Jen shows us how powerful photos can be to empathize. Remember the Migrant Mother photo? Jen talks about the photographer behind that photo, Dorothea Lange. This is just after Katie talks about her inappropriate scrapbook…because we can’t be serious all the time. Show Notes & Extras Images About The Gal’s Guide Podcast What if you […]
Leah takes us on the journey into The Only Band That Matters and their iconic photo. That’s right, we’re talking about Pennie Smith’s photo of the London Calling album by The Clash. Did you know that photo nearly never happened? The story is incredible! Show Notes & Extras Video About The Gal’s Guide Podcast What […]
It’s the start of Olympic Gal month, and Bonnie is giving us “What For!” Well, actually, she’s telling about an Olympic swimmer who swam the English Channel, who might have coined the phrase “What For!” Gertrude Ederle learned to swim in a New York river with a rope around her waist. She’s the “Grease Smeared […]
Share your experience with women’s history with us. Any story or poem of how women’s history or women in history has impacted your life is what we are looking for. NEW deadline extended to 12/31/2021 for publication in March 2022 Women’s History Month! Submission will be chosen by a jury of 3, one representing Gal’s […]
Katie learns that some seashells are for taking. Bonnie is missing her rocks. Leah was so poor that she stole a napkin. And Amy steals from the Pope. After confessing their crimes, the Gal Pals learn about the gals who went deep diving in a lead ball the size of a yoga ball to research […]
Beware of spit takes while listening to this episode! It takes us four ridiculous tries to start the show before going into a biblical story rant about Leah’s namesake, Debbi turning people into stone, and Bonnie whippin’ out her college thesis on us tell us her comical list of complaints of Greek (and Roman) women […]
Women and Art: Contested Territory by Judy Chicago and Edward Lucie-Smith Headstrong: 52 Women Who Changed Science – and the World by Rachel Swaby 4,000 years of Uppity Women by Vicki Leon Wonder Women by Sam Maggs Color: A Natural History of the Palette by Victoria Finlay What 5 Women’s History Books Do You Recommend? […]
Gal’s Guide has made a fairy-sized ofrenda, an altar with a collection of offerings traditionally at a Mexican DÃa de Muertos celebration. Our ofrenda is a celebration of our soul sisters of the past. We invite YOU to come make a fairy-sized shrine of a famous woman of history, friend, or family member who has […]
Klaire talks about the Swedish artist who most likely invented abstract art and did it with use of séances. Learn about the amazing time in history and Thesophy. Plus we talk about haunted books and captured fairies. Show Notes Images Videos Support the Show Like what we do? Want more? On our Patreon page you can access […]
Believe it or not, this is only Gal’s Guide 2nd in-person first Friday. To celebrate we’re going to have an unveiling of Leah Leach’s massive artwork “Mother Tree – Firsts.” The mixed media artwork showcases 34 women who were the first to accomplish a historic milestone. Leah will be on hand to talk about the […]
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