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Eating Humble Pie

by Cat Johnson Where does the phrase humble pie come from you ask? It’s kind of gross, but an interesting story, so here it is according to word.com: “Around the time the adjective humble was meekly making its way into English, lords of the manor would lead hunting parties on their estates. Once the prey [...]

False Perspective

by Cat Johnson Remember the “What’s Wrong With This Picture” puzzles you did as a kid? Here’s one for your more mature self. Apparently they’ve been around a lot longer than Highlights magazine. Who knew? In 1754 William Hogarth created this engraving, entitled Satire on False Perspective to illustrate the poor use (or non-existence) of [...]

Little Miss Dynamite

Before the British Invasion, there was Brenda Lee. After the British Invasion, there was Brenda Lee. Little Miss Dynamite, who signed with Decca as an eleven year old in 1956 and had her first top-ten hit with “Sweet Nothin’s” in 1959 went on to sell over 100 million records worldwide, traversing genres from rockabilly and [...]

The Kathleen Hanna Papers

by Cat Johnson If you lived through the Riot Grrrl wave, you already know that it was a time of epic transformation for women. We were screaming for liberation, shattering the windows of the gender museum and telling our deepest secrets. It was neither polite nor academic; it was rough and raw and awesome. One [...]

The Charming Art of Helen Dardik

by Cat Johnson In the mood for some illustration inspiration? Head over to One Lucky Helen, the online home of Helen Dardik, a wildly prolific creator of patterns, illustrations, paintings and toys that will charm and delight you. Once you’ve exhausted your tolerance for cute on her website, check out Helen’s blog Orange You Lucky [...]

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