![]() ![]() O'Brien worked on the development of standard sizes for commercially-sold clothing and fabric selection for the home sewer. In the 1930s, Ruth O'Brien, who worked at the Bureau of Home Economics and was the first head of the Textiles and Clothing Division - a US Department of Agriculture department that studied the best ways to clean, sew, and purchase food and clothing - wanted to tackle this problem facing half of the population. Sears may have been the Amazon of its time, but it didn't come with the ease of making returns. Many American women either made their own clothes or hired others to do so because of the dearth of sizing. ![]() ![]() In many instances, women were sending items back because they didn't fit. As the workforce expanded and catalog shopping become popular, retailers wanted to capitalize on this new consumerism but there were limitations due to the lack of sizing available for women. As per Radke's book, to create Norma, Dickinson and Belskie needed to find more information on how women were shaped. ![]()
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Bowie has some anxieties that date to his sad past, but his new family is super understanding. ![]() Bowie's new people were so determined to meet him at the New Hampshire SPCA that they traveled to Stratham, NH from Salisbury, MA right after one of them had broken a leg and the other was recovering from back surgery! They had a chance to visit with him and then go home to get the house ready to adopt him the very next day. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The alley, known as The Art Alley after a recent mural project that covered the alley facing facades with public art, was a filming location for Rumble Fish. The event will take place on November 1st at 12:00 PM in the alley south of 5th Street between Main Street and Boston Avenue in Tulsa. "Our goal is to honor the legacy of these works while showing fans the actual filming locations, as well as encouraging pop culture tourism in Tulsa and other locations around the great state of Oklahoma." Tex, The Outsiders, and Rumble Fish were written and filmed in Tulsa, and are important cultural amenities," said O'Connor. Hinton, but also Tulsa's rich history as it pertains to the movies based on her novels. ![]() "This is just one of the many plaques we plan to make. The film, an American drama set in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was released in 1983. Hinton in 1975, that was adapted for the screen by Hinton, and produced and directed by Francis Ford Coppola. TULSA, OK-The Outsiders House Museum Founder and Executive Director Danny O'Connor will lead a dedication and plaque ceremony to commemorate a filming location from Rumble Fish, a novel written by Tulsan S. ![]() ![]() ![]() Having been lured into a social gathering at one of his new neighbor’s apartments, Dr. Richard Laing and lower-floor resident, Richard Wilder), we are given perhaps the most explicit acknowledgement of Ballard’s urban planning metaphor. Early on in the novel, which is narrated by three different male voices (that of the building’s architect, Anthony Royal new tenant, Dr. ![]() ![]() Ballard’s vertical-living dystopia, High-Rise is oppressively preoccupied with the body as both flesh and metaphor. He was constantly aware of the immense weight of concrete stacked above him, and the sense that his body was the focus of the lines of force running through the building, almost as if Anthony Royal had deliberately designed his body to be held within their grip.- J.G. Sign up for our newsletter to get submission announcements and stay on top of our best work. ![]() ![]() ![]() I was also able to spend five years abroad working in Europe and picked up a fair amount of French and a bit of Italian as well. That was much more to my liking and resulted in my really getting to know conservation issues and the western United States. This time in conservation of natural and cultural resources. Upon graduation, I resumed a career as a federal bureaucrat but in a very different field. I then completed a graduate degree from Texas A&M University and worked for the Texas A&M Sea Grant Program, doing research on coastal issues. I finally quit that job because I realized that while the human components fascinated me as a future writer, doing tons of paperwork was not for me. ![]() It was then that I first started thinking about Florida and its interesting relationship with Cuba. I was the only Spanish-speaking employee, so I also took claims from some “Marielitos.” That too was educational. It gave me insights into the lives of people with a wide range of income and educational levels. ![]() I had to determine the validity of common law marriages, who was the actual parent of dependents, had a person really retired and things like that. It taught me a lot about people and relationships. I never really liked the job, but, along with a decent paycheck, it served me well in one respect. Upon graduating from Lamar University after “conforming.” ![]() ![]() About four out of every five pages are devoted to Nora pledging to love Patch for all eternity, and then breaking up with him two seconds later, only to regret it and wish she had him back, while pushing him away with her words and her actions in almost every scene. Where it goes off track, however, is in the teenage angst. ![]() Archangels, guardian angels, fallen angels, and nephilim all battling for turf should no doubt take center stage in the plot. To further complicate this teenage melodrama, Nora catches glimpses of her dead father mysteriously popping up in unexpected places. While openly using Scott (a childhood acquaintance turned dangerous hottie) to make Patch jealous, Nora finds herself seething as Patch grows closer to her high school nemesis, Marci Millar. In this second installment in the series, Nora finds herself questioning her relationship with angel bad boy Patch. ![]() This young adult fantasy continues the story of teenager Nora Grey, who once again finds herself in danger, caught in the struggle between fallen angels, archangels, and nephilim. Crescendois the sequel to Becca Fitzpatrick’s novel, Hush, Hush. ![]() ![]() ![]() It will feature a collection of 6 books by different authors and have tiers for ebooks, paperbacks, and hardcovers. Katee Robert is part of another romance kickstarter! It was announced in her newsletter and will launch July 12th. On the bright side, I have a nice little weekend away planned mid-July with my partner and that is powering me through! ![]() It’s mainly because a lot of old New England apartments don’t have any sort of central A/C and we have to rely on fans or window units, which just aren’t the same. We’re almost done with June and that means entering into the warmer months in New England (my least favorite). ![]() Hello, everyone! It’s time for Wednesday links! This is where we share cool stuff from around the internet. ![]() |