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Screw You, Times-Picayune Subscriber!

Apr 30

Posted by liprap

It comes to this for the “can’t get its act together digitally OR dead-tree-wise” New Orleans Times-Picayune. Something – perhaps a prodigious drop in subscriptions? – has compelled the management of the T-P to make this move: After slashing its newspaper printing to three days a week in late 2012, the Times-Picayune is beefing up […]

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Posted in Media, Save the Picayune, The NoLA Life, WTF?.

Tags: Community, Culture, Media, New Orleans

Adventures In Sexism

Apr 8

Posted by liprap

Perhaps it may just be me and the particular people I follow via Twitter, but my obsessive tweeting has unearthed far too many misogynistic postings lately, stuff that we were supposed to have left behind us in this country but clearly haven’t yet. I’m having some trouble dating this particular spate of insanity over men’s […]

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Posted in Culture, Equal Rights, Media, New Orleans Women, Social Networking, Society, Women.

Tags: Community, Culture, Equal Pay Day, Media, Women

Downton Abbey – week 7 finale

Feb 17

Posted by maringouin

*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*SPOILER ALERT*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Please don’t read further if you have not seen Season 3 finale yet I knew this was coming. I read that another character wanted to leave the series several months ago, knew who it was, but did not know how the character would exit. The final scenes cast a shroud over the entire […]

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Posted in Downton Abbey, TV, Women.

Tags: BBC, Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey Season 3, Media, PBS, TV, Women

Downton Abbey – week 4

Jan 30

Posted by maringouin

If you do not wish to read any spoilers from this week’s episode, then please stop reading now!!! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*SPOILER ALERT*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* I knew this was coming. You see, Downton Abbey finished filming early last summer, and premiered in Great Britain in the fall of 2012. So the content of the episodes is out there, as is […]

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Posted in Downton Abbey, Equal Rights, TV, Women.

Tags: BBC, Downton Abbey, Downton Abbey Season 3, Media, PBS, TV, Women

The NO Show Wants You

Oct 3

Posted by emofalltrades

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Today, The NO Show is recording live at the Loews Hotel (300 Poydras), at 6 p.m. What is The NO Show, you ask? Well, it is a new-style, old-fashioned variety radio show, hosted by Mindy Hawes, with music from Hazy Ray and produced by local filmmaker Helen Krieger of Flood Streets and Least Favorite Love […]

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Posted in Community Events & Forums, Creativity, Media, New Orleans Women.

Tags: Andrew Larimer, Andrew Ward, Chris Champagne, Cyrus Cooper, Dan Woods, Eritria Pitts, Film Instant, Flood Streets, Hazy Ray, Helen Krieger, Least Favorite Love Songs, Loews Hotel, Media, Mindy Hawes, New Orleans, NO Show, Radio, The No Show

NOLA on Video: Rally to save The Times-Picayune

Jun 6

Posted by Charlotte

New Orleanians speak out about saving their paper. Big thanks to NOLAFugees for producing this video for those of us who weren’t able to attend the rally.

Posted in Advocacy, Community Events & Forums, Culture, Media, New Orleans History, NOLA on Video, Save the Picayune, The NoLA Life, Videos

Get Involved – Save the Picayune

I know how to get to news using technology. But as a New Orleanian I don’t want that to be the primary way I get my daily news. At the end of a work day I want to settle into the my patio or couch with a Sazerac or a glass of ice tea and flip the tangible, not virtual, pages of my daily city newspaper. I want to talk a look at the silly horoscope and see how many stars the day I just lived had and reconcile that with what actually happened. If it’s Friday I want to see what the Lagniappe says is happening in town so I can plan just how ambitious I’ll be in taking part in the many festivities or where I can go to avoid them.

Read more of this lovely essay about what the Times-Picayune means to New Orleanians on NorthWest Carrollton. Then go friend Save the Picayune on FaceBook and follow on Twitter. Get involved.

Posted on May 26, 2012 | Aside

A Sad Day For New Orleans Culture

May 24

Posted by Charlotte

Late last night The New York Times reported possible impending lay-offs and a cut back of publication for the Times-Picayune and the story was quickly picked up by The Gambit. (Updated story here.) Tweeting was fast and furious this morning as the news spread quickly including the reactions of T-P employees who reportedly learned about the changes on the social site and other online venues. An announcement to the staff was circulated this morning and can be read on The Gambit.

It’s a sad day for many New Orleanians who have faithfully read the 175 year old paper daily, including myself. I’ve been a bit of a collector of T-P issues that have documented historical events including the last issue before Hurricane Katrina hit.

American Scrapbook has posted a wonderful piece about the history of the Times-Picayune – it’s well worth a read.

The Times, they are a-changin’.

During #Katrina’s horrific aftermath, Times-Picayune courageous writers & photogs provided reliable news when #NOLA & #USA needed it most

— Mary Landrieu (@SenLandrieu) May 24, 2012

Posted in Community Service, Culture, Media, New Orleans History, Save the Picayune, Social Networking, The NoLA Life, WTF?

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Tags: Culture, Media, New Orleans, News, Newspapers, The Times-Picayune

“That’s How We Roll!”

Feb 25

Posted by Charlotte

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NOLAFemmes wants to extend a huge thanks to the Krewe of Muses and everyone who had a hand in making “EmilyGras” such a wonderful, unforgettable event for Em and Amy. Thanks to all of our commenters, Tweeters, FaceBookers, Reddits and to everyone who blogged about this on their personal blogs. We might not know about […]

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Posted in Children, Culture, Mardi Gras, Media, New Orleans Women, NOLA Bloggers, Society, The NoLA Life, Women.

Tags: Autism, Bloggers, Bullying, Krewe of Muses, Mardi Gras, Media, New Orleans

Daisy Pignetti: Blogging the Unfinished Story in Post-Katrina New Orleans

Sep 22

Posted by Charlotte

Daisy Pignetti* is participating on a panel at the Oxford Internet Institute symposium at Oxford University in England and is presenting her paper “Blogging the Unfinished Story in post-Katrina New Orleans” on Friday. Her paper features my writing from my personal blog, TravelingMermaid, in the months after the storm and up to 2009. I am […]

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Posted in Academia, Culture, Education, History, Katrina, Media, New Orleans History, New Orleans Women, NOLA Bloggers, Oral History, Social Networking, Society, Technology, The NoLA Life, Writing.