How the media should respond to Trump’s lies
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A linguist explains how Trump uses lies to divert attention from the “big truths.”
President Donald Trump has hacked the media.
As Vox’s Ezra Klein argued recently, the press is in a lose-lose situation — and we all know it. Trump thrives on opposition, and often the media plays right into his hands, feverishly chasing every lie and half-truth he utters or tweets.
Artist Covertly Hangs #MeToo-Inspired Wall Labels at the Met Museum
By Jasmine Weber in Hyperallergic
Michelle Hartney posted the guerilla wall labels next to the artwork of Paul Gaugin and Pablo Picasso, calling out their abusive or misogynistic histories.
AN ANTHEM ESPECIALLY FOR YOU: a KebMo and Roseanne Cash Duet, “Put a Woman in Charge”
GRAMMY-award winning blues artist Keb’ Mo’ has released a new track titled, “Put A Woman In Charge” featuring Rosanne Cash eldest daughter of country star Jonny Cash and lyrics written by Beth Nielsen Chapman.
What book was your feminist awakening? How AUDRE LORDE Helped Me Reclaim My Voice
Novel Gazing is Electric Literature’s personal essay series about the way reading shapes our lives. This time, we asked: What book was your feminist awakening?
Brittney Cooper on rage as a superpower
Emily Wilson | ARTS AND CULTURE, FEMINISM
In the conversation with writer and Rutgers professor Brittney Cooper, San Francisco Chronicle columnist Otis Taylor Jr.talked with her about rage, the hearings to put Brett Kavanuagh, credibly accused of sexual assault by three women, on the Supreme Court, and tennis player Serena Williams’ recent experience with an umpire at the U.S. Open.
BOUNTY & SOUL NEEDS YOU! all year ’round
Here you will find some fun ways to stay engaged with Bounty & Soul throughout the holiday season! As always, please feel free to pass this email along to any folks who might be interested–it takes a village!
The Biggest Immediate Opportunity for Countries to Step Up Climate Action
**MALAPROP’S Bookstore/Café – November & December Events
Malaprop’s Café has evolved into the meeting place in our town. Our café boasts a literary menu, with treats from local bakeries and organic, fair-trade, shade-
UNCA Cultural Events Series and Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies is an interdisciplinary program, offering core courses in WGSS as well as related electives from a variety of departments across campus. The program is designed to offer perspectives on the experiences of women, the effects of the construction of gender and of sexuality in our society.
Sahle-Work Zewde becomes Ethiopia’s first female president
from BBC News
Ethiopian members of parliament have elected Sahle-Work Zewde as the country’s first female president. Ms Sahle-Work is an experienced diplomat who has now become Africa’s only female head of state. Her election to the ceremonial position comes a week after Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed appointed a cabinet with half the posts taken up by women.
Youth OUTright needs your help!
Youth OUTright engages and supports youth to be confident, resilient and compassionate community members – and so can you, by being a donor! With the support from you, our donors, Youth OUTright WNC was able to engage with 1,107 youth at weekly programs and over 400 unique youth this year. Help us continue to grow our impact, and end the year strong!
WOMANSONG INVITES YOU to Our December Concert, “Lead With Love”
Womansong, Asheville’s largest and longest-running women’s community chorus, invites you to our winter concert, “Lead with Love”, this year performing with outstanding local chanteuse, Peggy Ratusz and singer/songwriter, Kathryn O’Shea.
WOMEN WHO MADE MUSIC HISTORY Concerts Crowd Funding Update! THANK YOU!!!
We’ve created a 7 minute slide show video that chronicles our journey thus far. It beautifully illustrates how your past donations have changed, and your future donations will continue to change, our lives for the better. With your generosity, friends, family and fans, see in this video how we’ve been able to set our dreams in motion. This is a pictorial account of your hard earned and philanthropic contributions to Women Who Made Music History Concerts, LLC, in action!
A Reading List of Books Published Posthumously – Zora Neale Hurston’s Barracoon and others
Celebrating the literary legacy of 7 authors who passed away before the publication of their work.
Women’s Media Center recognizes inspirational game changers
Over the past year, many intrepid women have leveraged the media not only to make their voices heard, and to offer more diverse voices in an industry that has historically been dominated by limited perspectives, but also to further leverage the industry’s power for creating change.
A LIBERAL EXPLANATION OF SOME SIMPLE BELIEFS – I just want to be understood…
by Larry Allen
An open letter to friends and family who are shocked to discover I’m a liberal… I’ve always been a liberal, but that doesn’t mean what a lot of you apparently think it does. Let’s break it down, shall we? Because quite frankly, I’m getting a little tired of being told what I believe and what I stand for. Spoiler alert: Not every liberal is the same, though the majority of liberals I know think along roughly these same lines:
1. I believe a country should take care of its weakest members. A country cannot call itself civilized when its children, disabled, sick, and elderly are neglected. Period.
**FLATIRON WRITERS ROOM – NY LITERARY AGENT PANEL & PITCH-SLAM 2018
Write Here. Write Now.
Through our Literary Calendar, we look forward to coordinating with regional writers and writers’ organizations so that writers in our community know about all of the wonderful events and opportunities available to them.
Flat Iron Writers Room/Workshops/Retreats/Space Rental/News&Events
NORTH CAROLINA STATE POLICY WATCH – The inconvenient truth about our so-called “booming” economy
The inconvenient truth about our so-called “booming” economy
We’re living through the worst “good” economy in generations, a reality that many of the rich and powerful people who have rigged the system are desperately hoping the rest of us won’t notice. The last time rich people managed to siphon off this much of the treasure that our economy generates, handlebar mustaches were a thing, and not just in hipster coffee shops.
Corporations and investors are getting rich, but most North Carolinians are just trying to get by.
**Welcome to the MOTHER GROVE Goddess Temple Calendar
Mother Grove Temple was established in 2008. We have a full schedule of programs including public rituals for the ancient holy days (and Earth Day), religious education for adults and children, Full Moon ceremonies, Sunday morning meditation time, and rites of passage by appointment.
NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS – Morganton Barn Raising Campaign
NC School of Science and Math Kicks Off ‘Barn Raising’ Capital Campaign $3M goal to fund historic renovation at new Morganton campus
Oct. 24, 2018 (Morganton, NC) — The North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics (NCSSM) announced the kickoff of its NCSSM-Morganton Barn Raising Campaign, aiming to raise $3 million in private donations from regional stakeholders that will support the construction
of its new campus including the renovation of a historic cattle barn on the site — a key landmark of the new campus slated to open in 2021.