- 17 minutes 35 secondsLadies First Should Have Been a Better Movie
I would have given up on watching Ladies First but after seeingthat both Fiona Shaw and Kathryn Hunter were in it, I felt I had to see if maybe this time they’d have a scene together. And hot dog, they did! It was two lines long and it went like this:
FS: Men.
KH: Tell me about it.
And that is all we got to see of two of the great actors of Britaintogether. This kind of disappointment sort of summarizes everything about Ladies First.
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Episode 507
Song: Homme Facile
Image The Cast of Ladies First
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28 July 2026, 3:15 am - 11 minutes 50 secondsYes, I Know Substack Is Problematic
In certain sections of the internet, you’ll find many pronouncements about Substack. I’ve seen peopledeclare that they will not read anything on Substack, no matter how much they like the author. In case you don’t hang out in these corners of the internet, the reason for this is that Substack has some writers putting out Nazi content and the owners have not done anything about it. I agree this is bad. But I have not removed my own content on Substack in response.
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Episode 506
Song: Here, There and Everywhere
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Boots Riley video
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21 July 2026, 2:00 am - 13 minutes 44 secondsShakespeare's Wife
So many people asked me if I’d seen Hamnet yet and I hadn’t and somehow didn’t want to. But I was on a plane and it was available there, when other choices weren’t that exciting. I did think to myself “Do I feel like crying on the plane today?” and answered eventually with, “Not particularly, but, what the hell?” So I watched it and I cried on the plane, of course, but Iresented it and I felt I needed to unpack why.
There’s a genre of book I have recently sworn off, despite having been attracted to these titles in the past. I call it the “Someone’s Wife” genre.
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Episode 505
Song: The Bachelor’s Wife
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14 July 2026, 1:42 am - 15 minutes 24 secondsThe Roller Coaster of Supporting an Artist
At LA WebFest, one of the directors told an anecdote about being captivated by an artist’s work early in their career and getting to watch them grow and succeed. He was invested in this artist’s ascension and he recommended the practice of investing in young artists, in order to have the pleasure of watching them make it. It was a sweet plea to get on board with artists before it’s fashionable.
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Episode 504
Song: Roller Coasters Make Me Sad
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7 July 2026, 12:37 am - 17 minutes 45 secondsRebroadcast: Gen X - Stuck in the Middle with You
Rebroadcast of my first Gen X episode back in 2017 since I was at my high school reunion, hanging with all the X-ers last weekend!
From the blog: Where was the rest of Gen X in this town? Were they all home with their kids or had the town been vacated by Gen X years ago? If this party was for Boomers and Millennials, where was the Gen X party? And nationwide, maybe even worldwide, where IS the Gen X party? Where is Gen X hanging out? And why wasn’t I invited?
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Episode 49 from July 2017
Song: Stuck in the Middle with You, obviously
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30 June 2026, 3:08 am - 13 minutes 9 secondsMOB Dress
I’m at the airport on my way to an award ceremony in Los Angeles. Next to me, in a garment bag, I have the gown Ipurchased for the red carpet that will be a part of this event. It wasn’t easy to find this gown and the process made me think a lot about the way these kinds of clothes are categorized. I learned about a category I’d never encountered before: The Mother of the Bride dress.
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Episode 502
Song: Dress
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23 June 2026, 1:42 am - 15 minutes 50 secondsBest Actor/Actress Ratios at the Oscars
There was an article in the Hollywood Reporter about the Best Actor and Best Actress Oscars and how they get distributed. In it, I learned that there has only ever been ONE Best Actor winner under 30. One! And there have been 33 Best Actress winners under 30.
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Episode 501
Song: One
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16 June 2026, 12:21 am - 13 minutes 18 secondsA Spaghetti Junction of Milestones
As I saw the 500th episode of the Songs for the Struggling Artist podcast approaching, I wondered how I should honor it. 500 is a lot of episodes and such a nice round number. It is a big milestone!
Then I got a notification that the blog had just surpassed 100,000 views.
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Episode 500
Song: 500 Miles
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9 June 2026, 12:02 am - 16 minutes 13 secondsThe Angle Is Women
While watching this German mini-series about the Bauhaus School, I got curious about historical accuracy so I did a little googling. I ended up at an interview with the creator, who explained how he came to write it. He was saying he was interested in the period and the art and the school and was trying to find the right angle for approaching it and then he had his eureka moment. “The women!”
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Episode 499
Song: She's Always a Woman
Image by/of Dorte Helm
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2 June 2026, 1:51 am - 14 minutes 30 secondsSign Your Name
I found myself in tears looking at the signatures on the paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck at her show at The Met. There was one where her name loomed very large in the corner. It was "H. Schjerfbeck" but still, it was bold and it was her name on the painting. Most of her work was signed with a discrete "HS" or not at all. So I was moved to see this a woman sign her name with verve, her signature hung right at eye level.
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Episode 498
Song: Sign Your Name
Image by/of Helene Schjerfbeck
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26 May 2026, 1:39 am - 13 minutes 51 secondsWhy I Got Weird About Medusa
At the café, two young women were having an animated meeting about something they were making. I realized very quickly that I’d made a mistake in sitting at the table next to them, despite my affection for people doing creative things together, because they seemed to be working on a piece about Medusa.
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Episode 497
Song: Medusa
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