by Christina G. Waldman May 22, 2026 Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness. Review of Jennifer Liberatore, You Wonderful Boy: A mother’s bond with her son through his severe OCD, addiction, and his death (Buffalo: NFB Publishing, 2025) This book interested me because I had a dear friend with severe …
A guest post by my friend, author Mary Reed, who grew up in Newcastle. As a youngster I spent much time poking about in my parents’ wardrobe, looking for light from the street lamp in a wood by Narnia. And you know, there were times when I was convinced if …
I have previously written in this blog about Elizabeth Winkler’s slight of the case for Bacon in her book, Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies (“Why Did Elizabeth Winkler Not Interview Any Baconians?” https://christinagwaldman.com/2024/06/27/why-did-elizabeth-winkler-not-interview-any-baconians/). In a comment made one year ago to that post, Mark Rylance attempted to apologize …
June 1, 2025. Reposted to SirBacon.org, June 3, 2025, https://sirbacon.org/evaluating-the-oxfraud-prima-facie-case-for-shaxperes-authorship-of-shakespeare/, and reprinted in Baconiana, the Journal of the Francis Bacon Society, est. 1886, no 262; online edition: vol 2, no. 2, Nov. 8, 2025, https://francisbaconsociety.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/MASTER-BACONIANA-2025.pdf. It is often said or implied, by analogy with the principle that possession is nine …
by Christina G. Waldman First posted July 5, 2023. Revised June 28, 2024. Reposted to SirBacon.org September 1, 2025, https://sirbacon.org/so-desiring-you-to-be-good-to-concealed-poets/. Something must be said about Elizabeth Winkler’s new book, Shakespeare Was a Woman and Other Heresies (New York: Simon and Schuster, 2023; paperback, May 2024) in which she purports to …
First posted 9/23/23. Revised June 27, 2024 (My comment on my Facebook author page, 9/21/23) Objective truth does not depend on popular opinion or a consensus of experts. It has an independent existence. Francis Bacon taught the world a better, scientific way to tell fact from fallacy or fiction. The …
Posted August 22, 2023. Danny Heitman’s article, “Francis Bacon, Montaigne’s Rival,” found at https://www.neh.gov/article/francis-bacon-montaignes-rival, disappointingly, uncritically repeats the usual biographical narrative on Bacon, emphasizing its negative aspects. For example, it repeats what is generally said, that Bacon did not believe the Copernican theory was correct. I do not believe one …
First posted October 13, 2022. Revised slightly, October 20, 2022. by Christina G. Waldman The “Oxfraudians” at Oxfraud.com claim to have stated a legal “prima facie case” establishing the authorship of William Shaxpere of Stratford to the plays and poems of “William Shakespeare,” the name appearing on the title page …
Make Christmas Pretty With Foil-Lined Teabag Wrappers! Last revision November 24, 2023. Why use foil? Gum-wrapper-style chains made out of foil-lined paper are sturdy, shiny, and make good use of something that will otherwise end up in a landfill. I wasn’t thinking of this when I made my first chain, …
by Christina Waldman September 21, 2020 She was Jewish, but she was not just “for” the Jews. She was a woman, but she was not just “for” women or feminists. She was, like the visionary real Shakespeare who created the inimitable Portia, concerned with the rights and betterment of all. …
