gender bending

  • Marianne Breslauer’s 1930’s gender-bending women

    Marianne Breslauer’s 1930’s gender-bending women

    Marianne Breslauer’s career as a photographer in Berlin in the Weimer Republic was cut short with the advent of World War 2, and in fact only lasted from 1927 -1938.  Being Jewish she had trouble getting her work published in Germany so she emigrated to Amsterdam as the Nazis were gaining power, and then moved…

  • Macbeth (of the Oppressed)

    There are seemingly endless ways to play any of Shakespeare’s great classic dramas and NY gets to see yet another interpretation of his Scottish tragedy Macbeth this Fall.  Fab Marquee Productions are presenting Macbeth (of the Oppressed) at The 14th Street Y which will feature two real-life husbands in the starring roles, and with most of…

  • You CAN Make It (thanks to Pot Noodles)

    Every boy should be able to not only have a dream but be able to make it happen too.   This particular British one just dreams about boxing.  We see him lifting weights, jogging and working out with a trainer as if he is going to be the next Rocky, and then one day he…