Ok, you lazy bums. Get out of your readers and come see what you’re missing!
Those are MY books, in MY office, with MY Rosie the Riveter bookends holding them up!
In case you are wondering, yes, my office walls are the color of this blog. (Last summer my chair said I could paint my office any shade of white. Rose is kind of like white, just with a lot of red in it, right??).
I took the picture (obviously — it’s out of focus and not centered) but the header only looks half as good as it does thanks to the efforts of Frauke at Croco Designs.
Every time I look at my blog I feel like it’s really mine now! So happy!!!
Ooooh, I love that header! And gotta say, it warms my heart to see those feminist tomes happily sitting on the shelf alongside Julia Quinn and J.D. Robb
I adore the header, but… What happened to the “recent comments” widget? ::pout::
Very cool!
very nice! I love the change!
Oh, awesome bookends and a lovely office colour. I decided to forego painting my office (because I’m going to be “rationalized back” to the department’s main area at some point but if I did, I would go with a dusky colour like this!
@MoJo: I was trying to clean up the sidebar. A little too ruthlessly, I guess. It’s back!
Oh, I am loving that header. Congratulations. I feel like I know you a little better now. But poor Rosie on either end, toiling to prop up those books. Doesn’t she deserve a chair after all these years?
Oh, thank you thank you thank you!!!
And yes, I do love the header.
I love the look! And way to rationalize the rose color! Very well done
Great bookends and awesome header!
LOVE it, Jessica! : D
This is great! I’ve always liked Rosie, and the juxtaposition of romance novels and feminist texts is subtle (because of being slightly out of focus) and interesting because it does look a little as though the two Rosies are trying to compress the books into a solid block. There are probably lots of different ways to interpret that.
@Laura Vivanco:
Yeah, the out of focus thing was deliberate. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!
Seriously, I was in fact going for a visual of my attempt to make my romance reading mesh with my feminism. It’s not easy, but Rosie can do anything!
“It’s not easy, but Rosie can do anything!”
Yes, She Can Do It!
Love it.
Terrific header! Simone de Beauvoir and J.D. Robb were destined to meet while Rosie poured tea for Julia and Angela in a rose colored office.
Love the new look. So elegant!
Love the new header. Says alot to anyone who cares to actually examine it closely. Also? The first sentence was great. LOL
I had to come over here right away & see what you’ve been up to.
I noticed this the other day and have meant to come say how much I like it. I love the combination of books, and it’s all the more apt if the 20th Century’s women authors are bookended by Rosie’s accomplishments!
@RfP: Thank you. But your comment made me realize my banner’s anachronistic, because I’ve got John Stuart Mill in there, and a collection of historical feminist writings. Thank god I can’t take a picture in focus.
Hi there — I’m a new(ish) reader here, but I love the header. It makes me smile that I’ve read all the fiction authors you have up there.