"Mother" is a song by American singer-songwriterMeghan Trainor(pictured) from the deluxe edition of her fifth major-label studio album,Takin' It Back (2022). She wrote the song withSean Douglas, and its producers,Gian Stone, and her brother Justin.Epic Records released it as the lead single on March 27, 2023. Apop song withdoo-wop influences, "Mother"interpolates "Mr. Sandman". Inspired by men who said Trainor's pregnancy would end her career, the song is aboutwomen's empowerment; she asks the male subject to stopmansplaining and to listen to her. Critics were complimentary about the composition but criticized the use of the term "mother". The song reached the top 30 in Belgium, Ireland, Suriname, and the United Kingdom.Charm La'Donna directed the music video, which starsKris Jenner; critics praised the fashion choices and described it as glamorous. Trainor performed the song onToday,Capital's Summertime Ball, andthe Timeless Tour (2024).(This article is part of afeatured topic:Takin' It Back.)
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 | Ottmar Mergenthaler (11 May 1854 – 28 October 1899) was the inventor of thelinotype machine, the first device that could easily and quickly set complete lines oftype for use inprinting presses. Mergenthaler was born into a German family inHachtel in theKingdom of Württemberg. He was apprenticed to awatchmaker inBietigheim before emigrating to the United States in 1872 to work inWashington, D.C., with his cousin August Hahl. In 1876, Mergenthaler was approached byJames O. Clephane and his associate Charles T. Moore, who sought a quicker way of publishinglegal briefs. By 1884, he conceived the idea of assembling metallic letter molds, called matrices, andcasting molten metal into them, all within a single machine. In July 1886, theMergenthaler Linotype Company installed the first commercially used Linotype in the printing office of theNew-York Tribune. This photograph shows Mergenthaler at approximately 45 years of age in 1899; he died that year inBaltimore oftuberculosis. Photograph credit: unknown; restored byAdam Cuerden Recently featured: |
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