“Your Holiday Mom” Spreads the Love this Holiday Season
Posted by: Genevieve Bleidner in General on Nov 29, 2012 | --> -->
Supportive moms have gathered to send a holiday message to all LGBTQ children, teens, and young adults who are without family support and who would like a “stand-in Holiday Mom.” "Your Holiday Mom,” a nonprofit blog, aims to spread a message of love and acceptance to these young people, and let them know that “Your holiday mom loves you as you are."
The project, which will run during the 40 days between Thanksgiving ... Read More
Athena Film Festival Coming to NY
Posted by: Kari Belsheim in Movies on Nov 29, 2012 | --> -->
The annual Athena Film Festival is coming to New York for its third year! From February 7th to 10th, Barnard College will host festivities celebrating the leading ladies that make the world go ‘round (on and off screen). The festival is in conjunction with Women and Hollywood, a site that examines the “it’s complicated” relationships between women and pop culture.
The festival will ... Read More
I Was Street Harassed By The NYPD
Posted by: Erika W. Smith in General on Nov 29, 2012 | --> -->
The vast majority of women, and some men, experience street harassment — according to Hollaback, 80 to 99% of women experience street harassment at some point in their lives. Street harassment takes the form of vulgar gestures, sexually explicit comments, whistling, following, kissing noises, groping, masturbation….the list goes on. I’ve had most of these happen to me — from the man who followed me out of the subway ... Read More
Craftacular Vendor Spotlight: Lee-Lai Natural Skincare
Posted by: Intern Megan H in Crafty on Nov 29, 2012 | --> -->
Coconut, raspberry, cucumber, blueberry, pomegranate…this isn’t a menu for some fabulous hangover-cure shake, these are just some of the organic, “wild-crafted” ingredients for the multi-tasking face balm produced by Lee-Lai Natural Skincare.
Lee-Lai Natural Skincare was created in Brooklyn by Cyan Bonacci, a self proclaimed “lover of herbs, botanicals, and all things organic.” She ... Read More
Alabama Woman Brutally Beaten — Was It Because She’s A Lesbian?
Posted by: Erika W. Smith in General on Nov 29, 2012 | --> -->
Mallory Owens
Mallory Owens, a 23-year-old Alabama woman, has been released from the hospital after being brutally beaten by her girlfriend’s 18-year-old brother, Travis Hawkins, during Thanksgiving dinner at the Hawkins’ home.
Owens suffered multiple skull fractures and crushed bones, and had to have facial reconstruction surgery with metal plates put in her cheekbones due to the severity of her ... Read More
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