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Classic Essay: 'Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?' by Linda Nochlin, renowned art historian

Classic Essay: 'Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?' by Linda Nochlin, renowned art historian | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
Implications of the Women's Lib movement for art history and for the contemporary art scene—or, silly questions deserve long answers; followed by eight replies Read More
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Georgia O’Keeffe: A Life in Art, a Short Documentary on the Painter, Narrated by Gene Hackman

Georgia O’Keeffe: A Life in Art, a Short Documentary on the Painter, Narrated by Gene Hackman | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it

On a road trip across America last year, I made a stop in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and thus had the chance to visit the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum.
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Essay: 'Professional Lives: Career Women on Film' by Michelle Orange

Essay: 'Professional Lives: Career Women on Film' by Michelle Orange | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
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Michelle Orange is the author, most recently, of This Is Running for Your Life: Essays (FSG, 2013). Her writing has appeared in Harper’s, the Nation, the New York Times, Bookforum, Film Comment, Slate, and other publications. She was born in London, Ontario; her dog, Mercy, was born in Boaz, Alabama. They both currently live in Brooklyn.
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Linda Nochlin, 86, Groundbreaking Feminist Art Historian, Is Dead

Linda Nochlin, 86, Groundbreaking Feminist Art Historian, Is Dead | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
She earned a place of honor in art-historical and art-world circles with her provocatively titled 1971 essay “Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists?”
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Classic Appreciation: Rosamond Lehmann's Debut Novel, 'Dusty Answer' (1927)

Classic Appreciation: Rosamond Lehmann's Debut Novel, 'Dusty Answer' (1927) | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
  In 1926, when British publishers Chatto & Windus accepted Rosamond Lehmann’s first novel, Dusty Answer, they had modest hopes of its success. Young authors and tales of youthful experience dominated the market at the time, a craze sparked by Alec Waugh’s autobiographical best seller The Loom of Youth, published in 1917, when he was …
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Essay: 'Drawn from history'  by Nicola Streeten - How comic books have treated serious themes, here focusing on narratives of the Nazi genocide, and the role of comics as a platform for women artists

Essay: 'Drawn from history'  by Nicola Streeten - How comic books have treated serious themes, here focusing on narratives of the Nazi genocide, and the role of comics as a platform for women artists | Fabulous Feminism | Scoop.it
The comics form, with its strong visual and dramatic ... element, has proven to be effective at helping us to engage with difficult subjects
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A superb, informed and insightful essay by Nicola Streeten, herself an illustrator, graphic novelist and also the first British woman to publish a graphic memoir,  'Billy, Me & You'.