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CURRENT STREET EDITION

DIG 23.02 – 1/28/21

Women

COMMONWEALTH COMMITTED TO “OTHER DEATH PENALTY”

Written by JEAN TROUNSTINE Posted February 22, 2021 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

New report shows 1/6 of women in Mass prisons sentenced to life without parole.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Massachusetts, parole, prison, Women

VIDEO: #BLACKLIVESMATTER BOSTON MARCHES TO #SAYHERNAME

Written by GINO CANELLA Posted July 6, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Image by Gino Canella

In addition to celebrating Black women, BLM Boston was also gathering to demand the city of Boston redirect the $40.1 million that is budgeted for policing into schools and resources that will benefit the community.

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Black Lives Matter, Boston, march, Massachusetts, Police, Protest, racism, Say Her Name, slider, Video, violence, Women

“STAY HOME AND HAVE THE BABY”

Written by JENNY BROWN Posted March 29, 2020 Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS

Photo by Pete Self

Still, pandemic-safe provision of pill abortions is hampered all over the country by the FDA’s REMS requirement. Without it, you could call a doctor or clinic, they could write a prescription and call it into your pharmacy, and then you could get the pills from there or even have them mailed to you.

Filed Under: NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: abortion, Column, coronavirus, COVID-19, feminism, feminist, government, Health, Jenny Brown. human rights, Medicare, morning after pill, National Women's Liberation, Social Security, Women

SPECIAL FEATURE: ME(TAL) TOO

Written by NATHALIE SCZUBLEWSKI Posted June 7, 2019 Filed Under: FEATURES, MUSIC, Non-fiction

"Braintree Herald"

For women in the metal scene, camaraderie and skill help rock and roll over the sexist trolls

Filed Under: FEATURES, MUSIC, Non-fiction Tagged With: Adrienne Cowan, Allston, Aversed, Berklee, Boston, Boston music scene, Christina Schwarz, Cradle of Filth, Haydee Irizarry, heavy metal, Lindsay Schoolcraft, Music, sexism, sexism in music, Women, women in metal

THE BOYS’ CLUB: WOMEN, FILM CRITICISM, AND THE FIGHT FOR VISIBILITY, ON SCREEN AND OFF

Written by CASEY CAMPBELL Posted February 27, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, Film

“I was either a student, or very young reporter or critic, and I could see I was maybe one of two, or one of three women, [and] one of the only women of color."

Filed Under: A+E, Film Tagged With: Boston, Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, emerson college, Erin Trahan, film criticism, Hunter Harris, Monica Castillo, movies, San Diego State University, Vulture, wbur, Women, writing

EXCERPT: ‘A WOMAN’S GUIDE TO CANNABIS’

Written by DIG STAFF Posted January 8, 2019 Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth

“We should create a list of strains and products that work for each of our conditions,” said the cancer patient as they settled into their chairs. “And put it on the internet so everyone can see it.” The rest of the group murmured their approval.

Filed Under: LIFESTYLE, Talking Joints Memo, The Tokin' Truth Tagged With: Book, cannabis, ellementa, Marijuana, Massachusetts, Women, women in cannabis

BOYS ON THE SIDE: JP’S GUY-FREE FILM NIGHT IS THE PERFECT POST-WEINSTEIN OUTPOST

Written by C. SHARDAE JOBSON Posted May 3, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Film

The viewing and discussion group is held at Video Underground in Jamaica Plain, and connects women fans of movies who watch films by women, often about women (in which case male protagonists are allowed), in a room of women (cis-, LGBTQ, non-binary) viewers only.

Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Film Tagged With: films, Jamaica Plain, Strictly Brohibited, Video Underground, Women

6,000 PROTEST SIGNS

Written by GREG COOK Posted January 25, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

Art of March 1 by Greg Cook

from the 2017 Boston Women’s March preserved as an online archive

 

After the 2017 Boston Women’s March, thousands of participants left their protest signs around the iron fence surrounding the Boston Common Central Burying Ground. They were going to be thrown away—until three local teachers came along.


 ...  read more

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: Activism, Alessandra Renzi, archive, Art, Art of the March, Boston, Dietmar Offenhuber, Digital, feature, feminism, Greg Cook, march, metoo, Nathan Felde, Protest, visual art, Women

JOINT PERSPECTIVE: MORE GRASS ROUTES

Written by MARCUS JOHNSON-SMITH Posted May 16, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

A Q&A with cannabis entrepreneur, lawyer, and advocate Shanel Lindsay

Filed Under: COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Ardent, billion dollar industry, Boston, cannabis, decarboxylator, Joint Perspective, Marcus Johnson-Smith, Marijuana, Massachusetts, Shanel Lindsay, Women, Women Grow

TERMS OF SERVICE: SPEED POURERS

Written by HALEY HAMILTON Posted March 7, 2017 Filed Under: COLUMNS, Drinks, LIFESTYLE

Twenty to twenty-five women from each region are selected to compete in time trials, with the fastest eight then chosen to proceed on stage and face off round-robin style, vying for the Miss Speed Rack title and bragging rights as their region’s fastest guns.

Filed Under: COLUMNS, Drinks, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: Bartending, Boston, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, competition, female bartenders, Haley Hamilton, new england, service industry, Speed Rack, Terms of Service, Women

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