The Blessed Mother did a gig in Ireland : she winded, she waved, she shimmied / produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy.

Documentary series which focuses upon contemporary Irish women's writing, from material recorded at an Irish Women's Symposium for writers and artists. A short history of Irish feminism told by nell McCafferty. She combines satire, irony and pathos into a portrait of 20 years of Irish feminism: moving statues, Pope mobile, the Contraception train, and other achievements and losses.|THE BLESSED VIRGIN DID A GIG IN IRELAND : SHE WINDED, SHE WAVED, SHE SHIMMIED / produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy. - SERIES: Toam : the great wave| no. 5 - Fifth in a series of programs about contemporary Irish women authors, adapted from material recorded at an Irish Women's Symposium for writers and artists. This program presents a short history of Irish feminism as told by Nell McCafferty. She presents both the humor and the horror of feminism in Ireland over the past two decades. SENSITIVE LANGUAGE: "Do you remember getting in touch with your vagina" and "I put the spectrum up in the vagina" (10 min. in). "Rocking to masturbatory confessions" (also refers to priest and confessional)(20 min. in). "We could spend the next 12 years screwing". - BROADCAST: Satellite, 1990. NOTE: THIS IS AT 7 1/2 IPS.|THE BLESSED VIRGIN DID A GIG IN IRELAND : SHE WINDED, SHE WAVED, SHE SHIMMIED / produced by Padraigin McGillicuddy. - SERIES: Toam : the great wave| no. 5 - Fifth in a series of programs about contemporary Irish women authors, adapted from material recorded at an Irish Women's Symposium for writers and artists. This program presents a short history of Irish feminism as told by Nell McCafferty. She presents both the humor and the horror of feminism in Ireland over the past two decades. RECORDED: San Francisco State University, 1990. CENSORED VERSION