Happy Haunted Season! The wind sometimes whispers. The wind sometimes screams. There are monsters at my window. There are monsters in my dreams. The spirits are curious. The spirits are mean. What, dear reader, is it? It is our dear Halloween. Last year, I could make these short and free videos, but I've downgraded my …
Why is she a Hermione? Because of her, I can type this from where and when I am right now, and you can read where and when are. At least, she is considered the first computer programer. You can read more about her here. But Ada and Hermione would have made great friends, both studying …
Hermione Granger stood up for the weak. She helped. She fought the good fight. Clara Barton did the same. In 1881 Ms. Barton founded the Red Cross. The suffering of soldiers in the Civil War didn't just distress her, it moved her to action. She had leadership skills and charisma and never thought of herself …
Have you heard of Admiral Grace Hopper? I hadn't until a few months back when a friend mentioned her. It's a shame because she seems quite remarkable. She was smart, of course. She standardized computer languages and she went on to encourage young people to learn computer programing. She became an rear admiral! She worked …
Do you remember The Yellow Wallpaper? I only half understood it when I read it as a teenager. Charlotte Perkins Gilman believed in equality for women. She argued women could lead independent lives and men should help with the housework. These were radical ideas for her time. She also struggled with depression and her famous short story …
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I remember many moons ago, in those childhood days, seeing pictures of Ruby Bridges and other children walking through a sea of hate simply to go to school. I wasn't that shocked to see adults acting like monsters. Monsters had already made their presence known in my own life by then. But all the same, …
I learned of Audre Lorde in the late 1980s when I read Sister Outsider. You can learn more about here or here (where I found this photo). Some of my favorite quotes: When I dare to be powerful, to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important …
Let's leave JK Rowling's world and come back to reality with a turn through history. I hardly know what Harriet Tubman would make of the Harry Potter stories and of me sitting here at my desk calling her a Hermione. I could have easily called this project The Harriets. Harriet Tubman lived in the real …
If you're going to name a group the Hermiones, you obviously need the first Hermione (apologies to all the good souls out there named Hermione before the Harry Potter onslaught). In my Hermione series, I've decided to include real and fictional individuals. Furthermore, while it would be grand if I could designate a Tarot card …
If I could, I’d design my own deck of Tarot cards. I’d make several decks, in fact. I’d do one more in line with the traditional Rider-Waite deck. Another deck would be for writing. And another would be for women I admire. Hermione is a favorite heroine of mine. She's smart and brave and loyal. …
Marta Bacon 