October 11 is National Coming Out Day and, in the course of my recent research, I've been thinking a lot about how The Golden Girls portrayed LGBTQ characters and issues over the years. The show tackled topics like coming out, AIDS, and learning to accept family members' sexuality, among others, with sensitivity and humor in …
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First thing's first: shout out to Mike Denison for tweeting about this cereal because I wouldn't have known about it otherwise! I'm usually pretty well-informed about all The Golden Girls merch out there, and friends always send me links when they hear about things (thank you for being a friend, friends!). I haven't seen any …
After I wrote A Short History of Sophia's Purse I started doing research for an essay about the "72 Hours" episode of The Golden Girls. There are already some great articles out there about it, and Jim Colucci's chapter in Golden Girls Forever is particularly illuminating. In trying to write about just what makes that …
Is September still the summer? I don't even know because what does that matter in Houston when it still feels like eleventybillion degrees until at least November. Anyway, I'm thinking that I'll make these bibliography posts quarterly going forward. I still really like doing them, but they start to pile up on the monthly schedule …
Picture it... A purse to inspire a thousand stories about Sicily in 1922 and life lessons as only Sophia could tell them! Believe it or not, Estelle Getty purchased what would become her character's signature accessory at a thrift shop. She went on to carry the purse in almost every episode of the show, and …
