Category Archives: Middle Class

A Flintstone Milestone

Yabba Dabba Doo! Pebbles Flintstone just turned 60 years old. That’s right kids, Fred and Wilma’s fashion-forward baby forever dressed in a leopard-spotted loincloth and rocking a dinosaur bone in her red hair, is now a card-carrying member of AARP.

A Flintstone Milestone

Yabba Dabba Doo! Pebbles Flintstone just turned 60 years old. That’s right kids, Fred and Wilma’s fashion-forward baby forever dressed in a leopard-spotted loincloth and rocking a dinosaur bone in her red hair, is now a card-carrying member of AARP.

Raquel Welch Rocked Our World

When the poster of a sizzling Raquel Welch in a pre-historic doe-skin outfit came out, what teenage boy in 1966 didn’t want to travel back to the age of the Flintstones? Is there any doubt that Fred and Barney lusted

Raquel Welch Rocked Our World

When the poster of a sizzling Raquel Welch in a pre-historic doe-skin outfit came out, what teenage boy in 1966 didn’t want to travel back to the age of the Flintstones? Is there any doubt that Fred and Barney lusted

Madonna Grammy's 2023

Madonna Still Provokes

I may not have immediately recognized Madonna at the 2023 Grammys the other night but I sure recognize the ageism and sexism that her altered looks have elicited. The backlash to her appearance was swift, vicious, and as biting as

Madonna Grammy's 2023

Madonna Still Provokes

I may not have immediately recognized Madonna at the 2023 Grammys the other night but I sure recognize the ageism and sexism that her altered looks have elicited. The backlash to her appearance was swift, vicious, and as biting as

COVID in the House

Always a late bloomer, I’ve finally joined the COVID Club, one I never really wanted membership in. And it’s a full house of COVID19. Nothing says togetherness like quarantining with my also positive husband. There are now His and Hers

COVID in the House

Always a late bloomer, I’ve finally joined the COVID Club, one I never really wanted membership in. And it’s a full house of COVID19. Nothing says togetherness like quarantining with my also positive husband. There are now His and Hers

Vintage 1960s gas stove Tappan

Gas Stoves- Whats Cooking?

The reactionary gasbags are at it again. With great indignation they are whining “First the Feds came for our guns. Next, they came for our God. Now they are coming for our gas stoves! Holy Rachel Ray! Chill out. Can’t

Vintage 1960s gas stove Tappan

Gas Stoves- Whats Cooking?

The reactionary gasbags are at it again. With great indignation they are whining “First the Feds came for our guns. Next, they came for our God. Now they are coming for our gas stoves! Holy Rachel Ray! Chill out. Can’t

Gina Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida Sex Symbol of My Youth Dies

Gina Lollobrigida, the sizzling  Italian sex symbol of my youth of whom it was said “She makes Marilyn Monroe look like Shirley Temple” has passed away at 95. And mama mia, sultry she was. Earthy, lusty, and sensual she was

Gina Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida Sex Symbol of My Youth Dies

Gina Lollobrigida, the sizzling  Italian sex symbol of my youth of whom it was said “She makes Marilyn Monroe look like Shirley Temple” has passed away at 95. And mama mia, sultry she was. Earthy, lusty, and sensual she was

Lisa Marie and Elvis Presley

What Lisa Marie Presley Told Us About Grief

Being royalty doesn’t shield you from pain or a broken heart. We’ve been learning that from Prince Harry. Now the King of Rock and Roll’s only daughter Lisa Marie Presley has tragically died. The cause of death was termed cardiac

Lisa Marie and Elvis Presley

What Lisa Marie Presley Told Us About Grief

Being royalty doesn’t shield you from pain or a broken heart. We’ve been learning that from Prince Harry. Now the King of Rock and Roll’s only daughter Lisa Marie Presley has tragically died. The cause of death was termed cardiac

Barbara Walters -Television’s Trailblazing Treasure

No one will ever be Barbara Walters again. She was a trailblazer of television, a breaker of barriers, and a slayer of workplace stereotypes to which an entire generation owes their debt to. A pioneer for women broadcast journalists, despite

Barbara Walters -Television’s Trailblazing Treasure

No one will ever be Barbara Walters again. She was a trailblazer of television, a breaker of barriers, and a slayer of workplace stereotypes to which an entire generation owes their debt to. A pioneer for women broadcast journalists, despite

sally Edelstein at 24 in pain

When it Comes to Rape Past is Always Present

My introduction into the go-go 80s was less than auspicious. 43 years ago today I was getting ready to celebrate a new decade-the 1980s. Instead, it is remembered as the day I was brutally raped. On the cusp of a

sally Edelstein at 24 in pain

When it Comes to Rape Past is Always Present

My introduction into the go-go 80s was less than auspicious. 43 years ago today I was getting ready to celebrate a new decade-the 1980s. Instead, it is remembered as the day I was brutally raped. On the cusp of a

Misogyny  Wrapped up in a Mid-Century Christmas Bow

Tis’ the season for the online posting of cringe-worthy, mid-century, sexist Christmas ads guaranteed to provide a hoot at how dated they are. How silly, a woman purring seductively at a Hoover vacuum cleaner. Or a gal nearly orgasmic over

Misogyny  Wrapped up in a Mid-Century Christmas Bow

Tis’ the season for the online posting of cringe-worthy, mid-century, sexist Christmas ads guaranteed to provide a hoot at how dated they are. How silly, a woman purring seductively at a Hoover vacuum cleaner. Or a gal nearly orgasmic over