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Skins of character pages on MySpace

Translation of Effie's page:

Underneath the interests section translation:

"Music is the devil's fruit. I think all Big Brother contestants should be given blowjobs"

Effy's Blurbs "about me" section translation:

"MY NAMES EFFY IM FOURTEEN AND WHEN THE WIND BLOWS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION I GO TO SCHOOL LIKE AS THE WAVES MAKE TOWARDS THE PEBBLED SHORE SO DO OUR MINUTES HASTEN TO THEIR END; EACH CHANGING PLACE WITH THAT WHICH GOES BEFORE IN SEQUENT TOIL ALL FORWARDS DO CONTEND NATIVITY ONCE IN THE MAIN OF LIGHT CRAWLS TO MATURITY WHEREWITH BEING CROWNED CROOKED ECLIPSES GAINS'T HIS GLORY FIGHT AND TIME THAT GAVE DOTH NOW HIS GIFT CONFOUND TIME DOTH TRANSFIX THE FLOURISH SET ON YOUTH AND DELVES THE PARALLELS IN BEAUTY'S BROW FEEDS ON THE RARITIES OF NATURE'S TRUTH AND NOTHING STANDS BUT FOR HIS SCYTHE TO MOW AND YET TO TIMES IN HOPE"

Source (thank you)

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May Happy Birthday List

Taurus Stars (Apr 20-May 20) There are SO MANY May BDays Girl

1: Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Victoria Monét, Drew Sidora, Gianna Bryant, Tina Lifford, Diahnne Abbott, Myiea Coy, Cee Cee Michaela, Sasha Fox, Ethel Ayer, May 1 Compilation: Ada Brown, Candy Ford, Lizz Robbins, Natalie Wachen, Geneva Maccarone 2: Golda Rosheuvel, Denyce Lawton, Tomiko Fraser, May 2 Compilation: Nannie Helen Burroughs, Lisa Wall, Laila Davis 3:Chinenye Ezeudu, Danielle Deadwyler, Genevieve Nnaji, Jessica Sula, Meagan Tandy, Diahnna Nicole Baxter, May 3 Compilation: Jackie James, Sydney Seethal 4: Navia Robinson, May 4 Birthday Compilation: Katherine Jackson, Kimora Lee, Oleta Adams, Sharon Jones 5: Gabrielle Nevaeh Green, Kimberle Crenshaw, Larissa Wilson, Eisa Davis 6: Gabourey Sidibe, Adrienne Warren, Bresha Webb, Sasheer Zamata, Angel Reese, May 6 Compilation: Amy Hunter, KJ Smith 7: Devyn Tyler, Rico Nasty, Eden Alene, Shaleen Surtie-Richards 8: May 8 Compilation: Phyllis Applegate, Ayesha Antoine, Kenya Michaels 9: Rosario Dawson, Tamia, May 9 Compilation: Lorena Gale, Terence Schreurs, Keyara Milliner, Ava Tocloo

10: Rhona Bennett, Marion Ramsey, Nicolle Rochelle, Aya Nakamura, Aliyah's Interlude, May 10 Compilation: Victoria Rowell, Gabrielle Walsh, Kayla Jones 11: Danielle Pinnock, May 11 Compilation: Xiomara Alfaro, Rakie Ayola, Holly Frazier, Blac Chyna, Coi Leray, Camryn Bridges 12: Vanessa Estelle Williams, Kim Fields, May 12 Compilation: Ruth de Souza, April Grace, Carla Hall, Marisa Lauren, Natalie Paul, Tinkaabellaaa, Kamryn Smith 13: May 13 Compilation: Maxine Sullivan, Mary Wells, Cheryl Dunye, Shamea Morton, Bree Newsome, Pearl Thusi, Baby Tate, Zoe Wees 14: Tamara Dobson, May 14 Compilation: Lisette Malidor, Anais Granofsky, Shanice, Lyric Lewis, Elease Donovan, Laya Lewis 15: Anjelika Washington, Bahia Watson, Sommore 16: Janet Jackson, May 16 Compilation: Betty Carter, Nicôle Lecky, Aleyse Shannon 17: May 17 Compilation: Cynda Williams, Frances Callier, Kandi Burruss, Rochelle Aytes, Lena Waithe, Karrueche Chan, Nicaya Wiley 18: Felicia Pearson 19: Grace Jones, May 19 Compilation: Queen Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Lorraine Hansberry, Yazz, Mala Wright, Ta'Rea Campbell, Chinonye Chukwu, Angel Theory 20: May 20 Compilation: Gina Ravera, Naturi Naughton, Comfort Fedoke

GEMINI SEASON BEGINS

Gemini Stars (May 21- June 21) 

21: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Olivia Olson, May 21 Compilation: Onira Tarès, Dinora Walcott, Tyler Valerie, Brandi Maxiell 22: Naomi Campbell, May 22 Compilation: Marilyn Joi, Trinity Marie, Faith Thigpen, Paris Moore 23: May 23 Compilation: Riann Steele, Bernadette Beck, Iona Morris, Taliah Webster, Katlyn Nichol, Jane Wall, Amy Correa Bell, Imani T. Williams, Tabitha Alege, Deshayla Harris 24: Patti Labelle 25: Ebonee Noel, Octavia Spencer, Leslie Uggams, Aïssa Maïga 26: Pam Grier, Lauryn Hill, Madeleine Mantock, May 26 Compilation: Rochelle Okoye, Onya Nurve, Nicole TV, Marie Pierra Kakoma, Yandeh Sallah 27: Left Eye, Mara Brock Akil,Shanola Hampton, May 27 Compilation: Dee Dee Bridgewater, Dionne Gipson, Milan, Brianna Olsen, Royalty Brown 28: Gladys Knight, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Tayce 29: La Toya Jackson, Laverne Cox, Mel B, Crystal Balint, Ashleigh Morghan, Michole Briana White, Jobel Mokonzi, Pearl Mackie, May 29 Compilation: Rebbie Jackson, Cherry Hunt, Aliyah Simone, Brace Face Laii, Laila Lockhart-Kraner, Zaya Wade 30: Javicia Leslie, DeWanda Wise, May 30 Compilation: Clora Bryant, Tonya Pinkins, Zoe Renee, Luhhsetty 31: Normani Kordei, Vivian Nixon, May 31 Compilation: Shirley Verrett, June Sarpong, Catherine Bruhier, Cupcakke, Petronia Paley

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The 2024 TOSCARS

(Tarra's Oscars)

One note up front that will become relevant almost immediately: released in the US in April, 2024, I am counting Alice Rohrwacher's La Chimera as a 2024 film. It was, technically, actually in consideration at the 2023 Oscars.

CRAFTS

Production Design

A Different Man - Anna Kathleen Dune: Part Two - Patrice Vermette and Shane Vieau Furiosa - Colin Gibson Janet Planet - Teresa Mastropierro Problemista - Katie Byron

Winner: the dream of the '90s is alive, in Teresa Mastropierro's Western Massachusetts

Best Cinematography

Lol Crawley, The Brutalist Yoshio Kitagawa, Evil Does Not Exist Hélène Louvart, La Chimera Jomo Fray, Nickel Boys Jarin Blaschke, Nosferatu

Winner: Jomo Fray changed the game in Nickel Boys

Best Costumes

Bart Mueller and Kurt Swanson, Babygirl Pauline Jacquard, The Beast Jacqueline West, Dune: Part Two Loredana Buscemi, La Chimera Jonathan Anderson, for both Challengers and Queer

Winner: Loredana Buscemi for that rumpled ivory suit

Best Hair & Makeup (titles only, big teams)

Anora A Different Man Hit Man Nosferatu Wicked

Winner: Nosfermustache

Best Score

Daniel Blumberg, The Brutalist Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, Challengers Eiko Ishibashi, Evil Does Not Exist Volker Bertelmann, Conclave Kris Bowers, The Wild Robot

Winner: gentle wraith Blumberg with the big 'dah dah dah DUUUUUHN!'

Best Sound Design (titles only, big teams)

Between the Temples Conclave Dune: Part Two Janet Planet Monster

Winner: for the Altman conversations and also that fucking squeaking door hinge, it's Between the Temples

Special audience award unexpectedly granted last night however by a friend at the Oscars watch party who, when we reached this category in the show, said she wanted to shout out Conclave with the line in my own Letterboxd review: "you could hear everything those cryptic bitches were up to!"

After the break: performances, scripts, editing, direction, and picture

PERFORMANCES

Oh and I will be correcting some category placements.

Best Supporting Actor

Yura Borisov, Anora Tom Burke, Furiosa Jack Haven, I Saw the TV Glow Chris Hemsworth, also Furiosa Karren Karagulian, also Anora

Winner: by a nose! Hemsworth

Runners-up Adam Pearson, A Different Man Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Nosferatu

Best Supporting Actress

Monica Barbaro, A Complete Unknown Carol Kane, Between the Temples Elizabeth Olsen, His Three Daughters Lea Seydoux, Dune: Part Two Tilda Swinton, Problemista

Winner: Tilda, Mother

Runners-up Michele Austin, Hard Truths Aubrey Plaza, My Old Ass

Best Actor

Adrien Brody, The Brutalist Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown Josh O'Connor, Challengers Jason Schwartzman, Between the Temples Sebastian Stan, A Different Man

Winner: who had a hornier impact on the culture this year than Patrick Zweig, I ask you

Runners-up Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain Mike Faist, also Challengers

Best Actress

Ariana Grande, Wicked Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Hard Truths Lupita Nyong'o, The Wild Robot Mikey Madison, Anora Zoe Zeigler, Janet Planet

Winner: Mikey 💖

Runners-up Nicole Kidman, Babygirl Zendaya, Challengers

SCRIPT, EDITING, DIRECTION

Original Screenplay

Sean Baker, Anora Justin Kuritzkes, Challengers Aaron Schimberg, A Different Man Annie Baker, Janet Planet Julio Torres, Problemista

Winner: Aaron Schimberg for A Different Man, there's so much going on here and it rules

Adapted Screenplay

Peter Straughan, Conclave Denis Villeneuve and Jon Spaihts, Dune: Part Two George Miller and Nico Lathouris, Furiosa Richard Linklater and Glen Powell, Hit Man RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes, Nickel Boys

Winner: not to repeat myself, but RaMell Ross and Joslyn Barnes changed the game with Nickel Boys

Best Editing

Sean Baker, Anora Dávid Jancsó, The Brutalist Marco Costa, Challengers Andrew Buckland and Scott Morris, A Complete Unknown Graham Mason, Good One

Winner: so nearly Sean in his bedroom edit bay shifting tones like few since Lubitsch, but as a poet once said, Challengers makes you feel like you're on amphetamines

Best Director

Sean Baker, Anora Brady Corbet, The Brutalist Luca Guadagnino, Challengers Alice Rohrwacher, La Chimera Jane Schoenbrun, I Saw the TV Glow

Winner: NOW we give it up for Sean Baker

FINALLY

Best International Feature

The Breaking Ice La Chimera Evil Does Not Exist Flow I'm Still Here

Winner: my moment to highlight Anthony Chen's lovely The Breaking Ice, as you'll be seeing a couple of these again very soon...

Best Picture

Anora Between the Temples The Brutalist Challengers A Different Man Evil Does Not Exist Janet Planet La Chimera Nickel Boys Problemista

Winner: partly because it feels like fun cheating, but also it's my truth: La Chimera. I loved it so much.

Runners up A Complete Unknown I Saw the TV Glow

Where else are you gonna get these two paired together I wonder. Anyway!

BONUS: Things That Should Be Awards

Best Music Supervision

Anora Babygirl The Bikeriders A Real Pain I Saw the TV Glow

Best Casting (actually coming soon!)

Anora Challengers La Chimera Conclave His Three Daughters

Best Press Tour

Nicole Kidman, Babygirl: drinking a glass of milk at the National Board of Review Timothée Chalamet, A Complete Unknown: all of it Ralph Fiennes, Conclave: doing the 'Demure' monologue on Anderson Cooper's New Years Eve countdown Glenn Powell for Glenn Powell Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo holding space for Wicked

And last but not least:

Meme-ability

Challengers Conclave Megalopolis Nosferatu The Substance

Wasn't going to do winners for any of these, it's an honor just to be nominated for categories that don't exist for awards that also don't exist---except for this one, because it's just so funny that it's Conclave.

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how much 2008 can you cram into one image

bryan and jamie:

[dreaminginthedeepsouth]

Rick McKee, Augusta Chronicle

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

April 5, 2023

Heather Cox Richardson

In yesterday’s election in Wisconsin, the two candidates represented very different futures for the country. One candidate for the state supreme court, Daniel Kelly, had helped politicians to gerrymander the state to give Republicans an iron lock on the state assembly and was backed by antiabortion Republicans. The other, Janet Protasiewicz, promised to stand behind fair voting maps and the protection of reproductive rights. Wisconsin voters elected Protasiewicz by an overwhelming eleven points in a state where elections are usually decided by a point or so. Kelly reacted with an angry, bitter speech. “I wish that in a circumstance like this I would be able to concede to a worthy opponent,” he said. “But I do not have a worthy opponent to which I can concede.” Yesterday’s vote in Wisconsin reinforces the polling numbers that show how overwhelmingly popular abortion rights and fair voting are, and it seems likely to throw the Republican push to suppress voting into hyperdrive before the 2024 election. Since the 1980s, Republicans have pushed the idea of “ballot integrity” or, later, “voter fraud” to justify voter suppression. That cry began in 1986, when Republican operatives, realizing that voters opposed Reagan’s tax cuts, launched a “ballot integrity” initiative that they privately noted “could keep the black vote down considerably.” That effort to restrict the vote is now a central part of Republican policy. Together with Documented, an investigative watchdog and journalism project, The Guardian today published the story of the attempt by three leading right-wing election denial groups to restrict voting rights in Republican-dominated states by continuing the lie that voting fraud is rampant. The Guardian’s story, by Ed Pilkington and Jamie Corey, explores a two-day February meeting in Washington organized by the right-wing Heritage Foundation and attended by officials from 13 states, including the chief election officials of Indiana, Florida, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. At the meeting, participants learned about auditing election results, litigation, and funding to challenge election results. Many of the attendees and speakers are associated with election denial. Since the 2020 election, Republican-dominated states have passed “election reform” measures that restrict the vote; those efforts are ongoing. On Thursday alone, the Texas Senate advanced a number of new restrictions. In the wake of high turnout among Generation Z Americans, who were born after 1996 and are more racially and ethnically diverse than their elders, care deeply about reproductive and LGBTQ rights, and want the government to do more to address society’s ills, Republican legislatures are singling out the youth vote to hamstring. That determination to silence younger Americans is playing out today in Tennessee, where a school shooting on March 28 in Nashville killed six people, including three 9-year-olds. The shooting has prompted protesters to demand that the legislature honor the will of the people by addressing gun safety, but instead, Republicans in the legislature have moved to expel three Democratic lawmakers who approached the podium without being recognized to speak—a breach of House rules—and led protesters in chants calling for gun reform. As Republicans decried the breach by Representatives Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones, and Justin Pearson, protestors in the galleries called out, “Fascists!” Republican efforts to gain control did not end there. On Twitter today, Johnson noted that she had “just had a visit from the head of HR and the House ethics lawyer,” who told her “that if I am expelled, I will lose my health benefits,” but the ethics lawyer went on to explain “that in one case, a member who was potentially up for expulsion decided to resign because if you resign, you maintain your health benefits.” The echoes of Reconstruction in that conversation are deafening. In that era, when the positions of the parties were reversed, southern Democrats used similar “persuasion” to chase Republican legislators out of office. When that didn’t work, of course, they also threatened the physical safety of those who stood in the way of their absolute control of politics. On Saturday night, someone fired shots into the home of the man who founded and runs the Tennessee Holler, a progressive news site. Justin Kanew was covering the gun safety struggle in Tennessee. He wrote: “This violence has no place in a civilized society and we are thankful no one was physically hurt. The authorities have not completed their investigation and right now we do not know for sure the reason for this attack. We urge the Williamson County Sheriff’s office to continue to investigate this crime and help shed light on Saturday’s unfortunate events and bring the perpetrators of this crime to justice. In the meantime, our family remains focused on keeping our children healthy and safe.” The anger coming from losing candidate Kelly last night, and his warning that “this does not end well….[a]nd I wish Wisconsin the best of luck because I think it's going to need it,” sure sounded like those lawmakers in the Reconstruction years who were convinced that only people like them should govern. The goal of voter suppression, control of statehouses, and violence—then and now—is minority rule. Today’s Republican Party has fallen under the sway of MAGA Republicans who advocate Christian nationalism despite its general unpopularity; on April 3, Hungarian president Viktor Orbán, who has destroyed true democracy in favor of “Christian democracy” in his own country, cheered Trump on and told him to “keep on fighting.” Like Orbán, today's Republicans reject the principles that underpin democracy, including the ideas of equality before the law and separation of church and state, and instead want to impose Christian rule on the American majority. Their conviction that American “tradition” focuses on patriarchy rather than equality is a dramatic rewriting of our history, and it has led to recent attacks on LGBTQ Americans. In Kansas today, the legislature overrode Democratic governor Laura Kelly’s veto of a bill banning transgender athletes who were assigned male at birth from participating in women’s sports. Kansas is the twentieth state to enact such a policy, and when it goes into effect, it will affect just one youth in the state. Yesterday, Idaho governor Brad Little signed a law banning gender-affirming care for people under 18, and today Indiana governor Eric Holcomb did the same. Meanwhile, Republican-dominated states are so determined to ignore the majority they are also trying to make it harder for voters to challenge state laws through ballot initiatives. Alice MIranda Ollstein and Megan Messerly of Politico recently wrote about how, after voters in a number of states overrode abortion bans through ballot initiatives, legislatures in Arkansas, Florida, Idaho, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, and Oklahoma are now debating ways to make it harder for voters to get measures on the ballot, sometimes even specifying that abortion-related measures are not eligible for ballot challenges. And yet, in the face of the open attempt of a minority to seize control, replacing our democracy with Christian nationalism, the majority is reasserting its power. In Michigan, after an independent redistricting commission redrew maps to end the same sort of gerrymandering that is currently in place in Wisconsin and Tennessee, Democrats in 2022 won a slim majority to control the state government. And today, Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer signed into law a bill revoking a 1931 law that criminalized abortion without exception for rape or incest.

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LETTERS FROM AN AMERICAN

HEATHER COX RICHARDSON

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Open for bootleg trading~

Hello all! I am posting my bootleg list here for now as a temporary list until I get my website up and running- I am open to trading! I’m mainly looking for any Cats production- preferably English or Dutch but any musical would be nice to have and expand my collection. 

Addams Family - Broadway - March 12, 2010

FORMAT: .VOB w/o smalls

CAST:Nathan Lane (Gomez Addams), Bebe Neuwirth (Morticia Addams), Terrence Mann (Mal Beineke), Carolee Carmello (Alice Beineke), Kevin Chamberlin (Uncle Fester), Jackie Hoffman (Grandma), Zachary James (Lurch), Wesley Taylor (Lucas Beineke), Krysta Rodriguez (Wednesday Addams), Adam Riegler (Pugsley Addams)

NOTES: Video quality isn't the best, and audio is sometimes on the softer side. Still a very entertaining show.

Anastasia - Broadway - September 6, 2017

FORMAT: (VOBs w/ smalls)

CAST: Christy Altomare (Anastasia), Derek Klena (Dmitry), John Bolton (Vlad), Ramin Karimloo (Gleb), Caroline O'Connor (Lily), Mary Beth Peil (Maria Feodorovna), Zach Adkins, Sissy Bell, Lauren Blackman, Kyle Brown, Janet Dickinson, Constantine Germanacos, Wes Hart, Ken Krugman, Shina Ann Morris, James A. Pierce III, Molly Rushing, Nicole Scimerca, Johnny Stellard, Allison Walsh (Ensemble)

Aladdin - Broadway, 2014-Nov-05 (SunsetBlvd79‘s master)

Format: VOB + smalls (7.58 GB)

CAST: Adam Jacobs (Aladdin), Courtney Reed (Jasmine), Merwin Foard (s/b Jafar), Michael James Scott (s/b Genie)

NOTES: Beautiful HD capture of latest Disney Broadway offering. Great to see the changes from the Toronto tryout. Michael and Merwin do terrific jobs as Genie and Jafar.

Beauty and the Beast New Zealand April 2006 - Proshot

Format: .VOB w/ smalls

Cast: Jade Steele, Russell Dixon, Glen Drake, Rob Ormsby, Gladys Hope

NOTES: Only the first act & first part of act two! 

Beauty and the Beast (Disney) - Broadway - July 27, 2007 (Unknown's video master)

CAST: Anneliese van der Pol (Belle), Steve Blanchard (Beast/Prince), Jamie Ross (Maurice), Chris Hoch (Gaston), David DeVries (Lumière), Jeanne Lehman (Mrs. Potts), Glenn Rainey (Cogsworth), Ann Mandrella (Babette), Trevor Braun (Chip), Aldrin Gonzalez (Le Fou)

NOTES: Two days before the show closed on Broadway. Good amount of closeups and good quality filmed from the mid-mezzanine; there is a railing issue for a while in Act 1 but the taper improves. 'Me', 'Gaston' and 'Be Our Guest' are all predominantly missing and recording stopped for some time after 'Gaston', which created a little jump in the timeline to where Maurice gets thrown out of the tavern. Still a nice video with great closeups of the last Broadway cast.

Beauty and the Beast - Music Theatre of Wichita (2016)

FORMAT: .VOB w/ Smalls

CAST: Catherine Charlebois, Thaddeus Pearson, Johnny Stellard, Steve Hitchcock, James Beaman, Katie Banks-Todd, Karen L. Robu, Lexis Danca, James Heinrichs, Timothy W. Robu, Tanner Pflueger, John Boldenow

Notes: Pro-Shot. Filmed using one camera on a tripod with excellent clear picture and sound.

Cats - Hamburg - August 21, 1999 (Unknown's video master)

FORMAT: MP4 (2.9 GB) CAST: Julia Howson (Grizabella), Stefano Bontempi (Alonzo), Sean McGrath (Admetus/Macavity), Daymon Montaigne Jones (Bill Bailey/Tumblebrutus), Donna Hagan (Bombalurina), Lachlan Youngberg (Bustopher Jones/Gus/Growltiger), Marie Dumas (Cassandra), Valentino McKinney (Coricopat), Juliann Kuchocki (Demeter), Marni Raab (Jellylorum), Nadja Solovieva (Jennyanydots), Clinten Pearce (Mr. Mistoffelees), Deon Ridley (Mungojerrie), Matthew Pike (Munkustrap), Werner Kraus (Old Deuteronomy), Adrianne Richards (Rumpleteazer), Siegmar Tonk (Rum Tum Tugger), Japheth Myers (Skimbleshanks), Angela Roczkov (Tantomile), Rebecca Sutherland (Victoria), Damian Kacperski (Pouncival), Tracey Packham (Sillabub) NOTES: very good quality for the time! Great audio as well. 

Cats - Broadway Revival - August 13, 2016 (Unknown's video master)

FORMAT: .VOB w/o Smalls

STAGE: Broadway

CAST: Leona Lewis (Grizabella), Giuseppe Bausilio (Carbucketty), Kim Faure (Demeter), Lili Froehlich (Electra), Sara Jean Ford (Jellylorum), Eloise Kropp (Jennyanydots), Ricky Ubeda (Mr. Mistoffelees), Andy Huntington Jones (Munkustrap), Quentin Earl Darrington (Old Deuteronomy), Shonica Gooden (Rumpleteazer), Tyler Hanes (Rum Tum Tugger), Jeremy Davis (Skimbleshanks)

NOTES: Some people walking across the image for a few seconds during Jennyanydots and Rum Tum Tugger's number. Sometimes a head is visible but not obstructing the action. Almost no white-outs with very good video quality. Audio is very crisp as well. Filmed from a higher seat, but zooms are excellently done and fluent. Overal an amazing bootleg!

Cats - Sixth National Tour - March 15, 2019 (thehouseonsunset's video master)

CAST: Keri René Fuller (Grizabella), Phillip Deceus (Alonzo), Tyler John Logan (Admetus/Macavity), Devin Neilson (Bill Bailey/Tumblebrutus), Lexie Plath (Bombalurina), Timothy Gulan (Bustopher Jones/Gus/Growltiger), Mariah Reives (Cassandra), PJ DiGaetano (Coricopat), Liz Schmitz (Demeter), Maria Failla (u/s Jellylorum), Emily Jeanne Phillips (Jennyanydots), Tion Gaston (Mr. Mistoffelees), Tony D'Alelio (Mungojerrie), Dan Hoy (Munkustrap), Brandon Micheal Nase (Old Deuteronomy), Rose Iannaccone (Rumpleteazer), McGee Maddox (Rum Tum Tugger), Ethan Saviet (Skimbleshanks), Halli Tolland (Tantomile), Laura K Kaufman (u/s Victoria), Anthony Zas (Pouncival), Ahren Victory (Sillabub)

NOTES: Audio is soft in some parts and has a shaky camera. Good video though, nice zooms and high quality. 

Cats 1998 Film - (Pro-shot).

FORMAT: MP4 CAST: Elaine Paige (Grizabella), John Mills (Gus the Theatre Cat), Ken Page (Old Deuteronomy), Rosemarie Ford (Bombalurina), Michael Gruber (Munkustrap), John Partridge (Rum Tum Tugger), Aeva May (Demeter), Geoffrey Garratt (Skimbleshanks), James Barron (Bustopher Jones), Jo Gibb (Rumpleteazer), Drew Varley (Mungojerrie), Susie McKenna (Jennyanydots), Jacob Brent (Mistoffelees), Susan Jane Tanner (Jellylorum), Phyllida Crowley Smith (Victoria). NOTES: pro-shot version of the musical. Multiple cameras and HD video and audio. 

Cinderella - Broadway - March 2, 2013

FORMAT: VOB + smalls

CAST: Laura Osnes (Ella), Santino Fontana (Prince Topher), Victoria Clark (Fairy Godmother), Harriet Harris (Evil Stepmother), Ann Harada (Charlotte)

NOTES: Very good view of the stage, sometimes zooms are a bit slow but it's not bothersome. Very enjoyable experience.

Evita - Costa Mesa - December 14, 2013

FORMAT: (VOBs w/ Smalls)

CAST: Caroline Bowman (Eva), John Riddle (u/s Che), Sean MacLaughlin (Peron), Krystina Alabado (Mistress), Christopher Johnstone (Magaldi)

Kinky Boots - Broadway - May 26, 2017 (Opening Night) (Audio)

CAST: Brendon Urie (Charlie Price)

FORMAT: M4A

NOTES: Brendon is amazing in the role, the audio is not really HD, but it’s still really fun to listen to, especially for P!ATD fans like me haha. 

Legally Blonde - Broadway - 2007-Oct-25

Format: VOB no smalls (4.11 GB)

CAST: Becky Gulsvig (u/s Elle Woods), Andy Karl (u/s Emmett Forrest), Richard H Blake (Warner Huntington III), Orfeh (Paulette), Kate Shindle (Vivienne Kensington), Nikki Snelson (Brooke Wyndham/Shandi), Michael Rupert (Professor Callahan), Haven Burton (Margot), Tracy Jai Edwards (Serena), Asmeret Ghebremichael (Pilar), Matthew Risch (u/s Kyle/Grandmaster Chad/Dewey), Natalie Joy Johnson (Veronica/Enid), Kate Wetherhead (Kate/Chutney), Rod Harrelson (u/s Carlos)

NOTES: Great capture of the two understudies in the role. Shot from the orchestra with amazing shots. Starts in the middle of 'Omigod You Guys'.

Les Misérables - West End - November, 2018 (NYCG8R's master)

FORMAT: VOB (with smalls) (SD)

CAST: Dean Chisnall (Jean Valjean), Bradley Jaden (Javert), Carley Stenson (Fantine), Amara Okereke (Cosette), Toby Miles (Marius), Elena Skye (Éponine), Samuel Edwards (Enjolras), James Hume (u/s Thénardier), Vivien Parry (Madame Thénardier), Logan Clark (Gavroche), Andrew York (u/s The Bishop), Adam Filipe (u/s Grantaire), Barnaby Hughes (Combeferre), Joe Vetch (Feuilly), Oliver Brenin (s/w Courfeyrac), Ben Tyler (Jean Prouvaire), James Nicholson (Joly), Andrew York (Lesgles), Adam Bayjou (Brujon), Ciaran Bowling (s/w Babet), Sam Harrison (Claquesous), Ciaran Joyce (Montparnasse), Adam Bayjou (Factory Foreman), Anna McGarahan (Factory Girl), Anna McGarahan (Crone), Sam Harrison (Bamatabois), Ben Tyler (Pimp), Barnaby Hughes (Fauchelevent), Adam Bayjou (Champmathieu), Ciaran Bowling (s/w Major Domo)

Les Misérables - The All-Star Staged Concert - December 2, 2019 (Closing Night) (Pro-Shot's master)

FORMAT: MKV (HD)*

CAST: Alfie Boe (Jean Valjean), Michael Ball (Javert), Carrie Hope Fletcher (Fantine), Lily Kerhoas (Cosette), Rob Houchen (Marius), Shan Ako (Éponine), Bradley Jaden (Enjolras), Matt Lucas (Thénardier), Katy Secombe (Madame Thénardier), Earl Carpenter (The Bishop), Raymond Walsh (Grantaire), Craig Mather (Combeferre), Vinny Coyle (Feuilly), Niall Sheehy (Courfeyrac), James Nicholson (Jean Prouvaire), Ciaran Joyce (Joly), Andrew York (Lesgles), Leo Roberts (Brujon), Stephen Matthews (Babet), Oliver Jackson (Claquesous), Adam Bayjou (Montparnasse), Gavin James (Factory Foreman), Celia Graham (Factory Girl), Tamsin Dowsett (Crone), Earl Carpenter (Bamatabois), Oliver Jackson (Pimp)

NOTES: The digitally released proshot, edited differently to the live cinema stream.

Les Miserables - Broadway - Feb. 17, 2007

FORMAT: VOB + smalls

CAST: Alexander Gemignani (Jean Valjean), Norm Lewis (Javert), Daphne Rubin-Vega (Fantine), Gary Beach (Thenardier), Jenny Galloway (Mme Thenardier), Celia Kennan-Bolger (Eponine), Ali Ewoldt (Cosette), Adam Jacobs (Marius), Drew Sarich (u/s Enjolras)

Little Shop of Horrors - Encores! Off-Center-New York City Center, 2015-July-1 (Opening Night) (NYCG8R's video master)

Format: VOB + smalls (4.21 GB)

CAST: Jake Gyllenhaal (Seymour), Ellen Greene (Audrey), Joe Grifasi (Mushnik), Taran Killam (Orin), Eddie Cooper (Audrey II), Marva Hicks (Crystal), Ramona Keller (Ronnette), Tracy Nicole Chapman (Chiffon)

NOTES: Opening Night filmed from the very back of City Center, so there is some spotlight washout that's never too bad and a head that's shot well around.

Phantom Of the Opera - US Tour - August 12, 2015 (Unknown master)

Format: VOBs w/ Smalls)

Chris Mann, Katie Travis, Storm Lineberger, Jacquelynne Fontaine, Edward Staudenmayer, David Benoit, Anne Kanengeiser, Frank Viveros, Morgan Cowling, Mark Emerson, Eric Ruiz, Edward Juvier, Dan Debenport, David Foley Jr., Allan Snyder, Christy Morton

The Play That Goes Wrong - Broadway - May, 2018 - Lyceum Theatre

Format: MPG ~ (4 GB)

Cast: Mark Evans (Chris Bean), Preston Truman Boyd (Robert Grove), Jonathan Fielding (Jonathan Harris), Amelia McClain (Sandra Wilkinson), Alex Mandell (Max Bennett), Harrison Unger (Dennis Tyde), Ashley Bryant (Annie Twilliol), Akron Watson (Trevor Watson)

Spider-Man - Turn off the Dark - Broadway - October 14, 2012

FORMAT: (VOBs)

CAST: Matthew James Thomas (alt. Peter Parker/Spiderman), Kristen Martin (u/s Mary Jane), Robert Cuccioli (Green Goblin), Katrina Lenk (Arachne).

NOTES: Post-Changes

The Book of Mormon - UK & Ireland Tour - 2019 (Rumpel's master-RARE)

FORMAT: .VOB (no smalls) (HD)

CAST: Kevin Douglas Clay (Elder Price), Connor Peirson (Elder Cunningham), Nicole-Lily Baisden (Nabulungi), Will Hawksworth (Elder McKinley), Ewen Cummins (Mafala Hatimbi), Thomas Vernal (General), David Brewis (Cunningham’s Dad), Tre Copeland-Williams (Doctor), Johnathan Tweedie (Prices Dad/Joseph Smith/Mission President), Cleopatra Isaac (Mrs Brown), Jemal Felix (Guard), Lukin Simmonds (Guard), Alex James-Hatton, David Brewis, Evan James, Fergal McGoff, George Crawford, Isaac Hesketh, Jed Berry

NOTES: One of the best videos of this show out there. Recorded from the right wing, doesn't miss any action. High quality video and excellent sound. Kevin is a very good Elder Price.

The Book of Mormon - Chicago - December 23, 2012 (SunsetBlvd79's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (with smalls) (HD)CAST: Nic Rouleau (Elder Price), Ben Platt (Elder Cunningham), Syesha Mercado (Nabulungi), Pierce Cassedy (Elder McKinley), James Vincent Meredith (Mafala Hatimbi), Christopher Shyer (Mission President), David Aron Damane (General)

The Book of Mormon - Broadway - March 1, 2011 (Preview) (NYCG8R's master)

FORMAT:  VOB (no smalls) (SD)

CAST: Andrew Rannells (Elder Price), Josh Gad (Elder Cunningham), Nikki M James (Nabulungi), Rory O’Malley (Elder McKinley), Michael Potts (Mafala Hatimbi), Lewis Cleale (Mission President)

Wicked - Broadway, 2013-May-12 (Lanelle's master)

Format:  M2TS (HD) - (24.02 GB)

CAST: Willemijn Verkaik (Elphaba), Katie Rose Clarke (Glinda), Kyle Dean Massey (Fiyero), Adam Grupper (The Wizard), Randy Danson (Madame Morrible), Catherine Charlebois (Nessarose), F Michael Haynie (Boq), John Schiappa (Doctor Dillamond)

NOTES: Filmed from the right orchestra, at a slight angle, but excellent quality. The taper originally released this as a blu-ray, 2-disc DVDs and 1-disc DVD, so make sure to get the version that best suits your needs.

Wicked - May 12, 2013 (Lanelle's master RIP WITH SUBS)

FORMAT: .MKV w/o Smalls, With English & Chinese Subtitles

CAST: Willemijn Verkaik (Elphaba), Katie Rose Clarke (Glinda), Kyle Dean Massey (Fiyero), Adam Grupper (The Wizard), Randy Danson (Madame Morrible), Catherine Charlebois (Nessarose), F Michael Haynie (Boq), John Schiappa (Doctor Dillamond)

NOTES: Warning- Moderate quality. Some quality of the original master has been lost through conversion from blue-ray to MKV. Has English and Chinese subtitles. Audio is great and video sometimes has some white-outs. 

Wicked - Broadway - January 2nd, 2015 (unknown master)

FORMAT: VOB w/o Smalls

CAST: Caroline Bowman (Elphaba), Kara Lindsay (Glinda), Matt Shingledecker (Fiyero), Tom McGowan (The Wizard), Kathy Fitzgerald (Madame Morrible), Robin de Jesus (Boq), Arielle Jacobs (Nessarose), Timothy Britten Parker (Dr. Dillamond)

NOTES: The camera moves a bit but follows the actors well. Some parts are a bit washed out but the audio is good. 

Wicked - Broadway, May 28, 2006 (Unkown master)

FORMAT: VOB w/o SmallsCAST: Eden Espinosa (Elphaba), Megan Hilty (Glinda) Derrick Williams (Fiyero), David Garrison (The Wizard), Carol Kane (Madame Morrible), Jenna Leigh Green (Nessarose)

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If you’re interested, please don’t hesitate to contact me! Like I said I would love any cats bootleg- especially the older ones in English and Dutch from like the 80′s till the 00′s. I am also looking for more diversity in my list- and I’m also looking for the classics- Dear Evan Hansen, Falsetto’s, some more Phantom Of the Opera, Mean Girls, Legally Blond, etc... 

[beautifulfaaces]

Female English Masterlist

English

2010s

Amelie Bea Smith

Dafne Keen

Florence Keen

2000s

Beau Gadsdon

Emily Carey

Florence Hunt

Isabella Blake Thomas

Isla Johnston

Isobelle Molloy

Katy Byrne

Millie Bobby Brown

Pixie Davies

Rhea Norwood

Rosie Dwyer

Ruby O‘Donnell

Ruby Stokes

Sadie Soverall

Sujaya Dasgupta

Tamara Smart

Yasmin Finney

90s

Aimee Lou Wood

Aisling Loftus

Alexandra Dowling

Alia Bhatt

Amelia Eve

Amira McCarthy

Amita Suman

Ana Mulvoy Ten

Anjli Mohindra

Anya Chalotra

Anya Taylor-Joy

Bessie Carter

Bethany Antonia

Bonnie Wright

Cara Delevingne

Carla Woodcock

Celine Buckens

Charlotte Hope

Cher Lloyd

Cheyenne Carty

Chloe Howl

Corinna Brown

Emma Mackey

Dasiy Edgar-Jones

Daisy Ridley

Dominique Provost Chalkley

Eliot Salt

Elisha Applebaum

Ella Balinska

Ella Hunt

Ella Purnell

Ella Rae Smith

Ellie Bamber

Ellie Duckles

Ellise Chappell

Emily Coates

Emma Appleton

Emma Corrin

Emma Watson

Erin Doherty

Frances Encell

Genevieve Gaunt

Georgie Henley

Georgina Campbell

Georgina Leonidas

Hanna Mangan Lawrence

Hannah van der Westhuysen

Helena Barlow

Hermione Corfield

Holly Earl

Isabel Hodgins

Isabella Laughland

Jade Anouka

Jade Thompson

Jessica Alexander

Jessica Madsen

Jessie Mei Li

Kathryn Prescott

Kaya Scodelario

Laya Lewis

Lil Woods

Lily Loveless

Lily Newmark

Lola Kirke

Louisa Connelly-Burnham

Lucy Boynton

Lucy Fallon

Maddy Hill

Maisie Richardson-Sellers

Manpreet Bambra

Maya Jama

Megan Prescott

Melia Kreiling

Melissa Suffield

Mia McKenna Bruce

Mimi Ndiweni

Naomi Scott

Natacha Karam

Nell Hudson

Nell Tiger Free

Olivia Cooke

Phoebe Dynevor

Poppy Drayton

Poppy Gilbert

Precious Mustapha

Priya Blackburn

Rachel diPillo

Rachel Hurd Wood

Rose Reynolds

Rosie Day

Sabrina Bartlett

Samantha Boscarino

Shannon Flynn

Simone Ashley

Sophie Skelton

Sophie Turner

Tahirah Sharif

Tasie Lawrence

Yasmin Paige

Yvette Monreal

Zoe Sugg

80s

Abbey Clancy

Agam Darshi

Aiysha Hart

Alexa Chung

Alice Coulthard

Alice Eve

Alix Wilton Regan

Amber Rose Revah

Amelia Warner

Amy Nuttall

Amy Winehouse

Amy Wren

Anna Passey

Anna Popplewell

Antonia Thomas

April Pearson

Asha Bromfield

Ashley Madekwe

Billie Piper

Brooke Burfitt

Carey Mulligan

Celina Sinden

Charlotte Ritchie

Claire Foy

Claudia Jessie

Cynthia Erivo

Daisy Lowe

Elarica Gallacher

Elizabeth Henstridge

Elizabeth Knowelden

Ella Smith

Emilia Clarke

Emily Barclay

Emily Bridges

Emily O'Brien

Emma Rigby

Felicity Jones

Gabriella Wilde

Emily Blunt

Emily O'Brien

Georgina Moffat

Gugu Mbatha Raw

Hannah Murray

Hannah New

Hannah Reid

Hannah Ware

Haruka Abe

Hayley Atwell

Holliday Grainger

Imogen Poots

India de Beaufort

Jade Ramsey

Jaime Winstone

Janet Montgomery

Jaye Jacobs

Jenna Coleman

Jessica Brown Findlay

Jessica Clark

Jessica Fox

Jessie Cave

Jing Lusi

Julia Chan

Juno Temple

Kate Phillips

Kathryn Drysdale

Katrina Kaif

Klariza Clayton

Lara Pulver

Larissa Wilson

Lauren Cohan

Lauren McAvoy

Lily Cole

Lily James

Margaret Clunie

Mickey Sumner

Nazanin Boniadi

Nichola Burley

Nikki Sanderson

Nikita Ramsey

Olivia Llewellyn

Natalie Dormer

Poppy Corby-Tuech

Poppy Delevingne

Rebecca Humphries

Ritu Ayra

Samantha Baines

Sophia Di Martino

Sophie Austin

Sophie Colquhoun

Sophie McShera

Sophie Rundle

Susan Wokoma

Tamsin Egerton

Tuppence Middleton

Tracy Ifeachor

Vicky McClure

Victoria Ekanoye

Yasemin Kay Allen

Zoe Boyle

Zoë Tapper

70s

Alesha Dixon

Alison King

Alison Wright

Amanda Abbington

Anastasia Griffith

Andi Osho

Anna Friel

Carmen Ejogo

Christine Adams

Claire Forlani

Clare Calbraith

Emily Bergl

Emily Mortimer

Emma Heming

Eve Best

Fay Masterson

Hattie Morahan

Katherine Parkinson

Keeley Hawes

Joanna Bobin

Leanne Best

Louise Brealey

Lucy Akhurst

Marsha Thomason

Olivia Colman

Parminder Nagra

Rachel Weisz

Rebecca Mader

Rosamund Pike

Sharon Duncan Brewster

Shelley Conn

Stephanie Waring60s

Alex Kingston

Alice Amter

Cate Blanchett

Catherine Tate

Elizabeth Hurley

Jane Horrocks

Kristin Scott Thomas

Morwenna Banks

Pippa Haywood

Rebecca Naomi Jones

Sarah Alexander

Sarita Choudhury

Sophie Thompson

Susy Kane

Tilda Swinton

Zoie Palmer

Zuleikha Robinson

60s

Adjoa Andoh

Anna Chancellor

Helen McCrory

Helena Bonham Carter

Josette Simon

Lorraine Ashbourne

Naomi Watts

Polly Walker

Ruth Gemmell

50s

Celia Imrie

Emma Thompson

Harriet Walter

Imelda Staunton

Julie Walters

Lesley Manville

Patti Boulaye

40s

Helen Mirren

Jane Lapotaire

Penelope Wilton

30s

Elizabeth Taylor

Judi Dench

Julia Blake

Julie Andrews

20s

Audrey Hepburn

Unknown Birthday

Adelle Leonce

Amanda Fairbank Hynes

Amelia Calley

Daniela Norman

Eve Austin

Faith Alabi

Jenny Walser

Lucy Davenport

Lydia West

Manal El-Feitury

Nancy Farino

Natasha Atherton

Razan Nassar

Sophia Brown

Sophie Fletcher

T'Nia Miller

Tafline Steen

Tanya Moodie

Violet Verigo

Zainab Jah

[thatsacult]

Some people just don't want kids, and often find they're questioned, mistrusted, or even hated for it. The childfree subreddit has become a digital home for 142,000 of them. 

​Can the internet be a place of respite for people being pestered by their broody parents? Or are they longing for a childfree, separatist world that isolates and misunderstands parents?

Written and edited by: Helen McCarthy www.twitter.com/helenlmccarthy

Music by: Antti Luode www.anttismusic.blogspot.co.uk

Thanks to all the episode contributors. 

EPISODE 1 - CHILDFREE SOURCES:

SUBREDDITS r/childfree https://www.reddit.com/r/childfree/ "Discussion and links of interest to childfree individuals".

r/antinatalism https://www.reddit.com/r/antinatalism/ "Antinatalism is a philosophical position that assigns a negative value to birth, standing in opposition to natalism".

r/AskParents https://www.reddit.com/r/AskParents/ "A Subreddit devoted to the asking of questions to parents".

r/AntiChildFree https://www.reddit.com/r/AntiChildFree/ Subreddit opposing r/childfree.

r/Fencesitter https://www.reddit.com/r/Fencesitter/ "A place to ask questions, share experiences and offer support to those who are on the fence about having kids".

TWITTER @childfree_not_4 https://twitter.com/childfree_not_4 "Interested in childfree, teamnokids, voluntary childlessness, antinatalism, MGTOW, tubal ligation, vasectomy, overpopulation, nihilism, pessimism, hedonism"

@ChildfreeChick https://twitter.com/ChildFreeChick "Childfree Atheist"

FACEBOOK Childfree Humor https://www.facebook.com/ChildfreeHumor/?ref=br_rs "For people who don't care much for kids and want to have a laugh about it".

The Advocacy for Anti-Procreation https://www.facebook.com/advocacy.anti.procreation/ Supporting: ChildFree, Adoption/Fostering/Respite Care, Assisted Dying, Nihilism, Animals, Birth Control, Choice, & Environmental topics... it's time we reduced our carbon footprint".

STFU Parents https://www.facebook.com/STFUParents/ "You used to be fun. Now you have a baby".

Childfree Chicks Confidential (closed group) https://www.facebook.com/groups/childfreechicksconfidential/?ref=br_rs "We are a diverse group with childfree & childless women & men".

we're {not} having a baby https://www.facebook.com/WereNotHavingABaby/ "we’re {not} having a baby! is the brainchild of Amy & Lance Blackstone, a childfree couple, married since 1995".

Cheerfully Childfree https://www.facebook.com/CheerfullyChildfree/ "A sanctuary to consider, become, and remain Childfree without the backlash of breeders who can't accept us for who we choose to be".

Elder Orphans (closed group) https://www.facebook.com/groups/elderorphans/ "The group is restricted to individuals over 55 who live without a spouse".

CHILDFREE SITES & BLOGS The Childfree Life http://thechildfreelife.com/ "A safe haven in a baby-crazed world".

The Rinky Dink Life http://therinkydinklife.com/ Site created by Brittany Brolley for childfree women and "DINK couples (dual income & no kids)".

TLFW http://tlfw.co.uk/ "Lifestyle network for childfree women".

Why No Kids http://whynokids.com/ "We're childfree and happy. You could be too!"


Childfree Woman by Karin Rahbek http://www.childfreewoman.com/ "How to gain respect and acceptance".

Nonparents.com https://www.nonparents.com/ "For people without children by circumstance or choice".

Jesse Nichols' blog - Why I choose to be childfree https://medium.com/jesse-nichols-blog/why-i-choose-to-be-child-free-7282bd75a38c "An open letter to family and friends".

Childfree is Not a Dirty Word http://notadirtyword.com/ "Connect with childfree adults from around the globe. We do life, laughter and tears. Whether childless by chance or by choice, you are welcome here".

PRESS & ARTICLES Inside the growing movement of women who wish they’d never had children, Sarah Treleaven, Elle UK. 15 Dec 2016. http://www.elleuk.com/life-and-culture/culture/longform/a33037/i-regret-having-kids/

Having It All Without Having Children, Lauren Sandler, TIME. 12 Aug 2013. http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,2148636-1,00.html

12 Women Discuss Whether They Regret Their Decisions Around Motherhood, Sara Coughlin, Refinery 29. 29 April 2017. http://www.refinery29.uk/being-a-mom-regrets-reddit-stories?utm_r29_redirect=us

Adults Who Choose Not to Have Kids Inspire Moral Outrage, Study Finds, Julia Layton, Health: How Stuff Works. 17 March 2017. https://bit.ly/2PxLUpO

Parenthood as a Moral Imperative? Moral Outrage and the Stigmatization of Voluntarily Childfree Women and Men, Leslie Ashburn-Nardo, Springer Science+Business Media. 11 March 2016 https://bit.ly/33BzIwx

Huge demand for Baby-Free Zones, William Jordan, YouGov. 27 Aug 2013. https://yougov.co.uk/news/2013/08/27/four-five-want-child-free-zone-planes/

Childless couples 'on track to be Australia's most common family type', Stephanie Corsetti, ABC News Australia. 15 May 2017. https://ab.co/3fIUNYa

'Shut the f**k up, parents': Meet the (childless) woman behind vicious baby blog that has the mommy set up in arms, Daily Mail. 4 Oct 2012. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/weather/index.html  The Very Sad Childfree Life, Robert Barron, Real Clear Religion. 9 Sep 2013. http://www.realclearreligion.org/articles/2013/09/09/the_very_sad_childfree_life.html

Meet the 20-Somethings Who Want To Be Sterilized, Catherine Pearson, Huffington Post. 24 Oct 2014. http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/female-sterilization-young-women_n_5882000

Judgement of Child-Free People is Real - And Now There's Science to Prove It, J.R. Thorpe, Bustle. 3 Mar 2017 https://www.bustle.com/p/judgement-of-child-free-people-is-real-now-theres-science-to-prove-it-41787

No kids allowed: Is Britain becoming an anti-child society? Kerry Potter, The Telegraph. 31 Aug 2017. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/family/no-kids-allowed-is-britain-becoming-an-anti-child-society/

Midlife Ramblings: What I Don’t Get About My Childless/Childfree Young Friends, Ann Brenoff, Huffington Post. 9 Feb 2013. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/ann-brenoff/childless-to-my-childless-friends_b_2616049.html

I used to judge childfree women, Eleanor Tucker, The Guardian. 8 Nov 2014. https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/nov/08/i-used-to-judge-childfree-women

The Outrage Against Childfree Women Is Real — And Needs To Stop, Therese Shechter and Amy Blackstone, Bust. http://bust.com/feminism/19421-moral-outrage-childfree.html

Silent bodies: Childfree women's gendered and embodied experiences, Helen Peterson and Kristina Engwall, European Journal of Women's Studies. 2013. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259975667_Silent_bodies_Childfree_women's_gendered_and_embodied_experiences

Study Finds People Are Morally Outraged by Those Who Decide Not to Have Kids, Kimberly Lawson, Broadly. 2 Mar 2017. https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/a3wvgp/study-finds-people-are-morally-outraged-by-those-who-decide-not-to-have-kids

How to Decide Whether to Have Children, Olga Khazan, The Atlantic. 22 May 2017. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2017/05/how-people-decide-whether-to-have-children/527520/

Our Planet Is So F****d That Some Women Are Choosing to Not Have Kids, Linda Yang, Broadly. 14 Dec 2016.  https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/59mb5d/our-planet-is-so-fucked-that-some-women-are-choosing-to-not-have-kids

'Why I'd BAN children from cafes and restaurants.' This incendiary view will either make you cheer or want to tip spaghetti hoops over the author's head, Janet Street-Porter, Daily Mail. 23 Nov 2015. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3331117/Why-d-BAN-children-cafes-restaurants-incendiary-view-make-cheer-want-tip-spaghetti-hoops-author-s-head-writes-Janet-Street-Porter.html

Father was 'sexting' as son was dying in hot car, Eliott C. McLaughlin and Dana Ford, CNN. 7 Jan 2015. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/07/03/justice/georgia-hot-car-toddler-death/

How the rise of childless women could change the face of Britain: Rampant infidelity. A struggling economy. Meltdown for the NHS. And shorter life expectancies, Maureen Brookbanks, Daily Mail. 14 Jan 2016. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3398484/How-rise-childless-women-change-face-Britain-Rampant-infidelity-struggling-economy-Meltdown-NHS-shorter-life-expectancies.html

Why do childless people hate kids so much? Jennifer Wilde, Baby Centre Blog. 7 Dec 2011. https://blogs.babycenter.com/mom_stories/why-do-childless-people-hate-kids-so-much/comment-page-2/

The ChildFREE (Hate) Movement: Childless By Choice, Alan Thomas, Imperfect Parent. http://www.imperfectparent.com/articles/the-childfree-hate-movement-childless-by-choice/

I fought a four-year battle with the NHS to be sterilised at 30 - and won, Holly Brockwell, The Telegraph. 24 March 2016. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/i-fought-a-four-year-battle-with-the-nhs-to-be-sterilised-at-30/

BOOKS Violence Goes to the Internet: Avoiding the Snare of the Net, Evan M. Axelrod, 2009.

Religion Online: Finding Faith on the Internet, Lorne L. Dawson, Douglas E. Cowan, 2013.

VIDEOS Why do people join cults? TED-Ed on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TEDEducation/videos/1623132447699955/

MISCELLANEOUS Rational Wiki - Childfree Movement https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Childfree_movement

Pregnant Pause podcast https://www.pregnantpausepodcast.com/

Ann Davidman - Motherhood Clarity Mentor http://motherhoodisitforme.com

Is the Child Free movement anti-feminist? Mumsnet forum, 27 Apr 2011. https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/womens_rights/1202284-Is-the-Child-Free-movement-anti-feminist

To be dead jealous of childless couples sometimes? What do you miss? Mumsnet forum, 29 Sep 2008. https://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/616638-to-be-dead-jealous-of-childless-couples-sometimes-what-do

The Anti Child Free Blog  http://anti-child-free.blogspot.co.uk/

[fromthesomewhere]

Women of Canada! - Women Who Died on Active Service

During the First World War, many Canadian women served the war effort through direct military service. This often meant roles maintaining supplies, driving ambulances, and serving as nurses and hospital administrators. Of those who served Canada in various wartime capacities, 66 women are listed as giving their lives during official military service in the WWI era. Most of these women served within the Canadian Army Medical Corps and the Canadian Army Nursing Service, but others with the Canadian Merchant Navy, the Canadian Military V.A.D., Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service, the Newfoundland Voluntary Aid Detachment, and the British Red Cross Society. More on which women below served under which of these branches can be found on Veterans Affairs Canada’s page ‘Lest We Forget Her’. On this International Women’s Day, we invite our readers to take a moment to remember these 66 women who gave their lives in service of Canada during the First World War: 

Kennedy, Eliza - 04 September 1915 Munro, Mary Frances Elizabeth - 07 September 1915 Jaggard, Jessie Brown - 25 September 1915 Nourse, Grace Eleanor Boyd - 03 February 1916 Ross, Elsie Gertrude - 26 February 1916 Tupper, Addie Allen (Adruenna) - 09 December 1916 Garbutt, Sarah Ellen - 20 August 1917 Sparks, Letitia - 20 August 1917 Hunt, Myrtle Margaret - 16 January 1918 Davis, Lena Aloa - 21 February 1918 Kealy, Ida Lilian - 12 March 1918 Hannaford, Ida Durant - 14 March 1918 Whitely, Anna Elizabeth - 21 April 1918 Forneri, Agnes Florien - 24 April 1918 MacDonald, Katherine Maud - 19 May 1918 Wake, Gladys Maude Mary - 21 May 1918 Jarvis, Jessie - 23 May 1918 Lowe, Margaret - 28 May 1918 Baldwin, Dorothy Mary Yarwood - 30 May 1918 MacPherson, Agnes - 30 May 1918 Pringle, Eden Lyal - 30 May 1918 Fraser, Margaret Marjory - 27 June 1918 Douglas , Carola Josephine - 27 June 1918 Templeman, Jean - 27 June 1918 Stamers, Anna Irene - 27 June 1918 Sare, Gladys Irene - 27 June 1918 Sampson, Mary Belle - 27 June 1918 McLean, Rena - 27 June 1918 McKenzie, Mary Agnes - 27 June 1918 McDiarmid, Jessie Mabel - 27 June 1918 Gallaher, Minnie Katherine - 27 June 1918 Fortescue, Margaret Jane - 27 June 1918 Follette, Minnie Asenath - 27 June 1918 Dussault, Alexina - 27 June 1918 Campbell, Christina - 27 June 1918 Ross, Ada Janet - 12 July 1918 Oliphant, Mary Elizabeth - 09 September 1918 Johnstone, Jane  - 09 September 1918 Twist, Dorothy Pearson - 26 September 1918 Green, Matilda Ethel - 09 October 1918 Mellett, Henrietta - 10 October 1918 Alpaugh, Agnes - 12 October 1918 Baker, Miriam Eastman - 17 October 1918 Rogers, Nellie Grace - 19 October 1918 Hennan, Victoria Belle - 23 October 1918 Frederickson, Christine - 28 October 1918 Alport (Roberts), Jean Ogilvie - 03 November 1918 Bartlett, Bertha - 03 November 1918 McKay, Evelyn Verrall - 04 November 1918 MacEachen, Rebecca Helen - 16 November 1918 Dagg, Ainslie St Clair - 29 November 1918 Jenner, Lenna Mae - 12 December 1918 Bolton, Grace Errol - 16 February 1919 MacIntosh, Rebecca - 07 March 1919 Champagne, Ernestine - 24 March 1919 King, Jessie Nelson - 04 April 1919 Baker, Margaret Elisa - 30 May 1919 McDougall, Agnes - 18 July 1919 Donaldson (Petty), Gertrude - 29 July 1919 Grant, Grace Mabel - 12 September 1919 Trusdale, Alice Louise - 12 September 1919 MacLeod, Margaret Christine - 20 December 1919 McGinnis, Mary Geraldine - 10 February 1920 Cumming. Isobel Katherine - 04 February 1921 Hanna, Bessie Maud - 05 September 1921 Green, Caroline Graham - 04 April 1922

[lovecolinmorgan]

Colin Morgan | Alfred Bosie Douglas

From The Happy Prince website (I think this was written last year)

Colin Morgan is one of the most exciting and versatile young actors working today. His critically acclaimed body of work is exceptionally diverse and, with a number of interesting projects coming up, the next few months promise to firmly establish him as a one to watch.

Colin recently starred in Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins’ production of GLORIA which finished its run at the Hampstead Theatre, Colin took the role of Dean in the play that centred around the offices of a notorious Manhattan magazine. The play also starred Kae Alexander and Ellie Kendrick.

Colin will be seen leading British mystery drama WAITING FOR YOU written by Hugh Stoddart and directed by Charles Garrad. The coming of age feature centres on Paul Ashton who investigates his late father’s increasingly disturbing past. Co-starring Fanny Ardant, the film premiered at the Belfast Film Festival this April.

Last year Colin starred in supernatural BBC One drama THE LIVING AND THE DEAD. The original six part series has been created by Ashley Pharoah and Colin plays protagonist ‘Nathan Appleby’ with Charlotte Spencer playing his wife ‘Charlotte’. Set against the breathtaking back drop of the West Country during the industrial revolution in 1894, the programme focuses on a brilliant young couple who inherit an old farmhouse and move to the isolated corner of England to begin a new life.

In 2015, Colin starred in hit sci-fi drama series HUMANS as ‘Leo Elster’. Based on the award-winning Swedish science fiction drama REAL HUMANS, the series explores the blurring of the lines between humans and machines. Co-starring Gemma Chan and William Hurt, the eight-part series became Channel 4’s biggest original drama hit in twenty years. The second and most recent series TX’D in October 2016.

2015 also saw, Colin star as ‘Frank Shea’ in crime thriller LEGEND with Tom Hardy taking on the roles of both ‘Reggie’ and ‘Ronnie Kray’. Focusing on the relationship between ‘Ronnie’ and ‘Frances Shea’ (Emily Browning) the feature told the story of the identical twin gangsters and their organised crime empire. The feature was written and directed by Brian Helgeland and adapted from John Pearson’s book.

In May 2014, Colin appeared in psychological thriller THE FALL with Gillian Anderson and Jamie Dornan. Colin played ‘DC Tom Anderson’ in the second and third series of the hit BBC Two series, which is created, written and directed by Allan Cubitt. Also in 2014, Colin took on the role of ‘Victor Richardson’ in historical drama TESTAMENT OF YOUTH, co-starring Alicia Vikander, Taron Egerton, Dominic West and Kit Harrington. Directed by James Kent and written by Juliette Towhidi, adapted from the autobiography by Vera Brittain, the film is set against the backdrop of World War One where ‘Vera Britten’ (Vikander) abandons her studies at Oxford to become a nurse.

In 2011, Colin starred in independent drama feature ISLAND, based on Jane Rogers’s acclaimed novel of the same name also starring Natalie Press and Janet McTeer. In 2010, he appeared in award winning drama feature PARKED with Colm Meaney. Directed by Darragh Byrne, Colin plays 21 year old stoner ‘Cathal O’Regan’.

Colin played the title role in the fantasy adventure series MERLIN. The programme ran over five series from 2008-2012 on BBC One in the UK and originally on NBC in the US, before moving to the Syfy network. The programme follows a young King Arthur and Merlin growing up in Camelot when Arthur’s father has banned magic. Also starring Anthony Head, John Hurt and Katie McGrath, Colin was nominated for numerous awards for his scene stealing turn: in 2013 he won the National Television Award for ‘Most Popular Male Drama Performance’ and an SFX Award for ‘Best Actor’ the same year, and Variety Club Award for Best Newcomer.

Colin’s work on stage has also garnered critical acclaim. In late 2013 he played ‘Skinny’ in Ian Rickson’s MOJO at The Harold Pinter Theatre opposite Ben Whishaw, Rupert Grint and Danny Mays. Written by Jez Butterworth, the wickedly funny play is set in The Atlantic Nightclub in 1958 and Colin’s portrayed a lowly attendant besotted with nightclub boss ‘Ezra’ (Whishaw).

Also in 2013, he portrayed ‘Ariel’ at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, in the Jeremy Herrin helmed production of TEMPEST starring alongside Roger Allam and Jessie Buckley. In 2011, Colin starred in OUR PRIVATE LIFE at The Royal court Theatre. The black comedy, directed by Lindsey Turner and written by Pedro Miguel Rozo, is set against the backdrop of a Colombian village, and focusing on a respectable family and their efforts to discern truth from slander become fused with a desire for justice. Colin played depressed son ‘Carlos’ in a cast including Ishia Bennison, Clare Cathcart, Anthony O’Donnell in the play.

In 2008, Colin appeared at The Young Vic Theatre as feral heroine addicted teenager ‘Jimmy’ in A PRAYER FOR MY DAUGHTER. Also starring Matthew Marsh, Corey Johnson, Sean Chapman and directed by Dominic Hill, the Thomas Babe penned production is set on the Fourth of July in a downtown Manhattan precinct and is a poetic meditation on the lack of clear boundaries between masculine and feminine, and good and evil.

In 2007, Colin portrayed ‘Esteban’ in ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER at The Old Vic Theatre. Starring opposite Lesley Manville, Dianna Rigg and Mark Gatiss, the production was written by Samuel Adamson and directed by Tom Cairns. In the same year, Colin made his stage debut, while he was still at drama school. He played the title role, the story’s scapegoat hero falsely accused of being accessory to a mass murder in small town Texas, in Rufus Norris’s critically acclaimed production VERNON GOD LITTLE at The Young Vic Theatre an adaptation of DBC Pierre’s Man Booker prize-winning book of the same name.

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each name below is a link,  liking this post will lead to nothing,  though you’re welcome to as a bookmark or whatever.  i’m not your mom.

GENERAL INTERACTIONS!

PRIMARY MUSES   (   by muse   )!

A QUIET PLACE   ---   evelyn abbott. BROOKLYN NINE NINE  ---  gina linetti.  jake peralta. BUNHEADS  ---  michelle simms. CHARMED  ---  prue halliwell. CHILLING ADVENTURES OF SABRINA  ---  sabrina spellman. DOCTOR WHO  ---  donna noble. FANDOMLESS OCs  ---  janie beck. GILMORE GIRLS  ---  lorelai gilmore.  rory gilmore. GOD OF WAR  ---  freya. GREY’S ANATOMY  ---  addison montgomery.  amelia shepherd.  andrew deluca.  april kepner.  charlotte king.  cristina yang.  derek shepherd.  elizabeth holden.  meredith grey.  teddy altman.  violet turner. HARRY POTTER  ---  katie bell.  nymphadora tonks. JURASSIC PARK  ---  alexis murphy.  MARVEL  ---  cassie lang.  karolina dean.  mary jane watson.  peggy carter.  steve rogers. MARY POPPINS  ---  mary poppins. MASS EFFECT  ---   miranda lawson. MATILDA  ---  matilda wormwood. ORPHAN BLACK  ---   alison hendrix.  anna brooks.  beth childs.  cosima niehaus.  gracie johanssen.  helena.  rachel duncan.  sarah manning.  siobhan sadler.   PARKS AND RECREATION  ---  ben wyatt. SCANDAL  ---  mellie grant. SHE LOVES ME  ---  amalia balash. STAR TREK  ---  b’elanna torres.  beverly crusher.  deanna troi.  freya moss.  jadzia dax.  katrina cornwell.  kira nerys.  michael burnham.  sylvia tilly.  tom paris.  will riker. STRANGER THINGS  ---  joyce byers. THE GOOD PLACE  ---  eleanor shellstrop.  janet. THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE  ---  shirley crain allen. THE LAST OF US  ---  tatiana winslow (oc). THE MARVELOUS MRS MAISEL  ---  midge maisel. THE WALKING DEAD  ---  alyssa stone (oc).  enid.  maggie greene.  michonne.  sasha williams. THE WEST WING  ---  cj cregg.  jed bartlet. THIS IS US  ---  jack pearson.  kevin pearson. UNTIL DAWN  ---  samantha giddings.

SECONDARY MUSES   (   by fandom   )!

BIOSHOCK,  BORDERLANDS,  DC COMICS,  DISNEY,  GREY’S ANATOMY,  HORIZON ZERO DAWN,  JANE THE VIRGIN,  MAMMA MIA!,  MARVEL,  MASS EFFECT,  ORPHAN BLACK,  PARENTHOOD,  PARKS AND RECREATION,  SCANDAL,  STAR TREK,  STRANGER THINGS,  THE LAST OF US,  THE OFFICE,  THE WALKING DEAD,  THE WEST WING,  TIMELESS.

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[Video] Confidence Man teilen neuen Track “Woman”!

Confidence Man veröffentlichen mit dem neuen Song “Woman” einen weiteren Track aus dem kommenden zweiten Album “Tilt”, das am 1. April 2022 auf Heavenly erscheinen wird.

Der smoothe House-Jam wird von einem Party-Clip begleitet, der unter der Regie von Joe Agius (Hatchie, The Creases, Rinse) entstand und passenderweise am Internationalen Frauentag veröffentlicht wird.

Janet eröffnet den Song mit einem kraftvollen Spoken-Word-Manifest und gibt damit bereits den Ton für das Album vor: “I’m a woman of many words, but words do not define me. This is my house that I built with my own two hands and if I so desire, I will burn it down. So don’t call me the spark. I’m the fire and the flame. Ok?”

“Woman” wurde von der Band selbst geschrieben und produziert und von Ewan Pearson (Metronomy, Jagwar Ma, Pet Shop Boys, Jessie Ware) abgemischt. Die Single folgt auf “Feels Like A Different Thing” und den Rave-Hit “Holiday”, der auch von Erol Alkan und Bruise geremixed wurde.

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MAY Celebrity Birthdays & Events

All Month Long: Mermay, Women's Health Month

May Birthdays

Taurus Stars (Apr 20-May 20)

1: Saidah Arrika Ekulona, Victoria Monet. Drew Sidora, Gianna Bryant, Tina Lifford, Ethel Ayler, Diahanne Abbott, Ada Brown, Myiea Coy, Natalie Wachen, Candy Ford, Lizz Robbins, Cee Cee Michaela, Sasha Fox, Geneva Maccarone 2: Golda Rosheuvel, Denyce Lawton, Tomiko Fraser, Laila Davis, Nannie Helen Burroughs 3:Chinenye Ezeudu, Danielle Deadwyler, Genevieve Nnaji, Jessica Sula, Meagan Tandy, Diahnna Nicole Baxter, Jackie James, Sydney Seethal 4: Katherine Jackson, Kimora Lee, Oleta Adams, Sharon Jones, Navia Robinson 5: Gabrielle Nevaeh Green, Kimberle Crenshaw, Larissa Wilson, Eisa Davis 6: Gabourey Sidibe, Adrienne Warren, Bresha Webb, Sasheer Zamata, Amy Hunter, KJ Smith, Angel Reese 7: Devyn Tyler, Rico Nasty, Eden Alene, Shaleen Surtie-Richards 8: Ayesha Antoine, Kenya Michaels, Phyllis Applegate 9: Rosario Dawson, Tamia, Terence Schreurs, Lorena Gale, Keyara Milliner, Ava Tocloo

10: Gabrielle Walsh, Rhona Bennett, Victoria Rowell, Marion Ramsey, Nicolle Rochelle, Kayla Jones, Aya Nakamura, Aliyah's Interlude 11: Xiomara Alfaro, Rakie Ayola, Holly Frazier, Danielle Pinnock, Blac Chyna, Coi Leray, Camryn Bridges 12: Vanessa Estelle Williams, Kim Fields, Ruth de Souza, April Grace, Carla Hall, Marisa Lauren, Natalie Paul, Tinkaabellaaa, Kamryn Smith, 13: Maxine Sullivan, Mary Wells, Cheryl Dunye, Shamea Morton, Pearl Thusi, Bree Newsome, Baby Tate, Zoe Wees 14: Tamara Dobson, Lisette Malidor, Laya Lewis, Anais Granofsky, Shanice, Lyric Lewis, Elease Donovan 15: Anjelika Washington, Bahia Watson, Sommore 16: Janet Jackson, Betty Carter, Nicôle Lecky, Aleyse Shannon 17: Cynda Williams, Francis Callier, Rochelle Aytes, Kandi Burruss, Rochelle Aytes, Lena Waithe, Karrueche Chan, Nicaya Wiley 18: Felicia Pearson 19: Queen Charlotte was born on 19 May 1744 in Mirow, Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Grace Jones, Lorraine Hansberry, Yazz, Mala Wright, Ta'Rea Campbell, Chinonye Chukwu, Angel Theory 20: Gina Ravera, Naturi Naughton, Comfort Fedoke

GEMINI SEASON BEGINS

Gemini Stars (May 21- June 21) 21: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Olivia Olson, Dinora Walcott, Tyler Valerie, Onira Tares, Brandi Maxiell 22: Naomi Campbell, Marilyn Joi, Faith Thigpen, Trinity Marie, Paris Moore 23: Riann Steele, Bernadette Beck, Iona Morris, Taliah Webster, Katlyn Nichol, Jane Wall, Amy Correa Bell, Imani T. Williams, Tabitha Alege, Deshayla Harris 24: Patti Labelle 25: Ebonee Noel, Octavia Spencer, Leslie Uggams, Gabby Soleil, Asia Jackson, Aïssa Maïga 26: Pam Grier, Lauryn Hill, Madeleine Mantock, Marie Pierra Kakoma, Yandeh Sallah, Rochelle Okoye, Onya Nurve, Nicole TV 27: Mara Brock Akil, Shanola Hampton, Left Eye, Milan, Dionne Gipson, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Brianna Olsen, Royalty Brown 28: Gladys Knight, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Tayce 29: Laverne Cox, Mel B, Ashleigh Morghan, Michole Briana White, Pearl Mackie, Jobel Mokonzi, Rebbie Jackson, Cherry Hunt, Aliyah Simone, Brace Face Laii, Laila Lockhart-Kraner, Zaya Wade 30: Javicia Leslie, DeWanda Wise, Zoe Renee, Clora Bryant, Tonya Pinkins, Zoe Renee, Luhhsetty 31: Vivian Nixon, Cupcakke, Normani, Petronia Paley, Tonya Pinkins, Shirley Verrett, June Sarpong, Catherine Bruhier

May Events:

1: May Day, Mother Goose Day | 4: STAR WARS DAY: All The Black Femmes || Star Wars Movies & Shows BFCD Masterlist 2022 | 11: Twilight Zone Day | 17: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia | 18: World AIDS Vaccine Day | 20: World Bee Day | 22: World Goth Day | 23-27: African Liberation Week | 24: Pansexual/Panromantic Visibility Day | 25: African Liberation/Freedom Day, Geek Pride | 26: World Dracula Day, World Redhead Day | 29: OUR BIRTHDAY | 31: National Blonde Day

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April Pearson

Born:

April Janet Pearson

23 January 1989 (age 31)

Bristol

, England

Occupation:

Actress

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april? ginger

me? simping

hotel? trivago

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MY FAVORITE HUSBAND: Season 3

September 2, 1950 - March 31, 1951

“My Favorite Husband” ~ Season three aired on CBS Radio from September 2, 1950 to March 31, 1951.  There were 29 half hour episodes sponsored by Jell-O. Episodes were also aired on Armed Forces Radio & Television Service (AFTRS) without advertising. 

Regular Cast: Lucille Ball as Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Cooper, Richard Denning as George Cooper, Gale Gordon as Rudolph Atterbury, Bea Benadaret as Iris Atterbury (and others), Ruth Perrott as Katie the Maid, and Bob LeMond, Announcer.  

Season 3 Guest Cast: Frank Nelson (7 episodes), Gege Pearson (6 episodes), Jerry Hausner (5 episodes), Hans Conried (4 episodes), Shirley Mitchell (3 episodes), Eleanor Audley (2 episodes), Elvia Allman (2 episodes), Shimen Ruskin (2 episodes), Sandra Gould (2 episodes), Sarah Selby (2 episodes), Alan Reed (2 episodes), Bobby Jellison (2 episodes), Richard Crenna, Sheldon Leonard, Jack Moyles, Leone Ledoux, Jay Novello, Wally Maher, Mary Shipp, Herb Vigran, June Foray, Ken Christy, Lester Jay, Viola Vonn, Janet Waldo, Frances Cheney, and Cliff Arquette. 

To Experience the Full Episode Blogs - for both “My Favorite Husband” and “I Love Lucy” - simply click on the hyperlinked (underlined) text. 

“Husbands Are Sloppy Dressers” ~ September 2, 1950

Synopsis ~ Liz and Iris are embarrassed by the sloppy clothes that George and Rudolph wear at home, so they sell the boys’ old clothes to the junkman. They attempt to reform their husbands’ dress habits.

Basis for: “Changing The Boys’ Wardrobe” (ILL S3;E10) of “I Love Lucy”

“Gossip”* ~ September 9, 1950

This episode is often confused with "Hair Dyed" (June 10, 1949). Basis for the “I Love Lucy” episode "The Gossip" (ILL S1;E24)

“Movies”* ~ September 16, 1950

“Fuller Brush Show”* ~ September 23, 1950

Inspired by the motion picture The Fuller Brush Girl, in which Lucille Ball was starring at the time this show aired.

“Liz Becomes a Sculptress” ~ October 7, 1950

Synopsis ~ Liz decides that she needs a hobby, and the proprietor of the local arts and crafts store convinces her she’s a natural artistic genius when it comes to sculpting clay.

Basis for “Lucy Becomes a Sculptress” (ILL S2;E15) of “I Love Lucy”

“Dinner for Twelve” ~ October 14, 1950

Synopsis ~ George has invited ten dinner guests on the maid’s day off and Liz is determined to prove to George’s mother that she can prepare a dinner for twelve without any help.

This episode was fully animated and can be found on Vimeo. It was created by Wayne Wilson in 2012.

“Safe Driving Week” ~ October 21, 1950

Synopsis ~ When Liz gets a traffic ticket on the day George is Safety Week chairman, George decides to lock the car in the garage and hide the key.

“The Football Game” ~ October 28, 1950

Synopsis ~ Liz and Iris are determined not to go to the annual State University homecoming football game with the boys, until the boys tell them they aren’t planning to take them along this time.

The plot bears some similarities to 1954′s “The Golf Game” (ILL S3;E30), in which Lucy and Ethel are tired of being left out of the boys’ sporting pursuits.

“The Two Mrs. Coopers” ~ November 4, 1950

Synopsis ~ It’s Liz’s birthday and she wants to forget all about it but she doesn’t want George to forget it!  George mistakenly thinks that it is his mother’s birthday and buys her present which Liz thinks is for her. But then he realizes that he has invited his mother’s friends over for a surprise party!

[On all known sources, this episode and “Liz’s Birthday” (November 25, 1950) are the same program. It is likely that one or the other has been lost. Because the titles might fit both programs, there is no consensus on which is lost and which is extant!]

“Vacation from Marriage”* ~ November 11, 1950

Basis for "Vacation from Marriage" (ILL S2;E6) of “I Love Lucy”

“Liz Goes to Night School” ~ November 18, 1950

 Synopsis ~ Liz’s arithmetic skills are so bad, George sends her to night school where she somehow winds up in a math contest.

“Liz’s Birthday” ~ November 25, 1950

[This episode and “The Two Mrs. Coopers” are often listed as the same program. It is likely that one or the other has been lost. Because the titles might fit both programs, there is no consensus on which is lost and which is extant!]

“Marrying Off Peggy Martin” ~ December 2, 1950

Synopsis ~ Liz tries to play matchmaker for Peggy Martin with one of George’s clients, but both the client and George think that Liz is going after the guy for herself.

Basis for the “I Love Lucy” episode “Lucy Is Matchmaker” (ILL S3;E27)

“Trying To Cash The Prize Check”~ December 9, 1950

Synopsis ~ Liz goes on the radio quiz show and wins a check for $500, but she only gets to keep it if she can cash it within 25 minutes, and the banks are all closed!

“The Christmas Cards” ~ December 16, 1950

Synopsis ~  Liz and George have their pictures taken for their Christmas cards, but then can’t agree on which shot to use.

“The Christmas Stag” ~ December 23, 1950

Synopsis ~ George says he is attending a holiday fundraiser, but Liz suspects it is nothing more than an excuse for a stag party. To discover the truth, Liz disguises herself as Santa Claus and infiltrates the party.

“Liz Has The Flimjabs” ~ December 30, 1950

Synopsis ~  Liz wants a mink coat from George, so she pretends to be sick in order to get his sympathy - and the coat!  George is on to her tactics, and decides to give her the scare of her life - literally!

Basis for the “I Love Lucy” episode “Lucy Fakes Illness” (ILL S1;E16) 

“Liz Substitutes in a Club Play” ~ January 6, 1951

Synopsis ~ Liz is determined to play the lead in the women’s club play, even if she has to keep the leading lady from showing up. There’s only one problem: Liz has learned the lines for the wrong play!

In part, the basis for the “I Love Lucy” episode “Lucy Writes A Play” (ILL S1;E17) 

“The Cuckoo Clock Conspiracy” ~ January 13, 1951

Synopsis ~ Liz bought George’s Christmas present, a cuckoo clock, with a rubber check, and now she needs to figure out a way to make good on it so the store owner won’t repossess the clock.

In part, basis for “The Kleptomaniac” (ILL S1;E27)

“Liz Exaggerates” ~ January 20, 1951

Synopsis ~ Liz’s exaggerations become so bad that George cuts off her allowance until she can prove that she can consistently tell nothing but the truth. George finds her promise is kept, not wisely, but too well.

In order not to be confused with the earlier episode “The Absolute Truth” (January 28, 1949), the script never uses the word “lie” - just “exaggerate”. Both of these episodes were combined for “Lucy Tells The Truth” (ILL S3;E6)

“George is Drafted - Liz’s Baby” ~ January 27, 1951

Synopsis ~ George gets a letter asking him to serve on the local draft board, and Liz thinks he’s been drafted.  George thinks Liz’s emotional state is because she is having a baby!

Basis for the “I Love Lucy” episode “Drafted” (ILL S1;E11) 

“Liz’s Inferiority Complex” ~ February 3, 1951

Synopsis ~ After messing up a joke, bombing at bridge, and lousing up George’s breakfast, Liz develops an inferiority complex.

Basis for the “I Love Lucy” episode “The Inferiority Complex” (ILL S2;E18) 

“The Misunderstanding of the Black Eye” ~ February 10, 1951

Synopsis ~ When the Atterburys ask how Liz got her black eye, Liz jokingly answers “Oh, George slugged me,” and now they won’t believe any other explanation.

Basis for the “I Love Lucy” TV episode “The Black Eye” (ILL S2;E20)

“Renewal of the Driver’s License”* ~ February 17, 1951

“The Two Mothers-in-Law”* ~ February 24, 1951

“The Passports” ~ March 3, 1951

Synopsis ~  Liz is all set to get her passport and join George on a trip to Paris, until she discovers that the Hall of Records has no record of her birth!

Basis for the “I Love Lucy” episode “The Passports” (ILL S5;E11) 

“The Surprise Party” ~ March 10, 1951

Synopsis ~ Iris lets slip that one of Liz’s friends is throwing a party Saturday night, and Liz and George aren’t invited. But which friend is it?

“Liz Hires a New Secretary for George”* ~ March 17, 1951

”Liz and Iris’s Easter” ~ March 24, 1951

Synopsis ~  The boys make a deal with the girls, if Liz and Iris can slim down to the same dress size they wore ten years ago, George and Rudolph will buy each of them a whole new Easter outfit.

Basis for the “I Love Lucy” episode “The Diet” (ILL S1;E3) 

“The April Fool Joke”* ~ March 31, 1951

* = Episodes not available for preview. May be lost.