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Movie Blog Post: RBG aka The Notorious RBG
Tinsel & Tine’s look at RUTH BADER GINSBURG DOC RBG By Le Anne Lindsay, Editor Tinsel & Tine #MiniMovieReview – Finally saw RBG film (Directed by Betsy West & Julie Cohen) Oyez! Oyez! Oyez! All persons having business before the Honorable, the Supreme Court of the United States, are admonished to draw near and give their attention to this documentary! #NortoriousRBG directors Betsy West & Julie Cohen do a brilliant job bringing worthy attention to the 2nd female Supreme Court Justice, in a way that made me sit up and realize, as a woman, I owe her more honor and respect, not before truly realized. Ruth Bader Ginsburg is…
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Sisters in the Struggle: SUFFRAGETTE, FREEHELD, THE KEEPING ROOM
Discussion of Three Female Driven Movies Screened Back to Back – “Suffragette”, “Freeheld” and “The Keeping Room” By Tinsel & Tine Editor, Le Anne Lindsay SUFFRAGETTE – which takes place in England (1920’s) during the height of the feminist movement led by Emmeline Pankhurst’s (Meryl Streep) Women’s Social and Political Union (WSPU) which was founded in 1897, but after years of peaceful methods of trying to gain women the right to vote without success, the WSPU began practicing militant, radical and rebellious methods to call attention to their cause. Most of the characters in the film are composites of Suffragette’s of the time representing both upper class and working class…
