Denouncing Trump, 'NASTY WOMEN' Art Show Raises $50,000 for Planned Parenthood

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Millions of American women loathed Donald Trump more than they thought possible, when the president-elect interrupted Hillary Clinton in the third presidential election, saying that she was "such a nasty woman". 

Educated women, in particular, have been seeking revenge ever since -- and we won't be stopping any time soon. Taking down Planned Parenthood is a prime agenda item of the incoming Trump Administration, even though 50% of Trump's own voters don't want this critical organization supporting poor women defunded. 

Nearly 600 self-proclaimed 'NASTY WOMEN' showed their art at the Knockdown Center in Maspeth, Queens, January 12-15. Over $50,000 was raised in support of Planned Parenthood, in the first stop of what will become a global tour for the show. Future stops include San Diego; Lubbock, Texas; Brussels; Memphis, Tennessee,;and Melbourne, Australia. 

After meeting its goal for Planned Parenthood, the NASTY WOMEN show donated $8,200 raised by the $20 general admission tickets in support of Callen-Lorde Community Health Center, the New York Immigration Coalition, Immigrant Defense Fund, and Sister Song. 

Alicia Keys On Makeup Free & Abolishing the Electoral College vs Melania Trump's White House Glam Room

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Alicia Keys Fronts 'Keys To Success' By Paolo Kudacki For Allure Magazine February 2017

It's fascinating the Alicia Keys has led the 'no makeup' look, although she assured readers in Feb. 2017 Allure that she also won't be a slave to not wearing makeup either. It all depends on Alicia's mood. 

She is a 15-time Grammy winner. To put that in perspective: Adele has ten; Taylor Swift, ten also; Mary J. Blige, nine; Rihanna, eight. Sometimes—rarely—in this world, prizes get awarded in a way that is commensurate with achievement, thank Allah, Jehovah, and Zeus. (Those are in alphabetical order, by the way; I may be a Christian, but if another guy’s deity wants to do me a solid, I’m very grateful. I do wish the entire panoply of gods could get together and stop my friends from using reply all. That’s what I pray for; I figure it’s an easier lift than universal amity or abolishing the electoral college.) On that topic, who could forget Keys’s impassioned performance of “Superwoman” and “In Common” at the Democratic National Convention last summer? The first song was dedicated to the “Mothers of the Movement,” a group that advocates for police reform and gun-violence prevention. The second one was a call to, in her words, “stand together and be united.” Keys’s deep disappointment with the election results is palpable. 

Keys' comments resonate in back to back posts -- the second one being about the White House glam room for America's next first lady Melania Trump.  AOC and I personally are working hard not to trivialize Melania Trump before she has a chance to open her mouth on America's behalf. 

Yet, for her biggest PR story to be about her upcoming glam room, as nearly 50 members of Congress say they will boycott the Trump presidential Inauguration and Trump & Putin might as well open a joint Twitter account as of today, Melania rings pretty darned hollow in her ivory tower. Goddess give us strength! ~ Anne

FKA twigs Is Creative Director On Nike Women's 'Do You Believe in More?' Spring 2017 Campaig

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FKA twigs Is Creative Director On Nike Women's 'Do You Believe in More?' Spring 2017 Zonal Strength Tights Campaig

How about this idea for fixing America's schools. I'd be really interested in bringing in our young creatives and everybody over age 30 has to take notes. Oh, and let FKA twigs organize the panel with a few of her friends.

50 pilot schools must be created to support their vision. Get Bill and Melinda Gates. They now admit their mistakes in education reform. I am blown out of the proverbial water with much of our young talent. And all the backup materials are about discipline, discipline, discipline, confidence, self-trust.

Ivanka Meets Queen Rania, Insists Her Primary Role In DC Will Be Wife, Mother & Advocate For Women & Girls

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Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah of Jordan's commitment to girls' education runs very deep. Asking two weeks ago if the future is still female, Forbes writer Beth Doane profiled five women leaders, including Queen Rania. And there is exciting news to learn that Queen Rania has joined Michelle Obama's Let Girls Learn initiative, recently profiled here on AOC.

In these days before Donald Trump's inauguration as President on Friday November 20, and theWomen's March in DC on Saturday, November 21, women's rights are in a state of undefined flux in the new Trump administration -- one that is fundamentally opposed to feminism and any formalized commitment to women's rights as part of its legislative agenda.

We will see which Trump appointees stand for an expansion of women's rights at home and abroad versus those who seek to redefine them in a way that rolls back the clock.

Many women's groups and female leaders will be leaning on Ivanka Trump to persuade her father to veto key pieces of Republican legislation unless the proverbial add-ons are removed. Whether she is up to the task -- or her father has the stomach for the fight -- remains to be see. In my own view, the odds are against us. ~ Anne

Trump Slams Civil Rights Hero Ga. Rep. John Lewis On MLK Honorary Weekend

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President Barack Obama's Address in Selma March 7, 2015

When President-elect Donald Trump denigrated the personal history of Ga. Rep. John Lewis this weekend -- after Rep. Lewis said that he questioned the legitimacy of America's presidential election with the Russians doing Trump's bidding -- it seems like this 2017 Martin Luther King Jr. Day is best honored with my review and full text of President Obama's historic March 2015 Selma speech. 

For Donald Trump -- who discredited President Obama for years with his birther claims -- to become indignant over Rep. Lewis' opinion and then turn like an attack dog on Lewis is more than I can stomach. This archives article details not only the events around Selma, in which John Lewis was nearly killed, but also the subsequent march to Montgomery, Alabama led by the Rev. Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta.

On this reverential weekend in America, President-elect Donald Trump has chosen to unleash a high-profile feud with people of color and all progressives and Americans of conscience who have not forgotten Rep. Lewis' near-death experience in Selma.  The New York Times explains with In Trump's Feud With John Lewis, Blacks Perceive a Callous Rival.  

ArtNet Analyzes The Most Expensive Living Female Artists

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Jenny Saville, Shift (1996-97).Courtesy of Sotheby’s.

ArtNet Analyzes The Most Expensive Living Female Artists ArtNet

Every feminist knows that art made by men dominates the auction market. ArtNet dives into their Price Database to identify the top-selling women in the future. Their list includes 1. Yayoi Kusama; 2. Cindy Sherman; 3. Bridget Riley; 4.Marlene Dumas; 5.  Cecily Brown; 6. Julie Mehretu;  7. Jenny Saville (above); 8. Elizabeth Peyton; 9. Vija Celmins; 10. Rosemarie Trockel