Friday Fun - Now in Stereo!

Words aren't always the easiest for my brain so, on day's such as today, random pictures must do. Yes, Grammatics are also an issue, as are tenses and making up words that don't exist. Best just to have fun.

 

Unfortunately to see media in stereo we need four-eyes.

 

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Holy Pride & Prejudice Catwoman

Our beloved Jane Austen published Pride and Prejudice today for the first time in 1813, that's near two hundred years ago - two hundred years people! Well, one hundred ninety-seven years to be exact but that's still a staggering number. It's been published countless times since and re-imagined many, many times over.

In celebration, why not watch it tonight? And if the 6 hr. 1995 BBC Mini-Series starring Jennifer Ehle/Colin Firth is too long spice things up and try the 2009 BBC mini-series Lost in Austen starring Jemima Rooper.


Sometimes Jane Austen spinning in her grave is a good thing.

Straight Ahead and On the Track Now

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8! What better way to get over hump day than with a laugh. Today in 1976 the premier of the hit TV series Laverne & Shirley aired on ABC starring Cindy Williams and Penny Marshall.

Not sure what they have planned but Laverne looks like she wishes the cameras would leave.

Remember to make all your dreams come true!

Dr. Janet G. Travell - Physician

Today in 1961 Doctor Janet G. Travell becomes the first female to be appointed official physician to a US President (John F. Kennedy).

She is credited with revolutionizing the diagnosis and treatment of Myofascial pain syndrome (MPS) .

Janet G. Travell around the web:
The President's Physician: The Life and Legacy...
The Mother of Myofacial Syndrome Knowledge
Myofascial Pain Syndrome (MPS) @ wikipedia

Happy Birthday Virginia Woolf

Today in 1882 the world was given Virginia Woolf. Her independent and artistic self-expression are a legacy to writing and women in the 20th and now 21st Century, it's hard to imagine the internet today without her guidance and support.

In a 1921 letter to Katherine Mansfield she wrote, "It seems to me very important that women should learn to write."

Something I think we can all agree with.

Virginia around the web:
glbtq.com - Woolf, Virginia (1882-1941)
wikipedia - Virginia Woolf
Woolf in the World: A Pen and Press of Her Own (Smith University Libraries)
Virginia Woolf (1992-1941) Collection

Trust Women

When the NARAL Blog for Choice Day 2010 was announced my first thought, after raising my fist in solidarity, was to go and re-watch the 1996 HBO movie If These Walls Could Talk. It just might be the best made for TV movie ever made, ever. Nominated for three Emmy's and three Golden Globes and starring Demi Moore, Catherine Keener, Sissy Spasek, CCH Pounder and Cher, to name a few. If you haven't seen it do so, but with caution there is no sugar coating.

It chronicles the lives of three women in the same house, over three decades (the 50's, 70's, 90's), highlighting choice and showing the progression of attitudes, rights and access. It is graphic and honest and frankly a lot to digest which is exactly what makes it effective.

The importance of human rights and responsibilities transcends difference. Our voices must be heard because we exist beyond race, gender and disability and at the same time very much because of those differences. We can and need to speak for ourselves.

Trust Women already, Sheesh.