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Suzanne Braun Levine (a woman with blond hair and wearing an olive green shirt), Gloria Steinem (with grey-brown hair and wearing a black sleeved shirt with blue jeans), and Letty Cottin Pogrebin (with blond hair, a dark green shirt, and black pants) are seated in a row facing the camera.

Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print Review – Charting a History of Feminist Issues

by Pat Mullen
July 2, 2025
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Dear Ms.: A Revolution in Print charts the history of Ms. magazine how its evolved amid in conversations about feminism.

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All Man: The International Male Story Review – Cataloguing Desire

by Pat Mullen
June 6, 2023
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All Man: The International Male Story tells the history of the fashion catalogue that provided an outlet for queer desire and expression.

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Mau Review: A Book as Good as Its Cover

by Marc Glassman
May 18, 2022
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Brothers Jono Bergmann and Benji Bergmann craft a worthy portrait of famed Canadian designer Bruce Mau that explores his life and work.

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Ahead of the Curve Review: A Page from Lesbian History

by Pat Mullen
June 1, 2021
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A page of queer history gets its due in Ahead of the Curve. This celebratory doc notes the trailblazing legacy of Curve magazine. The film champions those who create spaces for queer

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Everything at Once Review: The Gay Gaze

by Pat Mullen
May 27, 2021
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“Every photographer is a voyeur.” Photographers Paco Moyano and Manolo Rodríguez arrive at this conclusion in Everything at Once. The Catalan artists debate whether photographers are peeping toms, voyeurs, or dirty old

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Review: ‘Pressing On: The Letterpress Film’

by Marc Glassman
June 22, 2018
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Pressing On: The Letterpress Film (USA, 99 min.) Dir. Erin Beckloff and Andrew P. Quinn One of the heartening trends in the past decade has been the revival of appreciation for the

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Review: ‘Obit’

by Pat Mullen
April 4, 2017
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Vanessa Gould's Obit is a remarkable doc goes inside the pages of the New York Times

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REVIEW: Love Between the Covers

by Maurie Alioff
April 30, 2015
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Laurie Kahn’s Love Between the Covers plays as a celebration of the often-maligned world of romance fiction.

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Obscene: Barney Rosset Vs Our Way of Life

by Andrew McIntosh
October 1, 2007
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Did Barney Rosset the founder of Grove Press, which published Candy, Henry Miller, The Story of O, William Burroughs and Victorian erotica, make obscene books? Or masterpieces?

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