Even the <em>New Yorker</em> couldn't match Judy's credentials.

Judy Weightman

Contributor

BSR Contributor Since November 7, 2012

Judy Weightman, formerly Broad Street Review's editor, is a copy architect for inbound marketing firm Square 2 Marketing. She lives in the East Falls section of Philadelphia.

Follow her on Twitter at @JudyWeightman.

After a false start in academia (PhD in the sociology of religion from Drew University) and a detour through the rare book business, Judy ended up in magazine publishing. She worked for many years as an editor and creator of word puzzles (everything from crosswords to logic problems), and since then has served as writer and editor for a variety of print and online publications.

She served as editor in chief of Broad Street Review from January 2014 through April 2016, when she stepped down to accept a full-time position with inbound marketing firm Square 2 Marketing of Conshohocken.

For more, visit judyweightman.wordpress.com. Or you can follow her on Twitter at @JudyWeightman. Contact her at {encode="[email protected]" title="[email protected]"}.

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A must-read for people interested in design, urban planning, and Philly politics. (Image courtesy of Rutgers University Press.)

‘Becoming Philadelphia’ by Inga Saffron

New city, new readers

‘Becoming Philadelphia’ gathers a new collection of columns by longtime Inquirer architecture critic Inga Saffron, but the book’s construction leaves something to be desired. Judy Weightman reviews.
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Articles 5 minute read
Performer (and panelist) Tara Demmy in Tribe of Fools' 2017 FringeArts entry 'Fishtown.' (Photo via FringeArts.)

Philadelphia Theatre Company hosts "Improv Is the Future of Theater" panel discussion

Improvising an improv economy

A panel discussion at Philadelphia Theatre Company explored the notion that "Improv Is the Future of Theater." Judy Weightman considers.
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Judy Weightman

Articles 6 minute read
Avenue of the Allies, Great Britain, by Childe Hassam. (Image courtesy of PAFA)

PAFA presents World War I and American Art (second review)

The struggle is real

As Judy Weightman contemplated how artists reacted to the world-changing events of a century ago, she continued to meditate on the world-changing election just passed.
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Judy Weightman

Articles 4 minute read
The LDS temple is in the city but not of it. (Photo courtesy of Intellectual Reserve, Inc.)

Touring Philadelphia's new Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

It's latter days for public viewing of the new LDS temple

After September 9, 2016, non-Mormons won't be allowed inside Philly's newly constructed temple. Judy Weightman visits and considers the implications.
Judy Weightman

Judy Weightman

Articles 5 minute read
The BSR offices, prior to my arrival.

Stepping down as BSR's editor

It's so hard to say goodbye

I’m leaving with sadness, but also with a fair amount of pride — a most un-Quakerly emotion.
Judy Weightman

Judy Weightman

Editorials 2 minute read
The importance of being a character, from Wilde to Trump. (Illustration for BSR by Mike Jackson of alrightmike.com)

In Conversation at the Lantern: Wild(e) Modern Celebrities

What hath Oscar wrought?

Four experts trace the modern cult of celebrity back to Oscar Wilde — though there are some important differences between that talented writer and some of today’s current “stars.”
Judy Weightman Illustration by Mike Jackson

Judy Weightmanand Illustration by Mike Jackson

Essays 4 minute read
The female gaze: Vikander and Redmayne. (Photo © 2015 - Focus Features)

Gender presentation in 'The Danish Girl'

A different way of looking at gender

By rearranging The Danish Girl's narrative into conventional “woman stands by her man [sic]” tropes, the filmmakers can do something far more radical: proclaim the power of the female gaze.
Judy Weightman

Judy Weightman

Articles 5 minute read
Not since the ’60s: Shaffer, Clooney, Murray, Cyrus. (Photo by Ali Goldstein/Netflix - © 2015 – Netflix)

'A Very Murray Christmas' on Netflix

A snark-free holiday celebration

Bill Murray grew up, as I did, watching holiday specials of the ubiquitous variety shows of the '50s and '60s, and he celebrates them in his Netflix special, A Very Murray Christmas. The title encapsulates the overall vibe of the show, which both recognizes the cheesiness of the genre he’s recreating and sincerely respects it.
Judy Weightman

Judy Weightman

Articles 5 minute read
“Covered Peaches,” by Raphaelle Peale, who was America’s first professional still-life painter.

Audubon to Warhol: The Art of the American Still Life

Portraying a new nation through its objects

This lively, well-thought-out exhibit successfully makes the case that the new nation put its own twist on the still life and that Philadelphia was an important location for several chapters in that story.
Judy Weightman

Judy Weightman

Articles 3 minute read
Still alive: Keith Richards. (Illustration for BSR by Mike Jackson of alrightmike.com)

Keith Richards: 'Life' and 'Under the Influence'

The importance of being Keef

It's hard to separate Keith Richards, the man, from his depraved persona, but a Netflix documentary may finally do so.
Judy Weightman Illustration by Mike Jackson

Judy Weightmanand Illustration by Mike Jackson

Articles 6 minute read
"Just" a suit: Gilbert Adrian suit, c. 1947. FHCC purchase. (Photo by Michael J. Shepherd)

Immortal Beauty: Fashion history at Drexel's Pearlstein Gallery

Dressing for (a show of) success

Most of the clothes on display in Immortal Beauty are formal/special-occasion clothing, since that, not day-to-day garb, is what people treasure and preserve. The specificity of what those occasions were serves to illuminate the changes in women’s lives since the Civil War.
Judy Weightman

Judy Weightman

Articles 4 minute read
Frank Perri can control your reality. (Photo via frankperrientertainment.com)

Fringe 2015: 'Reimagine Your Reality' by Frank Perri

Slippery issues of self-will

The participants in Frank Perri's hypnotism show clearly experience no embarrassment, but does their lack of embarrassment — of, literally, self-consciousness — give us permission to laugh?
Judy Weightman

Judy Weightman

Articles 3 minute read
Edith Wharton, whose marriage, apparently, doesn't count.

Kate Bolick's 'Spinster'

The solipsistic spinster

Kate Bolick takes almost 300 pages to analyze her decision not to marry from every possible angle in Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own, while remaining oblivious to her level of privilege.
Judy Weightman

Judy Weightman

Articles 5 minute read
Ain't she sweet?

John F. Kasson's 'Little Girl Who Fought the Great Depression'

The meaning of Shirley Temple

Shirley Temple struck a chord with the moviegoing public: 1935 was the first of her four-year run as the top box-office star in the country. Her appeal wasn’t just about her innocence, argues John Kasson in his outstanding analysis — she was a powerful political and economic symbol during the Depression.
Judy Weightman

Judy Weightman

Articles 5 minute read
The West Chester Courthouse, the way Horace Pippin saw it.

Horace Pippin: The Way I See It at Brandywine River Museum

An authentic artist

With fans like N.C. Wyeth and Albert Barnes, West Chester native Horace Pippin was clearly more than just a folk artist.
Judy Weightman

Judy Weightman

Articles 3 minute read