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Lynn Dell The Countess of Glamour Speaks
Lynn Dell has been a presenter around the country both live and on TV her very own talk show "Positively Lynn" airing for 10 years. She has also produced and directed weekly fashion shows at New York's famous Tavern on the Green and Grand Hyatt hotel. It has been quite a journey for Lynn Dell and 2010 was definitely a good year! Highlights include features with Advanced Style on German TV & Radio ARD video , in Grazia UK and Vogue Italia.
Ah, summer. The time of year when we all switch our black handbags out for something more colorful, thereby losing our checkbooks and favorite lip gloss. More »
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Ok, you fabulous bookish, nerdy, wonderful folks, hop in this open thread and discuss The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms . I can’t wait to read what everyone has to say. Days like these I am so grateful that I have my own office. That I have my own office on the top floor of a tall building with no elevator, isolated and difficult to access, with little chance of somebody just stopping by without notice.
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Shapely Prose
Friend of Shapely Prose Elysia (who writes the blog Born That Way ) is an evolutionary biologist, and she had some choice words for the latest dude to use evolutionary psychology as an explanation for why he believes seriously douchey things about women. Please give Elysia a warm welcome. — Kate My friend Sweet Machine brought a recent post by Amanda Hess to my attention. In her essay, Ms. Hess discusses a blog entry on the Scientific American Mind website, written by one Dr. Jesse Bering.
Lady Porn Day Rabbit Write
This is the personal blog of Journalist/Writer Rachel Rabbit White. Mostly she writes about sex, gender, human relationships and other things you aren't supposed to talk about. Won't you join the conversation?
Next month’s Forum will be about Persephone Book No. 24: Family Roundabout by Richmal Crompton. All the books discussed can be found at Persephone Books Only very occasionally does The Persephone Forum find itself ‘in sync’ with the Thursday afternoon Reading Group in Lamb’s Conduit Street. It is rewarding and informative when it does, and a pleasure for the Country Cousin to meet Persephone readers in the flesh.
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William De Witt Snodgrass (1926-2009) was a Pulitzer-winning American poet. Known for his confessional style, this long poem is probably his best known, and was written in honor of his daughter, from whom he was often separated following his divorce from her mother. It’s long, but worth the read. When Suibhe would not return to fine garments and good food, to his houses and his people, Loingseachan told him, “Your father is dead.” “I’m sorry to hear it,” he said. “Your mother is dead,” said the lad.
The Pursuit of Harpyness - As narrated by the most charming and vicious women on the internet
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I've recently gone mostly vegetarian. But most of my cheater, easy-through-the-week meals involve meat, so I'm struggling a bit to motivate myself to cook delicious food on weeknights. This week I ended up eating toast every evening and buying lunch, and now my wallet is empty.
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Throughout this series, I have tried very hard not to write about the gigantic elephant in the room: Dan Savage. He’s a controversial figure, particularly when it comes to his statements on bisexuality , and though I quoted him in my post about Bi the Way , I haven’t wanted to dwell on him. I find much of his commentary on bisexuality thoughtless and insensitive, but he insists he is not biphobic , and I choose to believe him. I may disagree with a lot of his ideas, but I like some of them, I respect his efforts to campaign against LGBT youth bullying and suicide, and I am not interested in making assumptions about what lies in his heart. But in discussing bisexuality and the media, mentioning Savage is unavoidable.I Blame The Patriarchy
It’s International Women’s Day again! Why, it seems like only last year that a couple of people in the media spent a few hours pretending that anyone gives a crap about women’s issues. Tomorrow, progressive dudepundits like Matthew Yglesias can go back to pointing out how the whole “war against women” anti-birth-control dealio (which for some reason everyone is treating like some kind of recent and bizarre ‘phenomenon’) is really not about women at all. No, the “real stakes in the contraceptives fight,” according to Yglesias, is about regular health care for regular people.
Central casting has taken wallops from both sides over their various ethnic interpretations of characters from Suzanne Collins' YA dystopian trilogy as they're being converted to the big screen. Here we go again. More » You've probably noticed it already, but let's just say it out loud: Hollywood is a mess . Serious, serious problems. And, according to one insider, Hollywood's leading ladies have it really bad.