The BraBall:
Press


Here are some of the stories that have appeared about The BraBall. Also check the Updates page.

Print/Online
  • The New York Times, The Cups Runneth Over. Page A29. February 13, 2004.

  • USA Today Web Guide, The BraBall. September 24, 2003.

  • East Bay Express (Berkeley), week of September 10-16, 2003. Bottom Feeder column, by Will Harper.

  • SF Gate (San Francisco), ePicks, week of August 21-27, 2003, by Jan Richmond.

  • The Foundation Center (San Francisco), June, 2003. Arts Month Interviews (interview with Emily Duffy).

  • Lifetime Magazine, May/June, 2003. "Bent out of shape," by Jessica Seigel.

  • Art Access (Seattle), April, 2003. "Doing It For Themselves," by Molly Jane Rhodes.

  • The Examiner (San Francisco), November 28, 2002. "Having a ball with bras," by Nina Wu.

  • Berkeley Daily Planet, September 26, 2002. "For the Love of Dressing Up Cars," by Kim Melton.

  • East Bay Express, September 25, 2002. "Getting the Show on the Road," by Natasha Nargis.

  • Spotlight Health, March, 2002. "Betsey Johnson fashions fight against breast cancer / Support that fits," by Rachel Evans-Biermann, with medical adviser Stephen A. Shoop, M.D.

  • Picklebird (Los Angeles), March 7, 2002. "Interview with Emily Duffy - A Story of Support (Duffy vs. Nicolino)," by Edith Abeyta.

  • San Francisco Chronicle, January 29, 2002. "Vulva sculpture under cover," by Jesse Hamlin.

  • Parade Magazine, December 30, 2001. "The Best & Worst of Everything" ("Best Supporting Artist").

  • Minnesota Women's Press (Hot Flash), December 4, 2001. "Give new meaning to your old underwear," by Jennifer Thaney.

  • San Francisco Chronicle, October 13, 2001. Column by Josh Sens.

  • Tana's Habitat, October 12, 2001. "An Uplifting Tale," by Lora Hart.

  • Ms. Magazine, August/September, 2001 ("What?"). By Jennifer Block.

  • Der Spiegel (Germany), July 7, 2001. "Big Balls," by Alexander Osang.

  • Oakland Tribune, June 29, 2001. "Berkeley artist creates 700-pound ball of bras to 'demystify' the bra," by Rory Laverty. (online archive unavailable)

  • People Magazine, June 18, 2001. "Bra Brouhaha."

  • Metro (Silicon Valley/Santa Cruz, CA), May 31-June 6, 2001. "BraBall Brawl," by Sarah Phelan.

  • National Post (Toronto), May 29, 2001. "U.S. artists dispute claim to booby prize," by Joseph Brean.

  • The Times (England), May 29, 2001. "Legal bust-up over a second front for art," by Grace Bradberry.

  • San Francisco Chronicle, May 27, 2001. "Bay Area artists battle over giant bra balls," by Margie Mason (Associated Press). (article also appeared in many other publications)

  • The Daily Herald (suburban Chicago) May 15, 2001. "BraBall gives new life to feminist movement," by Deborah Barron (Medill News Service). (online archive unavailable)

  • Nervy Girl! ("the thinking woman's magazine"), May/June, 2001. "BraBall: An Uplifting Story," by Lisa Cannon. (print edition)

  • Diablo Magazine (Contra Costa County), May, 2001. "Emily Duffy is on a mission to make a giant ball of bras...," by Peter Crooks. (print edition)

  • Chicago Tribune, April 25, 2001. "Battle of the Bras," by Barbara Brotman.

  • ABCNEWS.com, April 25, 2001. "Battle of the Giant BraBalls," by Buck Wolf (The Wolf Files).

  • San Francisco Chronicle, April 20, 2001. "Artists clash as "Big Giant Bra Ball' rolls into San Francisco," by Maitland Zane, Rona Marech.

  • The Pioneer (California State University at Hayward), April 19, 2001. "East Bay Artist's Cup Runneth Over As Supporters Enter BraBall Fray," by Amy Doan. (print edition)

  • Salon.com, April 18, 2001. "The saga of the Bra Ball," by Amy Benfer.

  • Oakland Tribune, March 23, 2001. "El Cerrito artist straps 2,200 bras into uplifting sculpture," by Angela Hill. (online archive unavailable)

  • Contra Costa Times, March 23, 2001. "Brash art built with brassieres," by Karen Hershenson. (online archive unavailable without payment)

  • East Bay Express, March 16, 2001. "Presenting the BraBall," by Lisa Drostova. (online archive unavailable)

  • San Francisco Chronicle, March 16, 2001. "El Cerrito Artist's BraBall Inspires a Show of Support," by Rona Marech.

  • USA Today, March 16, 2001. "'BraBall' dispute unhooks a creative collaboration. A one-of-a-kind concept uplifts, then separates, a pair of Bay Area artists," by Gregg Zoroya. (online archive unavailable without payment)

  • San Francisco Chronicle, January 10, 2001. Leah Garchik's column, following up on controversy.

  • San Francisco Chronicle, October 30, 2000. Leah Garchik's column that started it all.


Television

Radio
  • KDMX-FM (Mix 102.9) (Dallas, TX), "Mix Mornings with Jeff and Anna," December 12, 2002.

  • WJBQ-FM (Q97.9) (Portland, ME), "Morning Show," December 4, 2002.

  • WBLI-FM (Long Island, NY), "Hersday Hotmail," January 17, 2002.

  • KLIK-AM (Jefferson City, MO), Warren Krech, December 20, 2001.

  • KBCO (Boulder, CO), December 3, 2001.

  • National Public Radio, Kathryn Baron, August 12, 2001. (Web audio available)

  • KFI-AM (Los Angeles, CA), April Winchell, June 9, 2001.

  • KBCO (Boulder, CO), June 8, 2001.

  • WBAL Radio (Baltimore, MD), Chip Franklin, May 29, 2001.

  • BBC Radio (British Broadcasting Corporation), May 29, 2001.

  • ZIP-FM (Nagoya, Japan), Ken Masui of ZIP Morning Press, May 14, 2001. (Web site is in Japanese)

  • KQED-FM (San Francisco, CA), "The California Report", May 11, 2001.

  • WPGU-FM (Champaign-Urbana, IL), May 3, 2001.

  • KSFN-FM (Seattle, WA / Las Vegas, NV), April 30, 2001.

  • Arthur Black's "Basic Black", CBC Radio (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation), April 28, 2001. (Web audio available)

  • BBC Radio (British Broadcasting Corporation), April 24, 2001.

  • WCCO-FM (Minneapolis, MN), March 21, 2001.


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