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PHOTOS: Vintage Leap Year Postcards Of Women Proposing To Men

Babble | Posted 02.29.2012

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When one thinks of a single gal circa 1908, the image one conjures up may be of a demure, well-mannered girl, hoping and waiting to meet some man to m...

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Julia Stiles and Mimi Goese Take On Godly Sexual Politics at BAM

G. Roger Denson | Posted 05.25.2011

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G. Roger Denson

I'm left wishing for the days when minimalism, the musical school that best suits Neill's instincts, still dictated the theatrical standards of contemporary opera and performance art.

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Skirts on Camels: Early Women Travel Writers

Terry Kelhawk | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Turkey, Islam, Women, Women's Rights, Harem, Writers, Freya Stark, Amelia Edwards, Victorians, Thriller, The Topkapi Secret, Yemen, Travel, Iraq, Lilias Trotter, Authors, Gertrude Bell, North Africa, Middle East, Nawal El Saadawi, Novels, Travel Writers, Women Writers, Algeria, Mary Wortley Montagu, World War II, Women Authors, Ruskin, Books We Love, Books News
Terry Kelhawk

The skirts on camels writers inspire us that perhaps we could exchange our everyday gray for sunshine and surprise around each corner.

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Eric Massa is Taking Back the Spotlight From the Starlets

Tina Dupuy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Tina Dupuy

When actors were seen as vermin, the object of our affections and repugnance were people with actual power: politicians. Politicians like Massa are just taking back their country from Hollywood.

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Does A Nation of Ninnies Need A Nanny?

Kerry Trueman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kerry Trueman

What's the difference between an overly bubbly housing market and sugary carbonated beverages? Both appeal to our infantile desire for instant gratification.

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