by Windy Borman | Jul 18, 2016 | Featured Article, Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director
The concept of the “Male Gaze” was first developed by feminist film critic Laura Mulvey in her 1975 essay entitled “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema”. “The Male Gaze” is the way visual arts depict the world and women from a...
by Windy Borman | Jul 13, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Meet the Puffragettes
Laila R. Makled is the VP of Operations at Breeze Distro, a house of brands based in Oakland, CA* that uplifts and resonates within Black and Brown communities while building inclusive supply chains to ensure participation from underrepresented groups in the cannabis...
by Windy Borman | Jul 11, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director, Reasons We Need a film about Women in Cannabis
Recently, Weediquette ran it’s “Mary Janes” episode, which featured the women who are building the foundation of the cannabis industry–like our amazing Puffragettes Jane West, Jazmin Hupp, Julianna Carella and Sabrina Fendrick–and gave them a national...
by Windy Borman | Jul 6, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Meet the Puffragettes
Lindsay Robinson is the Executive Director of the California Cannabis Industry Association, the most influential statewide trade association representing the cannabis industry. CCIA was instrumental in passing the Governor’s trailer bill and SB 94, which reconciled...
by Windy Borman | Jun 30, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director, Notes from the Field
Oakland, California hosted the National Cannabis Industry Association (NCIA) Business Summit and Expo last week, and we were there to document it for “Mary Janes: The Women of Weed”. I was thrilled to return to the Bay Area for a few days. I lived in the...
by Windy Borman | Jun 29, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Nominate A Puffragette
Jill Lamoureux is a nationally recognized cannabis best practice expert in Colorado with extensive experience in cultivation, manufacturing and distribution. Jill was the only industry representative to serve on both the Colorado Department of Public Health and...