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by Windy Borman | Feb 1, 2017 | Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director
One year ago, we filmed our first interview for MARY JANES: THE WOMEN OF WEED at the 2016 Women Grow Leadership Summit in Denver, CO. Today, we’re editing the feature-length documentary and hope to announce its film festival premiere soon. In the past 12 months...
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by Windy Borman | Dec 7, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Media, Notes from the Director
The future of the U.S. cannabis industry has always been uncertain. But is it possible that the cannabis industry has lost its corporate responsibility before it’s really gotten started? On November 8, 2016, eight more states voted to legalize cannabis. California,...
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by Windy Borman | Nov 28, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Media, Notes from the Director
The future of the US cannabis industry has always been uncertain. But is it possible that the cannabis industry has lost its corporate responsibility before it’s really gotten started? On November 8, 2016, eight (8) more states voted to legalize cannabis. California,...
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by Windy Borman | Nov 4, 2016 | Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director, Notes from the Field
On October 28th, I returned to my home state of Oregon to film some inspiring “women of weed”, including 3 of the 10 women listed in a recent Huffington Post article about Oregon’s successful female “ganjaprenuers”. It was also the first time “Mary Janes: The Women of...
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by Windy Borman | Jul 25, 2016 | 2016 Marijuana Campaigns, Mary Janes Blog, Notes from the Director
“2016 is a record year for marijuana drug policy reform,” observes Karen O’Keefe, Director of State Policies for Marijuana Policy Project. When we sat down with her last week, O’Keefe shared that as of July 2016, there are 25 states that allow medical marijuana, and...
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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...
