visit the Tumblr here, a continuation of the conversation on diverse sexuality in nature.
Personally I read the whole thing as a critique on narrow minded interpretation of what ‘natural’ sexuality’ is. Please see the GOP and other frigid conservative types the world over!
“For a long time the issue of ‘women in rock’ seemed trivial to me, and frankly, I didn’t think about it much. But reading Ellen Willis has given me pause. There’s a lot more at stake than whether or not a girl decides to learn guitar. Most of the women in my consciousness-raising group have said that as adolescents they felt like they didn’t relate to girls. Smart, dynamic teenage girls shouldn’t feel that their demeanor, their qualities, and their goals make them ‘one of the boys.’ And while there’s nothing so wrong with having men for heroes, it worries me that freedom—especially that anti-authoritarian, ‘fuck you,’ rock and roll freedom—is still seen as male.”
“Women should be heroes for everybody, not just for other women”
Pitchfork on Riot Grrrl, gender and women in (indie?) music &c.
See also From the Back of the Room
(Source: pitchfork)
reposting this with correct source link (at The Hairpin).
screenshotting someone’s article and not crediting them is lousy, OP. OP, btw is gayinterest.tumblr.com and they get full credit for said lousiness.
“By now everyone on earth has heard of Andrej Pejic, except maybe international book chain Borders. The model guy who looks like a girl, is on the cover of Dossier magazine this month and the store are censoring his tits. The magazine actually informed Borders that he’s a man, but Borders are still insisting his tits are obscured on every cover, at Dossier’s own cost.”
