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Tonight on Medium Cool – in honor of National Women’s Day on March 8 – can we celebrate the creativity of women and their contributions to culture and art?
We can come at this from all sorts of directions.
- Whether women’s contributions to culture and art are erased in the same way contributions by anyone other than “the right kind of white men” have often been erased, for instance.
- We can talk about all the women who had to hide behind male pseudonyms, and about how that is changing.
- We can talk about the various female writers, directors, actors, musicians. Artists, painters, sculptors. Performers, singers, dancers, choreographers. Writers, editors, poets, playwrights. Photographers and designers. And more the I haven’t named.
- We can talk about how women connect with other women through fabric art. Knitting, tatting, crocheting, quilting…
- We can talk about the role of women in passing down culture and tradition through generations.
- We can talk about women who teach us about culture.
- We can post links to interesting discussions of culture by and about women.
- We can post links to works of art – in any genre – created by women.
- We have all sorts of incredibly talented women right here on Balloon Juice. Don’t be shy – link to your own creations!
- Hell, this is Balloon Juice; we can even fight about the use of the word creatives.
Let’s get started!
Update: If this topic isn’t of interest, feel free to consider this one an open thread for all things culture related.
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