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So has anyone else read L.A. Meyer's Jackie Faber books (each now listed on the cover as as "A Boody Jack Adventure")? Omg: they're Patrick O'Brian for teenage girls! Think "Dido Twite meets Jane Austen and they run away to sea!" Meyer is brilliant at walking the line between historical accuracy and what current sensibilties can bear: before young Jackie wins the respect of each hardnosed crew, she has to deal with genuine misogyny and some pretty ugly incidents . . . not to mention (in Book 2, the first I read by happy accident a few years ago) a hardnosed Ladies' Seminary in Boston . . . I just found them again (at NYC's Books of Wonder) and am happily ripping through them as fast as I can order them. Plus, Meyer knows his traditional music (oh, hey! just found on the website where it says The Jacky Faber series of books was inspired by British and Celtic folk music being played on the radio - hmm, he's up in Maine, my show did air there for awhile, hmm.....)
And speaking of: Am I nuts, or is this soulful Bryn Mawr College Hymn set to the tune of a rather reprehensible old sea song? (I just love hearing it - it calls up such images of 1910, when the very notion of girls being "good comrades" who could "come back from near and far" to study academics was such a radical one! If you're interested, here's a little College history - and here's the annual Hogwarts' Dinner - held in Thomas Great Hall . . . where![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
1crowdedhour & I spent many happy hours trying to break into & climb the highest towers. There's a reason her A College of Magics series is popular at that school....) The BMC Library is once again offering terrific cards.
My old friend, dance critic Debra Cash (we met at summer music camp!) has posted a review of "Black Swan" for alternet.org, calling it: "a film about a masochist seen through the eyes of a sadist. Black Swan could be a textbook demonstration of what academics refer to as the male gaze . . . portray[ing] female powerlessness on every level—youth, friendship, collegiality, retirement, motherhood."
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debsliverlovers update: Laurie Marks has set up a CarePage for Deb's liver transplant news, saying:
All news and updates will appear there, along with photos.. . . . this is a public page, and anyone is welcome to join. The transplant surgery date has been set [for] January 5. Laurie's already posted one update - and, man! that woman can write! If you're looking for that last-minute holiday gift, why not encourage her to write more by buying her Elemental Logic series? Trade or eBook of Water Logic available from Small Beer Press, who will also publish first 3 e-Books - plus Book 4 when Deb's all better & Laurie can finish it.
And speaking of: Am I nuts, or is this soulful Bryn Mawr College Hymn set to the tune of a rather reprehensible old sea song? (I just love hearing it - it calls up such images of 1910, when the very notion of girls being "good comrades" who could "come back from near and far" to study academics was such a radical one! If you're interested, here's a little College history - and here's the annual Hogwarts' Dinner - held in Thomas Great Hall . . . where
1crowdedhour & I spent many happy hours trying to break into & climb the highest towers. There's a reason her A College of Magics series is popular at that school....) The BMC Library is once again offering terrific cards.My old friend, dance critic Debra Cash (we met at summer music camp!) has posted a review of "Black Swan" for alternet.org, calling it: "a film about a masochist seen through the eyes of a sadist. Black Swan could be a textbook demonstration of what academics refer to as the male gaze . . . portray[ing] female powerlessness on every level—youth, friendship, collegiality, retirement, motherhood."
And another
debsliverlovers update: Laurie Marks has set up a CarePage for Deb's liver transplant news, saying: All news and updates will appear there, along with photos.. . . . this is a public page, and anyone is welcome to join. The transplant surgery date has been set [for] January 5. Laurie's already posted one update - and, man! that woman can write! If you're looking for that last-minute holiday gift, why not encourage her to write more by buying her Elemental Logic series? Trade or eBook of Water Logic available from Small Beer Press, who will also publish first 3 e-Books - plus Book 4 when Deb's all better & Laurie can finish it.