Breaking the rules and changing history, Kitty Phetla entered the western-centric world of ballet. She’s too tall, she’s a proud black South African, and she’s forever changed the stereotypical image of Pavlova’s famous Dying Swan.
This week’s word, herstory, takes us to meet an extraordinary woman from Kenya who changed the collective mind of her country towards the environment and lifted them out of poverty at the same time.
Where does the word creation lead us if we look wider than the traditional concept of art and painting? We enter the worlds of Mary Anderson, Melitta Bentz and Elizabeth Magie. Have you ever heard of them? You will score bonus points if you know what they had in common.
Our headword for today is source, and it takes us all the way back to the story of a young woman, told by Pip Williams, about the female side of the Oxford English Dictionary. A narrative, like so many others, hidden between the lines of a history written by men.
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The wrist has two faces. On the outside, it is a showcase for the finest jewellery. And on the inside, the eight little carpal bones pivot and move to turn the two wrist joints and make them central to the life of any freelancer with a computer.
Who would have thought that the humble cardigan had such a rough-and-tough start in this world before it became a highly fashionable item in every woman’s wardrobe?