#Wendy Schecter

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Detachment (Tony Kaye, 2011).

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Dead Lesbian Fight - Bracket and Round 1 Masterpost

Group A

Tara Maclay -- Moving on to Round 2

Leslie Shay vs Chloe Price

Charlie Bradbury vs Queen Annika & Queen Neha

Jenny Schecter vs Nora Hildegard

Dani Clayton vs Valerie (V for Vendetta)

Kira (The Magicians) vs Marina Andrieski

Poussey Washington vs Wendy Peyser

Naomi Campbell vs Ymir (Attack on Titan)

Group B

Lexa vs Helen Schiff

Shotgun Mary vs Mary Louise

Riley Abel vs Paulie Oster

Peach Salinger vs Denise Cloyd

Root vs Cat Mackenzie

Lily Baker vs Bill Potts

Dana Fairbanks vs Bizzy Forbes

Tara Chambler vs Tricia Miller

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October Reading List

The Welcoming Committee by Imogen De La Bere

Hell’s Princess: the mystery of Belle Gunness, butcher of men by Harold Schecter

Broken Monsters by Lauren Beukes

Wraith by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens

The Family Plot by Cherie Priest

Pretty Little Dead Things by Gary McMahon

Barbarians, Marauders, and Infidels: the ways of Medieval warfare by Antonio Santosuosso

Goners: the final hours or the notable and notorious by Gordon Kerr

All Is Not Forgotten by Wendy Walker

The Portable Obituary by Michael Largo

One Bloody Thing After Another: the world’s gruesome history by Jacob Field

The Book of the Bizarre by Varla Venture

Conde Nast Book of Unforgettable Journeys: great writers on great places

Black Dahlia, Red Rose by Piu Eatwell

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NYFA Inducts Paul Beatty, Phil Gilbert, and Carolee Schneemann into its Hall of Fame

Arts leaders celebrated at April 12 Hall of Fame Benefit

The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) inducted three arts leaders into its Hall of Fame during its annual benefit on April 12 at Capitale. The evening’s honorees were Paul Beatty, celebrated writer who received the Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2015); Phil Gilbert, patron of the arts and General Manager of Design, IBM; and Carolee Schneemann, pioneering visual artist who was recently celebrated with a career retrospective at MoMA PS1. The gala was Co-Chaired by Marc Jason, J. Wesley McDade, and Anne Spalter, all members of NYFA’s Board of Trustees. The silent auction was Co-Chaired by Marjorie W. Martay, a member of NYFA’s Board, and Marjorie Croes Silverman, a member of NYFA’s Leadership Council.

Guests included artists Elia Alba, Clarence Coo, Barry Holden, Abeer Hoque, Mac Premo, Lynn Saville, Laura Schecter, and Nina Yankowitz; Judith K. Brodsky, Board Chair, NYFA; Michael L. Royce, Executive Director, NYFA; Anneliis Beadnell, Director, P.P.O.W. Gallery; Michele and Marty Cohen, philanthropists; Lonti Ebers, art advisor and philanthropist; Michael Findlay, Director, Acquavella Galleries; Robert Goff, Director, David Zwirner; Nell Painter, artist, academic, and NYFA Board Member; Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, writer and NYFA Board Member; and Cristin Tierney, Founder, Cristin Tierney Gallery. Artist and NYFA Board Member Carmelita Tropicana served as the event emcee.

More than 275 guests gathered to celebrate the 2018 Hall of Fame inductees over cocktails, dinner, and a silent auction of art, experiences, and more. All tickets came with a signed, limited-edition print by Schneemann that was created exclusively for the event. The glamorous gala recognizes the sustained achievements of artists who received early career support from NYFA, and the vision and commitment of enlightened patrons of the arts. Beatty and Schneemann are past recipients of the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, which are individual unrestricted grants made to artists who are living and working in New York State.

NYFA Board Chair Judith K. Brodsky described the support that NYFA services and programs provide to artists of all disciplines at all career stages. “NYFA provides resources for artists so they can write the books and plays, create the art, compose the music, shoot the films,” said Brodsky. “This supports the best in our humanity,” she added.

Paul Beatty was the first honoree of the night to be inducted into NYFA’s Hall of Fame. In his acceptance remarks, he spoke of the deep satisfaction that writing gives him and how the NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship impacted his career. “It was this affirmation that I’m trying to do things that are different, and maybe not accessible for different reasons. But still, the fact that somebody is trying to encourage me, not feed me literally but kind of feed my drive, it was very important. It’s just nice to get some kind of recognition, and the support was huge.”

Fellow honoree Phil Gilbert spoke about the importance of design at IBM and how it relates to the work of NYFA. “The role of the artist in the world, the role of the designer at IBM, it’s all the same thing: it’s about how we create human connections so that we can advance the state and the condition of mankind,” said Gilbert.

Carolee Schneemann described how she paved her path in the art world and reflected on her NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship: “The year that I got a NYFA grant, that changed my life completely. I had three part-time jobs: I was a dog dryer in a pet shop, I was an extra in porno films, and I taught Sunday School on Sundays…I was pretty desperate for funding as usual in those years and the grant really changed my life.”

The evening concluded with impassioned remarks from NYFA Executive Director Michael L. Royce. He described how art can change lives, citing his own formative experience after seeing the movie version of Cabaret, “No matter what the chaos is, underneath it all is remarkable grace. That day, I got a glimpse that in fact beauty can speak. Spirituality can dance. And compassion can be spoken to.” He closed by highlighting the importance of artists in trying times and their ability to answer our biggest questions, urging attendees to show their support: “We need artists, and they need us.”

Past NYFA Awardees include Ida Applebroog, James Casebere, Christopher d’Amboise, Anna Deavere Smith, Zhou Long, Christian Marclay, Terry McMillan, Mira Nair, Lynn Nottage, Eric Overmyer, Suzan-Lori Parks, Wendy Perron, Dwight Rhoden, Faith Ringgold, and Andres Serrano.

Legends Limousine, a family-owned car service based in Park Slope, Brooklyn, is NYFA’s transportation partner for the 2018 NYFA Hall of Fame Benefit.

Sign up for NYFA’s bi-weekly newsletter, NYFA News, to receive announcements about future NYFA events and programs.

Images: Honorees Paul Beatty, Carolee Schneemann, and Phil Gilbert with NYFA Board Chair Judith K. Brodsky and Executive Director Michael L. Royce; Gala Co-Chairs Marc Jason, J. Wesley McDade, and Anne Spalter; Auction Co-Chairs Marjorie Croes Silverman and Marjorie W. Martay; All Images Credit: Jay Brady Photography

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Dazed & Confused, February 1999 "Something in the water” photographer: Andrea Giacobbe stylist: Wendy Schecter 

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Bracket Update/Round 2

The 17 characters that WILL be in the bracket:

Tara Maclay - Buffy The Vampire Slayer Lexa - The 100 Dani Clayton - The Haunting of Bly Manor Root - Person of Interest Poussey Washington - Orange Is The New Black Dana Fairbanks - The L Word Riley Abel - The Last of Us Charlie Bradbury - Supernatural Jenny Schecter - The L Word Maya St. Germain - Pretty Little Liars Naomi Campbell - Skins (UK) Peach Salinger - You Tara Chambler - The Walking Dead Kira - The Magicians Leslie Shay - Chicago Fire Lily - Supernatural Shotgun Mary - Warrior Nun

Clarifications:

Can someone please explain Marina Andrieski from The Magicians to me? It says she’s dead in some timelines and also gay in some timelines? She’ll advance to the next round if she is both in the show’s main timeline, whatever that can be defined as (which I also wasn’t clear on lmao).

To the extent of my extensive searching (read: typing the character’s name and dead/sexuality into google) and first hand knowledge, these characters are all lesbians and dead. Please correct me if my googling has lead me astray.

Advancing to second round:

Anika - Scream 6 Bizzy Forbes - Private Practice Cat Mackenzie - Lip Service Delphine - Atomic Blonde Denise - The Walking Dead Gideon Nav - The Locked Tomb Helen - Masters of Sex Marii Yukari - Qualia the Purple Mary Louise - The Vampire Diaries Nora - The Vampire Diaries Paulie - Lost and Delirious Queen Annika & Queen Neha - The Dragon Prince Rachel Amber - Life is Strange Rashida - Swarm Ruth Jamison - Fried Green Tomatoes (Novel) Sandy Lopez - ER Tricia - Orange Is The New Black Valerie - V for Vendetta (Novel) Wendy - American Horror Story Ymir - Attack on Titan Yorkie - Black Mirror These characters will be placed into another google form where you can select up to 10 characters to vote forward. The top 13 will advance to the bracket, and #14 and #15 will face off against Chloe Price from Life Is Strange and Bill Potts from Doctor Who to compete for the final two spots in the bracket.

These two have weird deaths that are either determinant or end in a non-human state (several times), but they do both happen to be lesbians and die, which is more than I can say for half of the submissions I got, so I’ll allow it. Despite the fact they recieved quite a few votes, I am having them participate in this round due to the fact that they *technically* don’t meet the criteria.

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Dazed & Confused, February 1999 "Something in the water” photographer: Andrea Giacobbe stylist: Wendy Schecter 

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Dazed & Confused, February 1999 "Something in the water” photographer: Andrea Giacobbe stylist: Wendy Schecter 

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Dazed & Confused, February 1999 "Something in the water” photographer: Andrea Giacobbe stylist: Wendy Schecter 

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Dazed & Confused, February 1999 "Something in the water” photographer: Andrea Giacobbe stylist: Wendy Schecter 

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Dazed & Confused, February 1999"Something in the water”photographer: Andrea Giacobbestylist: Wendy Schecter