Reading and Roaming
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY Tomorrow, March 8, is International Women’s Day. The theme for 2021 is Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a Covid-19 World. IWD was started in 1910 at the suggestion of a woman named Clara Zetkin at a conference of working women in Copenhagen. In 1914, Germany marked the day on March 8 because it was a …
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Despite having had our first Covid shot, we’re still being cautious about our activities. Only socializing, mainly outdoors, with a small group of neighbors. And not yet venturing forth to restaurants or cultural events. Once we’ve had shot #2, we may ease up a bit, albeit still wearing masks when we leave our home turf. That’s a …
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RECENT FILMS POISON GLOW Radium Girls (Netflix) Based on history, this is the heart-tugging story of several young women who work in a New Jersey factory painting luminous numbers on clock faces. It’s 1925, and the “girls” are told the brush point is finer if they dip the brush in the paint, lick it, and then paint. Paid …
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Happy Valentine’s Day! It seems appropriate to present a mix of films and fiction that capture different kinds of love. Romantic love and longing, platonic friendship, and married love. ON THE SCREEN Loving (Netflix) This historical film about Richard and Mildred Loving is a testament to love and devotion through hardship and ostracism. In 1958, Richard, a white man, …
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