Tag: Inspiration

Inclusive Ghost Story That Changed the World? Pac-Man!

On October 10th of 1980, the US met Pac-Man and his mortal enemies Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde. In 1979 Toru Iwatani assembled a 9 person team to develop a video game that women could play and enjoy as well as men. In an interview he said, “The reason I created Pac-Man was because we wanted…
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October 9, 2024
Wednesday Addams is the Hero Fem Friday Needs!

Does a fictitious character that inspired countless women mean as much as one that exists? Can inspiration be found in someone we met when she was nine? And do men have to be aware of their reactions to women who refuse to conform? In the case of Wednesday Adams, the answer to all of these…
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October 4, 2024
Women Write Banned Books & What We Must Do Now

What happens six weeks after a First Amendment Activist and members of Amnesty International and the American Library Association have a conversation in the 80’s? What were they fighting for? And who is winning that war over 40 years later? The 80’s gave us Banned Books Week. They were fighting “to teach the importance of…
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September 27, 2024
Mark Hamill Gave Us the Gift of Imagination

I’ve decided to try a new thing on Wednesdays! Just be a nostalgic fan as opposed to the deeper dive. So let’s kick off this experiment and celebrate an amazing man! Nothing deep and not full of facts and figures. I started this idea of Gen X Watch to counter the toxic Gen X nostalgia…
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September 25, 2024
The Power of the Pen Pal to Expand the World

When many of us were young there was nothing more magical than getting mail that was for you! The best was a letter or a card from a friend. To this day I enjoy the week of my birthday and Christmas because there are still a few beautiful people who will send a hand written…
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September 23, 2024
Iman: A Refugee Who Made the World Better!

Most people know her as a Supermodel and beloved wife of David Bowie. But how many know that she was a refugee, speaks five languages, and changed the world for many? As a victim of genital mutilation at the age of seven, a refugee at 16, and faced racial bias as model in the US…
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September 20, 2024
Miami Vice and 40 Years of Art Transforming!

Today marks the 40th birthday of Miami Vice. The show had an impact on fashion and music. It forever changed the landscape of television, movies, and police dramas. It also changed the city of Miami and may show us a path for art to change our current social landscape. We may have to do more…
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September 16, 2024
Winona Ryder Breaking Silence in a Tough World

As many fans wait for the 5th and final season of Stranger Things, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice is smashing the box office. Winona Ryder is back in the spotlight, but she has never been silent. She impacted Generation X with important lessons about metal health and early adulthood with movies like Girl Interrupted and Reality Bites. This…
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September 13, 2024
Memento Mori and the Masque of the Red Death

2 days ago I had emergency surgery. I’ve had it before and I am going to have it again. It is a reminder that life is to be lived and pain is bittersweet. It is also a reminder of mortality. Since I was ten I have been a fan of Edgar Allan Poe. In grade…
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September 9, 2024
Avril Lavigne’s Breakaway Makes a Difference

Is she the pop punk queen or the mother effing princess? Did she open doors? Is she punk? Is she a hub bridging influences and being an influence? It’s…Complicated. But there is no mistaking that she is more and does things that matter. I recently learned that, like me, our music and culture columnist Jeremy…
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September 6, 2024