Photographer of the Week: Ruth Orkin
(From a Ladies Home Journal cover, circa 1950. A good style inspiration for the impending fall.)
Icons of the Week: Ruth Orkin and Ninalee “Jinx” Craig
I spent the weekend finishing an essay about a time last year that I spent traveling alone in Argentina.
There’s almost nothing more empowering than realizing that you are capable of it, especially as a woman. It’s not because it proves that you can speak a language well, or that you’re brave for trying new things, or that you’re particularly worldly. It’s because when you can do things by yourself, without relying on other people to keep you company (or even just to show up), you learn that you can really do anything at all. It frees you from boredom and loneliness.
(Man, the above paragraph bored even me.)
