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Winner of the 2022 James Beard Book Award A Guardian Best History
and Politics Book of 2022 Selected as one of the 25 Best Cookbooks
of 2022 in Delicious Magazine Nominated for the 2022 Spirited
Awards This is the forgotten history of women making, serving and
drinking alcohol. Drink has always been at the centre of social
rituals and cultures worldwide-and women have been at the heart of
its production and consumption. So when did drinking become
gendered? How have patriarchies tried to erase and exclude women
from industries they've always led, and how have women fought back?
And why are things from bars to whiskey considered 'masculine',
when, without women, they might not exist? With whip-smart insight
and boundless curiosity, Girly Drinks unveils distillers, brewers,
drinkers and bartenders with a vital role in the creation and
consumption of alcohol, from Cleopatra, Catherine the Great and the
real Veuve Clicquot to Chinese poets, medieval nuns and Prohibition
bootleggers. Mallory O'Meara's fun and fascinating history
dismantles the long-standing myth that drink is a male tradition.
Now, readers everywhere can discover each woman celebrated in this
book-and proudly have what she's having.
The Lady from the Black Lagoon uncovers the life and work of
Milicent Patrick-one of Disney's first female animators and the
only woman in history to create one of Hollywood's classic movie
monsters. As a teenager, Mallory O'Meara was thrilled to discover
that one of her favourite movies, Creature from the Black Lagoon,
featured a monster designed by a woman, Milicent Patrick. But for
someone who should have been hailed as a pioneer in the genre,
there was little information available. For, as O'Meara soon
discovered, Patrick's contribution had been claimed by a jealous
male colleague, her career had been cut short and she soon after
had disappeared from film history. No one even knew if she was
still alive. As a young woman working in the horror film industry,
O'Meara set out to right the wrong, and in the process discovered
the full, fascinating story of an ambitious, artistic woman ahead
of her time. Patrick's contribution to special effects proved to be
just the latest chapter in a remarkable, unconventional life, from
her youth growing up in the shadow of Hearst Castle, to her career
as one of Disney's first female animators. And at last, O'Meara
discovered what really had happened to Patrick after The Creature's
success, and where she went. A true-life detective story and a
celebration of a forgotten feminist trailblazer, Mallory O'Meara's
The Lady from the Black Lagoon establishes Patrick in her rightful
place in film history while calling out a Hollywood culture where
little has changed since.
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