Did you hear the one about the traveling septuagenarian comedienne? Fans of comic Joan Rivers may want to stand up and applaud Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work as a labor of love. The less moved will have to work harder to find the punch lines—other than Rivers herself.
Environment
Harvest of Shame: A Review of Food, Inc.
America, land of good and plenty, was once a moveable feast. But take one bite out of Food, Inc.—now on DVD—and you’re likely to lose your lunch. Plop plop, fizz fizz. That’s the sound of your stomach on junk.
Culture & History
Sisters of '77
Watch PBS Independent Lens documentary about the 1977 National Women’s Conference where 20,000 people attended. The delegates adopted the National Plan of Action, a list of 26 resolutions to promote equal rights and end discrimination against women. Many of the delegates were major figures in feminism’s second wave. PBS writes: Twenty thousand people from across [...]
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