Checking out this workshop/jam Sunday night 4 lady improvisers & found this gem of a review of their 1st Ladies Night. Excited! Who’s coming with?
zvirby:
That’s What She Said had our first Ladies Night Workshop and Jam last Sunday and we think it was a huge success. We had 20 funny women in one room talking about improv and playing together on stage. Our guest hosts, Betsy Sodaro and Toni Charline from UCB’s Bangarang! answered questions and…
I think I got my American female “life cycle” all backwards. Never quite hit that “blackout drunk” phase. There’s always tomorrow.
A woman-of-color who writes poetry or paints or dances or makes movies knows there is no escape from race or gender when she is writing or painting. She can’t take off her color and sex and leave them at the door or her study or studio. Nor can she leave behind her history. Art is about identity, among other things, and her creativity is political.
Gloria Anzaldúa,
Making Face/Making Soul: Haciendo Caras — Creative and Cultural Perspectives by Women of Color (via
naisae)
(Source: jalwhite)