IN PICTURES: Powerful posters advancing working women's rights across the globe depict how "women in the struggle are women unbound,” as Lenin said.
Black-and-white images show the fascinating history behind women’s boxing in Britain and the United States, which started in the 1700s as a fierce and bloody bare-knuckle sport.
Shonda Rhimes has created a sumptuous fantasy world born out of history. Here, we give some context for Queen Charlotte and King George’s real-life reign.
"Relojes sin horas para engañar al tiempo, al viento que seca lagrimas, al sol enorme de verano, que curte mi piel desnuda, encerrándome en esta broncínea crisálida que me resucitará. Haciéndome desear me abro al deseo." Yoransel de Omatog
Lately I've been getting a lot of emails asking a few basic questions whose answers are buried in here somewhere so I thought it was time to add an FAQ. I'm posting it over in the handy contact tab above as well. If you really feeling curious, read all of the more detailed questions I've answered in the past. If I've missed anything, please let me know. Want to know something else? Just ask. photo via old-pictures Frequently Asked Questions about… …our home: I like the color you chose to paint (insert room name here) - what is it? Here are all of the paint colors I've used in my house by room. All paint is from Benjamin Moore. Please note that I've used Bone White Semi Gloss on most of the trim and China White flat on allf the ceilings. Vestibule: Silver Fox Hallways: Abalone Living Room: Silver Fox Music Room: Silver Fox Dining Room: Woodland Snow Kitchen: Woodland Snow Parlor Bathroom: Owl Gray Bedroom: Silver Marlin Master Bathroom: Quiet Moments Little aka Box Room: Silver Marlin Office:Waterfall Guest Bedroom: Saybrook Sage Hall Bathroom: Beach Glass Do you have any advice on how to choose contractors? And how to manage a major renovation? I don't have any secret tips for how to choose contractors and manage a renovation - its all the things you'd expect to hear like check references and make sure you don't give too much cash upfront. Its important to choose wisely as these people can make your life miserable if you choose poorly - but you already knew that. I think the most important thing you can do is to learn about the various trades so you know the terminology and can speak intelligently to your contractors. Otherwise, they are much more likely to screw you. And there is a certain amount of luck involved as well. Sometimes you do everything right and it goes wrong anyway. Thankfully we did our research, put in a lot of time and we got lucky too. Why was your home in such bad shape when you bought it? Was it formerly a bad neighborhood? Our neighborhood was never bad. It was always a safe, middle class kind of area - a wonderful place to live. As with everyplace in NYC, the prices have gone up a lot in our lifetimes and there are lot more hipsters in the area then there once were. But while we are very close to a very trendy area, we actually live in a tiny quiet off shoot that is much less posh. The house was in terrible shape because the previous owner was obviously a little bit disturbed. He owned the house for decades and just let it fall apart over time. …travel: I'm planning my very first visit to Brooklyn - do you have any suggestions of where to sight-see/eat/shop? I get this question often enough that I put together a free downloadable 1 day tourist guide to Brooklyn. Its by no means exhaustive but it gives you plenty to chew on to spend a nice day here. I see you travel a lot. Have you been to (insert location here)? Where can I find your trip recaps? We've been to quite a few places in the past few years and I always post about it when I get back. You can read all of my trip recaps here. You do so much travelling to truly amazing, wonderful places. Is this business travel? Or do you and your husband just like to travel for fun? All of the travel you see me post about is leisure travel. (If I were working, there would be no opportunity to do anything blog worthy as all I'd see is the inside of an office building.) So yes, we love to travel for fun. …photography: What camera and lens do you use? I use a Nikon D90 now. Up until about mid 2009, I used a Nikon D50. 90% of the photos you see on this blog are taken with the lens that came with the camera. For the D90 that is a 18-105mm f3.5-5.6 lens. Currently Im using a 18-200 3.5-5.6 lens. When I'm feeling particularly frisky I break out one of the three other lens I own. Those are a 50mm f/1.8D, a wide angle and a fish eye lens. Occasionally I'll even use Mr. Limestone's small point and shoot. I want to take better photos- what kind of camera should I buy? Forgive me a little bit of a rant here. The kind of camera you use will not necessarily translate into better results unless you know how to use it. Trust me, following a few basic rules of photography and how your camera works will make your photos better immediately and will cost you nothing. If you've already done all that and really want a camera with a few more bells and whistles - by all means, go ahead and get one. Now that you know how to use it, you'll have a great time with it! I use Nikons but I have no doubt Canons are just as good. Do you use photoshop? Yes! All of my black and white shots are done in photoshop. Sometimes I like to add a little bit of this or that in my color photos as well. It would be magical if every image I took came out of the camera exactly as I imagined it but I'm not ashamed to tweak a little when needed. Not crazy about special effect type shots so I try to stay away from anything that looks too processed but I've walked on the wild side sometimes. Most of the photos you see of my house haven't been touched too much because I'm lazy. I spend far more time on my travel photos because I want those to really reflect the experiences I had. …design: I like your (insert graphic project here). Can you give it to me for free? Can you tell me how to make it myself? Often I'll share free downloads for which I gladly give away to my readers (see them all here). However, I do not offer instruction on graphic design. Most of the projects I share on this blog are created for myself . If you would like to have me create a custom piece for you, do not hesitate to contact me. You can see more of my work at my graphic design site, Sonicstef Design. …us: I originally started this blog to document the renovation of our Brooklyn home. I had no plans of sharing much personal detail or my name or face ever. You know what they say about the best laid plans? So after 2 years of blogging, I reveled my mug along with all other kinds of personal details about us. You can read that here. …the blog: How/why did you start blogging? I started blogging so I could document the renovation process. I figured it would force me to be disciplined about writing it down. The plan was to make a little book out of those photos and posts and close up shop. I never expected to blog about anything else other than the renovation but as you can see, it didn't work out the way I had expected. I never did get around to doing that renovation photo album. Maybe one day soon? I like the font you've used in your blog header - what is it? The font is called Susie's Hand.
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Some historical heroes get all the glory and praise even though they didn’t really deserve it. Others perform great deeds but are barely recognized for them for some reason whether it be by r…
In 1897, still in the Victorian era, the philosopher J. S. Mill campaigned for women to receive the vote. When he failed, Millicent Fawcett began her lifetime’s work. Founding the National Union of Women’s Suffrage, she advocated peaceful and persuasive debate, during which she maintained that if a woman could hold a position of social responsibility and pay taxes on any monies earned, then surely she should be trusted to vote in an election. The following year, Richard Pankhurst MP failed in his own bid for electoral reform, after which his wife and daughter, Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst, decided to take up the fight. Emmeline Pankhurst When Christabel and Annie Kenney broke into a political meeting they were charged with obstruction and assault. Afterwards, rather than paying a fine, they chose to go to prison, hoping the ensuing publicity would serve to aid their protest. At this time Emmeline was to write: “This was the beginning of a campaign the like of which was never known in England, or for that matter in any other country...we interrupted a great many meetings...and were violently thrown out and insulted. Often we were painfully bruised and hurt.” Emmeline Pankhurst being arrested It was only the start. Where lawful petitions failed, those strongly in favour of reform felt they were left with little choice but to resort to civil disobedience. So, when opposed by the Church of England, the Suffragettes burned several churches. They fire bombed the homes of MPs. They rioted in Oxford Street, chained themselves to the railings of Buckingham Palace, and hired a boat to sail up the Thames, shouting abuse through loud hailers when they passed by the Houses of Parliament. The outcome of such behaviour resulted in more incarcerations. Some women went on hunger strike causing a national outrage when they were forcibly fed; treated as if they were lunatics. The government of Asquith responded, not by backing down, but by passing the Cat and Mouse Act which allowed a woman on hunger strike to practically starve herself to death before being released from prison. By then, she might either die at home or remain in such a weakened state that, until her health had been restored, she was unlikely to cause any trouble. At this stage different tactics were employed. In the June of 1913, Emily Wilding Davison went to the Derby races and threw herself in front of the king’s horse. Emily was to die, becoming the first Suffragette martyr. But, even then, the government argued that if so-called educated women could behave in such an unstable way, then how could they be ever be trusted to make a rational vote. The government’s mind was only changed following the end of the First World War. During that terrible time, along with many other women, the Suffragettes withheld their political protest and contributed selflessly to work in what had previously been exclusively male occupations. At enormous cost, their point was finally driven home and, in 1918, the historic Representation of the People’s Act was passed. Women working in an armaments factory The VV urges everyone to recall the enormous sacrifice made by those women who fought hard and long, and sometimes even went on to die, because of their fervently held belief that a woman should have equal rights to a man and be able to cast her own personal vote. Thanks to History Today Magazine for commenting below and for supplying links to futher information regarding Emmeline and Christabel Pankhurst - this article from the magazine's archives throws a great deal more light on the subject.
At the beginning of the 20th century, a group of women known as the Harvard Observatory computers helped revolutionize the science of astronomy
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If you look at a thing 999 times, you are perfectly safe; if you look at it for the 1000th time, you are in danger of seeing it for the first time. --
Glasgow Women's Library mines its vast collection of Suffragette-era postcards to explore how the fight for women's voting rights led to an outpouring of often violent imagery Glasgow Women’s Library, based in Bridgeton in Glasgow’s East End, holds a treasure...
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Text Updates 1.0 -- street urchins hawking broadsheets. December 1909. "Some of Newark's small newsboys. Afternoon." Photo by Lewis Wickes Hine for the National Child Labor Committee. View ful
