For the past few months, I’ve been playing around with a blog over on Substack. Ginny’s Odd Tonics is a fun way for me to share some of the rabbit holes I’ve jumped down while researching my writing projects. The vibe is kind of like your favorite librarian nerding out about really weird history once…Continue reading My new Substack
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The Nike Site
A few weeks ago, I finished writing a novel about a teenager whose search for her mom unearths supernatural secrets in her small Wisconsin hometown. (My agent is reading it now!) I based the locations and mythology on the town where I grew up: the abandoned amusement park, the legend of the deranged circus performers who haunted the…Continue reading The Nike Site
Knitting as spycraft
If you’ve read A Tale of Two Cities (I just finished it for the first time, catching up on English Lit I missed the first time ‘round), you’re familiar with Madame Defarge, the proprietress of a Parisian tavern that’s secretly a hub of revolutionary activity. She’s constantly knitting but “sees nothing,” or so we’re told…Continue reading Knitting as spycraft
Hats of resistance
Several years ago, I made a pink pussy hat for a family member to wear to the Women’s March on Washington on January 21, 2017. The pattern came from the Pussyhat Project as a repudiation of a president who bragged about grabbing women by the pussies. (me modeling the hat before I sent it) More recently, protesters in Minnesota have been…Continue reading Hats of resistance
A 7th century riot grrl
Check out this piece of art I found on the street in New Orleans! My guess is it was part of a costume or handmade float in a recent Mardi Gras walking parade like Chewbacchus, Krewe Boheme, or Krewe du Vieux. Why anyone would get rid of it is a mystery, but the ephemeral nature…Continue reading A 7th century riot grrl