This does not have enough stars. All the high fives!!

Hooray! The Secret History is one of my favorite books, I need to re-read it soon :)

This is so very, very true. I also love #DoingTheSherman!

I was actually going to mention this exact thing. I was so happy that the school backed the teacher and the book! It’s so sad that this many years later this is still happening.

Goodness, now I’m curious! Mostly because I’m really out of it and didn’t realize any of those women knew each other before this o.O

I don’t regularly wear makeup to work. If I want to dress up for an evening out or an event of some kind I will wear some (because I actually like it!), but regularly? Nope, I’m too lazy for that shit.

This thread is really making me think, I’m so glad this conversation is happening. Honestly, I was in denial for a long time about growing boobs (I went from zero to DDs pretty rapidly at 11-12), and the moment that springs to mind was when my mom got a family friend (who was a classmate) to talk to me about how I…

This is so cool, thanks for sharing!! I can basically stay on a horse, but that's about it, and I have always been fascinated by side saddle riding. It's really neat to see that it's still around, and there are badass ladies doing it!

AAAAAHHHHH! I'm a Cambridge local and just re-watched this while baking a pie for Pi Day. I cannot WAIT for this!!

NICE! I'm a fan of Dress Stuart, which seemed like a great idea for a ballgown until the first time I spilled something on it.

hahaha this is so on point!

Wow, thank you! I tried not to touch on the romantic era idea of clan tartans too much because that's a whooooooole 'nother topic—thanks, Walter Scott.

The struggle is real.

Yay! I'm buying my first car this summer...I might need to look into this :)

If a Bread Riot is happening, I will happily loan you a set of ladies' garments! I can also bring several other civilian reenactor ladies from MA. Hurrah!

I read Confederates in the Attic as a teen and loved it, and I think its discussion of race and historical representation is really on point for this discussion.

FaustianSlip! I would love to hear more about your reenacting FB group! I actually bopped onto this thread because a couple of people I know through reenacting (Boston-based 1860s dancing ftw) have been all aflutter about the hoop skirt ban, and I was immensely curious to see the comments here. I'm ambivalent on the…

I've been going to a women's only gym for the past couple of years, and I now live in fear that I will someday move away from the city-based three locations. It is such a different experience from when I work out at other co-ed facilities.

Whoooo! I'm excited this has finally been officialized! I work part-time at Orchard House (the LMA museum), and the script writer's been around, which makes me hopeful.

Bostonian here!