feminism, pt. 1

I absolutely can't get enough of this statue, Kiki Smith's Lilith. I've probably visited it close to a dozen times (at Boston's MFA! go check it out!), and it never fails to stop me in my tracks. It is mesmerizing and surprising and frightening and informative and basically everything that I think art should be. 

And as that probably makes clear, discussions of feminism and gender issues are something that I get hyperbolically excited about. I'm also having considerable difficulty limiting everything that I find relevant to one or two news stories. Yes, many of these issues are contemporary and ongoing, but they're also so deeply rooted in our social structures, in our relationships, in our very bodies, that it seems difficult to skim at the now. 

So have some bell hooks.

it's not easy being green

 Ugh, sorry for the very overused title. Actually, I'm a little bit worried about all of this week's show being kind of overused. Which is not a concern in a hipster, ugh-how-unoriginal sort of way, but is a concern if the discourse around environmental issues is stuck and not moving forward in a constructive way. So what do you think? Have we reached a point where we understand what needs to be done so well that we've become paralyzed about actually doing it?

Wow. Oops. That ended up a lot more cynical than I was intending. To counter that, have some evidence of and opportunities for forward action. Here's the HuffPo article about the Keystone XL pipeline student protest that took place in DC this weekend and at which several super cool folks from Midd participated. If you're feeling bummed that you weren't there with them and want to register your opinion on the pipeline (whether in assent or dissent, to be fair), head over to regulations.gov and make your comment. The comment window is open until midnight on March 7 (Friday), so don't delay!

As ever, the playlist can be found on WRMC's website.

Next week will kick off a special two-week series looking at possibly (okay, almost definitely) my favorite topic of heated discussion: women! and gender! If you've got any tunes falling under that umbrella that need to played, send 'em my way. 

And now, onwards....to the comment box!