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Lairderg

Lairderg
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Turnersville, New Jersey, United States
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Yes, that's me, ringing up a little mojo for my Fightin' Phils during the 2008 World Series. I grew up, in 1950s and 60s suburbia, with the heart of a frontierswoman. I grew up a Catholic with the heart of a seeker of the Divine Feminine. I grew up a girl and a woman, when being either "just wasn't good enough," with the heart of a warrior priestess of a warrior goddess. My favorite television shows are (from the mid 90s) Profiler, (from the early 21st Century) Witchblade, and (now) Saving Grace, so you know where my mind still is. I was a journalist before big advertising bullies started owning the media and quit (after a long, loud battle) when I saw what they were doing. I was the oldest, and the most eccentric, of seven children in an Irish American family. I married, divorced, and now have a significant other. I am a "budding" herbalist, a mother of four avians (My poor Keenan died recently.), a guerilla gardener, an adjunct professor of pre-composition college writing, a poet, a fiction writer, a creative non-fiction writer, a feature writer, and now a player and a blogger of women's baseball.

APRIL 3, 2011 2:47PM

60 Days to Support This Women's Baseball Film

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Cami J. Kidder, an independent filmmaker, covered the World Cup of Women's Baseball in Venezuela this past summer, and is attempting to gather funds for her project, titled Throw Like A Girl. She was the only representative of US media filming the event. Along with footage from the 2010 World Cup, Kidder's film also features Justine Siegal, the founder of Baseball For All and the woman who threw batting practice for the Cleveland Indians and five other teams this spring.

To the Open Salon community: Let's contribute to this project in a world that's becoming increasingly unwilling to 1) treat women equally and 2) fund arts projects.

Go, go, go!!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/throwlikeagirl/re-launch-of-throw-like-a-girl-a-feature-length-do

 

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Why call it a "women's" baseball film? I don't believe director Cami Kidder would limit its audience or target its message exclusively to females, so why categorize it that way? Baseball in its purest form welcomes the participation of players of all sizes, shapes, and sexes, and "Throw Like A Girl" might be a film about girls who play baseball, but its potential audience should include everyone!

Thanks for giving a plug to this worthy cinematic endeavor, lairderg.