Building the Feminist Canon
Who are or were the women of television? Google might send you to the Emmy listings, as nominees and winners reveal some of the most talented in the business for any given year. The feminist canon is shaped by many more women and men than just the big names. In their lives, they may have not received their due recognition....
Leadership icon Frances Hesselbein, age 107, has passed
For women of her generation, she was MORE than a Jack Welch or Peter Drucker. Women leader icon Frances Hesselbein started with far fewer resources and worked into her 100s, modeling, teaching and writing about leadership. Count saving the Girl Scouts as one of her many accomplishments, which I shared with my MN State Mankato Honors leadership students in 2014...
5 Points of Gratitude
It’s been a busy year for me, both personally and as a content creator. You may not know it from the scant number of podcast episodes I produced this year. Indeed, the podcast now competes for my time with the research I conduct for my book. Add onto that the wonderful days I get to spend with our 7 month...
Lost Links and Audio Links Removed
Advanced TV Herstory has become my a commitment to chasing down and researching stories of TV women and their place in feminism and American culture. As an independent podcast, my work will last on the internet, accessible to all, with no advertising for as long as my heirs pay the monthly $7 hosting charge. In revisiting my research from a...
Carrie Fisher’s Genius in “These Old Broads”
It’s not often I post a near-complete script of a podcast episode, but this one is different. Carrie Fisher’s 2001 made-for-TV movie These Old Broads is among my favorite movies ever… right up there with Airport, Oceans 8 and Meet Me in St. Louis. If you’d rather listen than read, head over to Advanced TV Herstory and listen directly from the website or find it in most places...
5 Years of Connecting the Dots of Feminism, TV & Culture
What a year it’s been! Thanks for tuning into this special anniversary episode of Advanced TV Herstory – a podcast unlike any other you listen to…. I’m guessing. Sharing some news and thoughts as I embark on year 6 and this momentous time in American and world history. First – Developed a new tag line – Connecting the dots of TV...
Upcoming Podcast Series Featuring Margaret Cho
Margaret Cho! Sometimes we lose sight of the adage “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” Since lockdown I’ve connected with people and organizations that share the mission and spirit of Advanced TV Herstory. It’s been a creative time. An upcoming podcast series of 5 interviews with women who’ve overcome –isms to advance their careers in entertainment. It’s a...
Book Review
Eleanor Roosevelt, Volume 3: The War Years and After, 1939-1962 by Blanche Wiesen Cook Like many, I powered through the first two volumes of this series and then paused for the third to be published. Cook is a wonderful writer and her research on ER is definitive, extensive and perhaps most importantly… was conducted with a woman’s curiosity. However, she...
Summer of COVID – June Edition
White Mountain Puzzles (made in America) A fond memory of parenting is hot, humid summer afternoons in A/C, spent assembling jigsaw puzzles with daughter Alison while binge-watching CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. About 10 years ago, we bought White Mountain’s TV History 1000 piece puzzle at a thrift store. I credit this podcast and hundreds of conversations about representation with compelling me...