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hurricane gustav
"The Mother Of All Storms"
For those in southern Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi, we don't need to tell you about the Category 4 storm currently tearing its way north in the Gulf of Mexico. For those who aren't there — or don't know — a massive, massive hurricane is bearing down on the Gulf Coast of the United States, one that New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin is now calling "the storm of the century". At the request of a number of readers, we're putting up this short post — not to announce news updates about the storm (we suggest you rely on television, radio, the internet and other people for that) — but to provide a forum for interested parties to converse. Good luck, all, and Godspeed. [CNN] -
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Trouble The Water Gives One Woman's Katrina Experience Airtime
Today is the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and with the memoirs and films of the wreckage left after the natural destruction and human mismanagement comes the documentary Trouble The Water. It stands out from previous films about Katrina because it includes first-person footage shot by a woman and her husband who were living in the Ninth Ward when the hurricane hit. That woman is Kimberly Rivers Roberts, an aspiring rapper and self-proclaimed small-time hustler, who bought the camcorder that would document her experience during Katrina a week before the storm touched down. After the storm, she teamed up with documentary filmmakers Tia Lessin and Carl Deal to get her personal account out there...and made herself one hell of a movie. The glowing reviews, after the jump. More » -
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Hurricane Katrina, Three Years Later: A New Memoir And An Approaching Storm
Tomorrow marks the third anniversary of the landfall of Hurricane Katrina. Unfortunately, there's a new storm on the horizon: The latest on Gustav is that it could hit the coast of Louisiana — and New Orleans — with a similar impact. Earlier this week, Salon ran an interview with Phyllis Montana-LeBlanc, a woman who's considered the breakout "star" of Spike Lee's 2006 documentary When The Levees Broke. Montana-LeBlanc has written a memoir — completed over the last two years, in her FEMA trailer. She's let go of much of her anger. "You can continue to hate and blame, but that's not constructive," she says. "You have to get past it at some point. At the time, all the dead bodies [I saw in the media reports] were African-Americans. And when it's just black body after black body you start to wonder if all those people who died were white — if their lives were considered 'more valid' by the people in charge — maybe you would have seen a quicker response. Honestly, I still wonder if more people would have been saved." More » -
Katrina Revisited
Spike Lee may be making another film about Katrina. Lee directed the HBO miniseries When The Levees Broke about the hurricane — and the aftermath in New Orleans — but he says he's interested in revisiting the area and focusing on other parts of the Gulf Coast that were affected. Lee says his new film's focus would be on "the mental state—suicide, self-medication," an aspect of the disaster that he criticizes the media for ignoring. Lee also spilled the beans about possibly doing a scripted post-Katrina New Orleans movie with The Wire creator David Simon. We'll definitely be keeping our eyes peeled for more info! [Reuters]
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Fresh Ink
So you know how Brad Pitt has this new tattoo and everyone is trying to figure out what the fuck it is? Our friends at the Daily Mail have an idea: It's like, totally a map of New Orleans! Well, not of New Orleans but of um, the city's levees. You know, if you turn it sideways. And squint. See it now? Click the picture for an image of a map the paper uses to illustrate its point, maybe that will help. [Daily Mail]
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The Vagina Monologues Anniversary Celebration Was Wet & Wild
Earlier this year, author Nancy Redd was asked to give her 2007 body-positive book 'Body Drama' to 250 teenage Hurricane Katrina survivors at a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the 'Vagina Monologues'. "I've harbored a major crush on Eve Ensler for over nine years," Nancy says. "Growing up with normal teenage angst and inadequate health education, I hated my vulva and I never referred to "down there" as anything other than a "hoo-ha". The Monologues were my introduction to feminism; nothing was more empowering to 18-year-old me than having a legit reason to scream "MY SHORT SKIRT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU!" and "IT'S SUPPOSED TO SMELL LIKE PUSSY!" to the world." Below, Nancy fills us in on everything that went down in the (very fertile) Crescent City over the weekend, where 18,000 participants raised awareness of violence towards women by giving love to vaginas and the amazing women who own them.
Eve Ensler considers New Orleans to be the vagina of America. In fact, in her tribute monologue to New Orleans, Welcome to the Wetlands, she makes some pretty awesome comparisons to the vag, like:"We call her sultry and sexy when we crave her, but after when we want to demean her and dismiss her, we call her swampy and soiled."
and"We brag about her music, the way she moves, we beg to get inside her, but disown her later when she has needs."
That pretty much sums up the ex-boyfriend we've all had and hated, right? More » -
Eve: "New Orleans is the vagina of America, if you think about it." Jane: "Yes. It's Moist. It's a place where people come for fun!" - Eve Ensler and Jane Fonda discussing why the big V-Day celebration will be held in New Orleans this April, on Today.
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Announcements
Commenter Trashtastic writes: "A few of us are wanting to organize a Baton Rouge/New Orleans Jezzie Fun Fest. We've tried reaching out to other BR/NOLA Jezzies on the threads, but its hard for us to track it all. We wondered if you would mind posting a shout-out for us?" Sure! Also, everyone should know that we have a Facebook page, where you guys can talk to each other and maybe create groups based on where you live and whatnot. Anywhoozle, any Baton Rouge or New Orleans Jezebelles should make yourselves known right here.
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