Hope. Now I have it. I’m so excited to see what Barack Obama is going to do with his presidency! I feel proud for the first time that I am an American; that I had the chance to vote, to make a difference.
My interview project is nearly complete. From September 17th – November 4th, I attempted to interview one person a day as an exercise to keep me writing. The result is pretty amazing. It’s a journal of New York City as we prepared to elect the first Black president. On September 17th, the day after I arrived in New York after spending two weeks in California, I was suddenly overwhelmed by the beauty of the city in the fall. It was as if someone had put V-juice in my coffee. Or, I was in love again with New York. The trees, the air, the people…everything was cracking with change.
Entries categorized as ‘Television’
Reading of REPORTER GIRL (a play about Brenda Starr Reporter) September 26th at 7:30PM.
September 26, 2008 · 1 Comment
If you like Mad Men, you’ll love my new play. I’m just showing the first half (as a reading), but if you enjoy learning about history and feminist issues — and if you ever read Brenda Starr Reporter, you’ll love this play.
THE DRAMATIST GUILD Presents: FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTLIGHTS
7:30pm – 9:00pm
Categories: Broadway · Cartoons · Fashion · Feminism · New York City · Television · Theater · Women · Writing
Tagged: cartoonists, playwriting, Theater
Thanks to Hillary…SATC and Brenda Starr Reporter
June 14, 2008 · 1 Comment
Now that all the Hillary hating is over, people can start missing her. In some of those photos, Hillary is absolutely stunning. Her beauty is deep within in the lines of her face.
The political landscape is far less interesting these days without her in the race.
I spoke to the Marketing Director of The Chicago Tribune today and she said: “Never in my life did I think I’d see the day when a black man and a white woman would be running for president. Together they’d be unstoppable.”
Probably.
Why was I talking to the Marketing Director of the Chicago Tribune? Well, because we were chatting about my granny and Brenda Starr — and how my granny, Dale Messick was one of the early pioneers for women, paving the way for not only other cartoonists, but for journalists. Dale Messick via her character Brenda Starr Reporter inspired millions with the “I’m a woman and I can do it” attitude.
SATC – perhaps it just proves that movies don’t have to be all about men or violence to be popular.
Categories: Cartoons · Fashion · Feminism · Hillary Clinton · Politics · Television · Women
