Hungry for reform: Bakers for Change sells sweets to promote societal causes
When she’s disillusioned by world affairs, Kait Wakefield heads to her kitchen to “rage bake.”
There, surrounded by mixing bowls and various ingredients, she channels her anger into action, creating sweet treats with messages addressing everything from racism and women’s rights to voting and Covid.
“My first political cakes were kind of cutesy and about the pandemic,” Wakefield explains. “They would say, ‘Let’s stay home,’ and, ‘Love you … but from, like, 6 feet away.’ As the summer began, I became more and more worried about the election and just the state of the world and the country and started getting more political. It was a good outlet for my frustration.”
Milwaukee Film Celebrates Womenâs History Month
Courtesy of MKE Film
In celebration of Womenâs History Month this March, Milwaukee Film will present 31 films and eight events that showcase the power of women and the barriers they face. Titles will include
End of the Line: The Women of Standing Rock, which chronicles a group of Indigenous women risking their lives to protect their land against construction of an oil pipeline;
Lift Like a Girl, a film that follows Egyptâs elite female weightlifters; and
Women in Blue, which highlights a group of female officers trying to reform the Minneapolis Police Department.
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61 Women Who Broke Barriers in the Music Industry
By Seth Berkman, Stacker
On 2/14/21 at 8:00 AM EST
The music industry is dominated by powerful women, whether that be the record-breaking albums coming from acts like Taylor Swift or glass-ceiling-shattering boardroom executives. Of course, the music industry was not always so welcoming to women recording artists. In the early 20th century, many women were barred from performing in certain venues. Others faced discrimination on the road, radio, and from record label executives and fellow male artists.
American music would not be as fruitful today without the pioneering work of women like Ella Fitzgerald and Aretha Franklin. Nina Simone and Marian Anderson used their voices not only to tantalize listeners, but to push for more equality during times when segregation was rampant throughout the country. These empowering voices from the past have resonated across generations to open up the doors for many of today s top acts, many o
When the coronavirus began its long, deadly march through the United States last spring, and states mandated that businesses and schools close and people stay home to limit the spread of the virus, the ability to communicate and work via videoconferencing platforms such as Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Skype was hailed as a technological blessing. In stark contrast with the purgatorial mood many people were experiencing during indefinite lockdown, newspaper articles set a celebratory tone, hailing the arrival of the Zoom cocktail hour and encouraging Americans who were now spending countless hours online to add preselected digital backgrounds depicting exotic beaches and other happy scenes to their calls.