What happens when a photographer, a mature woman herself, welcomes older women into her studio to get the “full glamour treatment”? In this episode, we explore how a session with photographer Jana Marcus inspired and thrilled the women who took part. Even though beauty is supposed to be a superficial attribute, seeing themselves as beautiful, strong, and desirable had a deep and lasting effect on these women.
“I never felt like I was ‘enough’,” Mimi Fox explains. “And now, for the most part, on my better days, I do. And that is a real gift of my….
Special episode for LGBTQ History Month, 2023 “I really became a person, a human being, however you want to say that, when I became a woman.” These days, Sandy Stone….
Book artist Felicia Rice started practicing her craft as a teenager in the 70s, but she wasn’t fully comfortable with the designation of ‘artist.’ Now in her 70s, Felicia has decided it is time for her to claim the title of artist proudly.
I’m your host, Suki Wessling. I’m working on an episode about women telling stories, so I’m thinking a lot about why I write stories. One of the things I love….
This episode features two amazing funny women, Karin Babbitt and Leah Rogers, speaking from the heart. For them, and for all comedians of their ilk, comedy is about bringing their….
My Name is Andrea is not what you think. It’s less a documentary than a meditation, an exploration of words, and a universalization of ideas. I sat down to watch it reluctantly, wondering if I’d make it through. I was drawn in immediately by the actresses’ performances, by seeing Dworkin through a woman director’s eyes, by realizing that I’d always seen her through men’s eyes.
As a lover and writer of children’s books, I think that books for kids are now and has always been about representation. Kids naturally see themselves in stories, and they….
Some years ago I took a jazz singing course at our local community college. The instructor, the wonderful big band leader Wally Trindade, said that to really test our chops,….
On my recent trip to New York City, I pondered the meaning behind the nine mythical women supporting a very real genius of music.
