Writer Melissa Fraterrigo: “Before my daughters arrived I squandered time. I read books from start to finish whether I felt drawn into the world of the story or not. I worked on short stories that were okay but could easily be put aside to check email or run an errand. I lacked dedication. Parenthood changed that. So did the seizures.”
Month: February 2018
‘Mozart In The Jungle,’ Has Become A Showcase For New Music
The Amazon show’s fourth season dropped over the weekend, and “at a moment when living composers — especially women — struggle to get their works performed, ‘Mozart in the Jungle’ … has become an unlikely destination to hear new music.”
Selma Blair, Hollywood Star And Part Of The #MeToo Movement, Explains How She Got There
She has said she was attacked, and threatened, by James Toback, and she wasn’t really planning to come forward. “I was the only one who was somewhat known, so I thought this is all gonna be on me, this lawsuit. I won’t be able to put my kid through school. Then it turned out there were 38 other women accusing him, and he called them cunts and cocksuckers and liars, so I thought, OK, I’ll lose everything, I’ll go to court. I will be on the right side of history. Now he’s up to 396 women, and I’m sure there are thousands.”
Let’s Talk About That General Character In Black Panther, And What She Means
You might know Danai Gurira as a major character on The Walking Dead or as the playwright of Eclipsed, which starred Lupita Nyong’o and ran on Broadway to much acclaim. In the Marvel movie, she plays the leader of a group of women warriors who protect the king. “When I sat down with [director Ryan] Coogler, what’s so very important to me as an African woman and as a playwright who writes from the African perspective — because of the lack thereof, or the misrepresentation thereof, or the distortion thereof — it was very important that an African narrative is treated with the respect and authenticity.”
It’s Time For Women To Tell Their Own Stories
Actually, it’s way past time. Because ‘remarkably little has changed since 1846, when Edgar Allan Poe declared that ‘unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world’ is ‘the death of a beautiful woman.'” Buddy. Nope.
‘Black Panther’ Smashes Records And Hollywood Myths This Weekend
Analysts predicted an eye-popping $165 million North American weekend take – and their predictions were promptly dismantled by $218 million in ticket sales in North America alone, and almost $400 million globally. The records are almost too many to name: “Black Panther instantly became the top-grossing film in history by a black director (Ryan Coogler) and featuring a largely black cast. … Theaters scrambled to add show times to accommodate crowds; AMC Southlake 24 in suburban Atlanta squeezed in 84 show times on Friday alone.”
When You Write For Children, Don’t Let Injustice Win
Unless you want a lot of depressed, traumatized kids. True, their lives might already be traumatic – but the books don’t have to be, says award-winning author Jackie French, whose books for adults contain more unresolved and unjust plot points.
Six Young Opera Singers Win George London Awards
For the mezzo-soprano Raehann Bryce-Davis, “the victory completed something of a full-circle journey: She applied to the competition seven years ago without knowing its pedigree, and was promptly told by her teacher to withdraw. ‘She broke it down for me: ‘I appreciate how eager you are, but you are in no way ready for something on this level.’ I was quite bitter,’ Ms. Bryce-Davis said in an interview.”
Women In Opera Have Launched A Campaign To Make Things Better For Parents
It’s got a catchy name: SWAP’ra – and it’s for all working parents in opera, both onstage and off. “While still at an early stage, some of the organisation’s aims include providing grants towards childcare for mothers who are returning to work and setting up a creche for working parents.”
Lerone Bennett Jr., Historian And Longtime Editor Of Ebony Magazine, Has Died At 89
Bennett Jr., whose best-known book was Before the Mayflower, “was both lyrical and outspoken in his writing, arguing that the history of black people in the United States had been ignored or told only through a white filter.”