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In a study published last year, Professor Martha Lauzen of San Diego State University found that only 9% of Hollywood directors in 2008 were women – the same figure she had recorded in 1998.
… Bigelow’s [nomination] for the best directing Oscar in March [is] only the fourth time a woman has been nominated, out of more than 400 director nominations altogether (the other three were Lina Wertmüller in 1976, Jane Campion in 1993, and Sofia Coppola in 2003). No woman has ever won.
Why are there so few female film-makers?
Worst glass ceiling in the universe. As someone who went to film school, it’s hard to explain exactly how the bias against female directors works out in real life. It’s just … there. You can be anything else — a screenwriter, an editor, a DP — but heaven forbid you want to direct. People won’t laugh in your face when you tell them of your aspirations, but they might snigger behind your back.
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Spoon — Written In Reverse
I love how these days an “exclusive premiere” on a major music site is exclusive, literally, for the amount of time it takes the first person to see the post and embed the code elsewhere.
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Lauren Bush, Barbara Bush, & Vincent Gallo at the Zac Posen Fall 2004 show, February 12, 2004. (photo by Evan Agostini/Getty Images)
Oh, the ridiculousness of this image.
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Guy Forsyth, on the proposed closing of The Cactus Cafe, one of Austin’s most storied venues, which happens to sit upon some prime real estate on the University of Texas campus. The closure is going to happen no matter how many students, pillars of Austin’s music community, and regular people get up and complain at town hall meetings. It’s a done deal.
I am not a nostalgic person, I am not a person who gets upset about these things — but this whole situation just PISSES ME OFF SO HARDCORE. Mostly because UT finally found a way to close The Cactus (I have no doubt they’ve been trying for YEARS) by citing the fact that they need to trim the Student Union budget. But the thing that irks me most is that the university isn’t monetizing (yeah, I said that) the Cactus brand in light of Austin’s reputation as That Place Where There’s Live Music All The Time. Hello! Build a set and start a spin-off of Austin City Limits called Live from the Cactus Cafe, or something — and then start a smaller-than-ACL music festival for American roots music. DUH. If this is about making money in that space, I got your ideas for making money, you fools!
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Imported from Last.fm…

Rock Star Designer tees from Brachfeld Gallery and Dorothee Perret (via Dazed and Confused)
(The one for Rick Owens is kind of too obvious. I like this one — and the Sonia Rykiel one — best.)
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Everybody Was In the French Resistance … Now! — G.I.R.L.F.R.E.N (You Know I’ve Got A)
The kinder, gentler side of Eddie Argos (with Dyan Valdes)
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(via catbird)
OMFG. OMFG!!!! (Follow the link to see most of the text in a Google Books preview)
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