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November 17, 2017

Jayne’s Reading List: Cats, Art, Hospitality and the English Civil War

JayneB Reviews / B+ Reviews / Book Reviews / DNF Reviews / Recommended Reads17th-century / Art / art history / Artists / Cat Videos / cats / English-Civil-War / Historical / hotels / non-fiction4 Comments

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Catakism by Jeff Lazarus Do you bow to the meow? Are you one of the 70 million people who devote time and income to grooming, feeding, coddling, photographing, praising, and “entertaining” Cats? Does your Facebook page have more photos of your Cat than of your siblings? Do you buy furniture ... more >

July 21, 2017

REVIEW: Illuminating Women in the Medieval World by Christine Sciacca

JayneA- Reviews / Book Reviews / Recommended ReadsArt / art history / History / medieval / medieval manuscripts / non-fiction1 Comments

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When one thinks of women in the Middle Ages, the images that often come to mind are those of damsels in distress, mystics in convents, female laborers in the field, and even women of ill repute. In reality, however, medieval conceptions of womanhood were multifaceted, and women’s roles were varied ... more >

December 9, 2015

Wednesday News: Creativity, graphic novels, Bollywood, and the Mona Lisa

JanetPublishing Newsart history / Bollywood / creativity / gender / graphic novels / India / Jewish artists / Johnnie Christmas / Leonardo da Vinci / Margaret Atwood / Mona Lisa / silent films1 Comments

The Creativity Bias against Women – A paper written by three researchers at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business shows that in certain work environments, men are perceived to be more creative than women, especially in fields that are more dominated by or associated with male characteristics (e.g. Architecture showed the ... more >

January 13, 2015

Tuesday News: Online Super Cookies, 2014 Bestsellers, Black Madonnas, and Tom Stoppard on love

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“Super cookies” track you, even in privacy mode – With all of the focus on privacy online these days, it may not surprise you to know that despite the numerous technological precautions you can take, your web surfing habits are not really so secure. So called “super cookies” are tracking ... more >

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