“Same-sex marriage makes for stronger families and happier people overall.”

“My work is confessional…My self portraits beg for viewers to examine them, and in turn me, as closely as I do myself.”

“I need to submerge my body into a large, warm tub of water, where I can float for a little while. Totally blissed out, relaxed, quiet. Someplace beautiful and green. Someplace private and cozy.”

A recent article in the Los Angeles Times addressed the gains that women conductors have made in a world (still) dominated by male leaders.

A thought from Virginia Woolf about the limitations of an individual to speak un-biased about questions of sex.

Judith Hanna considers why the press has focused on screen-writer Diablo Cody’s prior profession, and how being a stripper may have positively influenced her current work.

A quote from an article in The Guardian (UK) about the absence of Black Women in the ballet world

Excerpts from a New York Times interview with choreographer Trisha Brown in which she discusses the difficulties of being a woman in the art world.