Anaïs Nin was a Cuban-born essayist and memoirist from Paris. Born in 1903, she spent some time in Spain and Cuba but lived most of her life in the United States where she became an established author. She wrote journals (which span more than 60 years, beginning when she was 11 years old and ending shortly […]
Erica Jong is an American novelist and poet, known particularly for her 1973 novel Fear of Flying. The book became famously controversial for its attitudes towards female sexuality and figured prominently in the development of second-wave feminism. According to Washington Post, it has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. Fear of Flying is a quasi-memoir following the […]
Unless you were in the industry or in the fashion know, it’s unlikely Grace Coddington would have been a name you recognized pre 2009. But this accidental celebrity has always been in the forefront of fashion. You just never noticed. As a young girl stuck in Anglesey, Wales, the arrival of her copy of Vogue […]
When I started this website and told my mom about it, her first response was, “That’s good. I just hope it’s not too feminist.” Hurt. Betrayed. Shocked, I defensively asked, “Well, what does feminist to you mean exactly?” Silence. “If it’s content by women, for women, does that make it feminist?” And if it is, why is […]
“The men liked to put me down as the best woman painter. I think I’m one of the best painters.” – Georgia O’Keeffe Recognized as the “Mother of American Modernism” Georgia O’Keeffe holds the record for most expensive painting ever sold by a woman at $44 million. The most expensive painting ever sold by a […]
The daughter of screenwriters, it was inevitable that Nora Ephron’s life would revolve around penning stories for stage, screen and paperbacks. But perhaps her best narrative was her own. Nora Ephron is one of those women you think of and smile. A gloriously brash, unfailingly honest, kind, generous, quick-witted Wellesley graduate and wickedly intelligent woman […]
In school, while reading F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, I remember getting a side lecture about his wife, Zelda. It wasn’t so much a lecture, but a cliff note – That the famous F. Scott Fitzgerald had a crazy (bipolar) wife who spent most of her days in and out of insane asylums and drinking. […]
Feng Shui examines how the placement of things and objects within it affect the energy flow in your living environment, and how these objects interact with and influence your personal energy flow. Your personal energy flow affects how you think and act, which in turn affects how well you perform and succeed in your personal […]