#feministfriday episode 495
Good afternoon everyone,
It's International Women's Day! Here is a Fem Fri of women.
We start with Erica Rutherford - she's Scottish, btw, so I love that as well - and her lovely bright canvases. I engaged with these more than almost anything at the Tate's Women in Revolt exo. Report on that to follow, but this is IWD, I'm trying to stay on topic:
Of course you have heard of and are probably low-key into the Desert Fathers, but I found out today there are Desert Mothers as well:
The Desert Mothers were known as ammas ("spiritual mothers"), comparable to the Desert Fathers (abbas), due to the respect they earned as spiritual teachers and directors. One of the most well known Desert Mothers was Amma Syncletica of Alexandria, who had twenty-seven sayings attributed to her in the Sayings of the Desert Fathers.
Desert Mothers - Wikipedia
Here's more from Amma Syncletica of Alexandria:
“There are many who live in the mountains and behave as if they were in the town; they are wasting their time. It is possible to be a solitary in one's mind while living in a crowd; and it is possible for those who are solitaries to live in the crowd of their own thoughts.”
Desert Mothers Syncletica, Theodora, and Sarah | Axia Women
Okay, now I am on this webpage I have found this great picture of Saint Margaret of Antioch killing a demon while not falling behind on her reading:
Long term readers will also know that I'm fascinated by forensic accountancy, so here's an interview with forensic accountant Caryn about her career:
I was asked to stay on as a contractor and my very first assignment was undertaking a piece of work in New York. It was a trial that was being heard in the Southern District Court of New York and involved a very well known British boxer and his manager. His manager was being accused of fraud. At the time, I had no idea what this meant or the magnitude of it. Sitting in the courtroom in New York, it's just like you see on the television.
A GLOBE SPANNING CAREER: FROM SYDNEY, TO NEW YORK, TO LONDON: THE LIFE
20 years in forensic accounting with Caryn Deeley.
Happy IWD lovely people,
Alex.