Oct 20, 2016 | Fun Historical Facts
Born in 1623, Lady Margaret Cavendish was an outspoken aristocrat who traveled in circles of scientific thinkers and broke ground on proto-feminism, natural philosophy (the 17th-century term for science), and social politics. As far as I am concerned, however, she...
Jun 13, 2016 | Fun Historical Facts, Random Musings
A couple of days ago, I mentioned one of the greatest fences of all times, Marl Madelbaum. Today I’ll introduce you to a counterpart of hers, “Deadshot” Mary Shanley, an early 20th century undercover supercop. Hadley Meares of Atlas Obscura...
Nov 22, 2015 | Entertainment
Following the success of my Famous Writers’ Insults post, here are some more ideas for great insults. You Fishwife In the classic 1950 film All About Eve, the playwright, Lloyd, reaches for the most cruel and cutting remark possible and shouts, “You’ve been...
Feb 21, 2014 | Fun Historical Facts, My Guest posts
Women feature prominently on Pearseus. But what was their place in the antiquity that inspired the book? An abridged version of this piece was posted on Bravebird Publishing. Women in history: truth stranger than fiction “People ran around her, shouting and...
