Icon meme

[sasha_feather]

Here is a meme where we talk about our icons! I haven't even looked at mine in ages, and only recently regained a paid account. So this is a bit of time travel. rydra_wong chose 3 icons for me to talk about:



I don't know anything about the origin of this, a black and white photo of a woman in a high-ranking officer's uniform. It simply makes me think of all the historical women and non-binary individuals that history has ignored. How I might have remembered history lessons better if they told stories about people, and especially women and queer people. And I like the image: a confident woman in uniform.



I took this photo of some bright green grass in spring. It makes me happy. It just invites you to take off your shoes and rest your feet in its softness.


icon by beatrice_otter; image is of Cindi Mayweather (Janelle Monae).

I just love Janelle Monae so much. If you haven't listened to her albums or music, check it out on You Tube or wherever you listen to music. Her videos are incredible. She can sing, dance, and act, and her outfits are always INCREDIBLE. Her albums have this whole mythology about the android Cindi Mayweather, a time traveling droid. Cindi is on the run from the law for the crime of falling in love with a human. I don't know why her music isn't more widely known. Well, I have my suspicions. Science fictional, experimental music by a black woman, who sings about lifting up oppressed people, is perhaps not going to be as popular as some dance song with 5 lyrics repeated.

Comments

[talitha78]

Coincidentally, I can identify the person in first icon. She's an actress from the early 20th century named Maude Adams. I know her because she happened to donate some property to the congregation of Catholic sisters for whom I work.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maude_Adams

Her Wikipedia entry does mention some speculation that she was a lesbian. All I can tell you on that front is that she is buried on the sisters' property next to her long-time personal secretary, Louise Boynton.

Here's a link to a colorized version of the photo in your icon. The uniform is a costume from a play where she starred as Napoleon's younger brother: https://klimbim2014.wordpress.com/2016/08/27/maude-adams-in-laiglon-1900/

[bibliofile]

Cool! Also, I <3 the internet.

Yes, the grass in the icon pic does look really soft. I bet it smells nice too. (Winter never smells like very much; alas.)

[sasha_feather]

Winter smells like frozen boogers!

[sasha_feather]

Wow!! Thank you so much!

[hillarygayle]

You are absolutely correct--Janelle Monae is so very underrated. Q.U.E.E.N., We Were Rock & Roll, & Electric Lady are in HEAVY rotation on my iPhone playlists.