“I Would Prefer Not To”: Why The Bride! Is a Writerly Movie about (and by) a Nasty Woman Writer
The title of the 2026 feature film, The Bride!, indeed includes the exclamation point, and that is...
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Tag: women and anger
An Uprush of Flight: Woman Writer May Sarton’s Grave
Each summer I return to New Hampshire and often drive through Nelson where May Sarton lived for...
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In Her Name: Matilda Joslyn Gage, Woman Writer and Activist (1826-1898)
A while back, I came upon a term I had not heard before, the Matilda Effect. It’s defined as a...
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Frankenstein by Woman Writer Mary Shelley (First published in 1818)
I finally read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, considered one of the greatest horror stories ever...
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Margaret Fuller (1810-1850): A Thanksgiving Revelation
As the Thanksgiving holiday rolls around, I am reminded of Margaret Fuller’s Thanksgiving...
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Woman Writer Margaret Fuller’s Cenotaph: “A well-worn path”
It’s a spectacular time of year to explore Mount Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge,...
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Wild Woman Carol Ruckdeschel, the “Jane Goodall of sea turtles” and more.
In honor of Earth Day, April 22, 2025, we share a post about the amazing environmental activist,...
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These are women. Hear them roar.
A Window on Women History, that is, a written record, begins in China about 1000 BCE. There are...
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MaVynee Betsch: Preserving History and the Environment
“It’s history and nature all wrapped together, baby.” -MaVynee Betsch Recently I visited the Best...
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