Evolution of a feminist daughter ~ and ~ Favorite Daughter Peels Off Virgin Label

Evolution of a feminist daughter Rebecca Walker – the daughter of Alice Walker, the author of “The Color Purple,” and Mel Leventhal, a civil rights lawyer – was a nascent feminist when she laid bare the details of her freewheeling, lonely adolescence in 2001’s, “Black, White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self.” The memoir, …

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We Are Seeing “My Name Is Rachel Corrie” in Seattle Next Sunday

While the play has inspired protest and controversy, “My Name Is Rachel Corrie” is, essentially, the story of one woman. and A Seattle Repertory Theatre production of the play, adapted from the writings of Corrie, The Evergreen State College student who was killed while standing in the way of an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza, opens …

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Objecting to This War

In an editorial Johnson failed constituents in The Olympian on March 16, 2007 the writer called our city councilman TJ Johnson a scofflaw which means “a person who flouts rules, conventions, or accepted practices … One who habitually violates the law” I was glad to see that a letter to the editor from Alec and …

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ACT UP Founder Comes Home

Returning to the community center where he gave a 1987 speech that is associated with the founding of the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power, playwright Larry Kramer marked the 20th anniversary of that activist group by calling for the creation of a gay army with gay leaders fighting for gay people under a gay flag, …

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Our 100th Show with Pictures

Steve wrote: Going into our last weekend of performing Big Voice in New York, we were curious to see if anyone would notice. The reaction to the show was explosive from the very first word. In fact, all three shows over the weekend were like this. But, probably because it was such a special occasion, …

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