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HARRISON FORD SEEKS THE UNDERGROUND
In September, I moved out of the suburbs to start a new school year in fabulous Allston. In addition to trash and rats, I became intrigued by the neighborhood’s subculture, specifically its underground...
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REEL TALK: BEST OF SXSW
After 41 films, five plates of Alamo Drafthouse fries, four brisket sandwiches, three $5 milkshakes, two buckets of popcorn, and one surprise Amanda Palmer concert, I survived this year’s South by...
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YOU SHOULD CARE: RICK PERRY CALLS FOR SECOND SPECIAL SESSION
If you like having reproductive rights, or care about someone, anyone, who does, this is relevant even though we’re almost two thousand miles away. Let’s start from the beginning. The Texas Senate was...
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PEER REVIEW: RAMSHACKLE GLORY @ MIDDLE EAST UPSTAIRS, WEDNESDAY 7.10.13
The Takeaways opened up the sold-out evening at the Middle East Upstairs with their 3-piece mix of ska and punk. The kids in the pit were dancing from the very first song. I first saw this band at a...
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PREVIEW: EEP! SHOW
Cartoons provide the ability to innocently escape to an animated world without boundaries. A peep show provides, well, also the ability to “innocently” escape, but to tease a different sort of...
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#WWWTF: WE FOUND THE WORST WEBSITE IN EXISTENCE
Uncork your champagne, we did it! We’ve located the worst website to have ever been created in the still-nascent history of the internet! It’s truly execrable, so now that your champagne’s been...
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EARTH PRIME TIME: BABYLON CONFIDENTIAL WITH CLAUDIA CHRISTIAN (PART ONE)
Actress Claudia Christian (Babylon 5, The Hidden, Clean and Sober) joins us to talk about her tell-all book about Hollywood, a new way of coping with an alcohol addiction, and more in Babylon...
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EARTH PRIME TIME: BABYLON CONFIDENTIAL WITH CLAUDIA CHRISTIAN (PART TWO)
Actress Claudia Christian (Babylon 5, The Hidden, Clean and Sober) joins us to talk about her tell-all book about Hollywood, a new way of coping with an alcohol addiction, and more in Babylon...
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EARTH PRIME TIME: INTERVIEW WITH PETER BAGGE (PART ONE)
Underground comics legend Peter Bagge (Hate) joins Earth Prime Time to talk about his latest work, including Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story from Drawn and Quarterly. Peter’s biographical...
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EARTH PRIME TIME: INTERVIEW WITH PETER BAGGE (PART TWO)
We continue our talk with underground comics legend Peter Bagge (Hate) at Earth Prime Time to talk about his latest: Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger Story from Drawn and Quarterly. Peter’s...
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DIG PICKS: WEDNESDAY 10.30.13 – WEDNESDAY 11.6.13
WEDNESDAY 10.30.13 BLOW YOUR TOP KMFDM @ THE PARADISE [967 Comm Ave, Boston. 9Pm/18+/$23 adv. @kmfdmofficial. crossroadspresents.com ] IN PERSON AN EVENING WITH PHIL SOLOMON @ HARVARD FILM ARCHIVE [24...
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FREE RADICAL: ‘STAND WITH THE ABUSED’ AND OTHER LESSONS FROM YOUTUBE SEX...
In the last couple of weeks, the YouTube community has been shaken by allegations of sexual abuse involving a handful of young white males. Many were statutory offenses; all of them involved coercive,...
View ArticleWOMEN IN BEER: STEREOTYPES, CHALLENGES, AND VISIONS OF THE FUTURE WITH LADIES...
While the craft beer division has been making strides compared to the beer industry as a whole, there’s still a helluva lot of work to do.
View ArticleEQUALITY OR BUST: SMASH IT DEAD FEST TURNS FIVE
Smash It Dead Fest celebrates its fifth year of radical queer, feminist, and P.O.C.-centric punk from June 19-21.
View ArticleFIBER ONE: FEMINIST ART EXHIBIT LAUNCHES IN SOMERVILLE
While a good chunk of the artists were from Massachusetts, most were from places all around the world, creating a sense of universal solidarity between the art and the feminist themes peppering the...
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MOTHER-IN-LAWS: HOW SHOW MOM COLLECTIVE SUCCESSFULLY NURTURE THE UNDERDOGS
Photo by Mona Maruyama and Kara Stokowski On the event page for Show Mom Fest 2, the information section is surprisingly sparse. Each band is listed (as is its website) followed by the venue address...
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PURRFECT POWERPUFF GIRLS: TACOCAT’S FEMINIST POP PUNK GETS CARTOONIFIED
Photo by Michael Lavine Over this past weekend, Cartoon Network dusted off the beloved early ’00s TV show The Powerpuff Girls. A new reboot of the animated series aired to high viewership, letting the...
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PIERCING THROUGH PATRIARCHY
Lindy West and quashing sexist slurs Make way, Boston, because one of contemporary feminism’s most prominent personalities is coming to town. Lindy West, a Seattle-based writer, performer, and...
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LADYFEST BOSTON 2017: DIY EMPOWERMENT FOR ALL
Ladyfest is a longstanding tradition for the worldwide Riot Grrrl movement, but for Boston, this year is about to get iconic by pushing the festival to new limits. Ladyfest Boston is a DIY,...
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