Ride the Wave
“A feminist is merely a woman who refuses to accept the notion that women’s power must come through men.” —Erica Jong Feminist history can be divided into three waves.…
Mad Marge
In Rain Dodging, I introduce you to a handful of early feminist warriors. Here’s one: Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle Bettman / Getty Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, died at…
Will you still love her now she’s 64?
On March 9, Barbie was 64 years-old. In her first year, 300,000 were sold for $3 each. Over the last 60 years, Mattel Inc. has sold over a billion Barbie…
Phone Home
After over 8 weeks of silence, the Mars Ingenuity helicopter is talking again. Ingenuity Perseverance NASA/JPL-Caltech Ingenuity weighs just 4 pounds and moves thanks to rotors 4 feet long from…
Only a Trace Memory
On Sunday, I was watching Aerial America: Indiana while doing my physical therapy exercises. The show spent time retelling the efforts of Tecumuseh. Legend claims that famous warrior and dynamic orator Tecumseh began…
Topaz
“A Jap’s a Jap. It makes no difference whether he is an American citizen or not.” -Lt. Gen. John L. DeWitt, April 15, 1943 The internment of Americans of Japanese…
Mad Marge
In my book, Rain Dodging, I introduce you to a handful of early feminist warriors. Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, born 1623, died suddenly at only age 50, the year Mary of…
How Dare She!
In my book, Rain Dodging, I introduce you to a handful of early feminist warriors. Here’s one: Margaret Cavendish, the Duchess of Newcastle* Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, born 1623, died…
The Coronation Chair and the Stone of Destiny
Since the coronation of Charles III is tomorrow, here is an edited repost: Commissioned in 1296, the Coronation Chair in St George’s Chapel at Westminster Abbey is one of the…
Children’s Voices
"The ethereal sound of children’s voices . . . whose innocent, pure sonorities set them apart from human experience." On March 17, 19 and 20, 1966, I was one of…