For the 25th edition of Lollapalooza, festival founder Perry Farrell pulled out all the stops. Not only did his band, Jane’s Addiction, perform an epic set that featured surprise appearances from Lollapalooza alumni and Chicago rock royalty Tom Morello (Rage Against the Machine) and Jimmy Chamberlin (Smashing Pumpkins), but he also enlisted some of the […]
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Dying Mother Pens ‘Cards for Brianna’ as Moving Final Gifts
Cards for Brianna by Heather McManamy (with William Croyle) c.2016, Sourcebooks $15.99/$22.50 Canada 201 pages The mail’s here. Mostly, you know, it’s bills, fliers for a new dentist in town, sometimes a magazine, and a reminder from your veterinarian. You got two requests for donations and a letter from an organization you belonged to, years […]
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Rebelle Organization of the Month: Rape Victim Advocates
Sharmili Majmudar, executive director of Rape Victim Advocates since 2008, is clear about her pioneering organization’s legacy. “RVA was started by and continues to be sustained by Rebellious women,” she says. Forty two years after the organization’s founding by a “bad-ass” OB/GYN, Majmudar says the “same spirit of rebellion and commitment” lives on in their […]
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Author Leigh Stein On Her Memoir and When Love is a Drug
When she was 22, she moved with her boyfriend Jason to New Mexico, known as the Land of Enchantment, to write her first novel. They lived there together for six intense months. Four years later, when Jason was killed in a motorcycle accident, Leigh Stein not only had to process the death of a person […]
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Rebellious Political Essays: On Being With Her, With Bernie, With No One
#imwithher and anyone who isn’t can go suck a lemon As our nation slowly truffle-shuffles towards the general election and the most boring version of “Highlander” ever thought possible, I find myself entranced by the Democratic party. I keep noticing social media posts by disappointed Democrats referring to voting for Hillary the same way a high […]
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Review: Cosmetic Titans Hiss & Makeup in ‘War Paint’
Decades before girl power was en vogue—or in the American vernacular—the idea of more than one queen bee at the top of any field was shunned. That’s why female rivalries between powerful women during the first half of the 20th century were common, even expected. The film industry had Bette Davis vs. Joan Crawford, fashion […]
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Rebellious Magazine Reading + After Party!
Come meet the writers behind Chicago’s most Rebellious feminist publication! Rebellious Magazine was founded by recovering Associated Press reporter Karen Hawkins after her former boss told her she was being “rebellious.” Join Hawkins and Rebellious contributors Rachel Berg Scherer, Lisa Farver, Molly Harris, and Uppity-Negro columnist Princess McDowell for a rousing night of readings and […]
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Coming up at Women & Children First: Spiegel and Levy Explore Womanhood & Sexuality in Very Different Ways
Two authors with back-to-back readings at Women & Children First bookstore next week both explore womanhood and sexuality in very different ways. “Action: A Book about Sex” By Amy Rose Spiegel On Tuesday, July 26 at 7 p.m., Amy Rose Spiegel will read from “Action: A Book about Sex,” which The Guardian has called “a candid guide to 21st-century sexual politics.” Spiegel is […]
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FKA Twigs and Miguel Seduce Fans during Pitchfork Day Three
Weather threats loomed throughout most of the third and final day of the Pitchfork Music Festival, but somehow blue skies prevailed, adding to the perfection of the closing night of the Chicago-based event. Breathtaking performance art, throwback R&B sounds and a refreshing resurgence of jazz set the tone for a very sexy Sunday. FKA twigs‘ […]
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Vela Magazine Shout-out for Molly Harris
Vela Magazine has featured Molly Harris’ political satire on Donald Trump in their “Women We Read This Week” list: “This essay by Molly Harris is quite possibly the most on-point, hilariously whip-smart portrayal of the trainwreck that has been the republican race to the white house this year. The piece is as frightening as it […]