Tag Archives: Women

1960: Miss Jimmy Olsen

Posted on September 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

“A drastic change of identity”: Jimmy goes undercover as a woman in this story from Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen Vol. 1, #44 (April, 1960); Curt Swan, penciler. See Transgender Identity and Superman’s Pal.

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1909: Heptu Bidding Farewell to the City of Obb

Posted on September 18, 2017 by corvusfugit

John Duncan: Heptu Bidding Farewell to the City of Obb (1909)

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2010: Beauty Shop

Posted on September 17, 2017 by corvusfugit

Lori Nix at work on Beauty Shop (2010), one of a series of photographs of post-apocalyptic miniatures. (See her website.)

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1971: He Says It Takes Two Kinds

Posted on September 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

2 yellow south white wedding dress naked parachute a man comes in. he offers me cocaine. two pure white powders. somethings fishy. one is lumpy. he says it takes two kinds. one is outlaw cocaine. hardon. makes you pant like … Continue reading →

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2014: Pool Side

Posted on September 15, 2017 by corvusfugit

Anna Carey: Pool Side (2014) (source)

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1957: The Creation of the Birds

Posted on September 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Remedios Varo: La creación de las aves [The Creation of the Birds] (1957)

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1781: Angelica Kauffmann

Posted on September 14, 2017 by corvusfugit

Angelica Kauffmann: Self-Portraits, 1770-75 and 1781

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1565: Portrait of a Boy

Posted on September 11, 2017 by corvusfugit

Sofonisba Anguissola: Portrait of a Boy at the Spanish Court (1565-1570); formerly attributed—as were many of Anguissola’s works—to Alonso Sanchez Coello

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1929: Versions

Posted on September 9, 2017 by corvusfugit

Saint Francis Church, Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico Anna Skeele (1930) Ansel Adams (1929) Paul Strand (1931) Georgia O’Keeffe (1929)

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1930: Clivia

Posted on September 8, 2017 by corvusfugit

Henrietta Shore: Clivia (c. 1930)

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