I saw New York-based Elizabeth & the Catapult this past Saturday, a melodic, jazzy, folksy trio whose crazy-gifted 27-year-old lead singer channels Feist and Norah Jones. One particular song, “Momma’s Boy,” stood out: If you want a girl to be your mother Go find another Go find another one You only call me when your [...]

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partying after the show: me with rebecca and jen of tyler john tyler I arrived at the Sic Alps show on Saturday night, overwhelmed by the stench of male B.O. and stale Old Style. I scanned the crowd with my eyes, looking for a glimpse of that girl presence that always makes me feel so [...]

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While taking publicity stills for Chicago based performance artist Angie, 23, right, we got to talking about life as a young lady in the theater arts world: “My work has a lot to do with promoting my sexuality and understanding its power over people, especially men. Working in the performing arts, I’m not a stripper, [...]

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While waiting to hear our girl Deliza perform at an open mic over the weekend at the Bassment, we overheard a choice exchange. The female emcee (right) asked one of the guy rappers, DJ Uh-Oh, if he was intimidated by the amount of ladies stepping up to the microphone. He didn’t hesitate to retort (left): [...]

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While browsing in a Logan Square flower shop, called Fleur, we struck up a conversation with one of the florists, Rachel. She clued us into the reality of “Bridezillas,” telling us: “I never really thought the Bridezilla thing was real until I saw it in person. Brides can really get controlling. They put all this [...]

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On Saturday night, we eagerly went out to see the Sex and the City movie with a few of our friends. Over pizza and martinis (of course), we “couldn’t help but wonder”: did Sex and the City portray women positively or negatively? *warning: slight spoilers below* Matt: I found some of the portrayal of women [...]

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A coincidence: While Emma was out of town, I had two unrelated but quite similar conversations about GIRLdrive and our stance on international feminism. We’ve touched on this issue a few times (Siman from Phoenix had a lot to say about it), but it has not come up in a while. The first conversation I [...]

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Every weekend we will post overhead musings from friends and random women we run into in bars, cars, restaurants, and on the streets. One of my best friends Jane came into Chicago this weekend to help me celebrate my 23rd birthday. As we lay in bed one morning, groggily addressing our hangovers and our hungry [...]

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