Edward R. Murrow & Associated Press Mark Twain Award winning Journalist and Writer. I played Heather on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. Bloggy goodness linked.
A thread about mid-century advertising as it relates to sexism and racism:
Perhaps it's because I spent my childhood with a camera pointed at me, but I have a morbid fascination with ads created by white, upper middle class ad execs who thought racism and misogyny was cool.
As a child actor @ClaudiaLamb played the role of Heather Hartman on Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman; while she loved being on the set of the unprecedented Norman Lear series, her stage mother's behavior led to lasting trauma. She candidly shares her experience https://t.co/repJgtdpPK
Forward, a San Francisco health technology company once valued at $1 billion, is shutting down after failing to popularize its CarePod "AI doctor’s office."
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49 years ago we were in our first week of rehearsals for Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.
I was so proud that Norman Lear had a blow up of this photo on the wall behind his desk at his home office.
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I think men are worse now than when I was a teen in the late 70s & 80s. We were objectified & treated like complete uneducated idiots & were always underestimated.
But now? There's a palpable hatred towards women, and a genuine effort to punish us for daring to ask for equity.
I abhor Verizon's forced phone update.
It's the worst. It's spamming me with notifications, 12 in the last hour. Not only that, I can no longer see who sent me a text or email or what my calendar is showing me I need to do without opening my phone.