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Margo St. James, a noted sex-positive feminist and pioneer of the sex workers' rights movement, died January 11 at age 83. Ms. St. James had been living in a memory care facility in Washington state and was moved to hospice care after a fall, according to her longtime friend Carol Stuart. Ms. St. James founded the sex worker activist group COYOTE (Call Off Your Old Tired Ethics), organized the infamous Hooker's Balls in the 1970s, was nearly elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1996, and is the namesake of St. James Infirmary, the nation's first health clinic for sex workers.

Feeling Nostalgic for Your Grandmother’s China? Two reality shows airing this winter grapple with what to do with our family heirlooms. “Legacy List with Matt Paxton” started its second season on PBS in January, helping families find and preserve (rather than toss) their treasured possessions. Mr. Paxton, right, discusses heirloom items with a couple from Manheim, Pa.Credit...MY Entertainment Production Team Jan. 15, 2021 We all have some relic taking up space in our homes. Maybe it’s a great-aunt’s armoire, or a box of old letters and photographs. Often the stuff sit...

Share this article Share this article CHICAGO, Jan. 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- America sits at a critically important crossroads. Racist ideology is on the rise and significant parts of 20 th-century African American history and culture are at risk of being lost forever. The HistoryMakers, the nation's largest African American video oral history archive (www.thehistorymakers.org), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit headquartered in Chicago, has made preventing this loss its mission. Yet, in 2021, it finds itself in a race against time. "The challenges facing our country reinforce the need to preserve and...

10 Things I Learned From Reading Julia Child's Autobiography 'My Life In France' Valentine's day card created and sent by Paul and Julia Child depicting the Childs in a bubble bath Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University There’s no question Julia Child is an icon (and of course, here at GBH, she’s our hometown hero.) Throughout my work producing our You & Julia digital series, I’ve heard countless Boston chefs gush about Julia and her incredible impact on our city. Even as the years have passed, her influence is deeply felt by almost every chef we talk to;...

Newsletters Dispatches from when the newsfeed was refreshed once a year O N CHRISTMAS DAY in 1948, Marie Harris published the mid-century equivalent of a status update. In June that year, “lying on the beach watching the waves of the Pacific roll in”, she and her husband Bob had decided they needed more space for their young family. Through an ad in the local paper they found just the place: a rambling old farmhouse with green shutters in rural Shedd, Oregon. They swapped their crowded city digs for a retreat worthy of Instagram: five acres of land, thick with boysenberries, apple, pear a...