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[EdithStourton]

The thread in which Gosie's mysterious adventures will continue. All women welcome to join us for a virtual tipple, fun, support and arcane knowledge. And tractors.

I saw a sign just now that appeared to say “Ferret Carriers Only.” When I got closer it was “Permit Carriers Only.” Not nearly so good.

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I think I missed that one, unfortunately. Now, where's that quote when you need it, you know, the one about numbers of male artists and numbers of female nudes?

Found it: Guerilla Girls, 1989

"Less than 5% of the artists in the Modern Art Sections are women, but 85% of the nudes are female."

Oooooooo! She could join my Fridge Council Of Women!

I have portraits to consult when I need to know what to do. It's marvellous.

My favourite self portraits are both Gentileschi - as Catherine of Alexandria and the Allegory self portrait

Here it is -

Love it! I have that Singer Sargent postcard, too!

OMG.

You are all in my imagination.

You've got my fridge.

I told you, it's the Matrix! I'm completely convinced now, too many coincidences.

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Does this mean that all we have to do is take the red pill, and the world will return to normal again, and we can have all our words and spaces back?

Only if the red pill gets it red colour from cochineal

Yes!!! The best exhibition I've seen, I think. I took masses of photos to remind me of it. Absolutely astonishing (plus two Gentileschi at the start - swoon)

@PastaAllaNorma I love your fridge and am delighted to see a puffin in flight featured. Is it me?

Here's one from that exhibition - and embroidery self portrait of herself doing a portrait. Mary Linwood did portraits of both the King and Napoleon

I wonder how one gets a ferret into a carrier? Would they have to reverse in?

I took my daughter to the Artemisia Gentileschi exhibition at the National Gallery. We just managed to get in between lockdowns.

She bought her own copy of the catalogue. She never buys catalogues.

I wouldn't be so presumptuous! Let's say it's in honour of you.

Boily, it can't be your fridge, your fridg isn't covered with art postcards and souvenir fridge magnets!

My fridge and dishwasher are channeling The Prisoner. Fridge claims it is not a number, and dishwasher asserts it is a free man. Junior Master Magpie's doing.

That's because I took them all off to clean the outside of the fridge this morning.

The lectures we watched on the history of Impressionism before our recent trip to Paris included a fair bit about two women Impressionists Berthe Morisot and Mary Cassatt and the differences in their subjects vs the men. No nudes for sure!

https://www.wikiart.org/en/laura-knight/in-for-repairs-1942

Lovely collection! I recognise lots of them, and I too assumed that was Fuzzy😄
Who's the woman second from top right? B&W photo? Asking for a friend😍

Ermines are ferrets, right? So she'd have got in no prob.😄

It was terrifying. And this was before my broken leg and subsequent mobility issues.

Sat here scrolling Mumsnet, cat jumps up on chair, I say "hello", cat says "hello" back.

I checked the living room camera and yes she actually said hello! I do wish we could post sound clips!

Damn… the app was playing up, I thought I’d c&pd what I was trying to write before adding the link…which makes no sense because I lost the second paragraph. This was about how some artists can paint the sheen on silks so it looks realistic from a distance but close up its broad brushstrokes. My example is a painting by Dame Laura Knight I came across on this board and to my delight found was in my local museum.

I have many of the same postcards and magnets.

@AngleofRepose, Gosie texted me to say she could pop into the Bluestocking this evening if you want; she's on her way past... But also says she was sure you'd work it out. Something about the back stairs up past the library (watch out for the flying squirrel librarians) and then down again using the steps behind the 14th bookcase on the left (feminism from the mid 16th century - Marie's complete works are there).

Apparently the hatch that used to be opens up around there...