Alcoholism

• LINCOLN, Neb., April 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Today is a major milestone for Yankees ace pitcher and Babe Ruth buddy Waite Hoyt – even though Hoyt's been dead for almost 40 years.
• Often remembered as "Babe Ruth's best friend," Hoyt was a staunch keeper of the Great Bambino's flame.
• "Babe Ruth was so misunderstood and misrepresented by so many," Hoyt wrote.
• Hoyt continued: "I saw Babe naked many times, and his chest was as thick as his stomach.

• "We are thrilled to receive approval to commence our phase I/IIa clinical trial for our lead drug candidate, CMND-100, which has been shown to be safe and effective in preclinical studies.
• This is the most important milestone for the company to date and marks our transition to a clinical- stage pharmaceutical company.
• The Clearmind team has been working tirelessly on the research and development of a novel treatment to the global epidemic of alcoholism.
• We are eager to continue our work with patients in need of help,” said Dr. Adi Zuloff-Shani, CEO of Clearmind Medicine.

• OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Abstinence Spirits announced that it has brought on a new board member, Richard Rushton, and Strategic Advisor, Gary Leibowitz.
• Richard Rushton has extensive experience as a brand and business leader with SABMiller plc (previously the world's largest brewer) across the Americas, Africa and Asia.
• Rushton was subsequently the CEO of Distell from 2013 until 2023, strengthening its leading spirits and RTD portfolio and expanding the business across Africa until acquisition by Heineken NV last year.
• Ranwei Chiang, Abstinence Spirits USA CEO commented, "We are thrilled to have so much experience and thought leadership from Richard and Gary on the team.

• Moments later, Swift uploaded full details of her new record to Instagram, including the album artwork and track list.
• One of the 17 newly revealed tracks is titled Clara Bow.
• Actress Clara Bow (1905-1965) was the original “It girl”.

• This article is part of Quarter Life, a series about issues affecting those of us in our twenties and thirties.
• The articles in this series explore the questions and bring answers as we navigate this turbulent period of life.
• Twitter users called her “disgusting” for bringing her friend and collaborator Lana Del Rey on stage, after she’d lost out on her own award.

Who was Clara Bow?

• Clara Bow was an American silent and early sound film actress, whose tumultuous career spanned from 1922 to 1933.
• Bow’s best-known film, the 1926 silent romantic comedy It, secured her status as a cultural icon who embodied the youth and liberation of the 1920s’ flapper.
• This sequence of events, which kick-started the ongoing mythicisation of Bow’s star image, skips over the work Bow herself put in.

How Clara Bow inspired Taylor Swift

During the height of her career, Bow’s love life was a point of constant ridicule in popular film fan magazines. Headlines branding her “empty hearted” and asking “why can’t the It Girl keep her men?” sought to psychoanalyse her broken engagements. The press labelled Bow an “idiot”, and wondered why “no man [had] led her to the altar”.

• Bow’s assistant and best friend, Daisy DeVoe, was accused of trying to embezzle money from her.
• During my research trip, I was able to access the papers of Clara Bow, as well as those who knew her: including notable gossip columnist Hedda Hopper.
• Perhaps Swift’s ode to Bow will offer some artistic justice for the often-misrepresented starlet.
• But it’s not hard to see why Taylor Swift, a modern starlet whose every move is scrutinised and criticised, would find a rich seam of inspiration in the life of Clara Bow.

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Jennifer Voss receives funding from the AHRC-funded Midlands 4 Cities Post-Doctoral Fellowship Programme.