It is legal in New York City for men and women to be topless and Sandra LaMorgese is taking advantage of it. According to her website, LaMorgese PhD, “has worked as a the Director of Education for ‘Cures,’ a wellness skin and body care brand, and is a metaphysician, holistic practitioner, ordained Reverend and Huffington Post blogger.” LaMorgese, at 60 years old, is releasing her new memoir, Switch, which discusses her change from holistic medicine to her profession as a dominatrix. Image courtesy of https://bit.ly/2c7KJIk She’s all about celebrating sexuality and understanding oneself. She told The Huffington Post: “Switch is a …
J.K. Rowling‘s got some exciting things for us in the works. Under the pen name, Robert Galbraith, Rowling has written a series of crime novels. The Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm, and Career of Evil all feature a lead detective by the name of Cormoran Strike. It was announced today that BBC will adapt Galbraith’s novels into a series with Tom Burke as Cormoran Strike! Yes, Tom Burke, Alan Rickman’s godson…aka Professor Snape. Thrilled that Tom Burke will be playing Cormoran Strike in the BBC adaptation of @RGalbraith‘s novels! https://t.co/OJ7b4UlJ0s — J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 7, 2016 The Leaky Cauldron also released information that the fourth installment …
The punishment for overdue library books just got a lot worse. The Athens-Limestone Public Library has over $200,000 worth of material that hasn’t been returned. In order to gain that money back, the library has instated a pretty severe penalty. A city ordinance states, “it is unlawful for any person who has a library card to ‘fail or refuse to return’ any materials borrowed or withdrawn from the public library.” The library is kept up by taxpayers and patrons and the director of the library feels that “offenders are not only stealing from the library, but also from other library …
It seems that our history books tend to leave out many people that have done amazing things for this country, especially people of color. The book Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly unveils the lives of African-American women who were mathematicians at NASA. Margot Lee Shetterly Image courtesy of https://bit.ly/2c51NP3 Personally, I had never heard of these women until I saw the commercial for the movie. I was in awe! Black women changing the face of NASA? How could I not have learned about this anywhere? It’s upsetting that we have to find these figures on our own or be exposed to their accomplishments many …
Hans Christian Andersen was born in Denmark and went on to write some of the world’s most famous fairy tales. Andersen also wrote some poetry, mostly in Danish. This week, we have a quote from his autobiography for Poem of the Week. Editorial Manager, Gaby, says that she “feels for this poem because travelling makes me feel more alive than anything.” She’s “obsessed with travelling.” Image courtesy of https://bit.ly/2clizeN Featured image courtesy of https://bit.ly/1RLG76U
