Christine Haskell, Ph.D.'s Blog, page 9
March 28, 2021
Profiles in Craft: Annie Lennox
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When you're that successful, things have a momentum, and at a certain point you can't really tell whether you have created the momentum or it's creating you.
Annie Lennox (1954—) is ...
March 27, 2021
Profiles in Craft: Patti Smith
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In times of strife, we have our imagination, we have our creative impulse, which are things that are more important than material things. They are the things that we should mag...
March 20, 2021
Profiles in Craft: Maya Angelou
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I am convinced that most people do not grow up. We find parking spaces and honor our credit cards. We marry and dare to have children and call that growing up. I thin...
March 19, 2021
Profiles in Craft: Meryl Streep
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I let the actions of my life stand for what I am as a human being. Contend with that, not the words.
Meryl Streep (1949—) is an American actress and singer. Often described...
March 18, 2021
Profiles in Craft: Twyla Tharp
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You have to keep monitoring yourself.
Twyla Tharp (1941—) is an American dancer, choreographer, and author who lives and works in New York City. In 1966 she formed the ...
March 17, 2021
Profiles in Craft: Emma González
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If I wasn't so open about who I was I never would've been able to do this.
Emma González, (1999—) is a survivor of the mass shooting at a Florida high school, killing 17 student...
March 16, 2021
Profiles in Craft: Audre Lorde
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Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.
Audre Lorde, (1934—1992) was an American poet, essayist, and autobiogra...
March 15, 2021
Profiles in Craft: Jane Goodall
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Jane Goodall (1934—) is an English primatologist and anthropologist. Considered to be the world's foremost expert on chimpanzees, Goodall is best known for her 60-year s...
March 14, 2021
Profiles in Craft: Pat Summit
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It’s amazing how much intensity comes from what you emphasize.
Pat Summit (1952—2016) was an American collegiate women’s basketball coach at the University of Tennessee (...
March 13, 2021
Profiles in Craft: The Guerilla Girls
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We secretly suspect that all women are born Guerrilla Girls. It's just a question of helping them discover it.
Guerrilla Girls (1985—) is a shifting collective of activists commi...
