My Gecko is Sick

• 2013-04-18

  

  Honestly, who isn’t a fan of Amelia Earhart?

• 2013-02-28

  

  Ok, I’m late on the ball with this one.  (Sorry, Lisa!)

  You’re probably familiar with the famous tennis players Venus and Serena Williams.  However, long before they came along, Althea Gibson was the one who broke the race barrier in women’s tennis in the 1950’s, when the civil rights movement was just beginning to form.  No small feat.

  Althea won BOTH Wimbledon and the U.S. Open in 1957 and 1958.

  -Nadine

• 2013-02-18

  Helen Mirren in “Prime Suspect”

  

  Ok,  this was obviously a massive cheat in terms of the time limit; it took  4-6 hours. But I was having too much fun. One of my favorite artists, Mucha, did a series of posters for one of the foremost actresses of his time, Sarah Berhardt. 

  So I thought I’d do an homage to Mucha as well as to one of the foremost actresses of our time. The role Helen Mirren played was iconic in terms of showing a strong, independent, deeply flawed, and highly skilled woman. I loved this show when it first came out, and it’s held up pretty well! 

  -Lisa

• 2013-02-13

  

  Back when people thought rock ‘n’ roll was the kind of music only boys were allowed to play, and play well, Joan Jett proved them all wrong.

  
  Nadine

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  I first heard about Sojourner Truth from my 8th grade teacher. She was an abolitionist and a suffragist and an all around amazing person.

  Definitely look her up if you’re not already familiar with her.

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sojourner_Truth

• 2013-02-05

  

  Like Lisa mentioned in our previous post, we recently came across this article: http://jezebel.com/5980085/where-are-the-girls-in-childrens-media. 

  In response to this depressing lack of representation of an entire gender in media, we wanted our next theme to be a series of images highlighting great female heroines, both real and fictional. 

  Malala Yousafzai was just in the news again yesterday, speaking out for the first time since her attempted assassination by the Taliban for her belief and fight for the education of girls.  (Really?  Why are the Taliban so frightened of a 15 year old girl?)  Undeterred, Malala is starting a fund to continue to champion the right of girls to receive a education in Pakistan.

  If this isn’t incredible bravery I don’t know what is.

  
  Nadine

• 2013-02-04

  

  Sorry for the hiatus! But we’re back!
  Recently we read this, and found it rather demoralizing!
  So we thought we’d come up with a list of admirable figures fact and fiction that just happen to be female…rather than ”feminist heroes” because their accomplishments are amazing regardless of gender

  Elizabeth I is someone who does get her historical due, although I’m guessing didn’t get all the benefits of monarchy that her male contemporaries received, given that she was called the Virgin Queen and her father went through six wives and many more mistresses.

• 2012-03-21

  

  Lisa and I have decided to chronicle some of the TV shows we loved when we were growing up. 

  I have vague memories of a time traveling show I loved when I was a kid.  I had to look up the name for this one, but it’s called Voyagers and ran around 1982.  It was about a man and a boy who traveled through time and made sure history was unfolding as it should.

  I remember being completely enraptured by this and wanting that little contraption that would let you fly through space and land in different era.  Actually, I mostly just wanted to fly. 

  -Nadine

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  Current topic: favorite childhood television shows

  I reached waaay back for this one: Little House on the Prairie. starring blind goody-two shoes Mary, pigtailed tomboy Laura, and clumsy Carrie (judging from the opening credit sequence)

  I remember watching the show, I’m vague on actual plot-lines.

  Except there was a”very special story about rape.” That was pretty messed up. 

  (And apparently, a lot of other people agree, since it was way too easy to find a summary of it online - I’m not sure whether or not to be delighted or disturbed by the internet -  a familiar feeling)

• 2012-02-29

  

  Some of Meryl Streep’s comedic roles are awesome.  Her crazy search for the fountain of youth and its unintended effects in Death Becomes Her  is probably one of my favorites.

  -Nadine