Twenty seven-year-old Albuquerque native Olivia Gatwood is a queer-identifying poet, activist and educator who focuses on sexual assault prevention and recovery. Her debut book of poetry New American Best Friend was published in 2017 by Button Poetry, an independent publisher of performance poetry. Gatwood’s rise in the literary world can be traced back to the…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_esvGJf7fIU The nineteenth annual Tribeca Film Festival will open April 15 with the world premiere of Jimmy Carter Rock & Roll President from award-winning director Mary Wharton. The film catalogues the role of popular music in helping to propel a peanut farmer from Georgia all the way to the White House and features rare archival…
Kat Toronto (aka Miss Meatface) "Peep Show" Fleur du Mal 175 Mott Street NYC December 11, 2019 - February 14, 2020 On Saturday February 8, The Untitled Space and Fleur Du Mal presented a special New York Fashion Week performance with artist Kat Toronto aka “Miss Meatface” in celebration of her exhibit “Peep Show” being…
On February 5, the Food and Drug Administration held a public meeting to hear from consumer advocates, industry representatives and testing experts on the subject of testing methods implemented in the detection of asbestos in cosmetic products which contain talc. This is the first time in 50 years that the FDA has examined its cosmetic…
The 2020 annual Grammy Awards premiered Sunday January 26th and today’s top music artists vied for The Recording Academy’s most prestigious accolades. Billie Eilish may have won the most awards of the night, but Christian Siriano, Donatella Versace and Alexander Wang were among the top designers featured on the red carpet and on stage. Best…
The final three states to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, Nevada, Illinois and Virginia (which ratified January 15, 2020) filed suit against U.S. Archivist David Ferriero on January 30th demanding he certify the ratification of the amendment. Under Article V of the Constitution, it takes three quarters of the country – 38 states – to…
A sociopathic hit-woman, a rebellious 19th century poet, a ferocious supervillain, a group of female wrestlers and a modern outlaw are just some of the characters we have been able to experience in the past year because of Hollywood’s rising number of women in front of and behind the camera. Women have made great strides in…
