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Monthly Archives: July 2010
Once upon a product placement…
Young Adult Novels Plumb New Depths Of Product Placement by Anonymous, jezebel.com, February 20, 2008 About a year ago, I was desperate to review Dial L For Loser from the New York Times best-selling tween book series The Clique. I … Continue reading
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Oh that “kooky” Holly Golightly/Carrie Bradshaw
Is Audrey Hepburn To Blame For Carrie Bradshaw? by Sadie Stein, jezebel.com, June 7, 2010 A new book blames Audrey Hepburn for SATC2. Okay? Sort of? Everyone knows that Truman Capote wasn’t sold on Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly, and … Continue reading
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It’s a Mad world
Is Mad Men The New Sex and the City? by Sadie Stein, jezebel.com, July 22, 2010 Many fans of the former may hate the latter — particularly some manfolk — but the cultural similarities cannot be ignored. It had been … Continue reading
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“Ladies, welcome to Fight Club.” – Lizzy Bennet
Welcome To Jane Austen’s Fight Club “The first rule of fight club is one never mentions fight club. No corsets, no hatpins, and no crying.”
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When your literary friends break up :(
When A Memoir’s Post-Book Breakup Breaks Your Heart by Sadie Stein, jezebel.com, July 21, 2010 It happens again and again. You read someone’s life story, feel you know them, thrill to their romance — idealize it, even. And then, without … Continue reading
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In the words of that lovelorn teen Taylor Swift, “go pick out a white dress” … 1890 style
Ah, the big princessy wedding gown. It was worn through the early/mid Victorian era (when Queen Victoria made white the bridal colour), in the 50s by Grace Kelly, and in the 80s by Princess Di. But what about wedding fashion in the non-poofy decades? For … Continue reading
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And you thought the wedding industry was nutty now…
The Art of Dressing a Bride, March 1894 “Of all people in the world the French are the ones who most positively combine sentiment and frocks. The rich lace, the costly jewel, the much-trimmed gown never belongs to the unmarried … Continue reading
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No more bosom friends?
Why Would You Want To Keep Your Kid From Having A Best Friend? By Sadie Stein, jezebel.com From the NY Times: “Increasingly, some educators and other professionals who work with children are asking a question that might surprise their parents: … Continue reading
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