Click here to view original web page at www.richmondandtwickenhamtimes.co.uk March is the month dedicated to acknowledging the presence of women in history, with International Women’s Day falling on the 8th. It is a perfect way to highlight and celebrate the great achievements of women both throughout history and in contemporary society. With the month coming […]
You must read Miriam Toews’ astonishing new novel, ‘Women Talking’
Click here to view original web page at www.usatoday.com “Women Talking,” by Miriam Toews. (Photo: Bloomsbury) Miriam Toews’ astonishing new novel, “Women Talking” (Bloomsbury, 240 pp., ★★★★ out of four), offers a reading experience to simultaneously dazzle and horrify. Toews takes as her inspiration the true case of the Bolivian “ghost rapes,” perpetrated by the […]
Age and Memory
Common knowledge tells us that as we age that we likely will become forgetful. Some fortunate few people remain sharp as a tack as they near their hundredth birthday. These people are lucid and recall life events, places, and people. Types of Cognition and Memory But even so, they are using a type of cognitive […]
2019 A to Z Theme Reveal
Memory is key to writing about our lives, work, and interests. As a semiotically-inclined anthropologist I think about how I know what I know far more than any person outside an academic enclave is ever likely to do. So I chose this topic because memory gives us meaning. For The A to Z Challenge, an […]
The female Supreme Court justice who led the way for others
Click here to view original web page at www.washingtonpost.com Former Supreme Court justice Potter Stewart, left, and his replacement on the court, Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, applaud President Ronald Reagan at the State of the Union address in January 1982. (Associated Press) Julie Cohen is the director of the Academy Award-nominated documentary “ RBG ,” […]
Lisa Unger Baskin Exhibition at Duke University Chronicles 500 Years of Women’s Work
Click here to view original web page at www.finebooksmagazine.com On February 28, highlights from Lisa Unger Baskin’s nearly 9,000-piece collection of rare books, ephemera, and other artifacts created and produced by women over the course of five hundred years went on display at Duke University, which acquired the collection in 2015 and incorporated it into […]