Category Archives: Women
Does Beauty Have an Expiration Date?
Today I turn 68 and to believe the media, I have long passed my expiration date of desirability as a woman. But here’s the un-botoxed- wrinkle in that. Every woman is an “ageing woman.” Yet the window for beguiling is
Does Beauty Have an Expiration Date?
Today I turn 68 and to believe the media, I have long passed my expiration date of desirability as a woman. But here’s the un-botoxed- wrinkle in that. Every woman is an “ageing woman.” Yet the window for beguiling is
Aging a Shocking Revelation
I’m at that awkward age. Turning 68 tomorrow feels a lot like I did when I turned 12. Neither here nor there. Not quite a teenager, but no longer really a child, I felt in limbo. The word tween didn’t
Aging a Shocking Revelation
I’m at that awkward age. Turning 68 tomorrow feels a lot like I did when I turned 12. Neither here nor there. Not quite a teenager, but no longer really a child, I felt in limbo. The word tween didn’t
Remembering Feminist Pioneer Pat Schroeder
“I have a brain, I have a uterus, and I use both.” Silk Screened on T-shirts and emblazed on thousands of handmade signs carried at countless women’s marches and rallies for decades, this empowering quote is pure Pat Schroeder, the
Remembering Feminist Pioneer Pat Schroeder
“I have a brain, I have a uterus, and I use both.” Silk Screened on T-shirts and emblazed on thousands of handmade signs carried at countless women’s marches and rallies for decades, this empowering quote is pure Pat Schroeder, the
My First National Potato Chip Day- Something To Chew On
Bert Lahr for Lays Potato Chips. Vintage ad Americans are crazy for potato chips, so it’s not crazy at all that today we celebrate National Potato Chip Day! And why not? They’re crunchy They are crispy. And for the past
My First National Potato Chip Day- Something To Chew On
Bert Lahr for Lays Potato Chips. Vintage ad Americans are crazy for potato chips, so it’s not crazy at all that today we celebrate National Potato Chip Day! And why not? They’re crunchy They are crispy. And for the past
Gorgeous Lady Gaga Strips Down at The Oscars
The Oscars seem the last place to ever find authenticity, but there it was on view at Sunday Night’s Academy awards. At a time when we are awash with alternative facts and lies, in a place like Hollywood, notorious for
Gorgeous Lady Gaga Strips Down at The Oscars
The Oscars seem the last place to ever find authenticity, but there it was on view at Sunday Night’s Academy awards. At a time when we are awash with alternative facts and lies, in a place like Hollywood, notorious for
Dizzy Dames
“I’m so dizzy, my head is spinnin’ Like a whirlpool, it never ends And it’s you, COVID, makin’ it spin You’re makin’ me dizzy” 2022 Revised lyrics Dizzy 1930 George Burns and Gracie Allen song As a long-time feminist, I’m
Dizzy Dames
“I’m so dizzy, my head is spinnin’ Like a whirlpool, it never ends And it’s you, COVID, makin’ it spin You’re makin’ me dizzy” 2022 Revised lyrics Dizzy 1930 George Burns and Gracie Allen song As a long-time feminist, I’m
Sometimes Being Rudy is a Drag
“Rudia” is his drag name. With a penchant for platinum blonde wigs, dainty white opera gloves, and frilly pink gowns cut low to show off her ample bosom, this drag queen with the falsetto singing voice was a well-known figure
Sometimes Being Rudy is a Drag
“Rudia” is his drag name. With a penchant for platinum blonde wigs, dainty white opera gloves, and frilly pink gowns cut low to show off her ample bosom, this drag queen with the falsetto singing voice was a well-known figure
Happy International Women’s Day 2023
Don’t just accept the card you are dealt. Play your own hand. It’s no mystery- women are powerful Happy International Womens Day
Happy International Women’s Day 2023
Don’t just accept the card you are dealt. Play your own hand. It’s no mystery- women are powerful Happy International Womens Day
When Feminism Was the Woke of Its’ Day
The current war on “wokeness” is reminiscent of the war on feminism waged by conservatives over 50 years ago. Today’s right-wing is scared of woke culture that threatens to change everything beloved about American life. Like “wokeness” the right
When Feminism Was the Woke of Its’ Day
The current war on “wokeness” is reminiscent of the war on feminism waged by conservatives over 50 years ago. Today’s right-wing is scared of woke culture that threatens to change everything beloved about American life. Like “wokeness” the right
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.
Envisioning The American Dream 