by Kim Painter 3/26/2006 Consumers may be tempted to choose by price alone. But that can be tricky, says Andrea James, a consumer advocate (also well known as a spokeswoman transsexual issues) whose hairfacts.com website offers extensive hair-removal advice. Some…
By Madhusmita Bora January 19, 2006 At four locations in Indianapolis, Roma Thadani plucks away on her American dream, seven days a week, one eyebrow at a time. Thadani’s chain Eyes by India offers threading, a tradition of hair removal…
by Calpernia Addams January 17, 2006 People tend to notice Andrea James. She’s tall and blonde, and you can still see the Midwestern girl smiling in her eyes as she mingles at Hollywood parties or delivers information in boardrooms across…
by Eve Ensler Photography by Joyce Tenneson VAGINA WARRIORS is a unique collaboration between playwright/activist/V-Day founder Eve Ensler, creator of the international hit The Vagina Monologues, and world-renowned photographer Joyce Tenneson, whose Wise Women changed the way people look at women…
Calpernia Addams & Andrea James December 7, 2004 We can change hearts and minds through the media In our work to improve roles available to transgender actors in Hollywood, we’ve learned not to take occasional rejection personally. Overcoming occasional rejection…
hosted by Nancy Nangeroni & Gordene O. MacKenzie A theory of transgender desire and motivation created by Ray Blanchard at the Clark Institute in Toronto has been the focus of a controversy that’s been tearing at the heart of the…
hosted by Nancy Nangeroni & Gordene O. MacKenzie Eve Ensler’s play “The Vagina Monologues” will soon be performed worldwide to benefit the international anti-violence movement, and for the Los Angeles performance, she’s she’s adding something a little different to her…
by Lesley Roberts February 6, 2004 This particular V-Day event will showcase some notable transwomen, including Calpernia Addams and Andrea James (pictured together below) who have worked very hard to make this happen. Not only will this event help to…
by Calpernia Addams and Andrea James July 22, 2003 We two have come together to create change from very different backgrounds. Many people became aware of Calpernia’s story when her boyfriend, Barry Winchell, was murdered by fellow soldiers in Kentucky…
hosted by Nancy Nangeroni & Gordene O. MacKenzie A former advertising writer and consumer activist turned online transgender activist, Andrea James is a tireless crusader for the transgender community, creating free websites with hundreds of pages of content. We talk…