Monday, July 21, 2025

Rosie O'Donnell


Rosie O'Donnell (1962 -     )
American talk show host, comedian, and actor;
after a series of TV and film roles, she hosted the
daytime talk show The Rosie O'Donnell Show (1996 - 2002)
which won several Daytime Emmy Awards;
after coming out as a lesbian in 2002, she became an
outspoken advocate of LGBTQ issues and other liberal causes;
she was a moderator on the daytime talk show 
The View (2006 - 2007) which included the start of
a long-running public feud with Donald Trump.

Sunday, July 20, 2025

Airyn De Niro


Airyn De Niro (1995 -     )
American model and voice actor who is studying
to be a mental health counsellor;
she has recently come out as trans
and has her family's support.

Saturday, July 19, 2025

Rose O'Neill


Rose O'Neill (1874 - 1944)
American cartoonist, illustrator, artist, and writer;
the first published female cartoonist in the USA,
in 1909 she created popular "baby Cupid"
comic strip characters called Kewpies;
a toy company soon began producing Kewpie dolls
which were a sensation and one of the first
mass-marketed toys in the United States;
active in women's suffrage, she has been inducted into
the National Women's Hall of Fame;
as a comics pioneer, she was also inducted into
the Eisner Awards Hall of Fame.

Friday, July 18, 2025

Lita Ford


Lita Ford (1958 -     )
British-American guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter;
lead guitarist for the all-female rock band The Runaways in the late 1970s,
followed by a successful glam metal solo career, with her biggest hit
being Close My Eyes Forever (1989), a duet with Ozzy Osbourne;
following a long hiatus, she returned with a comeback album (2012)
and an autobiography (2015), both entitled Living Like a Runaway;
recipient of the 2014 Certified Legend Award by Guitar Player magazine.

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Mysterious


Self-portrait by lalameidje
⌘ Half-truths in hoop earrings ◆

I cannot find ANY info about her online.
All her social media accounts are scrubbed.

Wednesday, July 16, 2025

Joan Jett


Joan Jett (1958 -     )
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, businessperson, and actor;
a rock icon, she is often called the "Godmother of Punk";
co-founder of The Runaways and founder of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts;
biggest hits include I Love Rock 'n Roll and Bad Reputation;
long-time vegetarian and supporter of animal rights.

Tuesday, July 15, 2025

Josephine Baker


Josephine Baker (1906 - 1975)
American born French dancer, singer, actor;
her career was centred primarily in France
where she headlined Les Folies Bergère in Paris
during the Jazz Age and the Roaring Twenties;
in Nazi-occupied France, she aided the
French Resistance and Allied intelligence services;
France later awarded her the Resistance Medal, the Croix de Guerre,
and named her a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour;
she adopted 12 multiracial children and raised them
in France, calling them her Rainbow Tribe.

Monday, July 14, 2025

Beverley McLachlin


Beverley McLachlin (1943 -     )
Canadian lawyer, professor, jurist, and author;
first woman to serve as Chief Justice of
the Supreme Court of Canada (2000 - 2017)

Sunday, July 13, 2025

Twyla Tharp


Twyla Tharp (1941 -     )
American dancer, choreographer, and author;
a pioneer of modern dance, her company Twyla Tharp Dance has
extensively toured the world since 1965, performing original works
set to classical, jazz, and contemporary pop music;
her many awards include 2 Emmies, a Tony, 19 honorary doctorates,
the 2004 National Medal of the Arts and the
2008 Kennedy Center Honors.

Saturday, July 12, 2025

Guerrilla Girls


Guerrilla Girls (1985 -     )

For almost four decades the Guerrilla Girls have been using their campaigning art to highlight sexism and inequality in the arts. The members of this anonymous feminist collective wear masks to ensure the focus remains on their message, not their appearance. They identify themselves individually by using the names of famous women artists of the past.

"We're the conscience of the art world." 

The Guerrilla Girls have produced several books and many videos of their collective artworks and activism. They currently have an exhibition at the Tate Modern in London, England which runs until the end of 2025.

The collective has had its issues over the years, facing internal controversies over diversity, race, class, ideology and power sharing.

Friday, July 11, 2025

Mary Anning


Mary Anning (1799 - 1847)
English fossil collector, dealer, and palaeontologist;
she made many groundbreaking fossil discoveries in
the Jurassic marine fossil beds near her coastal home;
her findings helped change scientific thinking about
prehistoric life and the history of the Earth.

From a poor family and with only a basic education,
she struggled financially all her life;
although women were not allowed to join
the Geological Society of London, some male geologists
strove to arrange an income, a pension later in life,
and recognition for her important achievements.

Thursday, July 10, 2025

Angelina Jolie


Angelina Jolie (1975 -     )
American actor, filmmaker, and humanitarian;
best known films include Girl, Interrupted,
Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Mr. & Mrs. Smith,
and two Maleficent films;
as a filmmaker, she has written, directed and/or produced
several movies about serious issues;
recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award,
a Tony Award and three Golden Globe Awards;
the humanitarian causes she promotes include
conservation, education, and women's rights;
noted for her advocacy on behalf of refugees as a
Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees,
undertaking field missions to refugee camps and war zones worldwide.

Wednesday, July 9, 2025

KiKi Layne


KiKi Layne (1991 -     )
American actor;
best known for her roles in the movies
If Beale Street Could Talk,
The Old Guard, and The Old Guard 2.

Monday, July 7, 2025

Coco Gauff


Coco Gauff (2004 -     )
American professional tennis player,
currently ranked no. 2 in women's singles;
has won 10 career singles titles, including 2 majors
at the US Open (2023) and French Open (2025).

Sunday, July 6, 2025

Amelia Earhart


Amelia Earhart (1897 – disappeared 1937, declared dead 1939)
American pilot, author, and aviation pioneer;
first female pilot to fly solo non-stop across
the Atlantic Ocean (1928) and also set many other record;
she embraced celebrity culture and women's rights;
one of the first aviators to promote commercial air travel;
in 1937, she and her male navigator disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while
attempting to become the first female pilot to circumnavigate the world;
their plane and remains have never been found.

Saturday, July 5, 2025

Jeanette Winterson


Jeanette Winterson (1959 -     )
English author, broadcaster and educator;
her first novel Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)
was a literary sensation and later made into a TV miniseries;
the literary career which followed has made her
one of Britain's most distinguished modern writers;
awards include the Whitbread Prize for a First Novel,
a BAFTA Award for Best Drama, the E. M. Forster Award
and the Lambda Literary Award twice.

Friday, July 4, 2025

Debbie Harry


Debbie Harry (1945 -     )
American singer, songwriter and actor,
best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie;
biggest hits include Heart of Glass, Call Me, and The Tide Is High;
acting career spans both art films and mainstream movies
such as Union City, Videodrome, and Hairspray;
some of her preferred charities include those devoted
to fighting cancer and endometriosis.

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Kardea Brown


Kardea Brown (1987 -     ) 
American contemporary Southern chef,
caterer, competitive baking judge,
television host, and cookbook author;
host of Delicious Miss Brown and
co-host of Kids Baking Championship.

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Delhy Tejero


Delhy Tejero (1904 - 1968)
Spanish painter and art professor;
her art encompassed a range of styles
from natural, spiritualist and avant-garde
with tendencies towards abstraction;
her self-portrait shown above
was painted in 1937.