Dear Ms. Steinem

I was just marking your essay in the NYTimes OpEd in my Ma.gnolia when I realized I was writing too much for a simple bookmark. I have long appreciated you and your historic contribution to feminism, but I have to disagree with this essay titled “Women Are Never Front-Runners”. I’m sorry, but it’s [...]

Mrs?

Yesterday I walked over to the grocery store during my lunch hour to buy some snacky snacks. I used my “Remarkable” card, so the cashier checked my name on the receipt when I was done. She said, “Have a good afternoon, Mrs. S—-!”
Whaaa? I’ve been called “ma’am” by young men only a couple [...]

“She liked imaginary men best of all”

Saturday, between shopping trips, Leah and I ate lunch at the Gateway Whole Foods. Right by the entrance, they had 2007 calendars for half price. I usually wait to buy my calendars on New Year’s Day, but they had an Anne Taintor calendar and I love her stuff.
I have about three magnets of [...]

Feminism is delicious.

Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem talk to Stephen Colbert about feminism and their new radio channel for women.

[Eat the Press]

I miss Ann already

Listening to her 1998 speech here, her death really hit me. It’s so hard to believe that such a smart, sassy, and honest mind is now gone.
I never got to meet her, but she’s been a favorite of mine for a long time. She’s definitely one of my favorite women in Texas history.
My [...]

Water

I had heard good things about this film, so I added it to my Netflix queue. I watched it last night and was very impressed. Now I have a new director to watch!
When I read the summary, I thought there was a typo, because surely it wasn’t about an 8-year-old widow. But [...]

Katie Couric

Is it weird that I’m contemplating leaving work early so I can catch the full Couric debut on CBS News tonight? My reasoning:

It’s a positive step in women’s history, as she becomes the only sole female anchor currently on network TV to carry a news show by herself. Too bad ABC got rid [...]

update on my magazine saga

I got a response from Good Housekeeping this morning saying that they have transferred the remainder of my subscription to Marie Clare. So at least if I’m getting a magazine I didn’t necessarily want, at least it’s a somewhat more relevant magazine I didn’t necessarily want.
I’m only interested in Marie Clare because of this [...]

More sensationalism, sorta

My co-worker’s daughter, a shy teenager who participates in local beauty pageants (yes, they do happen in Austin!), is supposed to be on Scarborough Country tonight (MSNBC, 8pm). I assume she’ll get to comment on children in beauty pageants/JonBenet Ramsey, blah blah blah.
I keep telling my co-worker that they need to see “Little Miss [...]

PR gossip post-ep. 6

From NYDailyNews:
Don’t Shoot the Messenger
Which reality contestant who just got kicked off the show was targeted over a more deserving deportee because the program’s hostess hated her so much?
See, Alison? It might not have been your zaftig tall model that lost you the competition (as asserted in this EW interview), but instead the fact that [...]