Tag Archives: Art

The Lady and the egg

By Courtney | Published: February 14, 2011

Tweet I have already read more bad egg puns this morning than any one individual should endure, but nothing where the Lady herself elucidates the meaning behind her eggy entrance at last night’s Grammy Awards. Was it a feminist statement about female reproductive powers? A reclamation of “chicken head?” A nod to how fragile each [...]

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Laughing our way to liberation

By Courtney | Published: January 26, 2011

TweetCheck out cartoonist Liza Donnelly’s awesome TEDWomen talk on the use of humor and art in service of gender liberation. And don’t miss her latest book, When Do They Serve the Wine? Tweet

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Not Oprah’s Book Club: Prestel art books edition

By Courtney | Published: November 9, 2010

TweetI’m a sucker for a beautiful big art book. When I’m struggling with a piece of writing, it sometimes helps me to crack open something that is image-rich and just let my mind wander among the pictures for awhile. Plus, living in New York City, you’d think I would be at a museum every other [...]

Feminism animates

By Courtney | Published: September 2, 2010

TweetI had the great pleasure of hearing Philly-based painter and animator, Jennifer Levonian, speak at the Santa Fe Art Institute when I was home visiting my parents a couple of weeks ago. She started out primarily doing still watercolors, but took an animation class on a whim while in art school and fell in love [...]

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