Step back into the Progressive Era with Shanna Jones for our annual Good Friday (on Saturday) presentation! Discover the powerful women’s groups that helped spark a nationwide reform movement—and how their efforts reshaped places like Miss Laura’s. It’s a fascinating look at the forces that changed history, challenged norms, and left a lasting mark on […]
Pandora’s Box (1929) is a groundbreaking German silent film directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Louise Brooks as Lulu, a free-spirited woman whose refusal to conform to social norms leads to obsession, scandal, and tragedy. Celebrated for its bold themes of sexuality, gender, and class, the film remains a landmark of early cinema and […]
Finishing up the amazing read! Spectacular Wickedness by Emily Epstein Landau examines the social history of this famed district by looking at prostitution through the lens of patriarchy and demonstrates how gendered racial ideologies proved crucial to the remaking of southern society in the aftermath of the Civil War. In doing so, she reveals that […]
May Pick: Boudoirs to Brothels by Michael Rutter June Pick: A House Is Not a Home by: Polly Adler July Pick: The Madams of San Francisco by: Curt Gentry August Pick: The underworld Sewer by: Josie Washburn September Pick: Josie Arlington's Storyville by: Marita Woywod Crandle October Pick: Luminous by: Samantha Wilcoxson November Pick: Belle […]
May Pick: Boudoirs to Brothels by Michael Rutter June Pick: A House Is Not a Home by: Polly Adler July Pick: The Madams of San Francisco by: Curt Gentry August Pick: The underworld Sewer by: Josie Washburn September Pick: Josie Arlington's Storyville by: Marita Woywod Crandle October Pick: Luminous by: Samantha Wilcoxson November Pick: Belle […]
May Pick: Boudoirs to Brothels by Michael Rutter June Pick: A House Is Not a Home by: Polly Adler July Pick: The Madams of San Francisco by: Curt Gentry August Pick: The underworld Sewer by: Josie Washburn September Pick: Josie Arlington's Storyville by: Marita Woywod Crandle October Pick: Luminous by: Samantha Wilcoxson November Pick: Belle […]
Diary of a Lost Girl (1929), directed by G. W. Pabst and starring Louise Brooks, follows Thymiane, a young woman cast out after becoming pregnant and deemed “immoral” by her family and society. Sent through reformatories and exploitation, her story exposes the cruelty, hypocrisy, and double standards imposed on women. The film is a powerful […]
May Pick: Boudoirs to Brothels by Michael Rutter June Pick: A House Is Not a Home by: Polly Adler July Pick: The Madams of San Francisco by: Curt Gentry August Pick: The underworld Sewer by: Josie Washburn September Pick: Josie Arlington's Storyville by: Marita Woywod Crandle October Pick: Luminous by: Samantha Wilcoxson November Pick: Belle […]
May Pick: Boudoirs to Brothels by Michael Rutter June Pick: A House Is Not a Home by: Polly Adler July Pick: The Madams of San Francisco by: Curt Gentry August Pick: The underworld Sewer by: Josie Washburn September Pick: Josie Arlington's Storyville by: Marita Woywod Crandle October Pick: Luminous by: Samantha Wilcoxson November Pick: Belle […]
May Pick: Boudoirs to Brothels by Michael Rutter June Pick: A House Is Not a Home by: Polly Adler July Pick: The Madams of San Francisco by: Curt Gentry August Pick: The underworld Sewer by: Josie Washburn September Pick: Josie Arlington's Storyville by: Marita Woywod Crandle October Pick: Luminous by: Samantha Wilcoxson November Pick: Belle […]