Peggy Orenstein is a renowned culture critic and expert on girls’ behavior. Her career is built on writing about girls, thinking about girls, and talking about how girls should be raised. She’s written articles and books on the subject, been interviewed by The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times, and gained national attention…
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“Gigi” and Provider-Companion Relationships
Filmed in 1958, “Gigi” stars Leslie Caron as Gigi, a naive and impetuous girl being raised by her grandmother and great aunt Alicia, two women frequently astonished by the girl’s wild behavior. Family friend and ludicrously wealthy magnate Gaston Lachaille (Louis Jourdan), however, finds Gigi charming, and often spoils her with caramels and other presents….
Top 10 Tuesday: Books I Lie About
(Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly meme brought to you by The Broke and the Bookish. Want to make your own list? Clicking the image will take you to this week’s post. Happy listing!) Is there a book you tell people you’ve read, even though you actually haven’t? Have you agreed with someone’s positive review…
“I don’t f*cking care if you like it.”
Title: Bossypants Author: Tina Fey Genre: Non-fiction – Autobiography Publication Date: 2011 Let me start by saying that I am just the teensiest bit obsessed with Tina Fey. The first time she popped up on my radar was when she was on Saturday Night Live, doing the “Weekend Update” skit as well as her fabulous…
March 8, 2011: Feminist Coming Out Day
While clicking through my RSS feed last week, I came across an announcement for Feminist Coming Out Day. March is Women’s History Month, so the event is not exactly unexpected. But it does fit in nicely with some of the recent discussions of gender in literature that have been happening in the book blogosphere: In…