Starchy ComplimentSep 14, 2024

". . .set out to answer one set of burning questions ('Who is Mavis Beacon — and why was she Black?') by tracking down the elusive L’Espérance, and instead find themselves navigating a much thornier journey of artistic discovery and reclamation."

Doc-Film Review: 'Seeking Mavis Beacon' Twisty, Provocative Hybrid

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2024/09/13/seeking-mavis-beacon-movie-review/ via WaPo
Image: The Software Toolworks
#SeekingMavisBeacon #RenéeLEspérance #ReneeLEsperance #JazminReneeJones #OliviaMcKaylaRoss #Documentary #Film #Movies

‘Seeking Mavis Beacon’: Tracking a 1980s tech icon who never existed

Mavis Beacon taught millions to type. She was also fictional. Her legacy sparks a cinematic inquiry in Jazmin Renée Jones’s absorbing documentary.

The Washington Post
Mistigris computer artsMar 9, 2023
Mistodon: please join us in celebrating International Women's Day with this #ANSIart portrait by VileR of #TheSoftwareToolworks' celebrated (and fictitious) typing mascot, #MavisBeacon (as portrayed by #ReneeLEsperance). This is just the tip of the iceberg of VileR's long scroller celebrating the 20th installment of the annual Total DOS Collection software archive, and this year's theme was #edutainment sofware. If you stick around, you'll surely see more of it -- or you can check it out in its sum in the new MIST0223 artpack collection.