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La Toilette: The Birth of Privacy
A wonderful review by Alissa J. Rubin in The New York Times takes us through a current exhibition, “La Toilette: The Birth of Privacy,” on view at the Musée Marmottan Monet in Paris. She also gives us a fascinating history on the shift from publicness to privacy for women and the intimate act of bathing. Rubin writes:
For centuries, however, women experienced the ordinary act of washing in less than complete solitude. Women of a certain class were rarely alone, even when attending to the most intimate parts of their bodies. Their lives were, in a sense, communal property, especially those of wealthier women who until the mid-19th century were the ones most frequently depicted in artwork, although prostitutes and mistresses were also subject matter.
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Crowdfunding Platform by Women Researchers for Women Researchers
Image via Instrumentl.com
We’ve all seen the headlines about women and girls making great strides in STEM fields. Now, it’s great to see those women also making leaps in self-funding their brilliant ideas. A new platform, Instrumentl, founded by Angela Braren,Victoria Kentner and Katharine Corriveau, has a simple motto: “Get Funded. Get Out There.” Even more beautiful, the platform is centered around women in science funding other women in science. Take a look at all the brilliance in one place. These are some of the important and world-saving campaigns on the site: How will glacier loss affect water resources?, Understanding Coral Reefs Before It’s Too Late, Uncovering Sea Turtle Feeding Grounds.
Read more about the founders of Instrumentl at our friends at womanthology.com.
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