Angeline Gragasin

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Thu, 16 May 2013 21:08:00 -0700

Upcoming… sooon

luckypeach: The last in our lil’ series of award-nominated...

Thu, 16 May 2013 20:07:13 -0700

The last in our lil’ series of award-nominated stuff from LP: The Secret Lives of Chefs by Lisa Hanawalt! This comic also appears in her upcoming book MY DIRTY DUMB EYES, published by Drawn & Quarterly.

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Fri, 03 May 2013 14:47:09 -0700

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Fri, 03 May 2013 10:13:22 -0700

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Thu, 02 May 2013 10:41:10 -0700

Feminist Ignorance re: Birth Control Politics

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:58:00 -0700

6:46pm PST:

ME (to Ann Friedman, via email): I am upset that the feminist conversation on birth control consistently neglects to consider the insidious politics and influence of the pharmaceutical industry on the perception of synthetic hormones, specifically the long term and far reaching consequences on fertility, the municipal water supply, and the profiteering that comes with marketing unnecessary medication to women who are taught to believe that taking an industrially manufactured chemical substance is the de facto way to express her sexuality safely and responsibly, or to take control of her reproductive system and life. I think there are many parallels to many other issues - sustainable vs industrial agriculture being the most obvious one.

I want to confront this issue in an essay but I’ve never done journalism before. What do you think?

8:57pm PST:

ANN FRIEDMAN: I agree with this so wholeheartedly. I wrote about it ages ago, and once even entertained the idea of doing a whole book about why the science behind birth control has stagnated so badly and is stuck in just “hormones hormones hormones” mode.

http://www.good.is/posts/why-isn-t-birth-control-getting-better/

It is something that every heterosexual woman I know complains about, but remains super under-the-radar. Some ladies interviewed me for a documentary they are making on the subject, but I’m not sure how far along in the process they are.

http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/tfr/3764201388.html

10:23pm PST:

ME (via text message): Can I post our email conversation to my Tumblr? I am so pissed, I want to start a conversation about this RIGHT NOW. There is some raging “feminist” birth control bullshit all up in my Twitter feed and I can’t take it.

ANN: Sure. One thing to add: I also dislike “natural” as a defense of non-hormonal methods. Here’s something I wrote about that language many years ago:

http://www.msmagazine.com/Fall2008/LikeANaturalWoman.asp

I am really torn. I want accountability for the pharmaceutical industry. I want more research and better options. But I also don’t want to shame or indict those women for whom hormonal birth control is working, those who are happy. Mostly I just want MORE research, more education, more access, more options. Not more delivery methods for a hormonal option that most women are unhappy with.

I interviewed a lot of contraception researchers as prelim work on this book I didn’t end up doing. It was fascinating how timid they were. Not innovative or trying to be. Aand I’ll stop now! Going to sleep…

ME: Ok thx

ANN: Also, use any of this! :)

ME: I’m gonna post everything you said, will you reblog it in the morning so we can see what people think? I think the best thing to do is talk about it openly and candidly.

ANN: Of course.■

Ann Friedman is a journalist from Iowa who lives in LA.

And me, I’m a filmmaker from Wisconsin who lives in Oakland.

Photo credit: Me via Instagram

General Février, North Kivu, Eastern Congo, 2010Photo by Richard...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:00:00 -0700

General Février, North Kivu, Eastern Congo, 2010
Photo by Richard Mosse
Part of his Infra series shot on Kodak Aerochrome
More at richardmosse.com

#PotluckPortraitsJessica Lord, Hacker & DesignerBrought:...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:35:54 -0700

#PotluckPortraits
Jessica Lord, Hacker & Designer
Brought: Carnitas
Oakland, California 2013

#PotluckPortraitsJames Halliday (alias Substack), HackerBrought:...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:24:00 -0700

#PotluckPortraits
James Halliday (alias Substack), Hacker
Brought: Settlers of Catan
Oakland, California 2013

#PotluckPortraitsIsaac Schlueter, HackerBrought: Tortilla chips,...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:18:46 -0700

#PotluckPortraits
Isaac Schlueter, Hacker
Brought: Tortilla chips, mango salsa, Marissa Noelle, a kiwano
Oakland, California 2013

#PotluckPortraitsMarissa Noelle, Counselor for the deaf and hard...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:13:42 -0700

#PotluckPortraits
Marissa Noelle, Counselor for the deaf and hard of hearing
Brought: Tortilla chips, mango salsa, Isaac Schlueter, a kiwano
Oakland, California 2013

#PotluckPortraitsThorsten Hoppenworth, Film Producer Brought:...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:05:00 -0700

#PotluckPortraits
Thorsten Hoppenworth, Film Producer
Brought: Beer, Melissa Richer, the desire to play Settlers of Catan
Oakland, California 2013

#PotluckPortraitsMelissa Richer, Entrepreneur &...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:14:00 -0700

#PotluckPortraits
Melissa Richer, Entrepreneur & Writer
Brought: Beer, Thorsten Hopperworth, the ability to win Settlers of Catan
Oakland, California 2013

#PotluckPortraitsAaron Wacks, Musician & ComposerBrought:...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:02:17 -0700

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Aaron Wacks, Musician & Composer
Brought: Lamb Kebabs, a grill, the ability to play any instrument
Oakland, California 2013

#PotluckPortraitsMax Ogden, HackerBrought: Carnitas, Jessica...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:57:35 -0700

#PotluckPortraits
Max Ogden, Hacker
Brought: Carnitas, Jessica Lord, Munchkin
Oakland, California 2013

#PotluckPortraitsIvan Cash, Art DirectorBrought: Strawberries,...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 09:43:59 -0700

#PotluckPortraits
Ivan Cash, Art Director
Brought: Strawberries, swiss chard, sausages, Juan Abel Elias
Oakland, California 2013

Still from “Nuit Américaine”Dir. François Truffaut,...

Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:51:41 -0700

Still from “Nuit Américaine”
Dir. François Truffaut, 1973

Self-portrait at homeOakland, California 2013

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 19:09:22 -0800

Self-portrait at home
Oakland, California 2013

Location ScoutingOakland, California 2013

Tue, 26 Feb 2013 12:48:40 -0800

Location Scouting
Oakland, California 2013

Still from “Ali: Fear Eats The Soul”Dir. Rainer Werner...

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 00:26:17 -0800

Still from “Ali: Fear Eats The Soul”
Dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, 1974