Bullying, Cyberbullying, and Hadley- A Guest Blog
By Hilary Martin, an artist educator who uses theatre to address bullying issues with girls. If you live in the Boston area, you’ve probably already heard about Phoebe Prince, the 15-year-old girl who recently killed herself in Hadley. Evidently, bullying she faced at school and online contributed to her suicide. I’m sure we can all […]
Why WAM now?
Wear the shirt. Use the soap. Burn the candle. These are three rules I came up with for myself over a decade ago and they serve me well. For too long I had watched worthy women receive gifts, and carefully set them aside for the day when the event was important enough or when they […]
“Women and girls aren’t the problem; they’re the solution”-Nicholas Kristof
Being part of the solution is why WAM Theatre wants to take action by using theatre to benefit women and girls worldwide. Telling the missing half of the story through our theatrical events and donating proceeds from those events to organizations who are dedicated to taking action to promote the full utilization of half the […]
“an army of articulate and accomplished women”
The title of this post is a quote from a blog entry by Augusta Supple, playwright, director, producer, carpenter, performer, dramaturge, stage manager and musician based in Australia, that discusses the plight of ‘the invisible workers’, aka women in Australian theatre: http://augustasupple.com/2010/01/the-invisible-workers/ The blog is from the perspective of Australia, but, as we in the […]
Food for thought: The Burqa
As I catch up on my 2009 magazine reading, I find a great article in November’s Chronogram, an arts, culture and spirit magazine focusing on the Hudson Valley. http://www.chronogram.com/issue/2009/12/News+%26+Politics/Banning-the-Burqa Written by senior editor Lorna Tychostup, it is an interview with gender and development expert Lina Abirafeh (her book, Gender and International Aid in Afghanistan: The […]