By Lisa Marguerite Mora Maria was a large woman, a round body, a series of circles. She scared me. But not because she was fat. It was because when she looked at […]
The Jaya Mural
By Emily Winters and maryjane In March 1974, Judy Baca of the City Wide Mural Project approached Jaya (Sanskrit for non-violent Revolution/peace/victory), an active, uppity Women Artists Collective, to create a mural […]
Beachhead Women Writers Rock Out at Beyond Baroque
By Krista Schwimmer On March 8th, as part of the day long celebration of International Women’s Day, the Beachhead presented readings from past and current women writers of the Beachhead at Venice’s […]
VENICE WOMAN TOSSING TERRA COTTA PLANTER, HITS GUNMAN
Venice Couple Lives Happily Ever After –Thanks to Fawn Walenski VENICE WOMAN TOSSING TERRA COTTA PLANTER, HITS GUNMAN By Philomene Long Fawn Walenski’s aim is as true as her love. –Evening Outlook […]
Celebrate International Women’s Day with Beachhead Women Writers and Poets
Celebrate International Women’s Day with Beachhead Women Writers and Poets at Beyond Baroque 7pm, Sunday, March 8 • 681 Venice Blvd. – $10 donation Including: Krista Schwimmer, Jessica Aden, Lynne Bronstein, Amy […]
Lucy Parsons – A Life Dedicated to Justice
By Caeli Thibeault History has a way of forgetting to mention common people when great discoveries or revolutions are discussed. Only the elite tend to be mentioned, but history was forced to […]
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day has been observed since in the early 1900s, a time of great expansion and turbulence in the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of radical […]
September 2008 – A Profile in Courage – Venice Resident, and Secretary of State, Debra Bowen Makes Good
Debra Bowen got her start in politics as the attorney for the Venice Town Council. When she was elected California Secretary of State in 2006, like any good Venetian, her first act […]
September 2008 – Parade Demands Equal Rights for Men and Women to Shed Their Tops
By Edizen Stowell In Venice anything and everything happens. On August 23, a number of men and women proudly took off their shirts and marched down the Venice Boardwalk to support a […]
May 2008 – Angry Women Close Congress – In Mexico
By John Ross Mexico City – “The Adelitas have arrived/To defend our oil/Whoever wants to give it to the foreigners/Will get the shit kicked out of him!” yodeled the brigades of women […]
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