August 2012
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July 2012
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Jul 29th
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“I like the relationship to fandom that you talk about, but I think one thing...”
– Next part of a series of posts focusing on the Sheroes event series is up on Triangulation Blog! Click for “an email dialogue between (founder) Rea McNamara,  (curator and participating artist) Lorna Mills and (participating artist) Andrew Benson.” (via sheroesvirtualseason)
Jul 28th
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Jul 27th
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Jul 26th
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Ask A Sheroes Stan: Chris A. Cummings Finally...
Earlier this year, we were proud to launch our Sheroes Stan residency, a program that connects aca-fan knowledge and wisdom to the vastly growing motley crew of international and local artists that are regularly involved with Sheroes each month. Related: [sheroes stan] Ask A Sheroes Stan: Jeanette Lynes Finally Answers Super Important Dusty Springfield Q’s For Sheroes #12: Nina Simone, we...
Jul 26th
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Eva Papamargariti’s GIFs for The Batshit Genius GIF Posse group GIF show at Sheroes #12: Nina Simone.
Jul 26th
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Sheroica Esoterica Nadine Cohodas Princess Noire...
We kick off our “Sheroica Esoterica” Nadine Cohodas micro interview for Sheroes #12: Nina Simone with an exclusive excerpt from Nadine’s Princess Noire. P.S. We have to prominently display the below credit line: From PRINCESS NOIRE: THE TUMULTUOUS REIGN OF NINA SIMONE by Nadine Cohodas. Copyright © 2010 by Nadine Cohodas. Paperback edition published in 2012 by the University...
Jul 26th
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Jul 26th
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“When she’s happy, her writing is in a lovely flowing cursive; when depressed, a...”
– ‘I can’t reach them unless I turn myself inside out’: The Writings of Nina Simone
Jul 26th
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Introducing A V. Special Sheroes Stan Edition:...
Today is Sheroes #12: Nina Simone, and in honour of the High Priestess, we are going out w/a v. special, full-out Sheroes Stan edition. Typically, we mark this occasion with our usual Sheroes Stan Q&A. (Chris A. Cummings, AKA Mantler, AKA Marker Starling, gave a super cerebral interview that you will DIG when we post later today.) But! We are v. lucky to introduce to the fold...
Jul 26th
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Jul 26th
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Jul 26th
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“Must take sleeping pills to sleep + yellow pills to go onstage,” she wrote in...”
– I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free
Jul 26th
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Jul 26th
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OMFG I Want To Go To Virtual Season But Where Do I...
sheroesvirtualseason: Sheroic friendz, we’re here to help. Tickets for our amazing night programming — MANTLER! LAL! KIDS ON TV! HOUSE OF MONROE! COZMIC CAT! — are now available at Rotate This (801 Queen St W.) and Soundscapes (572 College St.). Damage? $10. But if the IRL is too much, you can purchase $8 tickets ONLINE.
Jul 25th
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Jul 25th
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Jul 24th
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Jul 24th
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Jul 24th
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TENDERNESS PLAYS WITH ANDREW ZUKERMAN AUGUST 4TH...
tendernessmusic: ALONG WITH MANY AMAZING ACTS ALL WEEKEND http://www.electric-eclectics.com/ Can we just gloat about the fact that THREE past/present/future Sheroes/Virtual Season performers are involved with this? (Yes, we’re talking about our Sheroes #12: Nina Simone co-headliner TENDERNESS, Sheroes #7: Etta James headliner/Virtual Season co-headliner LIDO PIMIENTA & Sheroes #8:...
Jul 24th
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Jul 24th
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“Sheroes’ pre-internet-isms go further. McNamara calls herself Sheroes’...”
– Toronto writer/critic David Balzer essay “Is She a Snob?” has been posted for online publication w/the renowned Triangulation Blog.  It will be part of a series of posts focusing on the Sheroes event series, which will include “an email dialogue between (founder) Rea McNamara,  (curator and...
Jul 24th
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Jul 24th
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Jul 24th
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Above: The Sheroes #12 promo GIF by Lorna Mills for the Batshit Genius GIF Posse group GIF show Mills is curating. Keep an eye for the “batshit genius GIF posse” tag on fuckyeahsheroes.tumblr.com as well as on Tumblr. We’ll be posting from now until the end of this month the specially commissioned GIF works that will be shown at Sheroes #12: Nina Simone (LAST. ONE. EVER!) by the following...
Jul 24th
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Jul 23rd
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Jul 23rd
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Jul 23rd
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Jul 23rd
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daveboogie asked: Whhhhoooooa! Why am I only finding your blog now? Amazing!!!
Jul 21st
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Jul 21st
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A new song from our Sheroes #12 co-headliner, Bahia Watson.
Jul 20th
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Jul 20th
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Jul 20th
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Esteban Ottaso’s GIFs for The Batshit Genius GIF Posse group GIF show at Sheroes #12: Nina Simone.
Jul 19th
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The League of Legendary Ladies unites for their...
sheroesvirtualseason: THE ACCLAIMED AND MUCH-LOVED MONTHLY PARTY SHEROES BECOMES ALL-DAY, ALL-NIGHT IDOLATROUS FESTIVAL WITH VIRTUAL SEASON Herstory finally done right.  Sunday, July 29, 2012, 2PM-1AM in Toronto’s Kensington Market during P.S. Kensington Co-presented by SHEROES + Whippersnapper RSVP TO THE FB EVENT / TIX FOR OUR NIGHT PROGRAMME ARE NOW AVAIL TO BUY ONLINE SHEROES DAY 2-9...
Jul 17th
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Jul 13th
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Jul 13th
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The High Priestess's Batshit Genius
NINA SIMONE FINAL INDUCTEE TO THE LEAGUE OF LEGENDARY LADIES MADAME SIMONE’S REINCARNATED AFROCENTRIC EGYPTIAN QUEENDOM TO BE CELEBRATED AT SHEROES #12: NINA SIMONE Thursday, July 26, 2012. 10:30PM. The Beaver (1192 Queen Street West) Contact: Rea McNamara <totallyeffyeahsheroes [at] gmail [dot] com> Joni Mitchell. Chaka Khan. Tina Turner. Madonna. Yoko Ono. Erykah Badu. Etta...
Jul 11th
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Jul 11th
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Jul 11th
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Free-floating memories of Sunday morning devotionals merge with the holy ghost of Ann Peebles on this earth-rattling rave-up in the name of.
Jul 11th
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Jul 11th
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“Ms. Simone reached down in the swiftest of moves, held me around my waist and...”
– Nina Simone Does NOT Shake Hands With Children
Jul 11th
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Jul 11th
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