Schaefer Madeline

Madeline Schaefer

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BSR Contributor Since June 30, 2011

Madeline Schaefer is a Philadelphia-based writer.

Like many life-long Philadelphians, Madeline Schaefer grew up attending local Quaker schools, where she developed a deep love for language and learning. After graduating from Germantown Friends School in 2005, she took a break from the East Coast to study English at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota. There Madeline was heavily involved with Carleton's student-run radio station, where she produced radio documentaries about art and culture around the campus.

The year after graduation took Madeline around the world, but she never stopped writing. Now that she has returned home she is excited to work with Broad Street Review and other venues to foster conversation about the arts.

She lives in Philadelphia's Chestnut Hill section.

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The girls of 'Girls': What our feminist mothers ddn't tell us.

"Girls' and the new feminism (a reply)

If women are liberated, how come we're not happy?

Thanks to those pioneering feminists of the '70s, women are now free to pursue careers just like men. But my 20-something generation is discovering the emotional costs of conventional success.
Madeline Schaefer

Madeline Schaefer

Essays 3 minute read
Nicole Herbert's taped outlines of reflections at 3848 Lancaster: An inside story.

"Look! on Lancaster Avenue'

Is Powelton Village the next Greenwich Village?

Forlorn and barely noticed, Powelton Village has been populated for decades by a vibrant, talented and insular group of artists. Now it's trying to create public buzz, which could be the neighborhood's undoing.
Madeline Schaefer

Madeline Schaefer

Articles 5 minute read
Pitt as Billy Beane: What money and machismo can't buy.

"Moneyball' and male values

Brad Pitt's new American male hero

Moneyball is a new twist on a classic American movie plot: Here, a rugged, aggressive and somewhat misogynistic man learns the value of two things money can't buy: patience and thought. If such a transformation can happen to a Brad Pitt character, is there hope for our macho country?
Madeline Schaefer

Madeline Schaefer

Articles 2 minute read
Norton, as Rottenberg, restraining beastly males: Beware men in slacks and ties.

"Dan Rottenberg Is Thinking About Raping You'

A political affair

Cara Blouin's satire of Dan Rottenberg's views on sex abuse is witty fun. But she's preaching to her own younger generation here. Our parents hold views that are sincere and well intended too. Who among my contemporaries will reach across the generation gap to converse with them?
Madeline Schaefer

Madeline Schaefer

Articles 7 minute read

Sex abuse: How to respond to Dan Rottenberg

Sex abuse and Dan's column: What's sexy, and why it matters

To correct Dan Rottenberg and simply say that women are never responsible for male sexual aggression isn't really addressing the very real male reactions to cleavage, legs, etc. And why are women still buying into male definitions of what is "sexy"?
Madeline Schaefer

Madeline Schaefer

Essays 4 minute read
Simon: Lost and found.

Simon's "Lost in Yonkers' at Plays & Players

A different take on ‘coming of age'

In an age that's overrun with “coming of age” stories, Neil Simon's Lost In Yonkers takes a different tack, examining the coming-of-age of an entire dysfunctional family. A superb production expertly navigates the journey.
Madeline Schaefer

Madeline Schaefer

Articles 3 minute read
A woman's body, between the sensual and the chaste.

'Through the Skin' by Koresh Dance Company

Our bodies, ourselves

Through the Skin, Koresh Dance Company's new performance, articulates with breathtaking beauty the modern relationship between body and mind and invites the audience to do likewise.
Madeline Schaefer

Madeline Schaefer

Articles 4 minute read
Leitman: Remembrance of leotards past.

"Slam Nation's' night of story telling

In search of that ‘Aha!' moment

It's harder to tell a good story than you might think, especially without a script, as I discovered during a recent night of storytelling at the Kimmel.
Madeline Schaefer

Madeline Schaefer

Essays 4 minute read
Tara Keating, Matthew Prescott: Exciting but not transforming. (Photo: Alexander Iziliaev.)

BalletX and Wilma re-imagine Apollinaire (2nd review)

Where's the beef?

Apollinaire and the surrealists reveled in the absurd. But these performers aren't surrealists— they're modern-day artists performing an old piece of surrealist art. It's a treat for the senses, but there's not much here for the mind to chew on.
Madeline Schaefer

Madeline Schaefer

Articles 4 minute read
Wasikowska: Growth from within, on screen.

Cary Fukunaga's "Jane Eyre' on film (1st review)

The ultimate coming of age story

In a world where love is over-analyzed and over-articulated, there's something incredibly refreshing about witnessing love portrayed as magic.
Madeline Schaefer

Madeline Schaefer

Articles 3 minute read
Yes, they're painted blue. And what else is new?

Blue Man Group: An "80s relic

Growing up and selling out

Blue Man Group was quite avant-garde in the '80s. But this male trio can't seem to accept that modern society has outgrown the group's message and even its form. Flashing lights on stage screens just don't do it any more.
Madeline Schaefer

Madeline Schaefer

Articles 3 minute read