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Detectives and Monsters, part 2 - Monsters in Hollywood

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  This week I bring you part 2 of our latest podcast episode titled "Detectives and Monsters".  In this entry, I'm talking about monsters in Hollywood...noooo...the other kind...well..both. Anyway... Milicent Patrick was born Mildred Rossi in 1915. When she was 6, her family began living on the property of publisher William Randolph Hearst. Her father, Camille Rossi was the superintendent of construction (that would be an interesting story too, because if you know Hearst Castle, you know that building it was a major feat due to limited transportation at the time and the remote, hilly location. But this isn't about him). During her lifetime she was an animator, actress, model, costume designer, children’s book illustrator, makeup artist and special effects makeup artist. And despite her impressive resume, she’s gone largely uncelebrated in Hollywood over the years. In 1939, Patrick began working at Walt Disney Productions in in their all-female ink and paint departmen...

Re-Feminist History - this blog's new purpose

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Listen to the Podcast:  Re-Feminist History Email me:  kelly@thebitchwhisperer.me Hi! So as I announced in my previous post, this blog will now be used to highlight the women we talk about on the podcast, formerly named "Bitchstory", now called "Re-feminist History". Doo-do-dooooo! First up, Isabella Goodwin, the NYPD's first female detective. And what a badass she was! Isabella Loghry was born in Greenwich Village, Manhattan in 1865. Around 1885, aged 19, she married John W. Goodwin, a police officer. The couple had six children, of which four survived. Goodwin was widowed in 1896, when she was 30 years old. Obviously this put her and her children in a precarious position and she needed to find work. The New York City police department had only just started hiring women as “police matrons" to look after female and child prisoners ...so basically, legal babysitting. Goodwin applied and was hired. It was a low paid position, making only $1000/year, which amo...

The State of the BitchUnion

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Dear Readers and Astro Nerds, Bless me readers for I have sinned,  it has been exactly 4 weeks since my last confession/astro obsession.   I'm sorry I haven't posted here.  So, wha' ha' happn'd was... During the New Moon in Aquarius, I did some intense manifesting work around my path forward and what I am supposed to be doing.  I have been feeling burned out and over-stretched for a long time.  I had 3 podcasts and BitchScopes Astrology. The latter was a labor of love, but it was a labor.  Scopes were so much work and so much time.  I don't normally whine about that kind of stuff.  So for awhile I thought, maybe I'll feel better if this wasn't all "free", so I monetized the actual BitchScopes over on Patreon.  That eased the imbalance a little.  But a few days after the New Moon work I did,  I woke up and was struck with "I'm quitting everything!".   BitchScopes is my baby. It is my brainchild, and my passion project....