Thursday Reads

 A couple of obits to note:

Author Anne Perry, 84, whose own life was far more interesting than any of her crime novels as she was a convicted murderer when she was in her teens, has died.

Movies have been made of her early life and crime.  

Snip:

Perry, born as Juliet Marion Hulme before taking up her pen name years later, was sentenced to 5 years in prison after being accused of bludgeoning Rieper to death in New Zealand with a brick wrapped in a stocking.

It wasn't until 1994 that Perry's past was revealed publicly, when Peter Jackson based his drama Heavenly Creatures on her story. In the film, which was nominated for Best Original Screenplay, Perry was played by actress Kate Winslet and Parker by Melanie Lynskey.

In a 2006 interview with the Times of London, the author said she made the "profoundly wrong decision," and that she worried about her friend potentially taking her life if she didn't participate in the murder. She and Parker were ordered to never to meet again.

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Another person of note who died is British fashion designer Mary Quant, who was 93.  She was the culprit who came up with the "miniskirt" for women back in the 1960s.  Of course, men liked the completely impractical clothing; that was the point.  Easier sexual access in their eyes.

In retrospect, these outfits were pretty dreadful.

Snip:

Born Feb. 11, 1930, the daughter of schoolteachers, Quant studied art education at Goldsmith’s College in London before moving into fashion, working first as an apprentice to a hat-maker before trying her own designs.

With the help of her wealthy husband and business partner, Alexander Plunket Greene, and the accountant Archie McNair, she opened Bazaar in Chelsea in 1955, at first relying on innovative window displays to bring in younger customers.

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The Texas abortion ruling makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

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