I believe I was in college when my mom asked me if I’d ever seen Cat Ballou. I hadn’t, and when she first described it to me, I wasn’t sure I’d like it. At the time, I didn’t care for Westerns, and the fact that it starred Jane Fonda didn’t move me. My mom insisted that […]
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I first learned about Eulabee Dix at the National Museum of Women in the Arts. I was enchanted with her miniature portraits, particularly with the painting of the baby pictured above. Born in 1878, Dix began painting in her teens. She completed her last painting in 1958. Miniature paintings were experiencing a revival during her […]
My family has been attending Circus Juventas’ summer show in St. Paul, Minn., for more than a decade. Circus Juventas is a youth circus school, offering evening, weekend, and summer classes. It’s been the largest school of its kind in North America since 2008. This summer, you can see it not only in St. Paul […]
I wasn’t going to write about Ms. Marvel. Kamala Khan has held that role for more than three years now, and she has been discussed by many pop culture critics. Since I try to avoid things I think most people already know about, I’ve told myself that I shouldn’t bother with the “new” Ms. Marvel. […]
You probably know T. H. White for his collection of Arthurian stories, The Once and Future King. His book Mistress Masham’s Repose is less well-known, but it’s worth your while. I think I’ve read it three or four times! The book follows the well-worn literary trope of the mistreated orphan. Even though there are a […]
I’m very fortunate to have grown up with parents who took me all sorts of places. We went on vacations to the beach and on picnics in the mountains, we went to museums and historic villages, we went to ballets and folk festivals. I am a woman with many interests because of my parents. At […]
Although her story is less dramatic than Artemisia Gentileschi’s, French painter Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun’s history includes both success and exile. She is best known for her portraits of nobility, especially of Marie Antoinette and her family. As a favorite of the queen, she had to flee during the French revolution. Until she was able to […]
It’s a website. It’s a podcast. It has “manliness” at the top of the page in big bold letters, so why is a woman recommending this to her mixed-gender audience? Simple: both the site and the podcast have lots of good stuff that isn’t really just for men. Sure, there are posts I can’t relate to, like […]
I became interested in jazz when I was in my teens, and of all the jazz musicians I admired, I was most in love with pianist Ahmad Jamal. One of my earliest jazz purchases was his album Digital Works. I’ve been fortunate enough to hear him live more than once at New Year’s Eve gigs in Washington, […]
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Something Wonderful: Zone One
I’m not really into horror or zombies. Blood, guts, jump scares, and excessive suspense just aren’t my thing. Colson Whitehead’s book Zone One is one of the exceptions to this rule… though part of why I like it is because Whitehead limits the blood, guts, and jump scares and delivers just the right amount of suspense. It’s more […]