Celebrated author and illustrator Phoebe Gloeckner was kind enough to stop by the AM 1700 studio this past Saturday night and talk with me for about an hour over bottles of Purple Gang Pilsner. Ostensibly, she was there to talk about her novel, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, and the film of the same […]
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Phoebe Gloeckner on autopsies, aggression, hating herself as a kid, and watching a twice-removed version of herself on the big screen; Amanda Uhle on bringing Mittenfest back to Ypsilanti; and Peter Larson on having to hide from the Kenyan anti-terror police after they were alerted to his guitar playing… on episode 25 of the Saturday Six Pack
Posted in Art and Culture, The Saturday Six Pack, Uncategorized Also tagged agency, Aline Kominsky, Amanda Uhle, beer, Bilko, Cheap Suit Serenaders, comics, Diane Noomin, Diary of a Teenage Girl, DiDi Glitz, empowered, England, fictional teen finger sucking, finger sucking, fingers, H.R. Pufnstuf, hippies, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabuhay_Gardens, J.G. Ballard, Jim J. Bullock, Mabuhay Gardens, Marielle Heller, Minnie Goetz, Mittenfest, Monroe, Patty Hearst, Pete Larson, Pete Larson's music as terrorism, Phil Silvers, Phoebe Gloeckner, punk, Purple Gang Pilsner, R Crumb, research, Robert Armstrong, San Francisco, Search and Destroy, sex, sexual abuse, statutory rape, Stockholm Syndrome, Teddy Boys, teen finger sucking, terrorism, The Atrocity Exhibition, Too Close for Comfort, Twisted Sisters, V. Vale 13 Comments
Are Ann Arbor’s school dress codes out of date and sexist? Two high school students seem to think so.
A couple of weeks ago, Ada Banks, a sixteen year old student at Community High, and her friend Julia Hale, a sophomore at Pioneer, drafted a petition aimed at persuading the administrators of Ann Arbor’s public high schools and middle schools to reconsider their dress codes. “As students who must follow these codes,” the two […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Art and Culture, Education, Uncategorized Also tagged accountability, Ada Banks, Ann Arbor Public Schools, blame the victim, distraction, dress code, halter tops, high school, hot pants, Jeanice Swift, Julia Hale, petitions, porn, self-respect, sexism, sexualizing kids, shirt of shame, social media, tank tops, teens, zero tolerance 47 Comments
What should I do in Toronto?
I need some advice. Later this spring, I’ll be heading to Toronto with the family, and, as I’ve never been there before, and as don’t generally associate with Canadians, I’m not sure what I should do when I’m there. Or, to be more specific, I’m not sure what I should do, once I’ve scoured the […]