Claude Monet (French, 1840–1926), The Magpie, 1868–1869 Oil on canvas

Leonor Fini (Argentine-Italian, 1907-1996), Le Balcon - La Tragedie De Romeo Et Juliette, 1979 Oil on canvas

1898 Lydia Weld attended MIT 1st woman 2 graduate w' engineering degree (Naval Architecture & Marine Eng). 1903 worked@ Newport News Shipbuilding producing plans for machinery installed on naval ships. 2nd woman memb Amer Soc of Mechanical Engineers d #OTD 5 Jan 1962 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_W...

Marina Abramović (Serbian, b. 1946), Portrait with firewood, 2009 Black and white digital print

Amy Sherald (American, b. 1973), A Clear Unspoken Granted Magic, 2017 Oil on canvas

Jeanne Amato (American, b. 1962), Winter Road at Dusk, 2014 Woodblock print

Sunrise inside Sagrada Familia, Barcelona

"My courage and my resolution is firm; but my hopes fluctuate, and my spirits are often depressed." Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

“The attempt to create distrust - to build doubt - has been one of the biggest projects of the American Far Right for a long time. The purpose of that is clear: to create a world in which only they are heard…”

Jane Clatworthy (English, b. 1966), We Knew Immortals Once, 2022 Alcohol ink

Erica Calardo (Italian, b. 1980), Leonora Carrington, 2023 Oil on linen

40 years to the day since Ireland's greatest-ever rock'n roll star left us for the great gig in the sky. He set our musical world alight in the previous decades, putting Ireland on the musical map like no other. No-one will ever be as cool as Phillo again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXOr...

The world’s first-known woman physician? #NationalTriviaDay Peseshet, "Lady Overseer of the Lady Physicians,” who lived under the Fourth Dynasty of ancient Egypt (possibly Fifth), c. 2500 BCE. Her "Overseer" title strongly suggests other women physicians were practicing at the time. #WomenInSTEM

Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen has urged Trump to stop threatening to take over Greenland after the president said the US “absolutely” needs the territory. "The US has no right to annex any of the three countries in the Danish kingdom,” she said. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

Pres Claudia Sheinbaum invokes the UN Charter against Trump’s Venezuela invasion. Mexico’s message: No nation is safe if international law is ignored. I love her..

‘This is where it all started’: Nina Simone’s childhood home gets long-awaited rehabilitation North Carolina home preserved to commemorate legendary musician and civil rights activist, and to serve as arts hub www.theguardian.com/music/2026/j...

Will give SOTN to the Cure's In Between Days, followed by Mr Lennon. Thanks for a bostin' show to start 2026. See you next time. #forgotten80s

Happy New Year, Forgotten 80s! Looking forward to the show. #forgotten80s

Happy New Year, @ssuburbs.bsky.social people! Top start to the show. #STS70s

"...he recorded his loneliest, most vulnerable album in full knowledge of what was coming. There’s dignity and courage to songwriters who can do this. I think of Warren Zevon, Leonard Cohen. It is their final gift, whether or not we’re ready to receive it." #Bowie www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

Dorothy Arzner was the only female film director in Hollywood from 1927 until her retirement in 1943. She launched the careers of Katharine Hepburn & Lucille Ball (among others). First woman to direct a sound #film. She was born #OTD in 1897. lwlies.com/articles/dor...#film#OTD#cinema

Leonor Fini (Argentine-Italian, 1907-1996), Femme Assise Sur Un Homme Nu, 1942 Oil on canvas

Sylvia Sleigh (Welsh-American, 1916-2010), Rosemary Mayer, 1978 Oil on canvas

It gets *worse* than the nude deepfakes. The UK and EU have said nothing.

‘Trump Just Disappeared’: DOJ Caught ‘Illegally Redacting’ Trump’s Name From Epstein Documents as Mentions Drop From 900+ to 332 Overnight. dailymetro.co.uk/2026/01/02/t...

"Art is our weapon. Culture is a form of resistance..." Shirin Neshat, Iranian artist #WomensArt

Mo/Monique Crepault (Canadian, b. 1956), Le saut de l’ange, 2019 Acrylic on canvas

Laura Knight (English, 1877 - 1970), Ruby Loftus screwing a Breech-ring, 1943 Oil on canvas

January 1, 1914: Birth of British spy Noor Un Nisa Inayat Khan. The first female agent sent to France as a radio operator during World War II, she was awarded the Order of the British Empire.

Kira Nam Greene (Korean-American), Ellen’s Niche with a Gaze, 2019 Oil, gouache, coloured pencil and acrylic ink on canvas

This is the energy I'm bringing into 2026:

Wonderful wisdom and advice for us all in 2026. Happy New Year! Xx

Hundreds of Blackpool families to be evicted in ‘mass dispersion’ of vulnerable people. Up to 400 homes face demolition under a £90m regeneration scheme that promises only 230 replacement properties. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Chemist Alice Ball died #OTD in 1916. The first Black woman to earn a Master's in Chemistry, she developed the Ball Method & it became the standard treatment for leprosy worldwide for >2 decades. BUT, just a year after her discovery, others took credit for her work. #WomenInSTEM (1/3)

Dagmar Van Weeghel (Dutch, b. 1974), Diaspora - Shana, 2017

Yes, women’s rights are under threat around the world. But we’ve found hope in unlikely places — @rahilag.bsky.social From El Salvador to Russia, Iceland and Syria, women are pushing back against the rise of regressive forces. Let’s support their fight www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Talking Heads’ bassist, Tina Weymouth, from the August 1985 issue of Vogue #Womensart (Via TalkingHeads Fans FB)

Lee Miller (American, 1907 – 1977), Portrait of Space, Al Bulwayeb, Nr. Siwa, Egypt, 1937 Photograph, platinum print on paper

Center for Political Graphics

"We enter 2026 with radical uncertainty about the fate of this country – but also with the clarity that people have the power to determine what it will be, if they continue to show up and stand on principle." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Jo Beer (English, b. 1968), At the Cavern, 2023 Oil on canvas

“We try to create a microcosm of Belfast in each group. We want to challenge stereotypes.” An initiative linking people across race, class and faith offers an antidote to silence, hate and growing division www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

The only known photographs of mathematician and computing pioneer Ada Lovelace have been acquired by the National Portrait Gallery just before they were expected to be sold to a private buyer. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/nat...

Ghalya is caregiving for her chronically ill mom in Gaza. Please consider helping them. 💕💸🍉

So much love to all of my fellow radical left scum…

AOC: "It's not just that Trump is corrupt. It's that everyone participating in this is corrupt. Elon is corrupt. Jeff Bezos is corrupt. Mark Zuckerberg is corrupt."

What is ‘home’ now? A woman’s two-year search for safety in the ruins of Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Anna and Elena Balbusso (Italian, DOB not listed), The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood, Folio Society, 2012 Book illustration