A wonderful rundown of influential women in media during the 20th century and beyond. I was familiar with most of these women, but some were highlightA wonderful rundown of influential women in media during the 20th century and beyond. I was familiar with most of these women, but some were highlighted that I had never heard of before, blazing trails in stunt work, film criticism, showrunning, writing, producing, performing, sportcasting, broadcast journalism and more. The illustrations are great as well, giving each of these women a portrait to remember them by....more
I happened upon this book while looking through the overstock section of my local bookstore. At first I was drawn to the cover, then while flipping thI happened upon this book while looking through the overstock section of my local bookstore. At first I was drawn to the cover, then while flipping through the pages I spotted "Brigham Young," "Mormons" and "Salt Lake City" in the text. It turns out this was a collection of poetry written by a black woman raised in Utah.
What were the chances that the first book I picked up and paged through would be about this? It's been a few weeks since then and I can't say. Regardless I knew it was coming home with me.
The book is divided into three sections, and it is mainly the first that reckons with a young black girl coming of age in a predominantly white and overly patriarchal culture that made her feel like a literal alien. The second follows her experiences as an adult in New York, but the whiteness that surrounds her keeps asserting itself. It often surfaces in the pop culture references she uses as a framework for her pieces- Woody Allen, Nancy Meyers, Frasier- following her into the final third.
Reading and fully understanding poetry has never been my strong suit, regardless of whether I read it silently or out loud. What I gathered from this was someone trying to reconcile their identity in situations where they are repeatedly obscured and can't see themselves. In some of the poems I get the sense that there is so much missing information in her family history that grasping a fully formed identity (past, present, future) seems impossible. How can you be a fully formed human being when you have been robbed of history and context?
There may not be answers to that question by the end of Golden Ax, but these are questions worth asking....more
As he points out, Lime definitely had as many lives as a cat and more. Of course, we all know how that last one turned out.
This was fun. It did start As he points out, Lime definitely had as many lives as a cat and more. Of course, we all know how that last one turned out.
This was fun. It did start out more seriously than it ended, and many of the later episodes veer into comedy. No matter how much Lime schemes he can't catch a break, and sometimes his ill-gotten funds end up funding orphanages or he has to give up his loot for a paltry reward (swapping $150,000 for $500).
With over fifty episodes it should be expected that there is some unevenness in the writing. There are some scripts that seem like they're tailored for Humphrey Bogart or a proto-James Bond instead of Lime or anyone I've seen/heard Orson Welles play. It's strange to hear him sarcastically nickname his love interests "Sweetheart" or "Honey" or "Stupid." Note to writers: just call them by their names. That's why names exist, good sir(s)....more
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