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You’re Probably A Feminist. You Just Don’t Know It.
October 15, 2010
Contrary to what many believe, feminism didn’t begin at the Miss America Pagent of 1968 when a group of women burned their bras. Over 500 years before the scent of smoking undergarments, women were writing and speaking on behalf of their rights. The modern suffragist movement began in the eighteenth century in France. In 1920, […]
Mama Grizzlies, Animal and Otherwise
October 5, 2010
The October 4 issue of Newsweek has an article titled “Hear Them Growl,” about the political female Grizzlies. Life in the Boomer Lanc decided to get to the bottom of this, doing some mighty deep research for about 15 minutes on Google and on the National Geographic site. Aside from the time that a bear […]
Looking A Gift Horse in the Mouth
September 29, 2010
When my husband Dan was in Greece this past month, he saw a friend of his who was visiting there from his home in Germany. He and his wife stayed with us last year and I still affectionately refer to them as “The Guests From Hell.” The wife gave Dan two sets of long-handled spoons […]
Why I Don't Collect Things
September 27, 2010
The members of my family were always avid collectors. My grandfather, in addition to collecting wives, used to bring discarded items home from abandoned properties that were undergoing renovation. He was a paperhanger, and he never saw an old item (or a young woman) he didn’t like. My grandmother (actually my step-grandmother and his second […]
Why I Don’t Collect Things
September 27, 2010
The members of my family were always avid collectors. My grandfather, in addition to collecting wives, used to bring discarded items home from abandoned properties that were undergoing renovation. He was a paperhanger, and he never saw an old item (or a young woman) he didn’t like. My grandmother (actually my step-grandmother and his second […]
Don’t Fence Me In!
September 25, 2010
I live in an urban area. My house is close enough to its side neighbors to be sexually active with them, if houses were so inclined. I’ve already written about my vegetable garden that was accessible only by trekking across the neighbor’s property. My backyard is average-size, with a charming designed-by-me two-level flagstone patio and a […]
Don't Fence Me In!
September 25, 2010
I live in an urban area. My house is close enough to its side neighbors to be sexually active with them, if houses were so inclined. I’ve already written about my vegetable garden that was accessible only by trekking across the neighbor’s property. My backyard is average-size, with a charming designed-by-me two-level flagstone patio and a […]
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You're Probably A Feminist. You Just Don't Know It.
October 15, 2010
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Contrary to what many believe, feminism didn’t begin at the Miss America Pagent of 1968 when a group of women burned their bras. Over 500 years before the scent of smoking undergarments, women were writing and speaking on behalf of their rights. The modern suffragist movement began in the eighteenth century in France. In 1920, […]