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Entries from April 29th, 2010

Ladies Who Lunch (90swoman.com style)

April 29th, 2010 · No Comments · 20something, 90's, grunge, teen things

Who are they and why are we obsessed? “The blog 90sWoman.com is a conversation between Kara Jesella and Ada Calhoun about a misbegotten era.” (–> true dat) Their backgrounds (and playgrounds). Remember our post on How Sassy Changed My Life? Kara was the co-author. She’s also written for the New York Times, the American Prospect, Salon, Nylon and Teen Vogue. Ada’s [...]

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Setting the Stage: First Female Film Director

April 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Bishop's Garden, Women In Film, film

Alice Guy Blaché (1873-1968) was the first female film director. Setting the stage in 1896 with a short film “La Fee aux Choux (The Cabbage Fairy)”. Blaché went on to film 300 total films until 1920. She was also the first and, so far, the only female director to run her own studio plant (The [...]

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Women in film. We digg it.

April 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Bishop's Garden, Women In Film

There are lots of great female head honchos in Hollywood but these 10 talented women have been named the “Top Ten Women Directors in Hollywood”.  (This list is still missing tons of amazing and important filmmakers, but it’s still worth giving a shout to these talented ladies).  So, in no particular order, here are: 10. [...]

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Doin’ it. Props to Kathryn Bigelow for winning in a man’s world.

April 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Bishop's Garden, Women In Film

Kathryn Bigelow was the FIRST woman to win the Academy Award for Best Director for “The Hurt Locker”. Really, just now? Don’t get us wrong, we’re all for letting the best (wo)man win but surely there’s something to be said about it happening just this year. image via Bigelow’s career began with her first short [...]

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Summer playlist. Guilty pleasures. You’ll heart them, we promise.

April 27th, 2010 · No Comments · 90's, grunge, teen things

You’ll heart them, if not just for a laugh. Some of these are classics. Some are horribly irresistible. And then some are just plain good. Oh, and we had to include some music videos. You won’t want to skip these if you haven’t had the pleasure already. In no particular order, here you go: {OJBG’s [...]

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Girl Power. The 90s. Sassy.

April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · 90's, grunge, teen things

Looking for some summer reading material? Check out these two books, both of subject matter we adore. Definitely on our reading list. “Another classic Sassy relationship article was March 1993′s “How to Make Him Want You… Bad,” which is named after a story that had run in YM. In it, Margie Ingalls (a staff writer who had [...]

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“The Juice” eZine Vol. 3: The Prom One…

April 20th, 2010 · No Comments · 90's, Otessa, The Juice, grunge, teen things, teen web series

Wake up and smell the corsages and boutonnieres! Oh, it’s that time again. Prom is close and high schoolers everywhere are in need of dates, dresses and advice. Check out our version of the much anticipated PROM ISSUE. We dedicated our third issue to the annual HS ritual. Ours is a little, uh, different. But [...]

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Episode 1 Season 2

April 19th, 2010 · No Comments · Uncategorized

Episode 1 of Season 2 is UP!!! Check it out! H.A.G.S. (Have a Good Summer…?) Have a good summer!? It’s the last day of school in 1995… and the rumor mill is working some serious overtime when Jake & Trip get expelled for smoking pot on campus bc this isn’t surf camp in Waikiki… this [...]

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April Issue of Our ‘Zine: “The Juice”! Vol. II

April 16th, 2010 · No Comments · The Juice

It’s time for more juice! We just wanted to make sure you didn’t miss out, we know you’ll love the new issue! We’ve attached it here for your reading convenience, but feel free to visit the OJBG Home Page to download and print “The Juice” for reading material on the go. Enjoy! Also, we’d love [...]

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