by Michele Genthon | May 18, 2017 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN, Politics and Government
One of the many beauties of Sue Monk Kidd’s fiction is her expression of the hearts of women, through their own words. This is accomplished with language that paints pictures in the reader’s mind and both tickles and challenges the reader’s soul. So, it was with...
by Michele Genthon | Mar 21, 2017 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN
A special woman died in November of last year and her life is a model for all women. Gwen Ifill, co-anchor of News Hour on PBS, separated her professional life from her personal life, not even informing others of her illness as she was dying. It is unfortunate that...
by Michele Genthon | Dec 29, 2016 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN
This year the United Nations selected Wonder Woman as an honorary ambassador to promote gender equity. An uproar ensued, and the United Nations withdrew the ambassadorship because Wonder Woman was too sexy. Apparently strong women cannot also be sexy women....
by Michele Genthon | Oct 26, 2016 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN
Last weekend I attended a concert by the Lake Union Civic Orchestra and found a First Woman in the program. But, first, about the concert. I was attracted to the concert because they were playing two fanfares: Aaron Copland’s stately Fanfare for the Common Man and...
by Michele Genthon | Sep 25, 2016 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN, Sports and Adventure
I would like to have been a fly on the wall when Rick Singer and Kevin Falls “pitched” their idea for a new television series about a woman baseball player who makes it to the major leagues. The series, aptly named Pitch, debuted last week on Fox. Ginny Baker is the...
by Michele Genthon | Jul 23, 2016 | Arts, Entertainment, and Media, FIRST WOMEN
Chuck Todd is currently moderator of “Meet the Press” on NBC, a one-on-one interview show sometimes followed by a roundtable. Todd follows many notable news correspondents: Roger Mudd, Marvin Kalb, Chris Wallace, Garrick Utley, Tim Russert, Tom Brokaw, David Gregory,...
