4 days agoMember-onlyThe Arconia from “Only Murders in the Building” is Based on a Real Apartment BuildingAnd while no murders took place there (that we know of), there was plenty of drama I love true crime, podcasts, and comedy dramas, so watching Hulu’s Only Murders in the Building was a no-brainer. In this series, Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez play residents of an affluent…History5 min read
Published in History of Women·Sep 10Member-onlyL.M. Montgomery’s Tragic Drug AddictionThe author of the beloved Anne of Green Gables series was addicted to prescription drugs and died of suicide by overdose. Anne of Green Gables is a literary classic. Set in the 19th century, the novel tells the story of Anne Shirley, an 11-year-old orphan girl mistakenly sent to siblings…History5 min read
Published in Lessons from History·Sep 2Member-onlyHow Daniel Buckley, a Third-Class Passenger on the Titanic, Survived the Ship’s SinkingA sailor and a compassionate first-class passenger conspired to save his life Suppose you’ve ever been bumped to first class on an airline. In that case, you know the thrill of being handed a complimentary glass of champagne and gaining those precious extra inches of elbow room. Now multiply that…History4 min read
Aug 19Member-onlyGermany’s Most Famous Sex Worker is…a Statue?Millions of tourists flock to this small German city each year to see this top attraction A prostitute, a pope, and an emperor walk into a bar… What sounds like the beginning of a bawdy joke is actually the subject of arguably the most famous statue in Konstanz, Germany. Named…History4 min read
Aug 12Member-onlyFour-Year-Old Witnesses Mother’s Murder and Spends Two Days Beside Her Corpse26 years later, DNA finally catches the killer Three decades ago, in February 1996, a pregnant Bronx woman was viciously raped and murdered in her Bronx apartment. This senseless killing was even more horrifying because the only witness was her young son. Over a quarter century passed, and the case…Murder4 min read
Published in History of Women·Aug 11Member-onlyThe Woman Who Predicted the Titanic’s SinkingHer husband laughed at her fears and ultimately went down with the “unsinkable” ship There is a tragic figure in Greek mythology, Cassandra, a Trojan priestess who had the gift of telling the future and the curse of never being believed. One could say that Esther Hart, a second-class passenger…Women5 min read
Published in History of Women·Jul 15Member-onlyThe Real Reason Why Victorian Women Wore Crotch-less PantiesModesty ruled the day except when it came to their lady parts — When I think of women in the Victorian era, I think of suffocatingly tight corsets (to match their political repression), and endless layers of dresses, skirts, and blouses buttoned high up the neck and designed to reveal as little flesh as possible. In an era where flashing a bit of…Women4 min read
Jul 13Member-onlyCan We Please Stop Telling People to “Pull Themselves Up by their Bootstraps”?This expression doesn’t mean what you think it means When we brag that we “pulled ourselves up by our bootstraps,” we’re referring to our ability to succeed without anyone’s help. It was only recently that I learned the true meaning of this phrase. …Life Lessons2 min read
Jul 7Member-onlyI’m Finally the Happiest I’ve Ever BeenIt only took 40 years. I’ve always been impressed by people who are so confident and self-assured at an early age. I was not one of those people. For years, I was that girl who wore four-inch stilettos to work. Not because I liked it, but because I’m 4' 11"…Life Lessons2 min read
Jun 29Member-onlyA Mother’s March for JusticeFor 26 Years, Penny Dees marched the streets of New Jersey in search of her daughter’s killer People march for many reasons. To celebrate, to battle, to commemorate, to protest. But for one mother, the reason was intensely personal. …Murder4 min read
