Excerpted with permission from Collectors Weekly Today, very few white Americans openly celebrate the horrors of Black enslavement—most refuse to recognize the brutal nature of the institution or actively seek […]
Author: Lisa Hix
Anita Pointer: Civil Rights Activist, Pop Star and Serious Collector of Black Memorabilia
Excerpted with permission from Collectors Weekly At one point, Anita Pointer—lead vocalist and writer for the Pointer Sisters’ top 10 hit “I’m So Excited”—was one of the most famous women […]
Sex and Suffering: The Tragic Life of the Japanese Courtesan
This article is excerpted with permission from Collectors Weekly It’s difficult to get a window into the world of Edo-Period Japanese prostitutes without the gauzy romantic filter of the male […]
Women Who Conquered the Comic Book World
[This article is excerpted with permission from Collectors Weekly. See the full article here.] The day after she returned from the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con International, comics icon Trina Robbins sits down […]
Women in the Skies: The Birth of the Stewardess
This article was excerpted with permission from Collectors Weekly. Read the full story here. Commercial airlines go back as far as 1909, with the first civilian-passenger flight in the United […]
Why Aren’t Stories Like “12 Years a Slave” Told at Plantation Museums?
Watching 12 Years a Slave, winner of the best picture Oscar Sunday night, it was almost as if I were there at Edwin Epps’ cotton plantation in the 1840s, walking […]
Singing the Lesbian Blues in 1920s Harlem
When Gertrude “Ma” Rainey — known as “The Mother of Blues”— sang, “It’s true I wear a collar and a tie … Talk to the gals just like any old man,” […]
“Gatsby” Gets Flappers Wrong
Have you heard? There’s a new swell in town named Gatsby, and he’s bringing flapper flair back into fashion. Baz Luhrmann’s latest cinematic spectacle—his take on The Great Gatsby—promises to be […]
Why Ordinary Things Go Pink
Not long after Bic launched its new line of “Bic for Her” ballpoint pens—boasting an “elegant design” that “features a thin barrel to fit a women’s hand”—women and men alike […]