Kathi Cushman
@kathi27.bsky.social
Student of the 19th century. Lover of art history, space, politics, music, films and series, books, culinary arts, hiking, dogs, waterfalls, making art, and redwood trees.
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Abigail Adams, wife/close advisor of US President John Adams & #womensrights advocate, was born #OTD in 1744.
This quote, from a 1776 letter to John, is one of the earliest recorded calls in American #history for women’s legal & political equality--written right when the country was being born.
This quote, from a 1776 letter to John, is one of the earliest recorded calls in American #history for women’s legal & political equality--written right when the country was being born.
November 22, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Abigail Adams, wife/close advisor of US President John Adams & #womensrights advocate, was born #OTD in 1744.
This quote, from a 1776 letter to John, is one of the earliest recorded calls in American #history for women’s legal & political equality--written right when the country was being born.
This quote, from a 1776 letter to John, is one of the earliest recorded calls in American #history for women’s legal & political equality--written right when the country was being born.
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'I didn’t have time to be anyone’s muse... I was too busy rebelling..."
- Leonora Carrington
Surrealist painter
#WomensArt
- Leonora Carrington
Surrealist painter
#WomensArt
October 29, 2025 at 4:35 AM
'I didn’t have time to be anyone’s muse... I was too busy rebelling..."
- Leonora Carrington
Surrealist painter
#WomensArt
- Leonora Carrington
Surrealist painter
#WomensArt
RIP Jane Goodall, one of my heroes, and the catalyst for my lifelong love, and curiosity, for primates. While her lectures were riveting in general, I particularly enjoyed when she'd break into the chimp patois. What an extraordinary person.
October 1, 2025 at 8:04 PM
RIP Jane Goodall, one of my heroes, and the catalyst for my lifelong love, and curiosity, for primates. While her lectures were riveting in general, I particularly enjoyed when she'd break into the chimp patois. What an extraordinary person.
Angelica plant is a new addition to garden. I've never seen one before. It's supposed to live two years, then die and reseed. We'll see how it goes. Lovely.
August 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Angelica plant is a new addition to garden. I've never seen one before. It's supposed to live two years, then die and reseed. We'll see how it goes. Lovely.
This is so lovely
German Expressionist painter Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) #WomensArt
July 28, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This is so lovely
This is so disturbing
www.sfgate.com/california-p...
www.sfgate.com/california-p...
Muir Woods exhibit is first casualty of White House directive to erase history
"In order to know your role in history, you need to see yourself in it."
www.sfgate.com
July 23, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This is so disturbing
www.sfgate.com/california-p...
www.sfgate.com/california-p...
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During the 1930s, the US "book women" of Kentucky, aka "packsaddle librarians," delivered books to remote and isolated communities in the Appalachian Mountains on horseback, riding in rain, snow or heat ...#WomensArt
July 16, 2025 at 7:55 AM
During the 1930s, the US "book women" of Kentucky, aka "packsaddle librarians," delivered books to remote and isolated communities in the Appalachian Mountains on horseback, riding in rain, snow or heat ...#WomensArt
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Su Blackwell, UK artist who creates paper art using books, often based on fairytale and nature #WomensArt
June 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Su Blackwell, UK artist who creates paper art using books, often based on fairytale and nature #WomensArt
"For nothing enriches the world more than kindness. It makes mysterious things clear, difficult things easy, and dull things cheerful.” Tolstoy
June 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
"For nothing enriches the world more than kindness. It makes mysterious things clear, difficult things easy, and dull things cheerful.” Tolstoy
I'm watching a 1996 George Carlin performance that opened up with reproductive freedom, and now he's moving on to immigration. I wonder what he'd do with all the fodder right now.
June 9, 2025 at 6:26 AM
I'm watching a 1996 George Carlin performance that opened up with reproductive freedom, and now he's moving on to immigration. I wonder what he'd do with all the fodder right now.
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Online brothels, sex robots, simulated rape: AI is ushering in a new age of violence against women | Laura Bates
Online brothels, sex robots, simulated rape: AI is ushering in a new age of violence against women | Laura Bates
When social media first exploded, we missed our chance to protect women and girls. Now history is repeating itself, says Laura Bates of Everyday Sexism
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Online brothels, sex robots, simulated rape: AI is ushering in a new age of violence against women | Laura Bates
This is freaking astonishing, although I don't know why I'm surprised as they are so intelligent. Thanks, MysticBrush.
Chimpanzees in Uganda's Budongo Forest have been observed using medicinal plants to treat wounds—on themselves and others. This behavior, documented by University of Oxford researchers, suggests a natural form of first aid among wild chimps. #ChimpanzeeMedicine #WildlifeBehavior #NatureHeals
Wild chimpanzees filmed using forest 'first aid'
The research builds on the discovery that chimps seek out and eat certain plants to self-medicate.
www.bbc.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This is freaking astonishing, although I don't know why I'm surprised as they are so intelligent. Thanks, MysticBrush.
Oh my goodness
UK artist Sue Austin, 'Creating the Spectacle!' (2012) underwater performance in her specially adapted wheelchair #womensart #Fridayfeeling
May 16, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Oh my goodness
Just got back from seeing the tail end of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Wild God tour in SF. It was everything I hoped for--raucous with moments of true beauty and joy.
May 15, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Just got back from seeing the tail end of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds Wild God tour in SF. It was everything I hoped for--raucous with moments of true beauty and joy.
Redwood giant trunk outside my bedroom window
May 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Redwood giant trunk outside my bedroom window
I would love to wear this
Steampunk style 'book dress' by contemporary French designer Sylvie Facon #womensart
May 10, 2025 at 7:58 AM
I would love to wear this
Metallica rocked the earth!
Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ at Sold-Out Virginia Tech Concert Sparks Seismic Activity
Metallica's 'Enter Sandman' at Sold-Out Virginia Tech Concert Sparks Seismic Activity
When Metallica played their first-ever concert at Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium, the crowd’s reaction to "Enter Sandman" triggered seismic activity.
rollingstone.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Metallica rocked the earth!
Thank you for bringing the wild world to us.
May 8, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Thank you for bringing the wild world to us.
It is possible to end homelessness, and Finland can show us the way!
May 6, 2025 at 4:21 PM