This was such a satisfying project, and one in which I realized for the first time how much my whole life had been spent in a manscape, in places where almost everything was named after men.
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New York Transit Museum
#WomensHistoryMonth: The City of Women Map is a fascinating visualization of women’s history and urban transportation. Created by Molly Roy, Rebecca Solnit, and Joshua Jelly-Schapiro, the map renames subway stops after notable women with links to that area, offering an entirely new way to view #NYC.
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i love seeing all the exceptional, talented women from the neighborhood where i grew up.
The Q goes up the UES, and it’s the W that runs to Ferraro . . .
https://nouvelles.umontreal.ca/en/article/2025/03/07/alternative-montreal-metro-map-celebrates-women-s-contributions-1/
(Were he still with us, Massimo might say something abrasive. But that would just have been Massimo being Massimo, trying to disguise his big heart.)
I love this! Going to get a print for my mother-in-law in Manhattan!
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/17/opinion/planned-parenthood-margaret-sanger.html
WAS ELLA FITZGERALD MY NEIGHBOR? 😮😲