Jessie Buckley

Jessie Buckley (1989 -     )

Irish actor and singer.

On stage, her portrayal of Sally Bowles in a West End revival

of Cabaret won her the Laurence Olivier Award

for Best Actress in a Musical in 2021.

Jessie Buckley received Best Actor recognition for her movie portrayal

of Agnes Shakespeare in Hamnet (2025), including the Golden Globe,

BAFTA Award and Academy Award.

She Works Hard For The Money

Lunch Counter, Chicago

photo by Frank Paulin, 1952

Two Year Blogoversary Today!

This blog underwent a few changes this year

and is now on a reduced posting schedule

rather than being daily, but it's still here!

Thank you to everyone who takes the time

to follow, read, or comment!

I appreciate all of you!

Andrea Ghez

Andrea Ghez (1965 -     )

American astrophysicist, professor, researcher, and author.

Co-recipient of the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics

"for the discovery of a supermassive compact object

at the centre of our galaxy" (otherwise known as a black hole).

Only the fourth woman to be so recognized since

Marie Curie's Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903.

Member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American

Philosophical Society, and the American Physical Society.

"Becoming Something the World Hasn't Learned to Name"

 

Photo: Said Mhamad (2025)

3D-printed gown: Iris van Herpen

Model: Akuol Deng Atem

Beatrix Potter

Beatrix Potter (1866 - 1943)

English writer, illustrator, natural scientist, and conservationist.

She is best known for her charmingly illustrated children's books

featuring animals, such as The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1902).

Before her literary success, however, Beatrix Potter was keenly interested

in mycology, the scientific study of fungi, producing brilliantly observed

illustrations of many types. She wrote a learned paper on mycology that

was dismissed and ignored because of her gender. It was only on her death,

when she left hundreds of her mycological artworks to a museum, 

that her scientific talents were recognized.

Today, Potter’s precise and beautiful

paintings and drawings of fungi are helping

modern mycologists in their efforts to identify species.

Her best-selling books enabled Beatrix Potter to become

a prosperous farmer and a prize-winning sheep breeder.

She bought several farms in the Lake District to preserve

its unique hill country landscape. Much of that land

now constitutes the Lake District National Park.

Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju

Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju (1997 -     )

Indian primary care physician, actor, content creator and transgender rights advocate.

She became well known online by documenting her gender transition and

speaking about queer and trans rights, medical discrimination, bullying,

mental health and the need for LGBTQ+-inclusive healthcare.

Tinetra began her acting career by being the first trans woman

to play a main character in an Indian streaming series.