Seconding Clovis. It is possible for a boy to go through school and never read anything from a female protagonists perspective but impossible for a girl to do the same. Here is an article I remember seeing ages ago that puts it all into stark numbers:
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I volunteering on Saturdays working with kids who need some reading help and the comic book adaptations are super popular. I loved BSC as a kid and was so excited to see it is still being enjoyed and appreciated by kids today.
Why would this necessarily stop at unmarried women? I know there are people out there that believe that mothers should not work outside the home, and I am sure they could invent some religious reason behind it. Hell you could probably keep expanding this. Married women need to get their husbands permission to work.…
And this is why I enjoy the alcoholic seltzers. I love beer, but if it is summer day drinking it doesn’t always hit the spot, but if I start drinking liquor (gin or whiskey) + seltzer, which is my easy drinking go to, I drink too much too quickly. The alcoholic seltzers are a good balance of refreshing and not too…
Oh oh oh, I forgot one of my favorite RVs was from the 1920s I believe and the drivers seat was a leather arm chair. On the chair there was a sign stating that the chair was an accessory that cost $35. So the RV did not come with a seat, and if you bought one it was not attached to the vehicle in any way. (This was…
One of the best random things I have ever done is go to the RV and Manufactured Home Hall of Fame. My husband and I were driving out to Minneapolis for Christmas from the east coast once again and because I eyed in wonder every time we passed it we built in time to stop at it. On our way he asked me what I hoped to…
This is a really good point. I just checked the price for DC (where I live) and you can get a membership to the rec center fitness center for an individual for $150 a year. At one point I belonged to one of the fancier gyms in DC and it cost almost $100 a month (so still not near Equinox prices, but also quite…
I am looking for a new job and one start up I came across mentioned wanting SAT scores on the application. That was an immediate no thank you. If you are judging people by where they went to school or what their SATs were then you are doing it wrong. SAT scores should not matter outside of college applications and…
They have been advertising this all over Metro in DC and I find it kind of amusing because this already exists here, it is called slugging and has been going on since the 1970s. I haven’t really heard any complaints about the current system so I am not sure how much take-up they will get around here.
My husband and I looked seriously into moving abroad a couple years ago, specifically to Ireland, but also at one point considered Germany. I have a skill set that would most likely qualify me as high skilled, and so the visa process would have been easier than most, and the job would pay well enough. However, I…
I read the Ramona book where she did it probably close to 30 years ago but every few months I see a tube of toothpaste and think about squirting it all out. Maybe I will get a travel toothpaste tube or something to finally scratch that itch.
A few years ago we were introduced to raclette. As it was around Thanksgiving it was immediately put on our Christmas list. We only do it a few times a year, but it is a great option and we always remark that we should do it more.
The judge for this case went to my college and was my graduation speaker. He was also the judge that presided over the case that struck down the Pennsylvania statute barring same-sex marriage. Given that I went to a super small school for undergrad it makes me very happy to hear positive things alums are doing in…
I live in DC so there is a plethora of Ethiopian restaurants available to me. I love it and ate it for years. Then a couple years ago something changed. I got sick after eating it. I assumed it was something else (I also had an absinthe drink that evening) and so a few months later we went to get Ethiopian food and…
Mark’s Diner in Takoma Park. Your everyday diner food, as well as Korean dishes. Plus Takoma Park, so can handle the vegan in the group as well as the person just looking for a burger.
A Philadelphia Story was one of my favorite movies growing up (weird kid who watched TCM religiously and AMC until they stopped showing actually old movies). I hadn’t seen it in a few years and decided to show my husband and it was uncomfortable. It definitely doesn’t hold up to modern sensibilities. I believe a…
The rod in our main closet finally gave two weekends ago. Luckily we had been planning on redoing it and bought the Rubbermaid Configurations closet system for it, just hadn’t gotten around to setting it up. With two of us it was quite easy to install and once the foundation is installed (a top rail and then vertical…
The rod in our main closet finally gave two weekends ago. Luckily we had been planning on redoing it and bought the…
My husband is from the midwest and never heard of this before. I am from Delaware and it is a family tradition for this to show up at Thanksgiving/Christmas/4th of July. He doesn’t understand why it is included with the main meal foods (buffet style always) and not the desserts. I don’t understand what confuses him…
This started out strong with the Double Stuf and so I assumed someone would include the best store bought cookie of all time: the white chocolate covered oreos that only come out around Christmas. My dad used to buy two boxes, one for the family and one he would hide for himself, which we always found. As adults my…