Photo: public domain We lost Toni Morrison this week. If you don't know Morrison or her work, and you really should, she was the only African American writer and one of the few women to have received the Nobel Prize for Literature. In her acceptance speech Morrison emphasized … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Pooped Pope, Julius III
Painter unknown August 9, 1487 - Pope Julius III The Cathedral of Sienna is one of my favorite structures certainly my favorite House of the Holy. A medieval church, the alternating bands of dark and light marble that make the cathedral's façade are so striking and they … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “There Are Two Kinds of People in the World. Those Who Know We Are All Connected and Those Who Don’t.” – Flea
Photograph by Rita Antonioli, via YouTube "I always remain hopeful, I am a person with a lot of faith and a lot of belief in love. I'm lucky to be able to translate into what I do, into my rock and I give everything I've got and try to lift up people's hearts, but we all have … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: “Mary Poppins” Writer, P.L. Travers
Travers via Wikimedia Commons August 9, 1899 - Pamela Lyndon Travers “Don't you know that everybody's got a Fairyland of their own?” P.L. Travers was the Australian creator of the quintessentially English nanny Mary Poppins. The story of Travers is more familiar now … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Actor, Sylvia Sidney
1930, photo via YouTube August 8, 1910 - Sylvia Sidney: "I'd be the girl of the gangster, then the sister who was bringing up the gangster, then the mother of the gangster... and they always had me ironing somebody's shirt." Her vulnerable yet spunky persona helped make … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “A Harlot? Yes, but a Traitor, Never!” – Mata Hari, Dancer / Sex Worker / Spy
Photo, public domain via Wikimedia Commons Mata Hari (1931) is a film directed by George Fitzmaurice loosely based on the life of the famous exotic dancer/courtesan/spy. As with so many pre-Code Hollywood films, Mata Hari was censored when it was reissued, with the strict … [Read more...]
#HiroshimaDay: Could / Would Trump Drop an A-Bomb? And Where? As If You’re Not Worried Enough!
Hiroshima, August 8, 1945, photo via Wikipedia Commons Paul Tibbets (1915-2007), the pilot of the adapted B29 called the "Enola Gay": "In one micro-second, the city of Hiroshima didn't exist." Today is Hiroshima Day, the anniversary of the first use of a bomb named … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Bisexual Filmmaker, Nicholas Ray
Ray with Joan Crawford filming Johnny Guitar, 1954, photo via Wikimedia Commons August 7, 1911– Nicholas Ray He grew-up as Raymond Nicholas Kienzle in Wisconsin and he was a little juvenile delinquent, skipping school, drinking, fighting, with quite the reputation for his … [Read more...]
#QueerQuote: “I See Art in Everything. Your Shoes. That Car. This Coffee Cup. It’s Art If You See it as Art.” ― Andy Warhol
Via YouTube I remember it quite well; my parents shaking their heads and exclaiming: "That is not art… it is a painting of a soup can!" when I expressed my appreciation for the work of Andy Warhol (1928-1987). The point was, I really "got him" at eight years old, or rather, … [Read more...]
#BornThisDay: Lucille Ball
Colorized photo via YouTube August 6, 1911– Lucille Ball: "The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age." Thought of as a dizzy sitcom redhead with big showbiz aspirations, Lucille Ball was, in fact, an industry powerhouse, a … [Read more...]
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