Loved ones like my boyfriend, my friends and family. Radical feminism, building women friendly communities for activism, music, film and literature. Film history, women's history, Literature, diverse music, leftist politics, Social Justice, conserving the planet (though i suck at it) Fair Trade, exotic foods, being in the water, Sexuality, cats, my niece, Kate Winslet, The Nickelodeon Theatre in Columbia, SC, 90.5 WUSC FM Columbia especially my show: Gloria: The Feminist Show on Mondays 2-4 pm.
Music
I host a feminist radio show so this is hard. Please listen to it!
I'm on this Summer from 9pm-12 am on Tuesday nights. listen online www.wusc.sc.edu then go to webstreaming!
Tori Amos, Krautrock like Can, Neu,Faust, 7o's punk like The Slits, Liliput, Delta 5, The Clash, Rubella Ballet, Poison Girls and x-ray spex. No Wave music like Lydia Lunch, Bush Tetras, PJ Harvey, Kate Bush, righteous babes like Ani Difranco. Siouxie and the Banchees, Le Tigre, Bjork, The Cure,Portishead, Faun Fables, Grey Egg, Joy Division, Depeche Mode, riot grrl music like Bikini kill, Babes in Toyland, Hole, Sleater-Kinney, female blues like Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Magnetic fields and many other great indie bands, shoegazer music like My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, The Velvet Underground (Nico!!!), Yoko Ono, Neutral Milk Hotel, Radiohead, Nirvana, Laurie Anderson, Arcade Fire, The Plasmatics, Erykah Badu,Pearl Jam, Joan Jett, Electrelane, M.I.A, Karen Finely (spoken word), Beethoven, neko case, fiona apple, baby guts, the editors, REM and much more.
Movies
I was a film major so this is hard. Film is more of a curiousity to me. There is no telling what facet I may become interested in. for example, in the past I've had sudden interests in silent films (especially from Germany), films by and about women, film noir, Third Cinema, literary adaptations, the German New Wave, Chinese films in the 80's- to early 90's, the representation of class, gender and social issues etc. All that film studies training.
So this should represent: I could watch these lots:
Sunset Boulevard, The Piano, Aguirre The Wrath of God, Rate it X (awesome documentary about our raunch/porn culture and how it effects women made back in the 80's) Heavenly Creatures, Beyond Beats and Rhymes (documentary), Ali: Fear Eats The Soul, Waiting for Guffman, Taxi Driver, Terms of Endearment, Born in Flames, All About Eve, Nosferatu (silent), Faust (silent), Bette Davis films like The Petrified Forest (screen divas in general), The Red Shoes, Roger and Me, Woody Allen films, Holy Smoke, Raise The Red Lantern, Beyond Silence, The Corndog Man, Wuthering Height, The Battle of Algiers, Clue, Lilja 4-Ever, Harold and Maude, The Sound of Music, Moulin Rouge, Iron Jawed Angels, Persona, Seven Beauties, I Shot Andy Warhol, Open Hearts, Desperatly Seeking Susan, Battleship Potempkin, Moolade, An Angel at my Table, The Mother, Rosenstrause, Z, Born into Brothels, 9 to 5, Say Anything, My Own Private Idaho, Attack of the 50 Ft Woman (both versions), Broke Back Mountian, The Accused, Sense and Sensibility, Water, All That Heaven Allows, Marie Antoinette, Far From Heaven, Vertigo, Maya Deren shorts, Monster, Sister My Sister, lots and lots of other great stuff.
To see my list of notable films by women directors click on this link http://jclarkmedia.com/film/favoritefilmsfowler.html
Television
Roseanne!!!!!!!! Masterpiece Theatre, BBC and A&E literary adaptions, especially Pride and Prejudice and Jane Eyre, V (the mini series), The Office, Independent Lens on ETV, Turner Classic Movies, Judge Hatchett/Mathis (lol!), Anne of Green Gables series, Twin Peaks, The Thorn Birds, ROSEANNE!!!!!!!!!!
Books
I was an English Minor so again - so hard. What pops in mind is Wuthering Height by Emily Bronte, The Tenant of Wildefell Hall by Anne Bronte, anything Bronte related, The Bell Jar by Syliva Plath, Going too Far: Chronicles of a Radical Feminist by Robin Morgan (anything by her),Adam Bede by George Eliot, The God of Small Things by Arundati Roy, Quicksand by Nella Larson, The Yellow Wallpaper and other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, A Room of One's Own by Virgina Wolfe, feminism is for everyone by bell hooks, female chauvinsts pigs by ariel levy, the bluest eye by toni morrison, Life and Death by Andrea Dworkin, Pride and Prejudge by jane austen, Transforming a Rape Culture, Not For Sale: Feminists Resisting Prostitution and Pornography, Robin Paige's Victorian Mystery Series, poetry of Anne Sexton, Against Our Will by Susan Brownmiller, reading lolita in tehran by Azar Nafisi, Phantom by Susan Kay, Mama Day by gloria naylor, A people's history of the united states by howard zinn, the beauty myth by naomi wolfe, Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut, Sexuality by Catherine Mackinnon (essay), jane eyre by charlotte bronte, The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver, Islanders by Helen R Hull, The Woman's Bible by Elizabeth Cady Stanton the woman warrior by maxine hong kingston, Black Feminism and Blues Legacy by Angela Davis, The Unholy Trinity: The IMF,WTO,and World Bank by Richard Peet, Devil's Dream by Lee Smith, The Handmaids Tale by Margret Atwood, Sister Hood is Global (edited by Robin Morgan), A Woman by Sibilla Aleramo, No Exit and other plays by Sartre, Franny and Zooey by JD Salinger, Waiting for Godot, Medea by Euripides, Hags, Sirens and other Bad Girls of Fantasy edited by Denise Little, Angry Women in Rock edited by Andrea Juno, Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, Windward Heights by Maryse Conde, Coldwater by Mardi McConnochie
Heroes
Robin Morgan, Sophie Scholl, Ashundati Roy, Angela Davis, Alice Paul, Sojourner Truth, audre lorde, The Bronte Sisters, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Howard Zinn, Thomas Clarkson and other abolitionists, The Grimke Sisters, The Gorilla Girls, Frida Kahlo, Shirely Chisholm, Martin Luther King Jr, Emma Goldman, Jordan Jennings, Tootsie Holland, Gail Dines, Catherine Mackinnon and Andrea Dworkin.
Gretchen's Details
Status:
In a Relationship
Here for:
Networking, Friends
Orientation:
Bi
Hometown:
Columbia
Body type:
5' 2" / Average
Ethnicity:
White / Caucasian
Religion:
Atheist
Zodiac Sign:
Gemini
Children:
Love kids, but not for me
Education:
College graduate
Occupation:
DJ/activist
Gretchen's Schools
University Of South Carolina At Columbia
Columbia, SC
Graduated: 2006
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Film Studies (emphasis on ideology and history)
Minor: English
About me: "I adore anything to do with the arts" as Juliette Hume said in the film Heavenly Creatures. I have to agree with her.
Anyway, I'm a kick ass gal and radical feminist who believes in social justice, equality for women and keeping that inner child alive!
I host a radio show on Tuesday night after the Blues Show from 9 pm – 12 am on WUSC 90.5 fm. Visit www.wusc.sc.edu and go to online streaming
See my interest below as I think films, books, heroes etc say more about me than I can write here.
http://www.pimp-my-profile.com/generators/preview.php?mode=myspace&layout_id=90777#
STOP! Online Exploitation of Children and teenagers
Who I'd like to meet: Robin Morgan, Werner Herzog, Kate Winslet, Howard Zinn, Catherine Mackinnon(I've since met her),the ghost of Ian Curtis
Activists, artists, feminists, and you!
I remembered you had mentioned during Cannes a couple of the actresses that I'd not heard of but I finally saw one of the films you mentioned with Isabelle Huppert The Piano Teacher. Quite a sick film. I've seen several 'sick' films recently. This is the sort of film that is well made but I'm not sure how I feel about it. What were your thoughts on it? Also, I did see the Anti-Christ lately, yet another film that depicts female self-mutilation. It wasn't quite as bad as I thought it would be but I really don't 'get off' on seeing women hurt themselves or being hurt. I've definitely seen the last film I will ever dare to watch by Catherine Breillat. I managed to see through Fat Girl but could not make it totally through Anatomy of Hell. I'm not sure what her agenda is but my stomach is not up through such drivel. I would be interested in your thoughts of Bright Star when you get the chance even though it's not come here and probably won't unless it is nominated for Oscars. Also, let me know how the Munro book went when you get the chance. I have no idea how far along Jane is on either of the projects I've heard about but I certainly hope it's not another 4 year wait! Take care. A.
I was just listening to Tori Amos and thought of you. How's it going? I'm fine - preparing myself for the hardest semester yet. Hope you're doing well. :)
I saw that book and I believe it's title is Runaway. I'd already had some books and did not pick it up though. I definitely would like to read it! For some reason, I thought you'd already read that story! Let me know if you do. I always value your opinion. Thanks for the blog comment! Adriane
Hey there Gretchen! I'm so glad you got to see the film and even happier that you enjoyed it! No, I've not seen it yet! It's not come to my hometown and probably won't unless it is nominated for Oscars. I hate to wait that long to see it! I may end up having to make a nice long drive to another town to see it! Take care of yourself and thanks for writing! A.
The link you sent me of the dress by Charlotte that has been preserved, did not work. You must have been logged onto AOL at the time and it will not let me access it w/o your information. Sounds interesting. Would love to see it.
Which part of Tennessee did you go to? You may have been nearby! yes, unfortunately I knew about Portrait of a Lady being out of print! It's a shame. It's hard to come by it on dvd. I still have it on VHS. I believe that film was unfairly critisized when it was released. I believe someday it will be more appreciated than it was during its release. Glad you had a great birthday! Adriane
I continue to be amazed by how women are non-supportive of other women in life in general. Do you find this to be the case in your feminist studies? I appreciate your blog comment. It certainly clears up in my mind why the outcome as it was. For some reason, I was hoping sense Robin Wright was going to be on the jury that this was a good thing because I felt her selections would be good ones. I am saddened that these types of films were chosen to begin with! How many films do they have to select for the Golden Palm award to begin with? I would think heaps! I do believe the consensus was that this was one of the worst years at Cannes for selection as well as prizes. I was sort of pissed when a reviewer mentioned he was disappointed with Jane's film in the sense he expected more than flowers and butterflies from one of the top directors...Well, Jane has offered more than flowers and butterflies in her last couple of films and they weren't received well! I have no idea what anyone wants anymore from films but it doesn't seem to be quality, not in this country anyway! Keep up the good work! Adriane
Yeah, I was disappointed. The film was very well received and I was really surprised it won nothing! :( I'm trying to be optimistic though since most of the reviews seemed positive...yeah, I'm really surprised some of those films were even choseen!
Thanks so Much for having us as a myspace Friend.Look forward to seeing you at an event soon.
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Alright :( Well, ask anyone you think is wanting to move closer to columbia or if you think they know anyone that is wanting to move. I'd definitely appreciate it.
It would most likely be in the same one I have right now.. My dad is thinking about buying a condo here, instead of renting, so it would still be in the building, but it will most likely be in this same unit.
