Bad Girls

I grew up in Indiana to mostly liberal parents in the heart of conservative America, and in the thick of the AIDS crisis. Which is to say Madonna was, for the most part, a villain in the cultural mind of my surroundings. Read more…

Schiff does such a good job illuminating the source material and putting what has been said about Cleopatra into historical and cultural context. Read more…

I decided to read this because it is the basis of one of my favorite films, Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette. And because the cover is gorgeous. But it is also a very timely read. Read more…

I’m a big fan of the Moby Dick at Sea Mastodon bot. And I’m a big fan of the 20th century’s first and biggest bad girl, Mary MacLane. And I’m a computer programmer. So I suppose this was inevitable.

Marie Bashkirtsef painted one of my all-time favorite portraits. She also plays a role in one of my all-time favorite memoirs… Read more…