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By auriane • 16 years ago

The O Tapes

The O Tapes, a documentary combining the history of the female orgasm with accounts from women aged 25-60, psychologists, and doctors, could be considered a companion to Eve Ensler’s legendary Vagina Monolologues. Driven by personal accounts as well as a history lesson  — Ida Craddock and Margaret Sanger’s contributions are included — The O Tapes is a funny, lively, sensual and at times heartbreaking look at the quest for clarity, a Penn & Teller’s Bullshit for truth in female sexuality.

At one time, the producers were invested in turning The O Tapes into a series, but unfortunately an agreement with Showtime could not be reached.

For more information, visit http://www.theotapes.com/
By auriane • 16 years ago

Old and Out of the Way

I’m in love with my DirecTV box — let’s just put that out here right now — though I agree that much of what’s on sucks, or is at least worth questioning.This is precicely the reason I feel hundreds of channels are better than a few: you get a plethora of view points, ideas and electronic images from across the past 100 or so years.

A little disclosure: I’m a screenwriter, and while I prefer outright originality to remakes of any kind, I know it’s the hot thing to do right now for the dominant paradigm, and I’d like to make a few suggestions.

While perusing my DTV for some cool movies with women at the helm, I ran across a few ...

I’m in love with my DirecTV box — let’s just put that out here right now — though I agree that much of what’s on sucks, or is at least worth questioning.This is precicely the reason I ...