Rebound, I understand what you are saying. I am 36, female, never married and in the Midwest. My friends paired, married and started having kids. Now, some have started divorcing. I also have been told—sometimes bluntly, sometimes more kindly—by men that, in their opinion, once a woman hits her 30s, she is out of the…

Well, I know who will be the woman of valor profiled during the Miriam's cup section of my seder next year.

Absolutely! I sometimes do a Tudor-era persona, but even then I would not wear the full-historical 5-layer woman's court outfit of that period in summer. No thanks, m'lord!

Actually, "hundreds of women" is not an exaggeration. While doing research for their book They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the Civil War, DeAnne Blanton and Lauren Cook combed through federal and confederate records, pension documents, and personal letters, and they found approx. 240 distinct, individual…

This is why this history buff is a member of the Society for Creative Anachronism. Over 600 years and half the globe to re-enact, no repeating the same battles over and over, and the "creative" part means we can take showers daily during our events. Many groups even own set-ups that allow heated showers. We also use…

Yeah, Boba gave the sarlac pit a try. Not the happy ending he was hoping for.

"Sugar Twat" is my new e-book erotica pen name.

I hold a journalism degree and for a time was a reporter. I also consider myself a feminist. My guess at WHY the reporter was there:

Just wanted to show appreciation for a shout-out to my Midwestern Jewish homegirl, whom should I have a daughter, I will name such child after :).

The only thing missing? The ghost of Molly Ivins. I suppose they have to save something for the sequel.

She is the mother of dragons. You cannot threaten her daughters and NOT expect her to breathe fire!

Fuck decorum! I am sick of taking the high road and acting like a "lady" while my rights are taken away by idiots who could never stay awake in a single high school biology class.

Barely related story...when I graduated college in 1999, I did so with a Beanie Baby rabbit attached to my graduation cap.

I am a dog and bird person, and like everyone else says, training (and training early) is key. Whether you chose to start with a puppy from a registered breeder or adopt an older dog from a rescue, enroll in an obedience class as soon as your vet gives you the OK.

Response I use on days I am feeling particularly fed-up: "I am not pregnant. I refuse to bring a child into a world full of rude people who seem to think the bodies of others are public property and subject to commentary."

Sorry, did not mean to yell. Like these brides, my keyboard lost all sense of reality.

The original point of those envelopes that these "lovely" brides saw passed around at every wedding they ever went to was not to refund whomever paid for the reception. The purpose of the money inside them was to ensure the couple could purchase what it needed to in order to start up housekeeping. That could be…

First off...glad you are here and making art :). The world seriously needs it. Whgat is your medium? I do fiber arts when I can get the time—sewing, knitting, spinning. I am an actual spinster in the original meaning of the word—a woman over 25, never married, earns her own living and owns a spinning wheel.

Just started the blog...