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The Rise of Sexist Nostalgia
October 4, 2011
More Magazine now alerts us to what they call “Fall’s Worst Trend: Sexist Nostalgia.” Spurred on by the rampant success of Mad Men, the show about a Madison Ave advertising agency at the start of the 60s, TV is now presenting Pan Am, a show about flight attendants, and The Playboy Club, a show about, […]
I’ll Have A Cut, Color, and Formaldehyde, Please
May 23, 2011
I have curly hair. No, wait. I have CURLY HAIR. Like in “You can be a really good person and deserve good things in life, but I am Your Hair and I will screw you everyday of your life by being completely out of control and no matter what you do I will make you […]
How Much Does A Woman Cost?
March 1, 2011
This past Sunday, Life in the Boomer Lane’s friend Roni and LBL were driving to Baltimore for the annual ACC Craft Show (“Our motto: We have amazing crafts. You can either buy one of them or make your mortgage payment this month.”) Roni was regaling LBL with the latest romp (in the salon, not the bedroom) she had with her […]
There she is, Miss America…
January 15, 2011
This evening, the Miss America Pageant is prepared to stomp dance on our faces once again, with its laminated toothy smiles and stiletto heels. Oh whoops, am I being too hard on this tattered piece of Americana? You bet. I grew up with Miss America, and I have watched her slide from pure goodness and […]
I Will Not Be Invisible
December 19, 2010
When Life in he Boomer Lane and her friends decided to write a book about women over 50, LBL asked a lot of women her age what sucked about getting older. She expected to hear the sagging/bagging/dragging thing or maybe the memory thing or maybe even the empty nest thing. She didn’t hear any of that. […]
Why Every Woman Needs A Log Cabin
November 17, 2010
One of the bloggers I follow, http://www.VVDenman.com, wrote a lovely piece the other day titled “The Power Behind A Writer’s Desk“ and she included a photo of the desk at which she writes. I’ve always found it fascinating to see where people write, especial since I began my first novel on the back of sales […]
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, […]
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, […]
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The Secret Lives of Wives
October 7, 2011
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Iris Krasnow’s new book, “The Secret Lives of Wives: Women Share What It Really Takes To Stay Married,” has hit the stands. And, unlike this writer, the stands are sitting down to read it. Krasnow estimates that about 70% of married women have considered leaving their spouses once a month, if not every six months.” […]