Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale: a tale of how I uncovered a little known Bea Arthur television appearance from 1988! It all started with the photo below. On a recent afternoon I was looking for Golden Girls and Bea Arthur related items on ebay, as one does, when I happened upon …
Tag: 1980’s
Dealing with “Mixed Blessings”
This post is a part of Fashion In the Broad Sense: a series of posts that explores how The Golden Girls relates to important topics and issues surrounding women and fashion. On Saturday, June 27th, 2020, the news broke that Hulu pulled the season 3 episode "Mixed Blessings" from its streaming platform due to concerns about the portrayal …
Estelle by Starlight
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 …
Bea Arthur for Shoppers Drug Mart
You know, a lot can happen when you start traveling down various rabbit holes around the Internet. One minute you're looking for vintage Golden Girls commercials on YouTube, and the next you stumble upon a treasure trove of ads for Shoppers Drug Mart featuring none other than Bea Arthur! I couldn't find a lot of …
Bibliography for April 2018
I recently stumbled upon an amazing blog by a very fashionable woman called the Accidental Icon. Her name is Lyn Slater, and you absolutely must check out her blog and learn all about her fantastic fashion sense and joie de vivre. She is a true inspiration! So much so that one of her recurring posts has …
The Golden Girls Fashion Corner 