#sue l. owens

[basicallyanotherwitchesthing]

Sue™ Fortune Telling, Tarot card deck, Sue L. Owens, Sue The Astrologer, 1979

[lonestarflight]

Skylab Missions: Skylab 3

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"These three men are the prime crewmen for the Skylab 3 mission. Pictured in the one-G trainer Multiple Docking Adapter (MDA) at the Johnson Space Center (JSC) are, left to right, scientist-astronaut Owen K. Garriott, science pilot; and astronauts Jack R. Lousma and Alan L. Bean, pilot and commander, respectively."

Mission Duration: July 28 - September 25, 1973

Time Duration: 58 days, 15 hours, 39 minutes, 42 seconds

"The Skylab 3 mission started out as routine, but was not without in-flight high drama of its own. Shortly after docking and entering the Orbital Workshop (OWS), all three crew members experienced motion sickness, delaying the activation of OWS on-board equipment.

A more serious concern was raised on Mission Day-5 (MD-5). An apparent failure of two of the four thruster quadrants of the Command Service Module (CSM) reaction control system was detected.

Not only could an actual failure like this create an early end to the mission, it also could conceivably render the CSM incapable of supporting a safe return of the astronauts to Earth.

Launch crews at the Kennedy Space Center were placed on a 24-hour per-day, seven day per-week work schedule to prepare the Skylab 4 Saturn IB launch vehicle for flight in case an early launch was needed for a rescue operation."

The Skylab 4 Saturn IB (CSM-118/SA-208) launch vehicle is rolled to Launch Complex 39, Pad B.

"A decision was made to continue the mission, and although the Skylab 4 launch vehicle had been rushed to flight-readiness, the CSM performed flawlessly during re-entry operations.

On August 6, 1973 astronauts Garriott and Lousma performed a spacewalk which lasted 6 hours, 31 minutes. During this spacewalk, the astronauts were able to extend an external twin-pole thermal shield to replace the parasol thermal shield installed by the Skylab 2 crew. They also retrieved and replaced film from solar telescopes housed outside the OWS.

A second spacewalk by astronauts Garriott and Lousma was conducted on August 24, 1973. This one lasted 4 hours, 31 minutes. During this spacewalk, the astronauts retrieved and replaced film from solar telescopes housed outside the OWS and installed a cable for a new rate gyro package. They also performed some maintenance activities.

The third and final spacewalk of the mission was conducted on September 22, 1973. This one was conducted by astronauts Bean and Garriott and lasted 2 hours, 41 minutes. During this spacewalk, the astronauts retrieved and replaced film from solar telescopes housed outside the OWS and performed maintenance activities on other external experiment packages.

Scientific experiments, including the observation of unanticipated dynamic solar activity, continued for much of the 59-day mission. The crew participated in classroom-oriented educational demonstrations regarding weightlessness.

The Skylab 3 crew set a new manned space flight endurance record. Their in-flight health fared markedly better than the Skylab 2 crew, with the exception of the amount of bone calcium loss.

A significant demonstration of long-term space flight and the long-term viability of the OWS was successfully achieved."

* Due to a NASA management error, crewed Skylab mission patches were designed in conflict with the official mission numbering scheme.

An interesting side note, the wives created their version of the patch. I've covered the NSFW bits just so the Tumblr staff doesn't mark my blog as NSFW.

"The main feature on the second Skylab crew patch was Leonardo da Vinci's universal man, slightly retouched to make it 'G-rated'! Without their husbands knowledge, the astronaut wives also had a patch made which was a joke version of the official crew patch. The universal man figure had been replaced by a 'universal woman'. Instead of the astronauts names; Bean, Garriott and Lousma, their wives first names were shown: Sue, Helen-Mary and Gratia. The crew first became aware of the wives patch when they found stickers of them in their lockers on board Skylab."

source, source

NASA ID: S72-51123, S73-28714, 72-HC-90, SL3-108-1288, SL3-109-1345, S74-15583, SL3-111-1505, S73-34369, SL3-117-2109

[duggardata]

Everybody’s Birthdays  (By Month)

Here’s the full list of DOBs for all Predictor People...   Accurate as of March 2, 2021.

January—

1   William Gilvin (“Gil”) Bates  (1965)

1   Anthym Bliss Collins  (2021)

4   Olivia Mercy Rodrigues  (2012)

2   Caleb _____ Shrader  (2018)

6   Praise T.L. Helferich  (1995)

7   Grace Annette (“Gracie”) Duggar–Burnett  (2020)

11   Karissa Beth (Goering) Collins  (1984)

12   Jana Marie Duggar  (1990)

12   John David Duggar  (1990)

13   John Steven Maxwell  (1991)

13   Lincoln “Taylor” Bontrager  (2002)

17   Enoch _____ Shrader  (2003)

18   Simon Peter Maxwell–Hamilton  (2020)

19   Sarah Rae Maxwell  (1982)

20   Joseph Garrett Duggar  (1995)

20   Nehemiah _____ Shrader  (2007)

21   Asher Benjamin Dominguez  (2013)

23   Michaela Christian (Bates) Keilen  (1990)

25   Caleb Alexander Maxwell–Frost  (2020)

26   Lexi Mae Webster  (2017)

26   Axton John Maxwell–Bontrager  (2019)

27   Jesiah Mathew Caldwell  (2015)

29   Chelsy Renee (Bontrager) Maxwell  (1991)

31   Layla Rae Stewart  (2020)

February—

1   Trace Whitfield Bates  (1997)

1   Marjorie Ellen Jackson  (1998) (Josiah Duggar’s Ex)

1   Jeb Colton Bates  (2012)

4   Sara Nicole Smith  (1983) (Chris Maxwell’s Ex)

5   Robert Alan (“Bobby”) Ballinger, Jr.  (1994)

6   Henry Wilberforce Seewald  (2017)

6   Ansyr Blue Collins  (2018)

9   Maci Jo Webster  (2021)

10   Tiffany Lian Espensen (1999)

16   Robert Ellis (“Bobby”) Smith III  (1995)

17   Bryn _____ (Leppert) Bontrager  (1994)

17   Jackzon Ezekiel Bates  (2002)

17   Addallee Hope Bates  (2006)

18   Ruthanne Elizabeth Maxwell–Hamilton  (2014)

19   Brooklyn Praise Duggar–Caldwell  (2021)

21   Benjamin Steven Maxwell–Maher  (2017)

23   Gideon Martyn Forsyth  (2018)

23   Elizabeth Grace Maxwell–Hamilton  (2018)

27   Claire Yvonne (Spivey) Duggar  (2001)

27   Judah Miles Young  (2020)

28   Elijah _____ Shrader  (2010)

March—

1   Kyle Jeremiah Maxwell–Frost  (2018)

3   Joshua James Duggar  (1988)

5   Nathan Paul Caldwell  (2007)

6   Sophia Joy Shrader  (2013)

8   Travis J. Clark  (2001)

8   Joseph Tumelo Shrader  (2020)

9   Derick Michael Dillard  (1989)

10   Christopher Owen Rogers  (1988)

12   Micah Joe Bontrager–Leppert  (2019)

13   Alatheia Grace Shrader  (2004)

13   Clint _____ Rogers  (2010)

15   Timothy David Rodrigues  (2000)

16   Paul William Waller  (2013)

23   Lydia Joy Maxwell–Hamilton  (2015)

24   Joshua Maxwell Bontrager  (1997)

25   Micah Joel Caldwell  (2004)

25   Kolter Gray Smith  (2020)

28   Harper Lynn Ballinger  (2017)

28   Zoey Joy Webster  (2018)

30   Marlin Joe Bontrager  (1967)

30   Everly Hope Paine  (2018)

April—

1   Carolina Katherine (Bowers) Bontrager  (1995)

4   Courtney Ann (Harkins) Rogers  (1984)

6   Israel David Dillard  (2015)

9   Lillie “Suzette” (Stembridge) Keller  (1955)

11   Carlin Brianne (Bates) Stewart  (1998)

11   Allie Jane Webster  (2015)

11   Janessa Ruth Rodrigues  (2018)

16   Abbie Grace (Burnett) Duggar  (1992)

18   Charles Stephen (“Chad”) Paine III  (1987)

19   Anna Marie (Hamilton) Maxwell  (1986)

19   Nurie Katelin (Rodrigues) Keller  (1999)

21   Jason Michael Duggar  (2000)

22   Winston Marshall Bontrager–Bowers  (2020)

23   Nathan Edward Keller  (1996)

24   Joseph Howard Maxwell  (1989)

28   Ellie Bridget Bates  (2007)

May—

2   Erin Elise (Bates) Paine  (1991)

2   Ashley _____ Salyer  (1995) (Nathan Bates’s Ex)

4   Jeremiah Seth Helferich  (1996)

5   Christopher Lloyd Maxwell  (1979)

6   Timothy _____ Caldwell  (2009)

6   Peter David Waller  (2020)

9   Esther Joy (Keller) Shrader  (1981)

9   Calena _____ Rogers  (2017)

13   Allison Nicole (Bontrager) Helferich  (1994)

13   Deborah Carol Maxwell–Maher  (2019)

14   Anna Patrice (Craig) Maxwell  (2000)

14   Charles Stephen (“Carson”) Paine IV  (2015)

15   Ava Joy Young  (2018)

17   Jill Michelle (Duggar) Dillard  (1991)

18   Lauren Milagro (Swanson) Duggar  (1999)

18   Abigail Grace Maxwell–Maher  (2008)

19   Benjamin Michael Seewald  (1995)

19   Warden Justice Bates  (2003)

22   Lauren Hope Caldwell  (2000)

23   Jackson Levi Duggar  (2004)

26   Gabriel Victor Rodrigues  (2006)

26   Brecken Lee Young  (2016)

26   Ivy Jane Seewald  (2019)

29   David John Rodrigues  (1972)

June—

2   Joshua Christopher Maxwell–Hamilton  (2012)

2   Marcus Anthony Duggar–Keller  (2013)

2   Isaiah Kasimpe Shrader  (2016)

3   Agape Faith Shrader  (2008)

5   Kristen Nicole (Barnard) Young  (1992)

6   Coralee Jean Rogers  (2019)

8   Garrett David Duggar–Caldwell  (2018)

10   Caydie _____ Rogers  (2018)

15   Michael James Duggar–Keller  (2011)

15   Christina Mercy Maxwell–Maher  (2012)

18   Renee Crystine Rodrigues  (2002)

19   Elliot Rex Maxwell–Bontrager  (2020)

20   Kaci Lynn Bates–Perkins  (2016)

23   Anna Renne (Keller) Duggar  (1988)

25   Charis Elisabeth Shrader  (2011)

27   Mark _____ Dominguez  (1981)

29   John Eric Shrader  (1977)

July—

2   Mitchell Joe Bontrager  (1992)

2   Titus James Hall  (1993)

2   Cassidy Grace (Bowers) Bontrager  (1997)

3   Christina Marie (Hamrick) Caldwell  (1979)

3   Priscilla Lynn (Keller) Waller  (1986)

4   Kelton Edward Balka  (1995)

5   Kaylee Arlissa Rodrigues  (2001)

5   Andrew James Maxwell–Maher  (2014)

5   Daniel Titus Maxwell–Hamilton  (2016)

7   James Andrew Duggar  (2001)

8   Olivia Grace (“Gracie”) Caldwell  (2010)

8   Samuel Scott Dillard–Duggar  (2017)

9   Tessie Elizabeth Rodrigues  (2007)

9   Robert Alan (“Bear”) Ballinger III  (2020)

15   Sofia Amy Julianne Rodrigues  (2015)

15   Jubilee Katherine Bontrager–Bowers  (2018)

16   Meredith Grace Duggar–Keller  (2015)

16   Wallace Bradford Bontrager–Bowers  (2018)

17   Andersyn Brooklyn Collins  (2015)

18   James Robert (“Jim Bob”) Duggar  (1965)

19   Felicity Nicole Vuolo  (2018)

19   Willow Kristy Balka  (2019)

22   Phillip Jonathan Rodrigues  (2003)

25   Andrae Cardell Collins  (2011)

25   Calena Ann Rogers  (2013)

26   Clay Mason Rogers  (2011)

27   William “Lawson” Bates  (1992)

29   Khai David Dominguez  (2010)

August—

2   Timothy _____ Shrader  (2005)

2   Jennifer Danielle Duggar  (2007)

2   Callie–Anna Rose Bates  (2009)

4   Josie Kellyn (Bates) Balka  (1999)

6   Brooklyn Elise Paine  (2016)

7   Steven R. Maxwell  (1951)

11   Kendra Renee (Caldwell) Duggar  (1998)

13   Bethany Faith (“Betsy”) Maxwell–Maher  (2010)

17   Teri L. (Frazer) Maxwell  (1955)

21   Mary Carol Maxwell  (1996)

21   Evelyn Mae Forsyth  (2020)

24   Evan Patrick Stewart  (1995)

27   Jemima Virtue Bontrager–Bowers  (2020)

28   Josiah Matthew Duggar  (1996)

29   Kenneth Nathaniel (“Nathan”) Bates  (1993)

31   Anchor Christian Collins  (2019)

September—

1   Melanie Sue (Maher) Maxwell  (1975)

1   Ellyn Joy Dominguez  (2014)

5   Jeremy Joseph Vuolo  (1987)

6   Daylon Gabriel Dominguez  (2011)

8   David William Waller  (1986)

9   Chaney Grace Kahle  (1998)

9   Rebecca Shania Bontrager  (2007)

9   Marlie Denise Ballinger  (2018)

10   Sierra Jolene (Baird) Dominguez  (1989)

10   Stephen Lushomo Shrader  (2014)

12   Colt _____ Rogers  (2015)

12   Case _____ Rogers  (2015)

12   Mason Garrett Duggar–Keller  (2017)

13   Michelle Annette (Ruark) Duggar  (1966)

15   Brandon Timothy Keilen  (1989)

15   Judson Wyatt Bates  (2010)

16   Cade _____ Rogers  (2012)

18   Jesse Paul Maxwell  (1994)

21   Whitney Eileen (Perkins) Bates  (1993)

28   Meagan Elizabeth (Forsyth) Ballinger  (1991)

28   Merrick Zion Dominguez  (2019)

30   Hannah Faith Rodrigues  (2008)

October—

2   Destiny Faith Waller  (2018)

4   Calia Grace Maxwell–Frost  (2015)

5   Katie Grace Bates  (2000)

8   Mackynzie Renee Duggar–Keller  (2009)

10   Elissa Marie (Frost) Maxwell  (1991)

11   Johannah Faith Duggar  (2005)

14   Rebecca (“Becky”) Marie (Stolzfus) Bontrager  (1967)

14   Esther Joy Keyes  (1997)

16   Isaiah Courage Bates  (2004)

15   Hudson Reed Bontrager  (2005)

19   Phillip Andrew Waller  (2016)

24   Cash _____ Rogers  (2014)

26   Kelly Jo (Callaham) Bates  (1966)

28   Michael Edward Keller  (1959)

28   Joy–Anna (Duggar) Forsyth  (1997)

29   Bradley Gilvin Bates–Perkins  (2014)

31   Anna Elizabeth Maxwell  (1992)

November—

2   Annistan Breanne Collins  (2012)

2   Addison Renee Duggar–Caldwell  (2019)

3   Jill Christine (Noyes) Rodrigues  (1978)

4   Sarah Elizabeth Reith  (1988)

4   Jessa Lauren (Duggar) Seewald  (1992)

5   Carson Wayne Bontrager  (1995)

5   Spurgeon Elliot Seewald  (2015)

7   Khloé Eileen Bates–Perkins  (2019)

8   Bella Milagro Duggar–Swanson  (2019)

9   Alyssa Joy (Bates) Webster  (1994)

9   Robert Ellis (“Kade”) Smith IV  (2018)

12   Davia Lynn Waller  (2014)

12   Edyn Grace Dominguez  (2015)

13   Mandrae Cardell Collins  (1983)

15   Justin Samuel Duggar  (2002)

19   Isaiah Gabriel Caldwell  (2018)

21   John Elliott Webster  (1989)

22   Evangeline Jo Vuolo  (2020)

24   Samuel Richard Rodrigues  (2004)

26   Holland Grace Paine  (2019)

27   Sadie Patricia Rodrigues  (2013)

27   Maryella Hope Duggar–Keller  (2019)

28   Caris Audrey Rogers  (2020)

December—

5   Nathan James Maxwell  (1976)

5   Denver Elliot Bontrager  (1999)

7   Tucker Allen Bontrager–Leppert  (2020)

9   Ayngel Belle Collins  (2016)

10   Justin Lee Young  (1991)

10   Josie Brooklyn Duggar  (2009)

11   Austin Martyn Forsyth  (1993)

12   Anissa Beth Collins  (2009)

14   Anjalie Brielle Collins  (2014)

18   Elizabeth Caresse Bontrager  (2003)

18   Jordyn–Grace Makiya Duggar  (2008)

20   Tori Layne (Bates) Smith  (1995)

21   Jinger Nicole (Duggar) Vuolo  (1993)

29   Brooks Zechariah Dominguez  (2017)

30   Zachary Gilvin Bates  (1988)

30   Jedidiah Robert Duggar  (1998)

30   Jeremiah Robert Duggar  (1998)

Unknown—

Gene “Paul” Caldwell  (c. 1977)

Elizabeth _____ Munck  (c. 1992) (Joseph Maxwell’s Ex)

Stay tuned for Everybody’s Anniversaries!

[moonmothmama]

[listen on spotify]

tracklist:

Rolling Down to Old Maui - David Coffin it’s a damn tough life full of toil and strife we whalermen undergo

Hornpipe Instrumental (Live) - The Lost Quays

Roll The Old Chariot Along - David Coffin oh a night on the town wouldn’t do us any harm

Bones in the Ocean - The Longest Johns as i live all the years that they left me behind

The bonny ship the Diamond - Ian Giles, John Spiers, John Bowden, Graham Metcalfe for the bonny ship the Diamond goes fishin’ for the whale

Leave Her, Johnny, Leave Her - Stan Rogers for the voyage is done and the winds don’t blow

E Ipo - A Boy Named Sue no matter where you go i will follow close behind

Are You Sleeping? - Harry Nilsson when the morning comes i’ll be there by your side

Pack Up Your Sorrows - Mimi & Richard Fariña but if somehow your could pack up your sorrows, and give them all to me,

Drowsy Sleepy Maggie - Treebeard

Nantucket Sleighride (to Owen Coffin) - Mountain and i know you’re the last true love i’ll ever meet

Catch the Wind - Donovan to feel you all around me and to take your hand along the sand

Today - Jefferson Airplane i feel like pleasing you more than before

Pokarekare Ana - Te Huhu return to me, i could die of love for you

You’ve got a friend - Carole King and i’ll be there

Blood Red Roses - Storm Weather Shanty Choir for it’s time for us to roll and go

The Mermaid - VFSS Shanty Crew our gallant ship was lost, and the most of her merry men was drowned

Old Stormalong - Paul Clayton Stormy, he is dead and gone, weigh-hey-hey Mr. Stormalong

I’ll Go And ‘List For A Sailor - Morris On Band so now i’ll cross the ragin’ sea

The Whaleman’s Lament - A. L. Lloyd for the pleasures are but few, my boys, on them bitter whaling grounds

Here’s A Health To The Company - David Coffin, the Revels Chorus we’ll drink and be merry, all out of one glass

The Weary Whaling Grounds - A. L. Lloyd oh a man must be mad or want money bad to venture catchin’ whales

The Dark-Eyed Sailor - Steeleye Span for my dark-eyed sailor, so young and stout and bold

Tahi Nei Taru Kino - Ngati Poneke what is this within my chest that pinches so? is it love?

Off To Sea Once More - A. L. Lloyd get married lads and have all night in and go to sea no more

A Salty Dog - Procol Harum a twisted path, our tortured course, and no one left alive

Roll the Woodpile Down (Live) - The Lost Quays rollin’ the whole world ‘round

A Pillow Of Winds - Pink Floyd and i lie with my love by my side

[foxingfae]

22 in 2022

Rules! Choose 22 books you want to read or goals you want to achieve in 2022. That’s it! It can be a mix of books and goals, or 22 books, or 22 goals…. it’s up to you. Then tag some friends to play along.

I am SUPER late getting to this one but a huge thank you to @northernbookworm and @mosscoveredpages for tagging me! <3

Finish the last two ASOIAF books!

Keep up with my book journal that I started this year

Post more to Readerly (if anyone needs an invite code hmu)

Finish the Tokyo Ghoul manga

The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake

The Crown of Gilded Bones by Jennifer L Armentrout

Daughter of the Moon Goddess by Sue Lynn Tan

Cringeworthy by Melissa Dahl

The Deep by Nick Cutter

The Shadow of the Gods by John Gwynne

She Who Became the Sun by Shelley Parker-Chan

A Dance with the Fae Prince by Elise Kova

House of Earth and Blood by SJM

Little Thieves by Margaret Owen

Star Eater by Kerstin Hall

All Over Creation by Ruth Ozeki

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami (it's on my TBR list every damn year it's basically a meme at this point)

Terminal Boredom by Izumi Suzuki

Misery by Stephen King

Half Sick of Shadows by Lara Sebastian

The Once and Future King by T.H. White

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

I'm not sure who has and hasn't done this already so feel free to ignore if you don't want to do it, and likewise consider yourself tagged if you want to join in! I'll mention @ms-literary @books-and-cookies @booksmadeofvelvet @bookaddict24-7 @mirror-of-too-many-books @tatithetinybooktuber in case any of them would like to play along! <3

[lucrezianoin]

Arthurian novels. Part 4, a tentative list of novels 2017 - 2020 (total: 668 books)

This is PART 4. part 1 is here (1850 - 1990) part 2 is here (1991 - 2005) part 3 is here (2006 - 2016) the complete list is here (wordpress).

CLICK TO READ THE LAST UPDATE (22 April 2020) + (past updates)

While the previous lists are full lists and normally updated, I am a bit more cautious for the new arthurian books (2017-2020) mostly because a lot of people self publish so the content increased exponentially. 

If you know of any other arthurian books and series (or if you see some mistake), please, let me know.

-A TENTATIVE LIST OF ARTHURIAN NOVELS PUBLISHED 2017-2020-

2017 - [1-3] The Arthur quartet (Harper Fox) [gr] 2017 - The Book Knights (McKenney) [gr] 2017 - [1-5] Camelot (Galen Wolf) [gr] 2017 - Farewell to Camelot: Rise of the Twin-Born Kings (J. M. Owens) [gr]

2017 - [1] Guinevere Forever (M. L. Bullock) [gr]  2018 - [2] Guinevere Unconquered (M. L. Bullock) [gr] 2019 - [3] The Undead Queen of Camelot (M. L. Bullock) [gr]

2017 - King Arthur & Mordred: A Young King in Waiting (Jess Browning) [gr] 2017 - The Kingpin of Camelot (Cassandra Gannon) [gr] 2017 - [1-4] The Knight's Journal (King Arthur Origins) (Brian J. Lang) [gr] 2017 - [1-3] The Igraine trilogy (Lavinia Collins) [gr] 2017 - [AU] Math and Magic in Camelot (Lilac Mohr) [gr] 2017 - [1-3] [AU] The School for Good and Evil: The Camelot Years Series (Soman Chainani) [gr] 2018 - [C] By the Light of Camelot (edited by J. R. Campbell, Shannon Allen) [gr] 2018 - Camelot 2050: Dragon Fire (Cartwright) [gr] 2018 - [1-4] [AU] Camelot Misfits MC series (Xavier Neal) [gr]

2018 - [1] A Dog in King Arthur's Court (Audrey Mackaman) [gr] 2019 - [2] Quest for the Grail (Audrey Mackaman) [gr]

2018 - Kingdom Camelot (G. R. Griffin) [gr] 2018 - [1-3] The Heirs to Camelot (Jacqueline Church Simonds) [gr] 2018 - The Last Pendragon (Aurora Dawn) [gr]

2018 - [1] Lancelot (Giles Kristian) [gr] 2020 - [2] Camelot (Giles Kristian) [gr]

2018 - [1-3] New Camelot Series (Barbara Russell) [gr] 2018 - A Song of Camelot (Seymour Stevens) [gr] 2018 - The Woman In the Tree: The True Story of Camelot (Natasha D. Lane) [gr] 2019 - Best Knight Ever (Cassandra Gannon) [gr] 2019 - Camelot after: Der Fluch (Martin Glöckner) [gr] 2019 - [1-5] [AU] Camelot New York (Vanessa Cortese) [gr]  2019 - The Curse of Camelot (Gina Hollands) [gr] 2019 - Cursed (Thomas Wheeler, Frank Miller) [gr] 2019 - [1] Stolen Legacy (Zara Stark) [gr] 2019 - [1-2] [AU] Guardians of Camelot (Victoria Sue) [gr]

2019 - [1] The Guinevere Deception (Kiersten White) [gr] 2020 - [2] Camelot Betrayal (Kiersten White) [gr]

2019 - [1] Le Fay (The Camelot Series Book 1) (Stacey Jaine McIntosh) [gr] 2019 - Morgan the Fairy: Heir of Camelot (R. K. Wheeler) [gr]

2019 - [1] Once & Future (Amy Rose Capetta) [gr] 2020 - [2] Sword in the Stars (Amy Rose Capetta) [gr]

2019 - [1-4] Pendragon's Heir (Suzannah Rowntree) [gr] 2019 - Queen Takes Camelot (Their Vampire Queen) (Burkhart) [gr] 2019 - [1-3] The Round Table Chronicles Series (T.J. Schongar) [gr] 2020 - [C] Beyond Camelot: A Crazy Ink Anthology (Justina Luther) [gr] 2020 - O Mago de Camelot (Marcelo Hipólito) [gr] 2020 - The Stain of Mordred: A Mage of Avalon (Glenn Scrimshaw) [gr]

[blackkudos]

Ida B. Wells

Ida Bell Wells-Barnett (July 16, 1862 – March 25, 1931) was an American investigative journalist, educator, and an early leader in the civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Wells arguably became the most famous black woman in America, during a life that was centered on combating prejudice and violence, who fought for equality for African Americans, especially women.

Born into slavery in Holly Springs, Mississippi, Wells was freed by the Emancipation Proclamation during the American Civil War. At the age of 16, she lost both her parents and her infant brother in the 1878 yellow fever epidemic. She went to work and kept the rest of the family together with the help of her grandmother. Later moving with some of her siblings to Memphis, Tennessee, she found better pay as a teacher. Soon, Wells co-owned and wrote for the Memphis Free Speech and Headlight newspaper. Her reporting covered incidents of racial segregation and inequality.

In the 1890s, Wells documented lynching in the United States through her indictment called "Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in all its Phases," investigating frequent claims of whites that lynchings were reserved for black criminals only. Wells exposed lynching as a barbaric practice of whites in the South used to intimidate and oppress African Americans who created economic and political competition—and a subsequent threat of loss of power—for whites. A white mob destroyed her newspaper office and presses as her investigative reporting was carried nationally in black-owned newspapers.

Subjected to continued threats, Wells left Memphis for Chicago. She married and had a family, while continuing her work writing, speaking, and organizing for civil rights and the women's movement for the rest of her life. Wells was outspoken regarding her beliefs as a Black female activist and faced regular public disapproval, sometimes including from other leaders within the civil rights movement and the women's suffrage movement. She was active in women's rights and the women's suffrage movement, establishing several notable women's organizations. A skilled and persuasive speaker, Wells traveled nationally and internationally on lecture tours.

Early life

Ida Bell Wells was born in Holly Springs, Mississippi, on July 16, 1862, the first child of James Wells and Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Warrenton). James Wells' father was a white man who impregnated a black slave named Peggy. Before dying, James' father brought him, aged 18, to Holly Springs to become a carpenter's apprentice, where he developed a skill and worked as a "hired out slave living in town." Lizzie's experience as an enslaved person was quite different. One of 10 children born on a plantation in Virginia, Lizzie was sold away from her family and siblings and tried without success to locate her family following the Civil War. Before the Emancipation Proclamation was issued, Wells’ parents were enslaved to an architect and the family lived in the now called “Bolling-Gatewood House.”

After emancipation, Wells’ father, James Wells, became a trustee of Shaw College (now Rust College). He refused to vote for Democratic candidates during the period of Reconstruction, became a member of the Loyal League, and was known as a "race man" for his involvement in politics and his commitment to the Republican Party. He founded a successful carpentry business in Holly Springs in 1867, and his wife Lizzie became known as a "famous cook".

Ida B. Wells was one of the eight children, and she enrolled in the historically black liberal arts college Rust College in Holly Springs (formerly Shaw College). In September 1878, tragedy struck the Wells family when both of her parents died during a yellow fever epidemic that also claimed a sibling. Wells had been visiting her grandmother's farm near Holly Springs at the time and was spared.

Following the funerals of her parents and brother, friends and relatives decided that the five remaining Wells children should be separated and sent to various foster homes. Wells resisted this solution. To keep her younger siblings together as a family, she found work as a teacher in a black elementary school in Holly Springs. Her paternal grandmother, Peggy Wells, along with other friends and relatives, stayed with her siblings and cared for them during the week while Wells was teaching.

But when Peggy Wells died from a stroke and her sister Eugenia died, Wells accepted the invitation of her aunt Fanny and moved with her two youngest sisters to Memphis in 1883.

Early career and anti-segregation activism

Soon after moving to Memphis, Wells was hired in Woodstock by the Shelby County school system. During her summer vacations she attended summer sessions at Fisk University, a historically black college in Nashville. She also attended Lemoyne-Owen College, a historically black college in Memphis. She held strong political opinions and provoked many people with her views on women's rights. At the age of 24, she wrote, "I will not begin at this late day by doing what my soul abhors; sugaring men, weak deceitful creatures, with flattery to retain them as escorts or to gratify a revenge."

On May 4, 1884, a train conductor with the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad ordered Wells to give up her seat in the first-class ladies car and move to the smoking car, which was already crowded with other passengers. The previous year, the Supreme Court had ruled against the federal Civil Rights Act of 1875 (which had banned racial discrimination in public accommodations). This verdict supported railroad companies that chose to racially segregate their passengers . When Wells refused to give up her seat, the conductor and two men dragged her out of the car. Wells gained publicity in Memphis when she wrote a newspaper article for The Living Way, a black church weekly, about her treatment on the train. In Memphis, she hired an African-American attorney to sue the railroad. When her lawyer was paid off by the railroad, she hired a white attorney. She won her case on December 24, 1884, when the local circuit court granted her a $500 award. The railroad company appealed to the Tennessee Supreme Court, which reversed the lower court's ruling in 1887. It concluded, "We think it is evident that the purpose of the defendant in error was to harass with a view to this suit, and that her persistence was not in good faith to obtain a comfortable seat for the short ride." Wells was ordered to pay court costs. Her reaction to the higher court's decision revealed her strong convictions on civil rights and religious faith, as she responded: "I felt so disappointed because I had hoped such great things from my suit for my people. ... O God, is there no ... justice in this land for us?"

While continuing to teach elementary school, Wells became increasingly active as a journalist and writer. She was offered an editorial position for the Evening Star in Washington, D.C., and she began writing weekly articles for The Living Way weekly newspaper under the pen name "Iola." Under her pen name, she wrote articles attacking racist Jim Crow policies. In 1889, she became editor and co-owner with J. L. Fleming of The Free Speech and Headlight, a black-owned newspaper established by the Reverend Taylor Nightingale and based at the Beale Street Baptist Church in Memphis.

In 1891, Wells was dismissed from her teaching post by the Memphis Board of Education due to her articles that criticized conditions in the black schools of the region. She was devastated but undaunted, and concentrated her energy on writing articles for The Living Way and the Free Speech and Headlight.

Wells was considered to be a well accomplished, successful woman who was well respected among the community. She belonged to the middle class which at the time was considered to be rare for women especially women of color.

Anti-lynching campaign and investigative journalism

The lynching at The Curve in Memphis

In 1889, a black proprietor named Thomas Moss opened the People's Grocery in a South Memphis neighborhood nicknamed "The Curve." Wells was close to Moss and his family, having stood as godmother to his first child. Moss's store did well and competed with a white-owned grocery store across the street, owned by William Barrett.

On March 2, 1892, a young black boy named Armour Harris was playing a game of marbles with a young white boy named Cornelius Hurst in front of the People's Grocery. The two boys got into an argument and a fight during the game. As the black boy Harris began to win the fight, the father of Cornelius Hurst intervened and began to "thrash" Harris. The People's Grocery employees William Stewart and Calvin McDowell saw the fight and rushed outside to defend the young Harris from the adult Hurst as people in the neighborhood gathered in to what quickly became a "racially charged mob."

The white grocer Barrett returned the following day, March 3, 1892, to the People's Grocery with a Shelby County Sheriff's Deputy, looking for William Stewart. But Calvin McDowell, who greeted Barrett, indicated that Stewart was not present. Barrett was dissatisfied with the response and was frustrated that the People's Grocery was competing with his store. Angry about the previous day's mêlée, Barrett responded that "blacks were thieves" and hit McDowell with a pistol. McDowell wrestled the gun away and fired at Barrett—missing narrowly. McDowell was later arrested but subsequently released.

On March 5, 1892, a group of six white men including a sheriff's deputy took electric streetcars to the People's Grocery. The group of white men were met by a barrage of bullets from the People's Grocery, and Shelby County Sheriff Deputy Charley Cole was wounded, as well as civilian Bob Harold. Hundreds of whites were deputized almost immediately to put down what was perceived by the local Memphis newspapers Commercial and Appeal-Avalanche as an armed rebellion by black men in Memphis.

Thomas Moss, a postman in addition to being the owner of the People's Grocery, was named as a conspirator along with McDowell and Stewart. The three men were arrested and jailed pending trial.

Around 2:30 a.m. on the morning of March 9, 1892, 75 men wearing black masks took Moss, McDowell, and Stewart from their jail cells at the Shelby County Jail to a Chesapeake and Ohio rail yard one mile north of the city and shot them dead. The Memphis Appeal-Avalanche reports:

Just before he was killed, Moss said to the mob: "Tell my people to go west, there is no justice here."

After the lynching of her friends, Wells wrote in Free Speech and Headlight urging blacks to leave Memphis altogether:

"There is, therefore, only one thing left to do; save our money and leave a town which will neither protect our lives and property, nor give us a fair trial in the courts, but takes us out and murders us in cold blood when accused by white persons."

The event led Wells to begin investigating lynchings using investigative journalist techniques. She began to interview people associated with lynchings, including a lynching in Tunica, Mississippi, in 1892 where she concluded that the father of a young white woman had implored a lynch mob to kill a black man she was sleeping with "to save the reputation of his daughter."

In May 1892, Wells published an editorial refuting what she called the "that old threadbare lie that Negro men rape white women. If Southern men are not careful, a conclusion might be reached which will be very damaging to the moral reputation of their women." Wells’ newspaper office was burned to the ground, and she would never again return to Memphis.

Southern Horrors

and

The Red Record

On October 26, 1892, Wells began to publish her research on lynching in a pamphlet titled Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases. Having examined many accounts of lynchings due to the alleged "rape of white women", she concluded that Southerners cried rape as an excuse to hide their real reasons for lynchings: black economic progress, which threatened white Southerners with competition, and white ideas of enforcing black second-class status in the society. Black economic progress was a contemporary issue in the South, and in many states whites worked to suppress black progress. In this period at the turn of the century, Southern states, starting with Mississippi in 1890, passed laws and/or new constitutions to disenfranchise most black people and many poor white people through use of poll taxes, literacy tests and other devices. Wells-Barnett recommended that black people use arms to defend against lynching.

She followed-up with greater research and detail in The Red Record (1895), a 100-page pamphlet describing lynching in the United States since the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. It also covered black peoples' struggles in the South since the Civil War. The Red Record explored the alarmingly high rates of lynching in the United States (which was at a peak from 1880 to 1930). Wells-Barnett said that during Reconstruction, most Americans outside the South did not realize the growing rate of violence against black people in the South. She believed that during slavery, white people had not committed as many attacks because of the economic labour value of slaves. Wells noted that, since slavery time, "ten thousand Negroes have been killed in cold blood, [through lynching] without the formality of judicial trial and legal execution."

Frederick Douglass had written an article noting three eras of "Southern barbarism" and the excuses that whites claimed in each period.

Wells-Barnett explored these in detail in her The Red Record.

During slavery time, she noted that whites worked to "repress and stamp out alleged 'race riots'" or suspected slave rebellions, usually killing black people in far higher proportions than any white casualties. Once the Civil War ended, white people feared black people, who were in the majority in many areas. White people acted to control them and suppress them by violence.

During the Reconstruction Era white people lynched black people as part of mob efforts to suppress black political activity and re-establish white supremacy after the war. They feared "Negro Domination" through voting and taking office. Wells-Barnett urged black people in high-risk areas to move away to protect their families.

She noted that whites frequently claimed that black men had "to be killed to avenge their assaults upon women". She noted that white people assumed that any relationship between a white woman and a black man was a result of rape. But, given power relationships, it was much more common for white men to take sexual advantage of poor black women. She stated: "Nobody in this section of the country believes the old threadbare lie that black men rape white women." Wells connected lynching to sexual violence, showing how the myth of the black man's lust for white women led to murder of African-American men.

Wells-Barnett gave 14 pages of statistics related to lynching cases committed from 1892 to 1895; she also included pages of graphic accounts detailing specific lynchings. She notes that her data was taken from articles by white correspondents, white press bureaus, and white newspapers. The Red Record was a huge pamphlet, and had far-reaching influence in the debate about lynching. Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in All Its Phases and The Red Record's accounts of these lynchings grabbed the attention of Northerners who knew little about lynching or accepted the common explanation that black men deserved this fate. Generally southern states and white juries refused to indict any perpetrators for lynching, although they were frequently known and sometimes shown in the photographs being made more frequently of such events.

Despite Wells-Barnett's attempt to garner support among white Americans against lynching, she believed that her campaign could not overturn the economic interests whites had in using lynching as an instrument to maintain Southern order and discourage Black economic ventures. Ultimately, Wells-Barnett concluded that appealing to reason and compassion would not succeed in gaining criminalization of lynching by Southern whites.

Wells-Barnett concluded that perhaps armed resistance was the only defense against lynching. Meanwhile, she extended her efforts to gain support of such powerful white nations as Britain to shame and sanction the racist practices of America.

Speaking tours in Britain

Wells travelled twice to Britain in her campaign against lynching, the first time in 1893 and the second in 1894. She and her supporters in America saw these tours as an opportunity for her to reach larger, white audiences with her anti-lynching campaign, something she had been unable to accomplish in America. She found sympathetic audiences in Britain, already shocked by reports of lynching in America.

Wells had been invited for her first British speaking tour by Catherine Impey and Isabella Fyvie Mayo. Impey, a Quaker abolitionist who published the journal Anti-Caste, had attended several of Wells' lectures while traveling in America. Mayo was a well-known writer and poet who wrote under the name of Edward Garrett. Both women had read of the particularly gruesome lynching of Henry Smith in Texas and wanted to organize a speaking tour to call attention to American lynchings. They asked Frederick Douglass to make the trip, but citing his age and health, he declined. He then suggested Wells, who enthusiastically accepted the invitation.

In 1894, before leaving the US for her second visit to Great Britain, Wells called on William Penn Nixon, the editor of Daily Inter-Ocean, a Republican newspaper in Chicago. It was the only major white paper that persistently denounced lynching. After she told Nixon about her planned tour, he asked her to write for the newspaper while in England. She was the first African-American woman to be a paid correspondent for a mainstream white newspaper.

Wells toured England, Scotland and Wales for two months, addressing audiences of thousands, and rallying a moral crusade among the British. She relied heavily on her pamphlet Southern Horrors in her first tour, and showed shocking photographs of actual lynchings in America. On May 17, 1894, she spoke in Birmingham at the Young Men’s Christian Assembly and at Central Hall, and staying in Edgbaston at 66 Gough Road.

As a result of her two lecture tours in Britain, she received significant coverage in the British and American press. Many of the articles published at the time of her return to the United States were hostile personal critiques, rather than reports of her anti-lynching positions and beliefs. The New York Times, for example, called her "a slanderous and nasty-nasty-minded Mulatress." Despite these attacks in the white press, Wells had nevertheless gained extensive recognition and credibility, and an international audience of white supporters of her cause.

Marriage and family

In 1895, Wells married attorney Ferdinand L. Barnett, a widower with two sons, Ferdinand and Albert. A prominent attorney, Barnett was a civil rights activist and journalist in Chicago. Like Wells, he spoke widely against lynchings and for the civil rights of African Americans. Wells and Barnett had met in 1893, working together on a pamphlet protesting the lack of Black representation at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893. Barnett founded The Chicago Conservator, the first Black newspaper in Chicago, in 1878. Wells began writing for the paper in 1893, later acquired a partial ownership interest, and after marrying Barnett, assumed the role of editor.

Wells' marriage to Barnett was a legal union as well as a partnership of ideas and actions. Both were journalists, and both were established activists with a shared commitment to civil rights. In an interview, Wells' daughter Alfreda said that the two had "like interests" and that their journalist careers were "intertwined." This sort of close working relationship between a wife and husband was unusual at the time, as women often played more traditional domestic roles in a marriage.

In addition to Barnett's two children from his previous marriage, the couple had four more: Charles, Herman, Ida, and Alfreda. In the chapter of her Crusade For Justice autobiography called "A Divided Duty," Wells described the difficulty she had splitting her time between her family and her work. She continued to work after the birth of her first child, traveling and bringing the infant Charles with her. Although she tried to balance her roles as a mother and as a national activist, she was not always successful. Susan B. Anthony said she seemed "distracted."

African-American leadership

The 19th century's acknowledged leader for African-American civil rights, Frederick Douglass praised Wells' work, giving her introductions and sometimes financial support for her investigations. When he died in 1895, Wells was perhaps at the height of her notoriety, but many men and women were ambivalent or against a woman taking the lead in black civil rights at a time when women were not seen as, and often not allowed to be, leaders by the wider society. For the new leading voices, Booker T. Washington, his rival, W. E. B. Dubois, and more traditionally minded women activists, Wells often came to be seen as too radical. Wells encountered and sometimes collaborated with the others, but they also had many disagreements, while also competing for attention for their ideas and programs. For example, there are differing in accounts for why Wells' name was excluded from the original list of founders of the NAACP. In his autobiography Dusk of Dawn, Du Bois implied that Wells chose not to be included. However, in her autobiography, Wells stated that Du Bois deliberately excluded her from the list.

Organizing in Chicago

Having settled in Chicago, Wells continued her anti-lynching work while becoming more focused on the civil rights of African Americans. She worked with national civil rights leaders to protest a major exhibition, she was active in the national women's club movement, and she ultimately ran for the Illinois State Senate. She also was passionate about women’s rights and suffrage. She was a spokeswomen and an advocate for women being successful in the workplace, having  equal opportunities, and creating a name for themselves

World's Columbian Exposition

In 1893, the World's Columbian Exposition was held in Chicago. Together with Frederick Douglass and other black leaders, Wells organized a black boycott of the fair, for its exclusion of African Americans from the exhibits. Wells, Douglass, Irvine Garland Penn, and Wells' future husband, Ferdinand L. Barnett, wrote sections of the pamphlet The Reason Why: The Colored American Is Not in the World's Columbian Exposition, which detailed the progress of blacks since their arrival in America and also exposed the basis of Southern lynchings. Wells later reported to Albion W. Tourgée that copies of the pamphlet had been distributed to more than 20,000 people at the fair.[44] That year she started work with The Chicago Conservator, the oldest African-American newspaper in the city.

Women's Clubs

Living in Chicago in the late 19th century, Wells was very active in the national Woman's club movement. In 1893, she organized The Women's Era Club, a first-of-its-kind civic club for African-American women in Chicago. It would later be renamed the Ida B. Wells Club in her honor.[46] In 1894 she helped found two Chicago clubs in response to a new state law that gave women the right to vote in certain national and state offices and to run for the elective office of Trustee of the University of Illinois.[47] While being involved the women’s suffrage movement, Wells endured opposition from many people, including other women. To support the Republican Party nomination of Lucy L. Flower as a University Trustee, Wells helped organize the Republican Women's Club in Illinois. Flower was eventually elected.[48] That same year, Wells was part of a group of women who formed the Alpha Suffrage Club to encourage women's participation in Chicago politics. On a national level, Wells sought to organize African-American groups across the United States. In 1896, Wells, working with Josephine St. Pierre Ruffin, Harriet Tubman, Mary Church Terrell and others, helped found the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs. She also helped organize the National Afro-American Council.

Wells received much support from other social activists and her fellow club women. Frederick Douglass praised her work: "You have done your people and mine a service ... What a revelation of existing conditions your writing has been for me."[49]

Despite Douglass' praise, Wells was becoming a controversial figure among local and national women's clubs. This was evident when in 1899 the National Association of Colored Women's Clubs intended to meet in Chicago. Writing to the president of the association, Mary Terrell, Chicago organizers of the event stated that they would not cooperate in the meeting if it included Wells. When Wells learned that Terrell had agreed to exclude Wells, she called it "a staggering blow."

School segregation

In 1900, Wells was outraged when the Chicago Tribune published a series of articles suggesting adoption of a system of racial segregation in public schools. Given her experience as a school teacher in segregated systems in the South, she wrote to the publisher on the failures of segregated school systems and the successes of integrated public schools. She then went to his office and lobbied him. Unsatisfied, she enlisted the social reformer Jane Addams in her cause. Wells and the pressure group she put together with Addams are credited with stopping the adoption of an officially segregated school system.

Suffrage

Willard controversy

Wells' role in the U.S. suffrage movement was inextricably linked to her lifelong crusade against racism, violence and discrimination towards African Americans. Her view of women's enfranchisement was pragmatic and political. Like all suffragists she believed in women's right to vote, but she also saw enfranchisement as a way for black women to become politically involved in their communities and to use their votes to elect African Americans, regardless of gender, to influential political offices.

As a prominent black suffragist, Wells held strong positions against racism, violence and lynching that brought her into conflict with leaders of largely white suffrage organizations. Perhaps the most notable example of this conflict was her very public disagreement with Frances Willard, the first President of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU).

The WCTU was a predominantly white women's organization, with branches in every state and a growing membership. With roots in the call for temperance and sobriety, the organization later became a powerful advocate of suffrage in the U.S.

In 1893 Wells and Willard travelled separately to Britain on lecture tours. Willard was promoting temperance as well as suffrage for women, and Wells was calling attention to lynching in the U.S. The basis of their dispute was Wells' public statements that Willard was silent on the issue of lynching. She referred to an interview Willard had conducted during her tour of the American South, in which she had blamed African Americans' behavior for the defeat of temperance legislation. "The colored race multiplies like the locusts of Egypt," she had said, and "the grog shop is its center of power. ... The safety of women, of childhood, of the home is menaced in a thousand localities."[63]

Although Willard and her prominent supporter Lady Somerset attempted to limit press coverage of Wells' comments, newspapers in Britain in fact provided details of the dispute.

Wells also dedicated a chapter of her 1895 pamphlet A Red Record to juxtapose the different positions that she and Willard held. The chapter titled "Miss Willard's Attitude" condemned Willard for using rhetoric that she thought promoted violence and other crimes against African Americans in America.

Alpha Suffrage Club

In the years following her dispute with Willard, Wells continued her Anti- Lynching campaign and organizing in Chicago. She focused her work on black women's suffrage in the city following the enactment of a new state law enabling partial women's suffrage. The Illinois Presidential and Municipal Suffrage Bill of 1913 gave women in the state the right to vote for presidential electors, mayor, aldermen and most other local offices; but not for governor, state representatives or members of Congress. Illinois was the first state east of the Mississippi to give women these voting rights. During the membership of Ida B. Wells in the Negro Fellowship League, the organization advocated for women's suffrage alongside its support for the Republican Party in Illinois.

This act was the impetus for Wells and her white colleague Belle Squire to organize the Alpha Suffrage Club in Chicago in 1913. One of the most important black suffrage organizations in Chicago, the Alpha Suffrage Club was founded as a way to further voting rights for all women, to teach black women how to engage in civic matters and to work to elect African Americans to city offices. Two years after its founding, the club played a significant role in electing Oscar DePriest as the first African-American Alderman in Chicago.

As Wells and Squire were organizing the Alpha Club, the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was organizing a suffrage parade in Washington D.C. Marching the day before the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson in 1913, suffragists from across the country gathered to demand universal suffrage. Wells, together with a delegation of members from Chicago, attended. On the day of the march, the head of the Illinois delegation told the Wells delegates that the NAWSA wanted "to keep the delegation entirely white." and all African-American suffragists, including Wells were to walk at the end of the parade in a "colored delegation." Instead of going to the back with other African Americans, however, Wells waited with spectators as the parade was underway, and stepped into the white Chicago delegation as they passed by.

"Race agitator" to political candidate

During World War I, the U.S. government placed Wells under surveillance, labeling her a dangerous "race agitator." She defied this threat by continuing civil rights work during this period with such figures as Marcus Garvey, Monroe Trotter, and Madam C.J. Walker. In 1917, she wrote a series of investigative reports for the Chicago Defender on the East St. Louis Race Riots.

After almost thirty years away, Wells made her first trip back to the South in 1921 to investigate and publish a report on the Elaine Race Riot in Arkansas (published 1922). In the 1920s, she participated in the struggle for African-American workers rights, urging black women's organizations to support the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, as it tried to gain legitimacy. However, she lost the presidency of the National Association of Colored Women in 1924 to the more diplomatic Mary Bethune. To challenge what she viewed as problems in Chicago for African Americans, Wells started a political organization named Third Ward Women's Political Club in 1927. In 1930, Wells unsuccessfully sought elective office, running as an independent for a seat in the Illinois Senate.

Influence on black feminist activism

Although not a feminist writer herself, Wells-Barnett tried to explain that the defense of white women's honor allowed Southern white men to get away with murder by projecting their own history of sexual violence onto black men. Her call for all races and genders to be accountable for their actions showed African-American women that they can speak out and fight for their rights. By portraying the horrors of lynching, she worked to show that racial and gender discrimination are linked, furthering the black feminist cause.

Autobiography and death

Wells began writing her autobiography, Crusade for Justice (1928), but never finished the book; it would be posthumously published, edited by her daughter Alfreda, in 1970, as Crusade for Justice: The Autobiography of Ida B. Wells.

Wells died of uremia (kidney failure) in Chicago on March 25, 1931, at the age of 68. She was buried in the Oak Woods Cemetery in Chicago.

Legacy and honors

Since Wells' death, with the rise of mid-twentieth-century civil rights activism, and the 1971 posthumous publication of her autobiography, interest in her life and legacy has grown. Awards have been established in her name by the National Association of Black Journalists, the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, the Coordinating Council for Women in History, the Investigative Fund, the University of Louisville, and the New York County Lawyers' Association, among many others. The Ida B. Wells Memorial Foundation and the Ida B. Wells Museum have also been established to protect, preserve and promote Wells' legacy. In her hometown of Holly Springs, Mississippi, there is an Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum in her honor that acts as a cultural center of African-American history.

In 1941, the Public Works Administration (PWA) built a Chicago Housing Authority public housing project in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the south side in Chicago; it was named the Ida B. Wells Homes in her honor. The buildings were demolished in August 2011 due to changing demographics and ideas about such housing.

In 1988, she was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. In August that year, she was also inducted into the Chicago Women's Hall of Fame. In 2011, Wells was inducted into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame for her writings. Molefi Kete Asante included Wells on his list of 100 Greatest African Americans in 2002.

On February 1, 1990, the United States Postal Service issued a 25-cent postage stamp in her honor. In 2006, the Harvard Kennedy School commissioned a portrait of Wells. On July 16, 2015, which would have been her 153rd birthday, Wells was honored with a Google Doodle.

In 2018, the National Memorial for Peace and Justice opened; it includes a reflection space dedicated to Wells, a selection of quotes by her, and a stone inscribed with her name.

On March 8, 2018, The New York Times published a belated obituary for her, in a series marking International Women's Day and entitled "Overlooked" that set out to remedy the fact that since 1851, their obituary pages have been dominated by white men, while significant women — including Wells, and others — had been ignored.

In July 2018, Chicago's City Council officially renamed Congress Parkway to Ida B. Wells Drive; it is the first downtown Chicago street named for a woman of color.

On February 12, 2019, a blue plaque, provided by the Nubian Jak Community Trust, was unveiled at the Edgbaston Community Centre, Birmingham, England, commemorating Wells’ stay in a house on the site during her speaking tour of the British Isles, in 1893.

On July 13, 2019, a marker for her was dedicated in Mississippi, on the northeast corner of Holly Springs’ Courthouse Square.

The Extra Mile National Monument in Washington, D.C. selected Wells as one of its 37 honorees. The Extra Mile pays homage to Americans such as Wells who set aside their own self-interest in order to help others and who successfully brought positive social change to the United States.

In 2019, a new middle school in Washington, DC was named in her honor.

Representation in other media

In 1995, the play In Pursuit of Justice: A One-Woman Play About Ida B. Wells, written by Wendy Jones and starring Janice Jenkins, was produced. It is drawn from historical incidents and speeches from Wells' autobiography, and features fictional letters to a friend. It won four awards from the AUDELCO (Audience Development Committee Inc.), an organization that honors black theatre.

In 1999, a staged reading of the play Iola's Letter, written by Michon Boston, was performed at Howard University in Washington, DC, under the direction of Vera J. Katz, including then-student Chadwick Boseman (Black Panther) among the cast. The play is inspired by the real-life events that compelled a 29-year-old Ida B. Wells to launch an anti-lynching crusade from Memphis in 1892 using her newspaper, Free Speech. Iola's Letter is published in the anthology Strange Fruit:  Plays on Lynching by American Women, edited by Judith L. Stephens and Kathy A. Perkins (Indiana University Press, 1998).

Wells' life is the subject of Constant Star (2002), a musical drama by Tazewell Thompson that has been widely performed. The play explores Wells as "a seminal figure in Post-Reconstruction America."

Wells was played by Adilah Barnes in the 2004 film Iron Jawed Angels. The film dramatizes a moment during the Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913 when Wells ignored instructions to march with the segregated parade units and crossed the lines to march with the other members of her Illinois chapter.

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Fantastic Four Vol 1 #187, #188, & #189

Thur Aug 22 2019 [02:04 PM] Bocaj: 187 issues later, still fantastic but not necessarily still four [02:05 PM] Wack'd: Eh, they're still pretty Fourish [02:05 PM] Wack'd: Unless you count Franklin I guess [02:05 PM] Wack'd: Sure, Thundra, Greer, and Impy have been around a lot lately, but Greer insists she's not part of the team and Thundra and Impy don't really play well with others [02:06 PM] maxwellelvis: Also, Impossible Man's been KO'd by an unseen assailant. [02:06 PM] Wack'd: Also true [02:07 PM] Wack'd: Anyway, on the plane ride back from New Salem, the team recaps a little [02:07 PM] Wack'd: Agatha left that place in the hopes that others have her kind would be encouraged to join her, and she blames herself for raising Nicholas badly [02:07 PM] Wack'd: These are, again, the kind of details it might've been nice to have during the actual story so we could wring something out of them [02:08 PM] Bocaj: "Thundra and Impy don't really play well with others" I posit that Johnny and Ben historically haven't always played well with others [02:09 PM] Bocaj: Sometimes a family is that cat woman stray you adopted, the woman from an alternate universe where men are considered the weaker gender until you slammed her universe into another, and that annoying alien [02:09 PM] Bocaj: We'll call him the 'urkel' type [02:09 PM] Wack'd: Let me rephrase that to "are openly contemptuous of others and seem hesitant to do even the bare minimum to lend aid" [02:09 PM] maxwellelvis: Yeah, but in a different way from Impossible Man, who literally nobody except other Popuppians can stand to be around. [02:09 PM] Bocaj: Ok well thats different [02:10 PM] Wack'd: The Four discover Impy, knocked out but apparently unharmed. Sue worries that whoever did this might still be in the Baxter [02:11 PM] Wack'd: We can also add to George Pérez to the long list of comics artists who are bad at drawing children but very good at drawing tiny adults

[02:12 PM] Bocaj: George Pérez can draw a lot of things, in terms of range and also in terms of numerical things on a page but children are black magic that eludes him [02:13 PM] Aleph Null: i relate because children are also black magic that eludes me [02:13 PM] Wack'd: So Johnny flies outside to look in all the windows while Ben decides to go floor by floor. Reed is out out because they made a plan without him and Sue has to heal his fragile ego [02:13 PM] Wack'd: “Without my stretching powers, I'm not really good enough to be anything more than a nursemaid!” [02:13 PM] Bocaj: fuck off reed [02:14 PM] Aleph Null: can we retitle the blog to “fuck off reed” [02:14 PM] Wack'd: This is a nice moment

[02:15 PM] Wack'd: Honestly I like how forgiving everyone is being of Agatha. Not that anyone on this team has room to throw stones [02:16 PM] Wack'd: Oh my god Johnny is also like "man, running off on my own like I always do probably hurt Reed's feelings" [02:16 PM] Wack'd: Anyway Ben runs into KLAW! [02:17 PM] Bocaj: Ulysses Klaue Klaw? [02:17 PM] Wack'd: Whose shtick at this point is still being made of sound and also being able to fire sound monsters at people [02:17 PM] Wack'd: And not, you know, having a claw [02:17 PM] maxwellelvis: His artificial hand is his claw. [02:19 PM] Wack'd: Oh hey it's this guy

[02:19 PM] Bocaj: oh thats a bad look [02:20 PM] maxwellelvis: Actually that's not that guy. That's a different guy. [02:20 PM] Wack'd: Back in #20 he got the ability to alter non-organic matter because he was exposed to an atomic incident [02:20 PM] Wack'd: Since then he's had a couple of appearances in the 70s, one in Two in One and one in Iron Man [02:20 PM] Bocaj: The guy I knew as Molecule Man is a multiversal bomb [02:21 PM] maxwellelvis: Wait, I saw that guy shrivel up and disintegrate when separated from his wand for too long. [02:22 PM] Wack'd: Yes [02:22 PM] Wack'd: This got undone in the Iron Man appearance I mentioned [02:22 PM] maxwellelvis: oh [02:22 PM] Wack'd: Where he also gained the ability to possess people [02:23 PM] Bocaj: There was a shitty Avengers Assemble episode about Son of Molecule Man [02:23 PM] Bocaj: It had a stylistic flashback to EMH [02:23 PM] Wack'd: Given how fucking often these books are like "oh, they killed him, he's gone for real" and then in a completely different book he comes back to life and then he returns to his original book with a long winded explanation... [02:23 PM] Wack'd: I'm not sure why you would've assumed that he was actually dead [02:24 PM] maxwellelvis: Because this time he left behind a body. [02:24 PM] Wack'd: That doesn't mean anything! [02:24 PM] maxwellelvis: Well, a pile of dust in a ragged old Molecule Man costume. [02:24 PM] Wack'd: At the end of his first appearance the Watcher aged him into oblivion [02:26 PM] Wack'd: Agatha filling the role of "lady who tells Reed to suck it the fuck up" now that Medusa's gone

[02:28 PM] Wack'd: Anyway Ben gets turned into glass, Johnny is drowned in midair, Sue is...uh...

[02:28 PM] Wack'd: Sure, that's how that works [02:29 PM] Wack'd: And Reed tries to fire on the two but his gun is turned to helium and he's knocked out [02:30 PM] Wack'd: Okay so uh [02:31 PM] Wack'd: In the aftermath of that Iron Man I mentioned, Klaw found Owen's wand, with Owen's mind trapped inside, and gave it to a guy he met on the street so Owen would possess that guy [02:31 PM] Wack'd: The narrative notes that the guy was a boxer so I should probably also note that the guy was a boxer in case it becomes relevant [02:33 PM] Wack'd: So! The Four are incapacitated! Who cam save them now! [02:33 PM] Wack'd: Why, Impossible Man, of course. Not because he cares about the team, but because he's angry that someone defeated him in combat [02:34 PM] Wack'd: Impy can shapeshift so Molecule Man can't really do much to him [02:34 PM] Wack'd: And Impy removes his ears and makes himself into a non-sound-conductive material so he's immune to Klaw [02:34 PM] Wack'd: And then he kicks their asses [02:35 PM] Wack'd: Owen had been planning on using Reed's psi-amplifier (from that time Ben and Hulk switched brains) to make it so he could keep his ass in this body forever [02:35 PM] Wack'd: But Reed manages to cut the cord mid-process, sapping Owen back into his wand [02:36 PM] Wack'd: And undoing all the damage he caused [02:36 PM] Wack'd: AND THEN REED PICKS UP THE WAND WITH HIS BARE HANDS, LIKE AN IDIOT [02:37 PM] Wack'd: W E L P

[02:38 PM] Bocaj: Basically Lunella becoming Smartest was long overdue because Reed is dumb [02:38 PM] Bocaj: Someone needed to explicitly be smarter than him or else it would be very sad [02:39 PM] Wack'd: Don't think it's escaped my attention that this is our second evil Reed storyline in which Reed isn't actually evil [02:39 PM] Bocaj: Hm [02:40 PM] Bocaj: At least it’s not an evil Sue storyline [02:40 PM] Bocaj: Those are bad in many many ways [02:40 PM] Wack'd: If Gerry Conway's read on the Reed/Sue divorce arc was "if they're going to split up it should be because Reed does something truly ghastly", it seems like Wein's was "people seem to really want to make Reed a jerk, so how do I do that without altering the fact that he's genuinely a nice person" [02:42 PM] Wack'd: I loathed Conway's take, but Wein's is even worse because it denies the idea that Reed has anything to be culpable for. It seems like people have been shilling him constantly recently--Sue noticing Counter-Reed is unaffectionate to spot the ruse, Ben assuming Counter-Reed is obsessively watching the Negative Zone because he wants to save his counterpart, Counter-Reed immediately becoming a selfless paragon when his headache wears off [02:43 PM] Wack'd: And this issue, too, with everyone but Agatha assuming Reed is entitled to authority and feeling bad for hurting his feelings by doing their own things [02:44 PM] Wack'd: Maybe I'm being uncharitable because he's the cripple-the-b**** guy, but it does really seem like he sees nothing wrong with Reed's normal pattern of behavior and is mildly baffled anyone would. Which would fit well with his aesthetic of overwhelming nostalgia [02:45 PM] Wack'd: Anyway

Thur Aug 22 2019 [02:46 PM] Wack'd: So Reed's brain is trapped in Owen's wand now [02:47 PM] Wack'd: Ben destroys the Psi-Amplifier so Owen can't take over Reed's body permanently [02:47 PM] Wack'd: Owen, in retaliation, traps Sue, Johnny, Ben and Impy in an adimantium cube [02:48 PM] Wack'd: While he goes to blow off some adimantium rage [02:48 PM] maxwellelvis: Spider-Man and Venom ~ Maximum Carnage (Genesis) - Main Theme [02:49 PM] Wack'd: Johnny uses his heat to expand the air in the box, forcing it open, but it takes basically everything he's got [02:49 PM] Wack'd: You would think everybody in that box would die a million times of heat stroke but I guess not [02:50 PM] maxwellelvis: I was about to question the presence of Adamantium in an FF story, then I remembered that A. it's past 1975 now so Wolverine is a thing, and B. Len Wein is one of Wolverine's co-creators. [02:50 PM] maxwellelvis: And I think he first coined "Adamantium" to describe what his claws are made of. [02:51 PM] Wack'd: Watcher has gone from a white Grey to a fat bald guy to a Tor Johnson character

[02:53 PM] Wack'd: Watcher is still not talking, which Ben takes as a sign of apathy [02:53 PM] Wack'd: "Why don't you go to sell tickets to a funeral," he asks [02:54 PM] Wack'd: Ah yes, my favorite Tom Hanks movie

[02:55 PM] maxwellelvis: "You should make'em bugs!" [02:58 PM] Wack'd: Credit where it's due, I think this is genuinely the coolest monster design we've had in a while! You can see some remnants of the Kirby aping that still, in 1977, has not worn off, but it feels novel applied to brick and mortar, and I love the arrangements of the windows and the way the structures on the roof jut out of it's shoulders

[02:59 PM] Wack'd: Reed agrees to stop resisting, and the building returns to normal [02:59 PM] Wack'd: And then his friends show up and Reed starts resisting again [03:00 PM] Wack'd: Thanks to that resistance, Owen can't do anything to our heroes directly, and has to settle for transforming their surroundings [03:00 PM] Wack'd: This would be a lot simpler if they just kept the "no organic matter" limit from his first appearance [03:01 PM] maxwellelvis: Blame Steve Gerber, I guess. [03:01 PM] Wack'd: Impy tries to hit Owen with a giant mallet but Sue stops him because she doesn't want to hurt Reed [03:02 PM] Wack'd: Impy takes it well

[03:05 PM] Wack'd: Unfortunately, Reed's body gets knocked out anyway [03:06 PM] Wack'd: But while this renders the Reed inside of Owen's wand unconscious, it sends Owen into spasms of pain [03:06 PM] Wack'd: Causing him to release his grip on the wand, dropping it into a nearby factory furnace [03:07 PM] Wack'd: And so normalcy is restored--OR IS IT?! [03:07 PM] Wack'd: Reed's decided to resign from the Four [03:07 PM] Wack'd: And Sue's going to join him because "I already deserted my husband once, I'm not going to do it again" [03:07 PM] Wack'd: *sigh* [03:08 PM] Bocaj: 😐

Thur Aug 22 2019 [03:10 PM] Wack'd: FANTASTIC FOUR VOL 1 #189 [03:10 PM] Wack'd: Is a reprint of Annual ’66 [03:10 PM] Wack'd: Moving on [03:10 PM] Wack'd: As if there weren't enough reasons to hate Wein, it certainly seems like a lot of issues get delayed while he's around [03:11 PM] Wack'd: This is the second in less than ten issues [03:11 PM] maxwellelvis: That might explain why Chris Claremont took over Uncanny X-Men almost immediately after Wein revived it

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Xingxiulong chengi

By Ripley Cook

Etymology: Dragon from the Xingxiu Bridge

First Described By: Wang et al., 2017

Classification: Dinosauromorpha, Dinosauriformes, Dracohors, Dinosauria, Saurischia, Eusaurischia, Sauropodomorpha, Bagualosauria, Plateosauria, Massopoda, Sauropodiformes

Status: Extinct

Time and Place: Between 201.3 and 199.3 million years ago, in the Hettangian of the Early Jurassic 

Xingxiulong is known from the Shawan Member of the Lufeng Formation 

Physical Description: Xingxiulong was a medium-sized prosauropod, about four to five meters long with a height of one to one and a half meters at the hip. It had a smooth jaw, unlike other prosauropods of the time and place, and it had a long jaw like Lufengosaurus. It’s skull was somewhat short, much like that of the later Camarasaurus, and it would have relied more on its neck and hands to grab food rather than a longer snout. This broad snout would have also made it a generalist, rather than specialist, browser. It’s neck was fairly long and muscular, like in other Sauropodomorphs; it also had a long tail.

Xingxiulong was a fairly bulky and heavyset prosauropod, indicating the journey of this line of dinosaurs as it evolved into Sauropods (though of course, Sauropods were already around at this point in dinosaurian evolution). It even had more vertebrae at the hip, like sauropods, and unlike other prosauropods of its time and place. It also had a longer hip bone than prosauropods - once again, one more like the later sauropods. It’s legs were also very robust, like those of the sauropods. Xingxiulong had a very large gut, allowing it to store more food while digesting. This probably is correlated with its increased ability to hold up a large body weight, compared to its contemporaries. In short, Xingxiulong is a prime example of the slow, step-wise evolution of the prosauropods towards the large nature of the Sauropods - though,of course, Xingxiulong is just an offshoot of that line. 

Being somewhat larger, Xingxiulong probably was more scaly than not, though it still may have possessed feathers. It probably would have stille mostly walked on just its hindlimbs, though it may have been able to walk on its forelimbs when need be. It still would have mainly used its forelimbs in feeding, more than in locomotion. 

By José Carlos Cortés 

Diet: Xingxiulong would have been a mid-level browser, feeding on a variety of fairly dry vegetation by reaching up with its arms and long neck.

Behavior: Xingxiulong, unfortunately, doesn’t have a very well-known behavior, though it probably would have spent most of its time browsing in its environment. It would have had to walk around its environment carefully, given how bulky it was and its large mass; it probably wouldn’t have been the fastest of dinosaurs. As a prosauropod, it most likely was active in its metabolism, and it probably took care of its young. It’s also entirely likely that Xingxiulong would forage in its environment in mixed-species herds, with all the other prosauropods of the time and place in which it lived.

Ecosystem: Xingxiulong lived in the Shawan environment of the Lufeng Formation, one of a few classic environments showing off the initial explosion of dinosaur evolution after the end-Triassic extinction. This was a lush environment, with many lakes, rivers, and overbanks. As such, it would have been a very lush and green environment, though no plant fossils have been reported. Here there were many other kinds of animals, especially transitional dinosaurs. In many ways, it was a counterpart to the South African Elliot Formation, in what it shows about the early evolution of large dinosaurs - though the Elliot was much more arid than the Lufeng.  

By Scott Reid

Contemporary with Xingxiulong, there were many other Prosauropods that probably would have all grazed together in the plant line in mixed-species herds. Here, there was Jingshanosaurus, Yunnanosaurus, Lufengosaurus, and Gyposaurus, all in the specific environment from which Xingxiulong is known. There was also theropods like the smaller Panguraptor, and the large Sinosaurus which would have been a major pain for Xingxiulong. The potential Coelurosaur Eshanosaurus was present too, but this is doubtful and honestly it probably was just another prosauropod. Also present was Lukousaurus, which more likely than not is just a crocodilian. No ornithischians are known from the same environment as Xingxiulong, unfortunately.

Other: Xingxiulong, though very sauropod-like, was actually only midway on the sauropod family tree! Many animals, even in its own environment, were just as close to sauropods as Xingxiulong was. Still, Xingxiulong gives us a decent picture of how sauropods evolved at the Triassic-Jurassic transition.

~ By Meig Dickson

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Albright (Nessarose u/s), Robin de Jesus (Boq) The Rocky Horror Picture Show: Broadway March 14th, 1975 (Soundboard) Cast:  Bill Miller (Brad Majors), Abigale Haness (Janet Weiss), Graham Jarvis (Narrator), Richard O'Brien (Riff Raff), Tim Curry (Dr. Frank-N-Furter), Jamie Donnelly (Magenta), Boni Enten (Columbia), Kim Milford (Rocky), Meat Loaf (Eddie/Dr. Scott)  Notes: This is a live recording made on March 14th, 1975 of the (very short-lived) Rocky Horror Show's original run at the Belasco Theatre on Broadway.   Cat 1991 México DF, México Cast: Marisol Arreola, Hector Arroyo, Simone Brook, Olivia Buzzio, Gabriel de Cervantes, Maru Dueñas, Cecilia Huerta, Javier Diaz Dueñas, Manuel Landeta, Armando Moreno, Enrique del Olmo, María del Sol, Fabiola Zepeda, Lenny Zundel.  Notes: Soundboard Recording  Missing Overture. This could be an audio rip from the DVD, but I'm not 100% sure. Cats London November 8th, 1995 Cast: Admetus/Macavity: Richard Armitage, Alonzo: Nunzio Lombardo, Bill Bailey: Daniel Crossley, Bombalurina: Vanessa Leagh-Hicks, Bustopher/Gus: Tony Timberlake, Carbucketty: Sandy Rass,  Cassandra: Deborah Shrimpton, Coricopat: David Olton, Demeter: Michele Hooper, Electra: Nicola Lee-Owens, Etcetera: Charlotte Peck, George/Rumpus: Steven Wayne,  Grizabella: Clare Burt, Jellylorum: Carrie Ellis, Jemima: Kimberly Partridge. Jennyanydots: Beth Robson (u/s), Mistoffelees: Thomas Paton,Mungojerrie: Ian Meeson, Munkustrap: Andrew Halliday, Old Deuteronomy: Graeme Lauren (s/b), Rumpleteazer: Vikki Coote,  Rum Tum Tugger: John Partridge, Skimbleshanks: Tommi Sliiden (u/s), Tantomile:  Tee Soo-Chan, Victor: John Stacey, Victoria: Sandra Kater ​Chicago: Broadway - 1975 8 Aug Cast-Liza Minelli (special temp. replacement - Roxie Hart), Chita Rivera (Velma Kelly), Jerry Orbach (Billy Flynn), Mary McCarty (Mama Morton), Barney Martin (Amos Hart) Cats 15 July 1998, Hamburg Cast: John Partridge (Munkustrap), Kristin Hölck (Grizabella), Stephan Drakulich (Old Deuteronomy), Ray Strachan (Rum Tum Tugger), Damian Kacperski (Mr. Mistoffelees), Lachlan Youngberg (Bustopher Mürr), Tanya Christensen (Gumbie Katz’), Marco Krämer (Skimbleshanks), Virginia Lilly (Rumpleteazer), Livio Salvi (Mungojerrie) Cats: Seoul, Korea  2008 Oct 16 Cast: 신영석 Shin Young Seok (Grizabella), 대성 Tae Seong (Rum Tum Tugger), 홍경수 Hong Kyung Soo (Munkustrap), 이희정 Lee Hui Jeong (Old Deuteronomy), 김보경 Kim Bo Kyung (Rumpleteazer), 강인영 Kang In Young (Mungogerrie), 강연종 Kang Yeon Jong (Gus), 정주영 Jeong Joo Young (Macavity), 유회웅 Yoo Hui Woong (Mr. Mistoffelees), 문병권 Moon Byung Gwon (Skimbleshanks), 왕브리타  Wang Brita (Jemima), 백두산 Baek Doo San (Alonzo), 이은혜 Lee Eun Hye (Jellylorum) Cats London: December 27th, 2014 Cats:  Broadway September 24th, 2016 Cast:  Leona Lewis (Grizabella), Tyler Hanes (Rum Tum Tugger), Ricky Ubeda (Mistoffelees), Nathan Patrick Morgan (Old Deuteronomy u/s), Eloise Kropp (Jennyanydots),  Callan Bergmann (Carbucketty u/s), Jeremy Davis (Skimbleshanks), Kim Faure (Demeter), Sara Jean Ford (Jellylorum), Lili Froehlich (Electra), Daniel Gaymon (Macavity),  Francesca Granell (Rumpleteazer  u/s), Christopher Gurr (Gus/Bustopher Jones), Andy Huntington Jones (Munkustrap), Kolton Krouse (Tumblebrutus), Jess Le Protto (Mungojerrie), Georgina Pazcougin (Victoria), Claire Camp (Cassandra u/s), Arianna Rosario (SIllabub), Ahmad Smmons (Alonzo), Christine Cornish Smith (Bombalurina), Corey Snide (Coricopat), Emily Tate (Tantomile), Sharrod Wiliams (Pouncival) Cats (1989 Original French Cast Recording) Cats (1991 Original Mexican Cast Recording)   Cabaret - Signature Theatre Washington DC - Date Unknown Cast: Wesley Taylor (Emcee), Barret Wilbert Weed (Sally), Gregory Woodell (Cliff), Rick Foucheux (Herr Schultz), Naomi Jacobson (Fraulein Schneider), Bobby Smith (Ernst), Maria Rizzo (Fraulein Kost) ​Carousel: 2018  Broadway Revival January 28th, 2018 (1st Preview) Cast: Joshua Henry as Billy Bigelow, Jessie Mueller as Julie Jordan, Lindsay Mendez as Carrie Pipperidge, Renée Fleming as Nettie Fowler, Alexander Gemignani as Enoch Snow, Amar Ramasar as Jigger, John Douglas Thompson as the Starkeeper, and Brittany Pollock as Louise Dear Evan Hansen:  Broadway - May 15, 2018 Cast: Taylor Trensch (Evan Hansen), ​Laura Dreyfuss (Zoe), Will Roland (Jared), Phoenix Best (Alana), Alex Boniello (Connor), Rachel Bay Jones (Heidi), Michael Park (Larry), Jennifer Laura Thompson (Cynthia) Notes: Alex's first show as Connor.   El Hombre de La Mancha (1969 Original Mexican Cast Recording) El Hombre de La Mancha (2017 Mexican Revival Cast Recording) Little Shop Of Horrors:  Broadway | September 16, 2003 DeQuina Moore (Chiffon), Trisha Jeffrey (Crystal), Carla J. Hargrove (Ronnette), Rob Bartlett (Mushnik), Kerry Butler (Audrey), Hunter Foster (Seymour), Michael-Leon Wooley (voice of Audrey II) ​Into the Woods National Tour (Fiasco Theater Production) 4/11/17 Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles Eleasha Gamble (Baker's Wife), Anthony Chatmon II (Lucinda/Wolf/Cinderella's Prince), Fred Rose (Mysterious Man), Darick Pead (Rapunzel's Prince/Florinda/Milky White), Bonne Kramer (Cinderella's Stepmother/Jack's Mother), Laurie Veldheer (Cinderella/Granny), Stephanie Umoh (The Witch), Patrick Mulryan (Jack/Steward), Evan Harrington (Baker), Lisa Helmi Johanson (Little Red Ridinghood/Rapunzel). *Includes BC/EFA Speech by Patrick Mulryan. Wicked (2016 Original Mexican Cast Recording)This was released by the official Mexican Page on Youtube. It’s a Soundboard recording of Wicked México. Sound is crystal clear, some of the songs have dialogue. Cast: Ana Cecilia Anzaldúa (Elphaba), Cecilia de la Cueva (Glinda), Jorge Lau (Fiyero), Marisol Meneses (Nessarosa). Adam Sadwing (Boq), Beto Torres (Dr. Dillamond), Anahí Allué (Senorita. Mórrida), Paco Morales (El Mago de Oz), Beto Díaz (Frexspar/ El Padre de Elphaba), Lizeth Navarro (Melena/ La Madre de Elphaba). Alicia Paola Sanchez (La Partera) Wicked - 2016.08.18 - International Tour Cast: Jodie Steele (Elphaba s/b), Elizabeth Futter (Glinda u/s), Steven Pinder (The Wizard/Dr. Dillamond), Bradley Jaden (Fiyero), Kim Ismay (Madame Morrible), Emily Shaw (Nessarose), Iddon Jones (Boq) notes: This was Elizabeth’s first show as Glinda! On Your Feet: Broadway April 1st, 2017 (Evening) Ana Villafañe (Gloria), Ektor Rivera (Emilio), Yassmin Alers (Gloria Fajardo u), Alma Cuervo (Consuelo), Amaris Sanchez (Little Gloria), Eduardo Hernadez (Young Emilio and others), Eliseo Roman (José Fajardo), Genny Lis Padilla (Rebecca) My Master: This show was great but there was a very drunk lady sitting next to me, she belted some of the lyrics to the songs! A Chorus Line:  Westchester Broadway Theatre February 3rd, 2018 (Evening) Cast: Drew Carr (Mike), Tiffany Chalothorn (Connie), Erika Conaway (Tricia), Joseph Cullinane (Greg), Kevin Curtis (Richie), Emma Degerstedt (Val), Brian Dillon (Larry), David Elder (Zach), Tim Fuchs (Al), Danielle Marie Gonzalez (Vicki),  David Grindrod (Roy), Michael John Hughes (Paul), Tyler Jimenez (Don), Emily Kelly (Maggie), Ashley Klinger Kristine), Joey Lucherini (Frank), Erica Mansfield (Cassie), Alexandra Matteo (Diana), Logan Mortier (Bobby), PJ Palmer (Mark), Lauren Sprague (Sheila), Kelsey Walston (Bebe), Caitlin Wilayton (Judy) My Master: This performance was wonderful, it had no intermission. Avenue Q 1999 Demos Anastasia: Broadway July 21, 2017 ( 8:00 PM) cast: Christy Altomare (Anya), Derek Klena (Dmitry), Mary Beth Peil (Dowager Empress Maria Feodorovna), Ramin Karimloo (Gleb), John Bolton (Vlad Popov), Caroline O'Connor (Lily), Kathryn Boswell (Countess Gregory swing) My Master Charlie and the Chocolate Factory: Broadway November 11th, 2017 (Evening) Cast: Christian Borle (Willy Wonka), Ryan Foust (Charlie Bucket), Kyle Taylor Parker (Mrs. Green), John Rubinstein (Grandpa Joe), Emily Padgett (Mrs. Bucket), Kristy Cates (Grandma Josephine), Madeleine Doherty (Grandma Georgina), Paul Slade Smith (Grandpa George), Mikey Winslow( Jerry u), Stephanie Gibson (Cherry), Kathy Fitzgerald (Mrs. Gloop), F. Michael Haynie (Augustus Gloop), Jared Bradslaw (Mr. Salt u), Emma Pfaeffle (Veruca Salt), Mr. Beauregarde (Alan H. Green), Violet Beauregarde (Trista Dollison), Michael Wartella (Mike TeaVee), Jackie Hoffman (Mrs. Teavee) (My Master) Miss Saigon:  Broadway January 14th, 2018 Cast: Eva Noblezada (Kim), Jon Jon Briones (The Engineer), Alistair Brammer (Chris), Katie Rose Clarke (Ellen), Nicholas Christopher (John), Devin Ilaw (Thuy), Dorcas Leung (Gigi) (Final Show) Mary Poppins: (2012 Mexican Cast Recording) Bianca Marroquin (Mary Poppins), Mauricio Salas (Bert), Catalina Farias (Winifred Banks), Paco Morales (George Banks), Daniela Meneses [?] (Jane Banks), Sebastián Gallegos[?] (Michael Banks) Andrés Elvira (Valentin), Mariano Bucio (Neleus), Alm Cristal (Mrs. Brill), Andrés Sáez (Robertson Ay), Laura Cortés (Ms. Andrew & Bird Woman), Sergio Carranza (Almirante Boom), Paloma Cordero (Mrs. Corry), Natalia Saltiel (Mrs. Lark), Vince Miranda, Eden Pintos, Marcela Nava, Alma Escudero, Yolanda Campos, Majo Perez, Julieta Martínez, Eduardo Ibarra, Carlos Pulido, Omar Rodríguez, Alexo Fergo, Antonio Mariscal, Alicia Paola Sánchez, Jose Sampedro, Kim Yañez, Raymundo Montoya, Óscar Hernández, Roberto Hernández, Cecilia Arias, Mariano Villarello, Marcia Peña, Ruben Plascencia, Lolo Jiménez. *Songs only. This was recorded from the soundboard from various dates throughout the run. Once on this Island: Broadway Revival January 22nd, 2018 Cast:   Hailey Kilgore (Ti Moune), Isaac Powell (Daniel), Tamyra Gray (Papa Ge), Lea Salonga (Erzulie), Norm Lewis (Agwe), Alex Newell (Asaka), Kenita R. Miller (Mama Euralie), T Oliver Reid (u/s Tonton Julian), Mia Williamson (Little Girl), Alysha Deslorieux (Andrea/Storyteller), David Jennings (Armand/Storyteller), Tyler Hardwick (u/s Beauxhommes/Storyteller). Frozen: Broadway March 4th, 2018- Cast: Alyssa Fox (s/b Elsa), Patti Murin, John Riddle, Jelani Alladin, Andrew Pirozzi, Greg HIldreth, Audrey Bennett, Brooklyn Nelson, Ann Sanders, James Brown III, Timothy Hughes, Olivia Phillip, Robert Creighton, Kevin Del Aguila Notes: Alyssa Fox’s debut as Elsa Chicago Broadway: April 1st, 2018 (Evening) Cast: Amra-Faye Wright (Velma), Charlotte d’ Amboise (Roxie), Brian O’ Brien (Fred Casey) , Evan Harrington (Amos) , Katie Mitchell (Liz), Pilar Millhollen (Annie), Donna Marie Asbury (June), Beth Johnson Nicely (Hunyak u/s), Angel Reda (Mona), Valerie Simpson (Matron “Mama” Morton), Chaz Lamar Shepherd (Billy Flynn), R. Lowe (Mary Sunshine), Jessica Ernest (Go-To-Hell Kitty)  My Master: Act 1 only (Ends towards the middle of Cell Block Tango) Kinky Boots: Broadway April 28th, 2018 Cast: Charlie Price (David Cook), Blaine Alden Krauss (Lola u), Cooper Lantz (Young Charlie), Jesús del Orden (Young Lola), Stephen Berger (Mr. Price), Eugene Barry-Hill (Simon Sr), Caroline Bowman (Nicola), Marcus Neville (George), Daniel Stewart Sherman (Don), Kirstin Maldonado (Lauren), Natalie Joy Johnson (Pat), Jake Odmark (Harry), Jennifer Perry (Trish), Ciarán Mccarthy (Richard Bailey), Adinah Alexander (Milan Stage Manager), Kevin Smith Kirkwood, Alfred Dalpino (u/s), Fred Odgaard, Kyle Post, Charlie Sutton, and Joey Taranto (Angels) My Master: Ciarán Mccarthy’s Broadway debut! Mean Girls: Broadway 6/17/2018 Cast: Erika Henningsen (Cady Heron), Becca Petersen (u/s Regina George), Ashley Park (Gretchen Wieners), Kate Rockwell (Karen  Smith), Barrett Wilbert Weed (Janis Sarkisian), Grey Henson (Damian Hubbard), Kerry Butler (Mrs. Heron/Ms. Norbury/Mrs. George), Rick Younger (Mr. Duvall), Kyle Selig (Aaron Samuels), Cheech Manohar (Kevin Gnapoor), Iain Young (u/s Mr Heron) Notes: Becca's Regina George debut Moulin Rouge: Boston Tryouts July 24th, 2018- Cast: Aaron Tveit (Christian), Karen Olivo (Satine), Danny Burstein (Harold Zidler), Sahr Ngaujah (Toulouse-Lautrec), Tam Mutu (Duke of Monroth), Ricky Rojas (Santiago), Robyn Hurder (Nini) Notes: Act I is pretty much the same but Act II has some changes. "Roxanne is now far more manic and powerful, Crazy/Rolling in the Deep has a much more desperate feel which makes the pain Christian and Satine feel much more obvious, and Come What May is restored in part to Satine's death scene." Be More Chill-​August 2, 2018 (Off Broadway) Will Roland (Jeremy Heere), George Salazar (Michael Mell), Stephanie Hsu (Christine Canigula), Jason Tam (The SQUIP), Katlyn Carlson (Chloe Valentine), Lauren Marcus (Brooke Lohst), Gerard Canonico (Rich Goranski), Tiffany Mann (Jenna Rolan), Britton Smith (Jake Dillinger), Jason "SweetTooth" Williams (Mr. Heere/Mr. Reyes/Scary Stock Boy) Once on this Island: Broadway Revival August 18th, 2018- 2:00 PM Cast:   Lauren Lott (Ti Moune), Isaac Powell (Daniel), Merle Dandridge (Papa Ge) Darlesia Cearcy (Erzulie), Quentin Earl Darrington (Agwe), Alex Newell (Asaka), Kenita R. Miller (Mama Euralie), Boise Holmes ( Tonton Julian), Mia Williamson (Little Girl), Anna Uzele (Andrea/Storyteller), David Jennings (Armand/Storyteller), and Daniel Yearwood ( Beauxhommes/Storyteller) My Master Notes: This was such an incredible show, I cried a lot! Wicked - Broadway December 1st, 2018 Cast: Jessica Vosk (Elphaba), Amanda Jane Cooper (Glinda), Ryan Mccartan (Fiyero), Jye Frasca (Boq), Kristen Martin (Nessarose), Nancy Opel (Madame Morrible), Kevin Chamberlin (The Wizard), Jamie Jackson (Dr. Dillamond), Michael Di Liberto (u/s Witch’s Father/Ozian Official), Lindsay Janisse (Witch’s Mother), Kathy Santen (Midwife), Dominic Giudici (Chistery), Ioana Alfonso, Larkin Bogan, Teneise Mitchell Ellis, Dominic Giudici, Dan Gleason, Josh Daniel Green, Jeff Heimbrock, Manuel I. Herrera, Courtney Iventosch, Lindsay Janisse, Britney Johnson, Katie Ladner, Marissa Lupp, Matt Meigs, Dashi Mitchell, Lindsay K. Northen, Jonathan Ritter, William Ryall, Kathy Santen, Hannah Shankman, Travis Taber, Jeremy Thompson (Monkeys, students, Denizens of the Emerald City, Palace Guards and Other Citizens of Oz)   User: dnc445 on Reddit’s Master Dear Evan Hansen - Broadway December 12, 2018 ​Cast: Roman Banks (u/s Evan), Lisa Brescia (Heidi Hansen), Mallory Bechtel (Zoe Murphy), Sky Lakota-Lynch (Jared Kleinman), Phoenix Best (Alana Beck), Alex Boniello (Connor Murphy), Garrett Long (u/s Cynthia Murphy), Michael Park (Larry Murphy) Roman Banks First Performance King Kong Broadway: December 13th, 2018- 2:00 PM Cast: Christiani Pitts (Ann Darrow), Eric William Morris (Carl Denham), Erik Lochtefeld (Lumpy), Rory Donovan (Captain Englehorn), Harley Jay (Barman), Casey Garvin (Fake Carl), John Hoche (Voice of Kong ) My Master: This show was really fun! James Retter Duncan (swing) and Nick Rashad Burroughs’ first show Wicked: Broadway  January 10, 2019 (Evening) Jessica Vosk (Elphaba), Brittney Johnson (u/s Glinda), Jake Boyd (Fiyero), Kevin Chamberlin (The Wizard), Nancy Opel (Madame Morrible), Jesse JP Johnson (Boq), Kristen Martin (Nessarose), Jamie Jackson (Dr. Dillamond), Michael Di Liberto as (u/s Witch's Father), Lindsay Janisse (Witch's Mother), Kathy Santen (Midwife). Master: thediaryofatheatrekid Notes: Brittney's debut as Glinda! She’s the first woman of color to portray Glinda on Broadway! Beauty and the Beast at WPPAC, White Plains, NY January 12, 2019 (Evening) Cast: Belle ( Erica Lustig), Beast (Ezekial Andrew), Gaston ( Tom DeMichele), Lefou (Robert Peterpaul), Maurice (David M. Beris), Lumiere (Patrick Pevehouse), Cogsworth (Brendan Doyle), Mrs. Potts (Paulette Oliva, Chip (Robbie Crandall),  Madame de la Grande Bouche (Katelyn Lauria) and Babette (Elizabeth Brady) My Master Wicked: Broadway March 30, 2019 (Evening) Cast: Laurel Harris (Standby Elphaba), Katie Rose Clarke (Glinda), Gizel Jimenez (Nessarose), Boq (Jesse JP Johnson), Fiyero (Ryan McCartan), Dr. Dillamond (Jamie Johnson), Madame Morrible (Nancy Opal), The Wizard (Michael McCormick), Witch's Mother (Sterling Masters), Witch's Father (William Ryall), Midwife (Kathy Santen), Chistery (Raymond Joel Matsamura) My Master Kinky Boots: Broadway April 7, 2019 (Last Show) Cast: Andy Kelso  (Charlie), J. Harrison Ghee (Lola), Carrie St. Louis (Lauren), Caroline Bowman (Nicola), Daniel Stewart Sherman (Don), Marcus Neville (George) Hadestown: Broadway July 9th, 2019 (Evening) Cast:  Reeve Carney (Orpheus), Eva Noblezada (Eurydice), Amber Gray (Persephone), Patrick Page (Hades), Andre De Shields (Hermes), Jewelle Blackman (Fate), Yvette Gonzalez-Nacer (Fate), Kay Trinidad (Fate), Afra Hines, Timothy Hughes, John Krause, Kimberly Marable, Ahmad Simmons (Workers Chorus) (My Master) Jesus Christ Superstar: July 8th 2019  Barbican Center (Regent's Park Production) Cast: Robert Tripolino (Jesus of Nazareth), Ricardo Afonso (Judas Iscariot), Sallay Garnett (Mary Magdalene), Matt Cardle (Pontius Pilate), Samuel Buttery (King Herod), Cavin Cornwall (Caiaphas), Nathan Amzi (Annas), Matthew Harvey (Peter), Tim Newman (Simon Zealotes) Graverobber’s Master Les Misérables:  London 13 July 2019 (Evening) CAST: Dean Chisnall: Jean Valjean, Bradley Jaden: Javert, Carley Stenson: Fantine, Elena Skye: Eponine, Toby Miles: Marius, Charlotte Kennedy: Cosette, Steven Meo: Thénardier, Vivien Parry: Madame Thénardier, Samuel Edwards: Enjolras Notes: The final show of the original production of Les Misérables. Includes Dean Chisnall's speech. Please gift this audio upon ​request. Instrumentals: A Chorus Line US Tour  Pit Tracks Cats Instrumental Tracks (Mortifer) A lot of the tracks are synthesized, sounds like someone took a lot of karaoke tracks and put them together with orchestra but they’re some great tracks. Cats Mexico 1991 Orchestra Tracks (Teatro Silvia Pinal) ​ ​ Cats Backing Tracks (Midi) The Wizard of Oz Orchestra Tracks (RSC’ 1981) Les Mis US Tour Orchestra Tracks ​Wicked Orchestra Tracks Notes: This album is given to cast members when they first get cast in the show. People say this orchestration is the First National Tour one but it really isn’t, it sounds much more like the LA orchestrations. Perfect quality, includes every musical interlude, underscore, song, etc.

Audio Wants: Audio of the current run of Cats in Mexico, any production of Cabaret. Anything with Wicked, Cats México or Argentina, Dear Evan Hansen, Hadestown, Once on this Island, The Wizard of Oz, and anything I don’t have!

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Sunday, April 7.....Med-Ball Toss Deadlift & Bench Press......15 Minute AMRAP.....100 Calorie Burn.

It’s raining kettle-bells, so we imposed on Robert’s Sabbath plans and got him to open the Brentwood Academy gym.

Lovely Dana reluctantly yielded to the pressure of our group and after years of pleading, she led our beginning mobility and stretching.  Dana agreed to do this without actually agreeing.  Now we can count on her for future warmup sessions.

Warmup #2:     Partner Med-Ball Tosses     Untimed     All tosses were for the width of the BA track.

10 Chest Passes

10 Lateral Passes (R)

10 Lateral Passes (L)

10 Overhead Pases

10 Thruster Pases

Strength WOD:     These can be alternated or not.

Deadlifts               10/5/4/3/2/1

Bench Presses      10/5/4/3/2/1

Listed as Deadlift/Bench Press:

Shane=415/300     Nathan=405/205     Robert=350/225     Armando=335/255     Larry=330 (PR)/270     Owen 325/175 (PRs)     Smoothie=295/170 (PR)     Coach=285/180     Zac=280/125     Herb=275/165     Dana155/125     Cheri=155/95     Sue=135/80     Many failed to post

The WOD:     15 Minute AMRAP for rounds and reps

5 Dead Hang Pull-ups

10 Sumo Deadlift High Pulls     (95/65)

15 GHD Sit-ups

20 Wall-Balls     (20/14)

RXers:

Larry=5 plus 15     Shane=5 plus10     Robert=5     Herb=4 plus 15     Owen/Armando=4     Nathan=3 plus 20  

Buy-Out:     Accumulate 100 calories  on the 5 or 6 machines available at BA.

Notes:

FYI, while we were safely in BA  it didn’t rain a drop at the Barn.

The Garza’s were present in numbers today. Armando and Shannon brought Olivia and Hayden and coached them to a safe workout.  I bet they never imagined I would remember their names, proving the absence of dementia, at least for now.

A reminder that The ShadowBoxers (SCOTT !!) will be singing our nations anthem at the Lakers game tonight at 8:30 PM I hope.  Smoothie is cooking the Buck’s dinner tonight for HIS birthday, so I hope my SIRI reminds me to watch SCOTT through a haze of wine.  Now where did I leave that phone.....?

Tuesday at 4 PM       

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Tira aria di Cloud Atlas da Rick Owens: la sua donna, un po’ dea e un po’ guerriera, è infatti vestita con gli scarti della società moderna.

Frange sottili e panneggi, le permettono di fluttuare tra il tempo e lo spazio, mentre i molteplici strati in tessuti strutturati come il neoprene, lucidi ed impermeabili le garantiscono resistenza, oltre ogni misura e circostanza.

Oltre ad elementi utili come la borsa-marsupio, lo stilista statunitense mantiene anche alcuni elementi di femminilità come le mini, i microtop e gli abiti da sera in fintapelle traforata.

I tessuti tecnici sono anche il punto di forza della collezione primavera/estate 2019 di Unravel, che li preferisce elasticizzati e fascianti, in pieno stile sportivo.

Si tratta di tagli, inserti e trasparenze che danno un gusto nuovo al vestire. Una linea di abiti sportivi che Ben Taverniti unisce ad altri tessuti, come il denim, per rendere nuovo lo stile casual e rendere più femminile, variegato ed unico l’athleisure.

Si può dire che sia quasi dello stesso avviso Sonia Rykiel, che invece predilige soprattutto, come sempre, la maglieria. I tagli sono dunque semplici ma la palette e il range di lavorazioni utilizzate è piuttosto vario.

Contando sulla tecnica del colour-blocking, il marchio francese, il cui team creativo è ora guidato da Julie de Libran, si gioca quasi tutto con le righe marinière, che utilizza soprattutto per ammantare i vestiti.

L’azienda ha subito il colpo nel 2016, quando Sonia Flis, la stilista storica nonché fondatrice, è deceduta, portando con sé anche il suo estro.

Ma la scorsa estate, i vertici ne riorganizzano l’assetto, per dare vita a una linea donna sensuale e delicatamente provocatoria, così come suggeriscono frange e mesh.

Un omaggio all’eredità del brand, che si riflette nelle grafiche artsy, nei tessuti leggeri e scivolati, nel pizzo, nel mix & match di tessiture e trame, e in una femminilità che è di gusto boho, quasi etnico.

Anche Vera Wang utilizza il pizzo e le trasparenze, per mostrare una collezione primavera/estate 2019 carica di eredità.

Quella della sua terra, l’Oriente, fatta di lunghezze maxi e maniche dai grandi volumi.

I suoi capi da goth-geisha, super-eleganti e sensuali, si ammantano di sbuffi, trafori e ricami , che ricordano quelli delle armature dei samurai.

Sofisticata ma senza pretese anche la tavolozza grafica, tutta incentrata sui toni del nero, bianco e avorio.

Ed è incentrato sui grandi volumi anche lo show Schiaparelli.

Il marchio storico del fashion, tornato alla ribalta negli ultimi anni, celebra l’amicizia tra Elsa Schiaparelli e Man Ray.

Un connubbio che vede la reintepretazione di alcuni capi iconici come la jumpsuit dal noto rosa vibrante e i pantaloni alla turca, trend di inizio Novecento.

Si reintepretano le forme e i capi anche da Sacai, marchio giapponese che, forte dell’eredità del suo Paese, mescola sia i riferimenti culturali che i simboli di genere.

Chitose Abe adora giocare con i colori, che unisce in righe e colour-blocking, plissettature e fettucce. Ogni capo è pertanto una destrutturazione o una rivisitazione dello stesso ma anche un unione di più capi, come quando dà vita al blazer bicolor asimmetrico.

A fargli buon gioco sono i tessuti fluttuanti, che decide di schizzare come una tela, o di mescolare ad altre texture, a cui unire capi sportivi come il gilet coi tasconi ed il bomber.

Thom Browne si fa beffe dell’estate. Per questa ragione, avvolge i suoi bikini di lustrini e ci offre una versione pseudo-edulcorata (ma anche un po’ inquietante) della vita da spiaggia, tramite i suoi paltò patchwork.

Potremmo ipotizzare che lo stilista inglese stia riflettendo sul mondo che sta cambiando. Un mondo dalla moralità complessa, spesso corrotta, all’interno di un ecosistema che sta annaspando.

Forse il suo è un tentativo di puntare scherzosamente al riuso, quando trasforma le sue modelle in una creatura a metà tra mostro e pupazzo.

La sua collezione gioca con i simboli, le attrattive, e sfilaccia le stoffe per raccontare di una realtà fatta di plastica, in senso reale e metaforico.

Ecco perché la sua donna esce da un bozzolo e si ammanta di frizzi e lazzi; un’allegra mistura di colori, pattern, materiali e riferimenti culturali che la costringono.

Il finale è dei gemelli di Shining o degli Humpa Lumpa, gli unici uomini a essere presenti durante il fashion show.

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Forbidden Fruits

Hello Berries! The nights are getting longer, the air is getting crisper, the lattes are getting pumpkin spicier so you know what time it is. Time for the third ever Soapberry Springs writing prompt!

This prompt is meant to appeal to that part of many of us that once devoured cheesy romance books, thrilling over cliche after cliche so long as the right people ended up riding off into the sunset together. To play along, please choose one of the scenarios under the cut inspired by the brave harlequin romance writers and their specific books. 

You are free to change genders and names, of course; the only two things that must remain as posted are a) the title and b) the plot.

As always there is no time limit and no due date. Players are welcome to write self-paras, blurbs or novellas, poetry, chatzys or threads, to edit graphics, make playlists, etc. All creative takes on the theme are welcome and encouraged! 

Select below from prompts!

Feyness By E.S. Carter In this dark and sexy story, Faye’s cruel, powerful father forces her to marry wickedly gorgeous Cole. She’s convinced that Cole is pure evil — and he’s determined to break her…

Delicious Temptation By Sabrina Sol

After years of keeping her family’s struggling bakery afloat, pastry chef Amara is tired of being safe and predictable. Can she convince Eric, her brother’s ex-best friend, to make good on his bad-boy reputation? A smoldering erotic romance!

An Unconventional Courtship By Scotty Cade

Personal assistant Tristan and his CEO boss, Webber, both struggle to hide their true feelings from each other. But when the pair travel to the Caribbean on a business trip, they discover they can’t hold back their desires forever…

Grayson’s Mate By Tamsin Baker

An alpha werewolf in search of his mate is led to the last person he expected: the handsome stranger he rescued from a car accident. Their desire is undeniable, but can a werewolf and a mortal man find a way to be together?

Make Me Want By Katee Robert

Lucy is a confident, high-powered lawyer — but her ex-boyfriend gave her self-esteem issues in bed. Can her friend Gideon help her realize she has the power to drive him wild?

Bound by Honor By Cora Reilly

To fulfill her father’s promise, Aria must marry notorious, coldhearted Luca. But can she break down Luca’s walls and find the passion within him?

Bad Neighbor By M. O’Keefe

Sparks fly when Charlotte meets her sexy new neighbor Jesse. He’s an alpha bad boy who isn’t afraid of anything — except for his growing attraction to Charlotte, as their desire for each other rages out of control…

London Calling By Clare Lydon

A charming, witty romance: Jess never expected to be moving back in with her parents at the age of 32. But just as things seem hopeless, she makes an unexpected connection with a gorgeous woman. Could happily ever after be on the horizon?

Three Wrong Turns in the Desert By Neil Plakcy

Aidan can’t stop thinking about Liam, the alluring bodyguard he met in a Tunisian bar… When a high-octane chase takes them into the desert, their desires reach a boiling point in this steamy adventure!

Tempting Boundaries By Carrie Ann Ryan

Decker has always lusted after his best friend’s little sister, the woman he can’t have. But when Miranda decides she wants him, he may not be able to resist any longer…

Camp H.O.W.L. By Bru Baker

A sexy shifter romance! When Adrian finally turns into a werewolf — eight years late — Tate, a counselor at a camp for new werewolves, is ready to guide him. But cynical Tate never expected Adrian to be his destined mate…

Roller Girl By Vanessa North

When newly single Tina joins Joanne’s roller derby team, their friendship ignites a steamy passion behind closed doors…

The Shop on Main By Kay Correll

Bella is devastated to learn that she may lose her small shop — and an attractive businessman is the root of her worries. When they clash, can she settle her financial woes on her own and embrace a second chance at love?

The Road to You By Harper Bliss

Serious Katherine and free-spirited Ali have been enemies since college… but fate keeps throwing them together. As the years go on, will they see another side to each other — one they could learn to love?

Road to the Sun By Keira Andrews

When his eight-year-old daughter is kidnapped in Montana, single dad Jason Kellerman enlists the help of park ranger Ben Hettler. Suppressing their burning mutual attraction, the two men begin a wild and desperate hunt through the wilderness…

Captive of the Hitman By Alexis Abbott

When Alicia gets caught up in a dangerous situation, Mikhail takes her captive for her protection. But their sexual chemistry is off the charts — and he refuses to let her go…

Feeling Hot By Elle Kennedy

Home from deployment, Navy SEAL Cash McCoy forms a tantalizing connection with a mysterious blonde. Little does he know that she’s Jen Scott — his commanding officer’s sister! Can he keep his hands to himself around the one woman who’s off-limits?

Professional Distance By Silvia Violet

Heartbroken Thornwell swears off love — until he hires aspiring chef Riley as an escort! Though the two men couldn’t be more different, they begin to fall for each other. Can Riley convince Thornwell to set aside his doubts and live deliciously?

Black By T.L. Smith

Left heartbroken by his first and only love, hit man Liam Black is surprised to find her a decade later. But Rose isn’t the woman she used to be…

Training Sasha By Becca Jameson

Sasha is eager to explore her submissive side, but BDSM club owner Lincoln — who’s also her brother’s friend — won’t admit his attraction to her. Can she convince him to help her explore her sexual desires?

Stalking Buffalo Bill By J. Leigh Bailey

From the moment coyote shifter Donnie spotted buffalo shifter William at his cafe, he was smitten. When deadly figures from William’s past come back to settle unfinished business, the pair team up to ward off danger — and protect their future together.

Dog Days By TA Moore

Apocalyptic weather conditions are wreaking havoc across the globe. But weredog Danny has more immediate problems — including his wolfish ex-lover, Jack…

Dirty Girl By Meghan March

When Greer is drunk one night, she posts an embarrassing personal ad — and now she has thousands of takers! But bad boy Cavanaugh is a cut above the rest…

Tonight’s Encore By Parker Avrile

When Zac returns to his small hometown, he renews his relationship with Reed, who knew him before he became a rock star. But the pressures of fame could tear them apart in this steamy gay romance!

The Longest River By Hildred Billings

After the death of her twin sister, Helen moves to a secluded mountain village to find her independence and heal. There she meets widowed bookstore owner Kiyoko — an introduction that feels like fate…

Dirty Daughter By JB Duvane

Emily is determined to seduce her mother’s former psychologist, Max. But she doesn’t realize that he has his own plans for her — and soon she’ll be locked up in his remote cottage, forced to satisfy his every desire…

Mr. So Wrong By R.C. Stephens

A searing, sexy romance! After finding wealthy bad boy Al caught in a blizzard, Samantha brings him to her ranch to nurse him back to health. She doesn’t want to let anyone close to her heart, but why can’t she keep Al out of her bed?

Tempt the Playboy By Natasha Madison

After arrogant playboy Noah has a one-night stand with Kaleigh, he’s determined to claim her again. But she may not fall for his charms so easily…

One Last Heist By Dahlia Donovan

Partners in love and in crime, Toshiro and Mack plan to get their crew together for one last heist. It was supposed to be easy — but as they become embroiled in a deadly conspiracy, the stakes will rise out of their control…

Little Liar By W Winters

With so much pain in her past, there’s no way Allie should be drawn to bad boy Dean. And yet she can’t seem to stay away from him…

Seducing Cinderella By Gina L. Maxwell

Physical therapist Lucie needs help wooing her crush, so she asks her brother’s best friend, Reid, to teach her the art of seduction. But their arrangement leads to an unexpected chemistry, and Reid can’t give her up…

Tormentor Mine By Anna Zaires

In this “darkly addictive and hauntingly beautiful” romance, assassin Peter comes to torture Sara. But then he becomes obsessed with her…

As Sure as the Sun By Elle Keaton

After a brush with death, retired US Marshal Sacha starts anew in a small town. As he works to restore an old building, he crosses paths with history enthusiast Seth — and discovers a sizzling attraction that may persuade both men to risk their hearts.

The Endgame Duet By Cleary James

When her life takes a turn for the worse, Lisa offers herself to wealthy Grayson in exchange for the money she needs. For seven days he can do whatever he wants with her — but will they be able to control their sensual desires?

The Beat of Love By L. Loryn

In this passionate gay romance, brooding musician Wolfe and handsome actor Miguel court the media by pretending to be a couple. Will their fake celebrity relationship crash and burn — or turn into a connection more powerful than they expected?

The Isle of... Where? By Sue Brown

When Liam Marshall travels to the Isle of Wight to fulfill his best friend’s dying wish, Sam Owens helps him through it. They swiftly develop a connection — but does their budding relationship have an expiration date?

Ruthless By Dani René

Dangerous bad boy Callan always gets whatever he wants — so when he sees sweet Madison at a BDSM club, he must have her. A darkly delicious erotic tale!

Fire and Flint By Andrew Grey

When single father Jordan turns to sheriff’s deputy Pierre with his concerns about a corrupt judge, the two men discover they’ve made a powerful enemy. They’ll do whatever it takes to protect each other in this stirring and suspenseful read.

Entangled by Nikki Jefford

Two months after dying, Gray wakes up in her twin’s body. She’s forced to spend every other day impersonating snobby Charlene — and only warlock Raj notices the difference. Can Gray be saved, or will she fade altogether?

Southern Spirits by Angie Fox

When Verity discovers the power to commune with the spirit world, she teams up with local bad boy Ellis to evict some undead tenants.

Witch Slapped by Dakota Cassidy

Stripped of her powers, ex-witch Stevie Cartwright teams up with the ghost of a sexy British spy to solve a murder case involving a bogus psychic medium.

Issued to the Bride: One Navy SEAL by Cora Seton

Navy SEAL vet Brian has always dreamed of owning his own ranch — so when he’s asked to marry a general’s daughter, Cass, in exchange for a share of her land, he can’t refuse.

Sit… Stay… Beg by Roxanne St. Claire

Garrett, a dot-com millionaire turned dog rescuer, keeps his heart on a tight leash — until journalist Jessie is hired to write a profile on him…

Earthrise by M.C.A. Hogarth

On a mysterious rescue mission, no-nonsense ship captain Reese Eddings commands her vessel Earthrise straight into danger, battling pirates and slavers to save elf prince Hirianthial…

Chez Stinky by Susan C. Daffron

Kat inherits her great-aunt’s dilapidated house, which is filled to the brim with pets and complications. As she adjusts to her new surroundings — and connects with Joel, who’s as handy as he is handsome — will she embrace her new start?

Rumor Has It by Elisabeth Grace

When an embarrassing video goes viral, Ellie Wagner’s reputation pays the price. Her life seems ruined, but a fresh start awaits when she falls for Mason Nash…

Smart Tass by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

Hunter has been tormenting his bookish neighbor Tass since they were children. But when she’s challenged to date him — and he needs to take her virginity to win a bet — can a fake relationship solve their problems and reveal their true feelings for one another?

Once Upon a Time by Blair Babylon

When princess Flicka decides to flee her violent ex, her bodyguard Dieter is the only one who can help her. But their irresistible attraction heats up in ways neither of them expected…

Malevolent by Jana DeLeon

PI Shaye Archer takes on the baffling case of Emma Frederick, a woman convinced that her abusive husband is out to get her. Except Emma killed her husband weeks ago…

Club Shadowlands by Cherise Sinclair

Stranded during a storm, Jessica takes shelter in a nearby house. But when she discovers it’s actually a private BDSM club, she begins to explore her fantasies with a sexy dominant…

Stripped by Stacy-Deanne

Baltimore cop Dee Quarter investigates a cult whose charismatic leader, Jonathan Wild, is determined to ensnare her…

Kiss of Fire by Rebecca Ethington

Joclyn just sent her high school bully flying through the air! Could her phenomenal power have something to do with the strange new scar on her neck? Her handsome best friend Ryland holds all the secrets…

Heaven in His Arms by Lisa Ann Verge

Forced to take a bride, André chooses sickly Genevieve, assuming she won’t survive the harsh winter. But Genevieve is not the frail noblewoman she appears to be, and André soon realizes that he needs her more than he ever expected…

In Search of a Love Story by Rachel Schurig

Tired of losing at love, Emily undertakes a research project: she’ll binge on romance novels and chick flicks until she learns their secret. Handsome Greg could be her Prince Charming — but why is Emily’s friend Elliot so unhappy about her plan?

The Chef’s Mail-Order Bride by Cindy Caldwell

Tripp trained at an elite culinary school, but he can’t get a loan for his restaurant without a wife. Raised in a bakery, Sadie agrees to head west as Tripp’s bride. Can the two learn to work together as they open their new restaurant — and find love in the process?

The Witch Hunter by Nicole R. Taylor

Cursed by an ancient witch, vampire Zachary will die a slow, agonizing death. His only shot at survival is Aya, the so-called Witch Hunter, who has been asleep for 150 years… But she has no interest in helping him.

Ignite by Kaitlyn Davis

When Kira discovers her mystical powers, she must fight for her life — and choose between sweet, goofy Luke and gorgeous, blood-hungry Tristan.

Crash by Drew Jordan

Stranded in the Alaskan wilderness, Laney takes refuge in the arms of the stranger who rescues her. But will he be her savior — or her destroyer?

Going Hard by Kelsey Browning

When rich playboy Grif Steele returns to his hometown, he reconnects with Carlie Beth Parrish. But with a murderous stalker on the prowl, can Grif protect her — and the daughter he never knew he had?

Hers to Take by Talia Ellison

When Octavia gets caught in a dangerous situation, her rival, Aaron, offers her a deal she can’t refuse — to escape with her life, she must pretend to be his sex slave. But they don’t expect a forbidden attraction to ignite…

Claimed by Evangeline Anderson

The Kindred race is primarily male, and must choose among human women for their brides. When Olivia is drafted into marrying broken and tortured Baird, she’s determined to resist — but she hadn’t counted on falling for her alien warrior husband…

Forever a Soldier by Genevieve Turner

When Hank returns from combat, he agrees to move into a 100-year-old house owned by his great-great aunt and uncle. His peace is disturbed by Lale, an inquisitive scholar digging into his family’s secrets. But their attraction will open up hidden places in their hearts…

Liam by Kimber White

Though forbidden to be with his fated mate, sexy shifter Liam will stop at nothing to claim Molly, the spitfire who sets his heart aflame. But is Molly ready to embrace his wolfish identity?

The Second Sister by Rae D. Magdon

When Eleanor’s father dies, she’s left with her unhinged stepmother and two stepsisters, Luciana and Belladonna. Eleanor must prevent wicked Luciana from bewitching a prince — but meanwhile, beautiful Belladonna stirs up feelings she can’t resist…

Time to Upsize by Graeme Aitken

Blake’s the perfect boyfriend as far as Stephen is concerned: easygoing, gentle, and sweet. But lately, Blake has been getting increasingly jealous, and it doesn’t help when gorgeous Rick moves next door. Can Stephen resist temptation?

Playing Games by Liliana Rhodes

Cassie gets her dream job working for billionaire Gabriel — and she’s determined to remain professional. But their irresistible attraction ignites after she’s caught trying to watch him in the shower…

Kindling Flames: Gathering Tinder by Julie Wetzel

After landing a job as assistant to a handsome CEO, Victoria feels like her life is finally on the right track. But when she discovers her new boss is the city’s most powerful vampire, she’ll have to decide whether her attraction to him is worth the risk…

Switching Hour by Robyn Peterman

After a stint in witch prison, Zelda is on magic probation — and if she can’t finish a mysterious task in the next month, she’ll be stripped of her powers forever. But a gorgeous werewolf may prove to be a tempting distraction…

Sacrificed to the Dragon by Jessie Donovan

Dragon shifter Tristan has despised humans ever since hunters killed his mother. But his clan insists he needs an heir — and a human mate. When he meets gorgeous Melanie, a slow-burning fire ignites deep within…

The Vampire’s Mail Order Bride by Kristen Painter

Running from the mob, Delaney becomes a mail-order bride in the spooky town of Nocturne Falls — only to learn her fiancé is a 400-year-old vampire!

Haunted on Bourbon Street by Deanna Chase

When empath Jade Calhoun moves into a haunted New Orleans apartment, she must use her unique abilities — and the help of her sexy landlord — to ward off a powerful spirit.

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Una serie fantascientifica retro che strizza l’occhio al grande cinema

  Preceduta da una campagna pubblicitaria martellante, la serie Maniac ha debuttato il 21 settembre sulla piattaforma Netflix e ha subito diviso il pubblico. Che voi l’abbiate amata oppure no, Maniac ha sicuramente il pregio di non lasciare indifferenti.

Libero adattamento dell’omonima serie norvegese del 2014, i 10 episodi firmati alla regia da Cary Fukunaga – vincitore dell’Emmy per la regia di True Detective – e alla sceneggiatura da Patrick Somerville – autore di Leftovers – spingono la pazienza dello spettatore al limite in un’operazione a metà strada tra la psichedelìa ed un sci-fi retro.

Ambientato in una New York del futuro – quale futuro non è chiaro – dove la Statua della Libertà è rimpiazzata da una Statua dell’Extra Libertà, Maniac ruota attorno a Owen Milgrim (Jonah Hill), rampollo disadattato di una famiglia altolocata alle prese con uno scandalo scottante,ossessionato da una serie di visioni che lo spingono talvolta al limite della catatonia. La sua psiche gli gioca brutti scherzi e lo tiene sospeso tra realtà e fantasia, costringendolo in un limbo di inutilità. E ad Annie Landsberg (Emma Stone), una tossica dalla personalità borderline con sindrome di abbandono e la mania di rivivere sempre lo stesso giorno traumatico della sua vita.

I due si incontrano in una clinica per la sperimentazione di un farmaco che promette di risolvere ogni tipo di trauma e portare la felicità, il primo spinto dalla necessità di riacquistare il contatto con la realtà,nella speranza di sentirsi finalmente adeguato agli alti standard di una famiglia in vista, la seconda dalla prospettiva allettante di usufruire legalmente delle pasticche di cui sente di avere bisogno. Quando il computer che supervisiona gli esperimenti inizia ad assumere iniziative proprie sulla scia di un’antropomorfizzazione dei sentimenti – si sente depresso – i due cominciano a condividere le fantasie provocate dal trial clinico per mezzo della somministrazione di tre pillole – A, B e C. Nelle tre fasi sperimentali di individuazione, confronto e accettazione, i due si ritrovano ad essere ora una coppia anni 80 della classe media alle prese con il recupero di un lemure di grande valore, poi una coppia di truffatori di inizio 900 che tentano di recuperare un artefatto legato al Don Chisciotte durante una seduta spiritica, e così via.

La narrazione, per tutto il corso della serie, sembra più interessata a cavalcare la storia di Annie la quale, nei fatti, pilota la risoluzione finale – sempre che di risoluzione si possa parlare. Laddove nelle intenzioni di Emma Stone e Fukunaga fosse importante che il personaggio femminile non facesse da appendice a quello maschile, in effetti viene a realizzarsi il contrario.

Annie, e il suo doppio nelle fantasie, spingono le trame, le alimentano, definiscono delle svolte; Owen è invece l’antieroe nevrastenico e schizofrenico che intimamente vuole credere che le sue fantasie siano vere, che ci sia un progetto, e che il suo obiettivo sia salvare il mondo.

RIFERIMENTI CINEMATOGRAFICI

Nei subconsci al neon in cui i personaggi fluttuano, lottano e si confrontano, emergono le infinite proiezioni dei fantasmi del passato, in un citazionismo sfrenato che se solletica il palato di molti cinefili e non solo da una parte, non manca di disorientare lo spettatore più passivo.

Palese al limite del tributo dichiarato, il riferimento a Il dottor Stranamore nella puntata 9, durante la scena di spionaggio ambientata alle Nazioni Unite. Durante queste stesse sequenze non è difficile intravedere tutta una serie di riferimenti agli spy movie, la serie di Bond, la dinamicità alla Matrix. In una scena di dialogo (che non voglio trascrivere per non rovinarvi il gusto di vederla!) lui comincia a sanguinare dal naso; dopo poche sequenze sarà lei a sanguinare dal naso. Di personaggi cinematografici che sanguinano dal naso in determinate situazioni narrative ce ne sono così tanti che è impossibile non vederci un riferimento. Dal recentissimo Stranger Things, I Fantastici Quattro, l’adattamento del romanzo di Stephen King Firestarter – Fenomeni paranormali incontrollabili di Mark L. Lester, fino a Scanners di David Cronenberg.

Riferimenti a Magritte e al suo Ceci n’est pas un pipe. Nella cantina delle torture, durante la fantasia gangster movie style, campeggia una locandina che reca la scritta Ceci n’est pas un drill. Durante l’interrogatorio alle Nazioni Unite, Annie sta fumando una grossa pipa che richiama il quadro di Magritte.

Letterale il riferimento al Signore degli Anelli.

Tra le righe ma non del tutto nascosto è il riferimento a Qualcuno volò sul nido del cuculo di Milos Forman, il cui protagonista, interpretato da Jack Nicholson, si chiama Mc Murphy e alla fine del film viene lobotomizzato. In una scena in cui la madre di Mantleray cerca di convincere suo figlio e la dottoressa Fujita ad interrompere la sperimentazione, Mantleray la rassicura dicendo che non ci sono McMurphies.

L’iconografia di Alien ricorre sia nell’allestimento della sala comune nel laboratorio di sperimentazione sia nella scelta dei distintivi sui camici che sono identici ai distintivi Nostromo indossati da alcuni personaggi di Alien.

Più sottile è il riferimento all’Edipo re di Sofocle nella scena in cui Mantleray resta accecato e grida: “Sono stato accecato dall’amore tossico di mia madre”.

Come queste, molte altre sono le citazioni presenti in Maniac, alcune più letterali altre solo accennate. Il più ovvio parallelismo, unanimamente riconosciuto, è comunque quello con Inception.

In effetti il citazionismo risulta così forzato, rigido e serrato da far pensare che l’intento fosse proprio quello di fuggire alle retoriche di genere ricorrendo a tutta una serie di dogmi cinematografici che se da un lato spingono la narrazione verso l’assurdo, dall’altro si pongono al servizio della rappresentazione del subconscio, necessaria alla logica del film.

In quello che appare subito come un pastiche di generi, Maniac si propone come uno sci fi futuristico, una fantasia algoritmica che rivisita la geografia del futuro sulla linea delle nevrastenìe, ponendo la tecnologia a servizio della psiche. Il grande mantra è che nessuno è normale. Ed è anche il messaggio che Fukunaga, in definitiva, tenta di veicolare più attraverso un medium psichedelico e con una fotografia che sfrutta l’iconicità di certi topoi cinematografici che attraverso la linearità della narrazione: l’importanza di sdoganare il concetto di sanità mentale. Le psicosi non devono essere un tabù e talvolta dietro il più grande trauma si nasconde solo il bisogno fisiologico di uscire dall’isolamento, di tornare a condividere, ad avere amici. L’ipertecnologia di Maniac resta sempre molto retro, non esibisce sè stessa per sensazionalità ma si distingue per una sorta di coscienza sociale. Ecco che compaiono piccoli robot ammaccati che raccolgono cacca dai marciapiedi, pubblicità di agenzie che propongono di adottare una vedova e i suoi figli.

Tutto risuona al ritmo di una ricerca della felicità che nei fatti è solo fittizia o comunque atta ad ingannare la mente. Lo dimostra l’esistenza di un’agenzia che fornisce falsi amici che rimpiazzino quelli che non è possibile avere nella vita reale. Se la visione di insieme appare caotica e disordinata, Maniac nasconde dettagli però molto interessanti. Si pensi alle influenze giapponesi che spingono la location del laboratorio verso atmosfere dal sapore quasi manga. I personaggi del dottor Mantleray (Justin Theroux) e della dottoressa Fujita (Sonoya Mizuno) sono quasi caricature di una loro ipotetica versione credibile. La scelta di un futuro analogico, inoltre, sembra suggerire un ritorno al passato che odora di nostalgia.

Si tratta di scelte lette da alcuni come diversissimi ingredienti di un calderone pretenzioso ma che nei fatti contribuiscono a delineare una serie coraggiosa, che se da un lato non propone una tematica nuova, dall’altro osa con una narratività che stordisce. Ogni episodio, benchè decisamente breve, lascia esterefatti e ad un certo punto si comincia a dubitare delle proprie capacità di comprensione. Ma vale la pena andare fino in fondo.

Oltre ai grandi nomi dietro la macchina da presa, grandissimi nomi davanti, oltre ai già citati, tra cui Sally Field, Gabriel Byrne, Jemima Kirke, Billy Magnussen, Julia Garner, Ank Azaria.

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Arcane society

Ed ecco il post che ho deciso di dedicare a una delle mie autrici preferite Amanda Quick e alla sua serie PARANORMAL ROMANCE più famosa e lunga, la ARCANE SOCIETY SERIES, purtroppo inedita in italiano, che narra le vicende di una società segreta nata in Inghilterra nel medioevo per motivi…diciamo alchimistici e di ricerche esoteriche legate ai poteri psichici, ma che proprio nell’Inghilterra vittoriana diventa una società dedita ad aiutare persone con poteri psichici. Solo antiche famiglie nobili dotate di poteri psichici per ora ne sono membri, ma piano piano le cose stanno cambiando e il capo del consiglio, da sempre un membro della famiglia Jones (dal primo capostipite che creò la società), ora ha anche istituito una sezione per investigare su crimini commessi da persone dotate di poteri.

E’ a questo punto, durante il regno della regina Vittoria in Inghilterra, che inizia la nostra storia. Sembra che qualcuno abbia rubato importanti documenti storici legati al capostipite della società, compresa la segretissima formula per creare una pozione in grado di ampliare i poteri psichici e che l’abbia ricreata. Cosa proiita visto che da sempre si sa che la pozuione ha la tendenza a rendere pazzo o morto chi la prova.

Ma qualcuno sta tentando di ricrearla e migliorarla….e sta commettendo omicidi pur di ottenere ciò che vuole. Parte da qui il primo libro della serie.

Libri che la compongono:

1. SECOND SIGHT

Gabriel Jones erede del primo Jones ed attuale capo del consiglio della Arcane society sta cercando di scoprire chi ha rubato importanti documenti (dopotutto il suo potere è proprio quello di un segugio ha un olfatto, un udito e riflessi acutissimi) e la famosa formula del suo antenato, e per farlo meglio si finge morto, ma per imbarazzanti circostanze è costretto a rivelare il suo piano a Venetia Milton, famosa fotografa e membro della Società in grado di leggere le aure. Insieme i due indagheranno e si innamoreranno visto che sembra che i loro poteri siano compatibili….. Questo libro è romantico, ma soprattutto è un giallo, molto godibile, con due personaggi molto intiganti.

2. THE THIRD CIRCLE

Seguito del primo libro, i malvagi sono stati sconfitti, ma non completamente. Uno di coloro che ha preso la pozione sta commettendo omicidi, starà a Thaddeus Ware, che possiede il potere di ipnotizzare la gente, cugino di Gabriel, indagare e cercare di fermarlo. Solo il suo potere infatti può permettergli di indagare nel più stretti segreto, ma ben presto dovrà accodarsi un’aiutante imprevisto Leona Hewitt, anche lei membro della società e potente maneggiatrice di cristalli, che sta cercando di recuperare un potente cristallo rubato ala sua famiglia.

3. THE PERFECT POISON

Stavolta i cattivi sembravano sbaragliati ma il chimico che aveva sintetizzato la pozione è riuscito a sfuggire e ha rovato nuove persone, membri della società stessa probabilmente, disposti a finanziare le sue malsane ricerche. Nuove morti richiedono nuove indagini. Stavolta tocca a Caleb Jones, un altro cugino di Gabriel Jones, dotato di u potente potere di intuizione, lui vede schemi ovunque ed è in grado di legare fatti che sembrano non collimare. Ma la sua logica sparirà quando incontrerà Lucinda, membro della società con un forte potee botanico, che con le piante e con i veleni e gli elisir ha un forte legame.- Insieme i due indagheranno e cercheranno di fermare la nuova catena di morti.In questo libro inoltre incontriamo una signora col potere di vedere le correnti di potere delle persone dotate di poteri psichici, e hce usa questa vista per creare coppie compatibili. Questo spunto, sarà poi ampliato nei romanzi contemporanei della serie, dove, secoli dopo la società ha creato un programa di computer in grado di fare lo stesso.

4. BURNING LAMP

Il fondatore dell'Arcane society, l'alchimista Sylvester Jones aveva un amico, poi divenuto rivale, Nicholas Winters anche lui dotato di poteri psichici. Entrambi erano alla ricerca di un metodo per accrescere i loro poteri, ma mentre Jones lo cercava nelle pozioni, Winters lo cercava nelle invenzioni. Fu così che inventò l'artefatto noto come Burning Lamp, che permise a Winters e a tutti i suoi discendenti diretti di poter sviluppare più talenti psichici, non solo uno. Purtroppo però questa facoltà aveva un caro prezzo: la discesa nella pazzia violenta: la maledizione dei Winters.

Perseguitato da allucinazioni e incubi, il signore dei bassifondi di Londra, Griffin Winters, non proprio uno stinco di santo, è convinto di essere stato colpito dalla maledizione e di stare per diventare pazzo. I suoi poteri psichici e il suo istinto lo guidano verso Adelaide Pyne, una scomoda riformista che però ben presto scopre essere in possesso della Burning Lamp. Con i suoi poteri psichici legati ai sogni e la sua capacità di usare la lampada Adelaide potrebbe forse salvare la sanità mentale di Griffin, ma molti nemici tramano contro di loro….

5. QUICKSILVER

Virginia Dean si sveglia a mezzanotte accanto a un cadavere, con un coltello insanguinato in mano e nessuna memoria degli eventi della serata. L'energia oscura, che emana dagli specchi che rivestono la stanza, la sta schiacciando, quando per fortuna viene salvata da un uomo che ha incontrato solo una volta, ma non ha dimenticato. Owen Sweetwater ha ereditato il talento della sua famiglia per la caccia ai mostri psichici che approfittano delle donne e bambini di Londra, e la sua indagine sulla morte di due persone dotate di poteri psichici lo ha condotto fino a Virginia che potrebbe essere la chiave per risolvere il suo caso più difficile poiché i suoi poteri sono molto rari e legati al vetro, proprio come quelli delle altre vittime.

6. CRYSTAN GARDENS

Evangeline Ames ha affittato un cottage di campagna lontano dalle strade di Londra dove è stata recentemente attaccata. Affascinata dalla energia paranormale dei vicini Giardini di cristallo, spesso si intrufola furtivamente oltre il muro del suo vicino per esplorarli. E quando la sua vita è minacciata ancora una volta, si rifugia istintivamente nei giardini in cerca di riparo. Il possessore dei suddetti giardini Lucas Sebastian può certo ignorare una donna in pericolo, anche se è colpevole di aver sconfinato nella sua proprietà. Rapidamente mette fuori gioco il malfattore che cercava di ucciderla e le chiede di mantenere segreto quanto accaduto. Girano già abbastanza voci riguardo i suoi giardini: riguardo tesori nascosti al loro interno e gli strani esperimenti botanici occulti effettuati da suo zio che è morto per cause misteriose. Le abilità psichiche di cercatrice di Evangeline e l'intuito legato alle menti criminali di Lucas, ben presto scoprono di avere un nemico comune. E mentre l'energia che emana dai Crystal Gardens si intensifica, si rendono conto che per sopravvivere devono scoprire ciò che ciò che è rimasto sepolto per troppo tempo …

La serie Arcane society si è poi sviluppata in rami diversi, e in epoche diverse attraverso una serie di serie spin off, tra cui vi cito:

- ARCANE SOCIETY CONTEMPORARY SERIES questi sono praticamente dei romantic suspance contemporanei, con molta azione, un mistero da risolvere e un tocco paranormale. Leggerli dopo gli storici permette di godersi molti parallelismi e associare a ogni protagonista il suo antenato, o chi aveva un potere simile. E ritrovare nel presente gli artifatti del passato sempre pericolosi e sempre pronti a passare di mano in mano.

1. WHITE LIES

Sono passati secoli, ma l’Arcane Society esiste ancora, anzi si è ampliata in una vera e propria corporazione di cui fanno parte tante famiglie dotate di poteri psichici. E purtroppo esiste anche un’altra società segreta, priva di scrupoli e con intenti criminali, che da secoli tenta di ricreare una pozione, ora una droga in grado di amoliare i poteri psichici.Siamo in America. Il libro si apre facendoci conoscere Clare Lancaster una parasensitiva di livello 10, lei riesce leggendo le aure a capire quando una persona mente. Come potrete ben immaginarvi la sua vita sociale ne risente molto. Ora Clare pè stata il frutto di una relazione extraconiugale del capostipite di una delle più famose e ricche famiglie dell’Arcane Society, e lei ha appena scoperto tutto questo.Ma conoscere suo padre la porterà a conoscere anche Jake Salter, anche lui membro della società, e con doti di segugio, e tra loro due scoppierà una scintilla. Così quando qualcuno attenterà alla vita di suo padre Clare e Jake inizieranno ad indagare…..

2. SIZZLE AND BURN

Raine Tallentyre ha un forte potere psichico riesce a sentire le voci della gente in pericolo di vita. Un dono che non le permette di vivere una vera vita ma che la costringe spesso ad aiutare la polizia. Da anni cerca di sfuggire al suo dono, ma ogni voltaa una nuova voce la costringe ad aitarla.Così Rayne finirà con rimanere invischiata nell’indagine di Zack Jones, ereede del capostipite della Arcane Society, che sta indagando su una organizzazione malavitosa sesgreta che usa poteri psichici per terribili fini. Se Rayne sente le voci delle vittime, Zack è vittima di terribili visioni e precognozioni. Insieme i due non potranno certo fallire…..

3. RUNNING HOT

L’ ex-poliziotto Luther Malone, lettore di aure, dopo un incidente, che gli ha laciato una gamba dolorante, è stato costretto a laciare il lavoro. Ora vive ai tropici e lavora saltuariamente per l’Arcane Society. Proprio un loro incarico gli farà incontrare Grace Renquist, anche lei una lettrice d’aure molto potente e speciale. Le scintille tra i due volano, ma il loro incarico è difficilissimo, scoprirel’identità di quanti più moembri possibile di un’organizzazione segreta e sfuggire ad un assassina che è in grado di uccidere le persone con la sua voce.

4. FIRED UP

Jack Winters è uno dei discendenti di Nicholas Winters, l'arcinemico dell'alchimista fondatore dell'Arcane society Sylvester Jones. Come lui anche Winters sperimentò con i suoi poteri psichici in cerca di modi per aumentarli e i suoi discendenti ne pagano a tutt'oggi le mortali conseguenze. Jack Winters, ha iniziato a soffrire di terribili incubi e blackouts - momentanee perdite di memoria- e crede che questo sia solo l'inizio di una tortuosa discesa verso la pazzia omicida, la maledizione della sua famiglia. La legenda dice che deve trovare la Burning Lamp un antico artifatto, se vuole salvarsi e deve anche trovare una donna in grado di manipolare l'energia della lampada.

Jack è convinto che l'investigatrice privata Chloe Harper sia la donna che sta cercando, il suo talento per trovare oggetti perduti e manipolare l'energia dei sogni potrebbero salvarlo, ma la potente attrazione che li lega potrebbe aumentare esponenzialmente il pericolo in cui si trovano, poiché non sono gli unici sulle tracce della Lampada…

 5. IN TOO DEEP

Trama: Mondo contemporaneo. Protagonista del libro è uno dei membri della Famiglia Jones che abbiamo già incrociato nei libri precedenti, Fallon Jones, che a causa di un potere che gli fa vedere le possibili ramificazioni di ogni cosa e azione, è ritenuto uno che vede cospirazioni ovunque. Stanco di essere considerato pazzo Fallon ha trasferito l’agenzia investigativa in un paesino di provincia isolato ma al centro di forse magnetiche che attirano chi ha poteri psichici. Qui incontra Isabella, nipote di una donna famosa per vedere cospirazioni ovunque, che lo tratta come se fosse una persona del tutto normale e l’attrazione vola. Anche Isabella ha dei poteri più legati agli oggetti e alla scia psichica di una persona in un dato luogo. Entrambi saranno presto coinvolti in un difficile caso che implica il contrabbando di preziosi e pericolosi artefatti sottratti all’Arcane society. Attenti alle bambole assassine…. La mia opinione: Bello. Ma d’altronde lo stile di questa scrittrice, specie quando è più realistica e meno mistica, mi piace moltissimo e la trovata degli strani oggetti regolati da misteriosi meccanismi in grado di uccidere è estremamente buona, come il mistero all’interno del libro. Non è chiaro se non alla fine chi è dietro a tutto.L’elenco sopra è incompleto e andrebbe aggiornato, poichè l’autrice ha scritto un’altra breve trilogia all’interno della serie negli ultimi anni, ma poichè è piuttosto staccata dalla serie principale, ho deciso di non riportarla in questo post. Voglio invece parlarvi dell’ultimo libro che ho letto, In too deep, che è molto legato alla serie principale, pur essendo anch’esso parte di una sottoserie della serie principale.

6.COPPER BEACH

All'interno delle pagine di libri molto rari, alcuni antichi di secoli, si trovano i segreti del paranormale e l'insolito talento psichico di Abby Radwell per poter trovare e leggere questi volumi la mette in serio pericolo.   Dopo un incidente mortale accaduto nella biblioteca privata di un collezionista ossessivo, Abby riceve una minaccia di ricatto, e viene raggiunta dalla voce che un vecchio testo alchemico conosciuto come La chiave è riapparso sul mercato nero. Convinta di avere bisogno di un investigatore che possa farle anche da guardia del corpo, assume Sam Coppersmith, specialista in cristalli paranormali. La passione tra di loro scatta immediatamente, ma nessuno dei due si fida completamente dell'altro. Quando si ha a che fare con un assassino con capacità paranormali, e un ricattatore che non si fermerà davanti a nulla per ottenere un antico codice alchemico - nessuno è al sicuro e dovranno imparare a collaborare per sopravvivere.

7. DREAM EYES

Gwen Frazier, una terapista parapsichica, viene a sapere che un suo amico è morto in circostanze misteriose in un piccolo paese tra le montagne dell'Oregon. Gwen sospetta che sia rimasto vittima del un serial killer, creduto morto da anni, che tempo prima aveva cercato di uccidere lei e altri sensitivi. Convinta che quel mostro sia vivo e la stia cercando si rivolge alla potente famiglia Coppersmith di Copper Beach in cerca di aiuto. La famiglia manda Judson Coppersmith ad aiutarla. Judson, che si sta riprendendo da una missione finita male, è intensamente attratto da Gwen, ma è anche ossessionato da un oscuro incubo riguardante la sua ultima missione durante la quale è quasi morto e da diversi problemi professionali…Gwen non può fare a meno di volerlo guarire e aiutare ma non sa se ne avrà il tempo…. ultimo fallimentosi riferisce alla sua esperienza di quasi morte per la sua ultima missione ricorrenti …

Ed esiste anche una serie spin off ambientata nel futuro:

- la ARCANE SOCIETY FUTURISTC SERIES libri romantic sci-fi Praticamente tutti i libri facenti parte della serie Harmony world non sono altro che seguiti della serie Arcane society, poichè la serie Arcane society è il presupposto della serie Harmony. La storia ha inizio con comparsa sulla terra di un misterioso portale , un velo, che permette ai terrestri attraversandolo di viaggiare nella galassia a grandi distanze verso un misterioso ma rigoglioso pianeta. Il passaggio rimane aperto per anni ed è ritenuto stabile al punto che i terrestri colonizzano quel pianeta e gli scambi commerciali sono stabili, poi un giorno il passaggio si chiude e i coloni restano tagliati fuori dalla Terra per sempre. Cosa grave dal momento che la normale tecnologia terrestre non può essere creata e riprodotta sul pianeta e ora non possono più contare su scambi commerciali. Occorreranno secoli, ma riusciranno ha ricostruire una civiltà moderna grazie proprio al fatto che molti coloni sono parte della Arcane society cioè dotati di poteri psichici, poiché il pianeta di Harmony li attirava come le mosche al miele, e anche quei pochi coloni ignari dell'esistenza dei poteri psichici ora ne sono consapevoli e scoprono di averli poiché il pianeta li amplifica grazie a dei cristalli che si trovano ovunque e che  possono essere usati per caricare,  conservare ed esaltare energia di tipo psichico.

Così i coloni sfrutteranno i cristalli e l'energia psichica per ricostruire un nuovo tipo di tecnologia e rifiorire lontani dalla terra. E tutto il pianeta di viene come una grande società di psi…..

E risbucheranno pure alcuni artifatti già incontrati nel passato vittoriano della terra.

Da notare che l'importanza dei cristalli in correlazione ai poteri psichici viene più volte rimarcata nei libri storici e contemporanei della serie, specie nei due libri legati alla famiglia Coppersmith.

E molte storiche famiglie della Arcane society le reincontreremo anche sul pianeta Harmony non temete.

I libri della serie Harmony sono:

0,5 . Bridal Jitters (2005)

1. After Dark (2000)

2. After Glow (2004)

3. Ghost Hunter (2006)

4. Silver Master (2007)

5. Dark Light (2007)

6. Obsidian Prey (2009)

7. Midnight Crystal (2010)

8. Canyons of Night (2011)

9. The Lost Night (2012)

10. Deception Cove (2013)

11. The Hot Zone (2014)

12. Siren’s Call (2015)

Personalmente, non amo molto i futuristici della serie, li trovo molto distanti dagli altri libri sia storici che contemporanei, il mondo in cui i personaggi vivono, la loro realtà quotidiana è molto diversa dalla nostra, aliena e molto astratta tutto gira molto sul piano psichico difficile da immaginare almeno per me. Ma è questione di gusti.Questo non toglie che io sia una grande fan della Arcane society e ve la consiglio caldamente, mi spiace che praticamente tutti i libri che la compongono siano inediti in italiano è un vero peccato.

La Krentz sta continuando a scrivere libri appartenenti alla Arcane society, sia storici, che contemporanei che futuristici, perciò se come me vi innamorerete della serie, avrete molto da leggere non temete.

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