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Linda M Grasso
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Professor of English, York College, CUNY. Faculty, MALS, BAM, and WGS, CUNY Graduate Center. Author of Equal Under the Sky: Georgia O'Keeffe and Twentieth-Century Feminism (U of New Mexico Press) and The Artistry of Anger (U of North Carolina Press)
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · 22h
Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/12/b...
Susan Griffin, a Leading Voice of Ecofeminism, Is Dead at 82
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · 3d
Thinking about gendered art education in New York City in 1907, the first year Georgia O'Keeffe was a student at the Art Students League of New York.
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · 4d
The Women Artists Who Found Freedom in Old Age hyperallergic.com/1047386/wome...
The Women Artists Who Found Freedom in Old Age
The artists profiled in Grand Finales refused to consign themselves to what the author calls “Little-Old-Lady-Land,” and opted to keep searching, pushing, and trying new things.
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · 8d
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The Book Review: 2 books for your inner Transcendentalist
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · 11d
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Dover Street Market Paris unveils Georgia O’Keeffe installation by Comme des Garçons - hube magazine
Rei Kawakubo unveils Georgia O’Keeffe by Comme des Garçons at Dover Street Market Paris. Discover this bold art-meets-fashion installation.
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · 11d
I do not have to be you www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor · I do not have to be you: Audre Lorde’s Legacy
Lorde never had to persuade her comrades about a strategy, tactic or new idea, lose an argument in order to maintain a...
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · 12d
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Half a century of the ‘male gaze’: why Laura Mulvey’s pioneering theory still resonates today
In 1975, Laura Mulvey wrote an essay that reshaped feminist film theory. Its ideas still echo today, in every slow-mo entrance and lingering camera shot.
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · 12d
I am grateful for @yorkcollegecuny.bsky.social support of my work. @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social @nationalwca.org www.york.cuny.edu/news/2025/dr...
Dr. Grasso Delivers Engaging Lecture on Georgia O’Keeffe’s New York Years
Congratulations to Dr. Linda M. Grasso, Professor of English at York College, CUNY, and at the CUNY Graduate Center, on her September 3 virtual presentation for the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum's "Mornings...
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · 14d
Congratulations Sandy Jimenez, one of the many brilliant students in the @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social program @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social We all learn so much from each other. What a joy to work together.
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GRADUATE CENTER MASTERS SHOWCASE PRESENTATION 2025
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · 15d
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Frida Kahlo’s Prequel: A New Museum Shows Her Family Roots
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · 19d
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A New Fort Worth Exhibition Showcases the Amon Carter Museum's Relationship with Legendary Artist Georgia O’Keeffe
Known for her large-scale paintings of flowers and the New Mexican landscape, Georgia O’Keeffe was a groundbreaking artist of the 20th century who heavily
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · 19d
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Academic freedom at Harvard under scrutiny as authorities deny tenure to a professor in Gender Studies - The Times of India
News News: Harvard University's denial of tenure to Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies professor Durba Mitra has sparked controversy. The decision, impacting t
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · 22d
Georgia O'Keeffe's first year in NYC at the Art Students League: www.youtube.com/watch?v=260m...
My entry on O'Keeffe in 150 STORIES led me to the research I discuss in the talk.
Congratulations Stephanie Cassidy and Happy Birthday League! @okeeffemuseum.bsky.social @bam-bio-mem.bsky.social
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · Sep 6
"The scrappy, experimental mark-making explored by these three pioneering artists is one important strain in the development of feminist art." The Shocking Allure of Erotic Abstraction hyperallergic.com/1035805/the-...
The Shocking Allure of Erotic Abstraction
A show on Louise Bourgeois, Eva Hesse, and Alice Adams gives a sense of how different, even alarming, these pieces would have been to viewers in the 1960s.
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · Sep 6
Thank you Natalie Haddad. This analysis is why we need art historians. My question is: How would you have written about Marian Spore Bush? "Marian Spore Bush Was Nobody’s “Visionary Artist” hyperallergic.com/1038749/mari... @hyperallergic.bsky.social
Marian Spore Bush Was Nobody’s “Visionary Artist”
When “rediscovered” women artists are lumped together, we might ask: Who acts as the discoverer, who tells the story, and how do they tell it?
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · Sep 5
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Visual Arts Review: Beauford Delaney and Representation - "In the Medium of Life" - The Arts Fuse
This show demonstrates how Beauford Delaney absorbed lessons from modernism in order to create a unique abstract style that remained committed to representation.
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · Sep 4
150 Stories is in print! www.artstudentsleague.org/150stories?m...
150 Stories
Get your copy of 150 Stories: Lives of the Artists at the League and trace the last century and a half of art history and learn how artists like Jackson Pollock and Yayoi Kusama found their voices in ...
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · Aug 30
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Watch Georgia O’Keeffe: Painting Her Own Path on PBS Wisconsin
Georgia O’Keeffe pursued art despite obstacles, shaping modern American painting.
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · Aug 30
Honored to be in this documentary. Congratulations to filmmakers! www.tallahassee.com/story/entert...
Documentary takes intimate ride with Georgia O'Keeffe in 'Brightness of Light'
Paul Wagner’s documentary unveils the more intimate side of an artist who longed to understand the world and her place in it.
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · Aug 24
Loved this! www.washingtonpost.com/books/intera...
‘Books are show business’: A visit to Adriana Trigiani’s home library
The best-selling writer, whose new novel is “The View from Lake Como,” gives us a tour, with an emphasis on old Hollywood and a beloved children’s book
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · Aug 24
Beauford Delaney’s Drawings Open a Window Into His World hyperallergic.com/1035137/beau...
Beauford Delaney’s Drawings Open a Window Into His World
With their evocative atmospheres and vibrant color, Delaney’s drawings stand on their own as essential works within his singular artistic vision.
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · Aug 22
All invited: I'm giving a talk for the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum on Wednesday, September 3, 11:00 am EST. Free but you need to register. @bamcuny.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cuny.edu

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Mornings with O'Keeffe | Georgia O’Keeffe at The Art Students League - The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum
“Then there was a year of painting at the Art Students League.” Join Linda M. Grasso as she discusses Georgia O’Keeffe’s first year in New…
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · Aug 13
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Leonora Carrington film gets UK premiere at Chichester film festival
Leonora in the Morning Light gets its UK premiere at this year’s Chichester International Film Festival with directors Thor Klein and Lena Vurma there on August 17 and 18 to share their thoughts on th...
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · Aug 13
So privileged to contribute the Art Students League 150th anniversary volume.
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How the Art Students League Became an Artist Refuge
"Shaping American Art: A Celebration of the Art Students League of New York at 150" celebrates the school's art historical contributions.
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Linda M Grasso @okeeffefeminism.bsky.social · Aug 8
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Princeton University Library presents "Fashion, Feminism, and Fear: Clothing and Power in the 19th Century"
(PRINCETON, NJ) -- Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library is presenting "Fashion, Feminism, and Fear: Clothing and Power in the 19th Century." Curated by April C. Armstrong *15 and Emma Paradies, Library C...
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