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‘Radical Grace’ Tells Stories Of 3 Defiant American Nuns Under The Vatican Gun
This film comes at a major crossroads in the Catholic Church, and the nuns are everything that’s right with the institution. They stand with the marginalized, and won’t be bullied by the hierarchy. I feel a deep connection to the women featured in ‘Radical Grace’. ~ Susan Sarandon, ‘Radical Grace’ Executive Producer
FEMEN activist Iana Aleksandrovna Azhdanova is chilling out in a Vatican cell, awaiting possible trial for “disturbing the peace, obscene acts in a public place, and theft.” Her crime? Naked from the waist up in traditional Femen fashion, Azhdanova stormed the Vatican’s nativity scene and plucked the baby Jesus statue out of its crèche. The message “God Is Woman” was written on her torso.
The Captivating Beauty of Libraries Around the World My Modern Met
Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2015 Campaign
Dolce & Gabbana up the ante on family celebrations, embracing mature mamas with a love of Italian/Sicilian glitter. Add bullfighter José Maria Manzanares and models Bianca Balti, Vittoria Ceretti, Irina Sharipova and Blanca Padilla — then let it rip to welcome spring 2015. See the rest of the images at Dolce & Gabbana website. 
Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2015 Collection
Dolce & Gabbana Spring 2015 Style.com
Today there was a black net sheath, a black corset paired with thigh-high black stockings, a black jacket and pencil skirt combination that had the sexy severity of the racy widow—all of it adding up to enough Catholic guilt to choke a pope.
Pope Francis Delivers Blistering Rebuke to Roman Curia
Pope Francis delivered a stunning pre-Christmas speech to officials of the Roman Curia, accusing them of succumbing to greed, jealousy, hypocrisy, cowardice and “spiritual Alzheimer’s”.
If the NYPD felt that New York cops were the most beleaguered and unappreciated work force in the world, they had major company among the Roman Curia, after Pope Francis challenged the prelates to make “a real examination of conscience.”
The popular CEO pope basically accused his workforce of a host of deadly “illnesses”, including the fault of feeling “immortal, immune or even indispensable”. Not stopping there, Pope Francis accused the prelates of pursuing wealth, showing off and leading double lives in a mindset leading to “existential schizophrenia”.
Prior to the papal tongue lashing, Pope Francis gave a speech of gratitude to the lay Vatican staff including gardeners and cleaners — with whom the pope often grabs lunch. In great contrast, he asked “forgiveness for the shortcomings of my colleagues and myself, as well as for some scandals, which do great harm. Forgive me.”
Complete text of Pope Francis’ 2014 Christmas Speech to the Roman Curia via Vatican Radio
Related: Rome’s Scrutiny of American Nuns New York Times
For the past six years, AOC has followed the Vatican’s investigation of American nuns, a report that has ended with a generally positive report under the guidance of Pope Francis and not the more authoritarian Pope Benedict.
Alas for AOC, the report comes at a time when I have not only returned from a difficult 2014 and actual hiatus from writing, but also in the midst of a major move of AOC articles into a much simpler organizational format. All of my RedTracker writing on feminism in America, international feminism, religion and women, the lives of women in Africa and the Middle East, female sexuality, women and philanthropy has been moved — but not properly tagged — into my Sensual Rebel blog. Therefore, I can’t link to all the tagged writing at AOC about the Catholic Church and the investigation of American nuns. It’s a goal to complete this tagging by Jan. 1.
These moves are a larger part of my own second look at what AnneofCarversville.com should be to readers going forward. I will explain the new (old) strategy in a separate post.
Alber Elbaz At London Vogue’s April 28 Festival
Smart Sensuality designer — and creative director of Lanvin — Alber Elbaz hopes to convince the public that fashion designers aren’t really kingpins, when he talks at the London’s second Vogue Festival on April 28, organized by British Vogue editor Alexandra Shulman in association with Vertu.
Tell that to Karl Lagerfeld, my dear designer and true lover of women!
“Maybe they think that a designer is living a very glamorous life and they start their day not with coffee, but Champagne,” he said. “Trust me, it’s coffee. The designers, photographers and models that I work with, they are hard-working people who devote their lives to fashion. They’re kind of like nuns of fashion.”
Albers continued in a recent interview with London’s The Independent:
“Everybody thinks that because it’s luxury it should be very intimidating; you go into the store and it should look like a pharmacy,” he told The Independent. “But guess what? We’re not buying Tylenol! We’re buying a red bag, a diamond shoe and a printed dress, so I think that we should have a little lightness and be a little less strict about everything. If you come to a pharmacy and everything is arranged, then you don’t want to touch it. I don’t want people to be intimidated.”
What a fresh voice in a muddle of frequently self-absorbed people!
Tom Craig’s Louis Vuitton Photography Exhibit
In conjunction with the festival, Louis Vuitton will host a Tom Craig and Bay Garnett photography exhibition ‘All Four Corners’, held at the Bond Street store’s private apartment. Craig will showcase a collection of Vogue imagery including Rachel Weisz and Stella Tennant.
Rihanna NOT Fronting Chanel Accessories
Will Fashion Help Challenge America's Catholic Bishops?
This editorial ‘Pagan Something’ on Flamboyant Magazine is a discovery via Vogue Italia’s Talents focus on photographer Marco D’Amico and stylist Italo Pantano.
The editorial begins with a quote by Theda Kenyon, author of ‘Witches Still Live’:
The blackest chapter in the history of Witchcraft lies not in the malevolence of Witches but in the deliberate, gloating cruelty of their prosecutors.
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