Work It! is an interview series on MsBehaved featuring fascinating folks who work outside the traditional 9-5, to amuse, inspire, and light a fire under your butt to start pursuing the career of your dreams. Name: Clarisse Thorn Age: 27 going on 28 Location: Chicago, mostly What do you do, in your own words, and how long […]
Enemy Number 1: Cartoon Princesses (They’re Why I’m Bad at Math)

The Second City Network and Danielle Uhlarik put out this hilarious series of videos a while back. (And they’re still funny!) I saw “Advice For Young Girls From Belle” on Jezebel and Huffington Post, but I don’t know that the others got as much coverage. The Sassy Gay Friend videos stole all the glory, which I don’t understand. […]
May’s Female-Directed Movie Round Up

Twenty-three films are in competition for this year’s Palme D’Or award at the Cannes Film Festival; not a single one is directed by a woman. Nearly 1,800 films were submitted for consideration, and I would assume that SOME of them were female-directed. Still, none were deemed worthy. Some explanations being offered are pretty anemic, such […]
