Helen Gurley Brown

Reclaiming the F-Word

Barbara & Shannon Kelley | Posted 05.14.2012

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Barbara & Shannon Kelley

"It's hard to get passionate about a cause when you haven't faced the consequences of what you're fighting for."

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Helen Gurley Brown: 90, And As Quotable As Ever

Posted 02.18.2012

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If you ever watch the women of Sterling Cooper navigate the sexual mores of the early 60s and think, simultaneously, "Thank god that's not me" and als...

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Empty Streets And An Unappealing Proposition In Seville

Anna David | Posted 12.10.2011

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Anna David

I'd reminded people who'd asked me why I was going by myself how much I loved being alone. I'm a very independent, self-sufficient person, I'd said, sometimes feeling like I was speaking the truth and other times wondering who the hell I was kidding.

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I'm Part of the Problem

Anna David | Posted 12.07.2011

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Anna David

When I wrote a piece called "Women Had It Better in the Sixties," I knew it would upset people. I didn't expect hate mail.

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Helen Gurley Brown and The Ostentatious Orgasm

Jill Robinson | Posted 12.06.2011

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Jill Robinson

A few months later, Helen called, "I'd like you to write about the female orgasm." "What is that?" I asked. "It's a response women should get from good sex. And most women don't know what it is either."

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Has 'Mommyism' Replaced Feminism?

Melanie Notkin | Posted 11.23.2011

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Melanie Notkin

Why is it that the modern mom can love children and her career but the childless woman can only love her career? In America today, has feminism morphed into mommyism?

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The Word Man who Won Oscars

Steve Leveen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Leveen

David Brown, who produced some of the most notable movies to come out of Hollywood, told me that the most important job of a producer is to pick the director, to whom he surrenders utterly. After that, it's to provide lunch.

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The Chick Lit Curse

Deborah Schoeneman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Deborah Schoeneman

Today, the book Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough by Lori Gottlieb goes on sale, sure to start flying off the shelves faster than Manolos at a sample sale.

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David Brown Dead: 'Jaws' Producer, Husband Of Helen Gurley-Brown Dies At

AP | POLLY ANDERSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — David Brown, a film and theater producer who helped bring to the screen two of the 1970s' biggest hits, "Jaws" and "The Sting," has d...

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Why Cosmopolitan Editor Helen Gurley Brown "Is One Of The Pioneering Feminists Of Our Time"

Mail Online | Posted 05.25.2011

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But to my mind HGB, as I call her, is one of the pioneering feminists of our time. She was the sexiest suffragette of them all. And now as she head...

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Defending My Beloved Mentor, Former Cosmo Editor Helen Gurley Brown

Betsy Perry | Posted 05.25.2011

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Betsy Perry

Helen changed my life as she did millions of other girls' lives. Who cares about the incidental boo boos along the way?

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