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    Madeleine Albright's Jewelry Box Diplomacy

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    Image of hfree hfree
    09/29/09

    In reply to Madeleine Albright's Jewelry Box Diplomacy
    She should get her own version of Katherine Graham's gold boob pendant, but as a pin. It would be less abstract than the glass ceiling pin, but just as awesome.
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    Image of Yahtzii Yahtzii
    09/29/09

    In reply to Madeleine Albright's Jewelry Box Diplomacy
    I might start using hair accessories as a secret, devious code for my mood and agenda. Let's break it down, shall we?

    Headband: Following the rules, but on my own terms.

    Sparkly hairpin: I'm holding back this hair, but that doesn't mean I'll hold back in this meeting!

    Hair beads: I'm stoned.

    Scrunchie: FUCK YOU.
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    Image of AmericanSplendor AmericanSplendor
    09/29/09

    @Yahtzii: Love it. Schruncies should always mean fuck you.
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    Image of MediumMac MediumMac
    09/29/09

    @AmericanSplendor: Is that what Cosmo has been trying to tell us?
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    Image of AmericanSplendor AmericanSplendor
    09/29/09

    In reply to Madeleine Albright's Jewelry Box Diplomacy
    I'm in a sorority, so I'm a big fan of pins. I'm trying to think of a job where I can wear my pin somedays, because it is FLIPPIN' SWEET. It is held in place by a tiny gold trident. A FREAKIN' TRIDENT. I can rule a very small ocean with that thing!
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    Image of Yahtzii Yahtzii
    09/29/09

    @AmericanSplendor: If you were ruler of a very small ocean, you could wear that pin every day.
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    Image of AmericanSplendor AmericanSplendor
    09/29/09

    @Yahtzii: What do I go to grad school for to achieve this goal? Mythology? Oceanice sciences?
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    09/29/09

    @AmericanSplendor: I'm reading a Dan Brown book right now, and so I can tell you with complete authority: Symbologon Oceanography, with an emphasis on Microlon Noetics.
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    Image of AmericanSplendor AmericanSplendor
    09/29/09

    @Yahtzii: What the fuck is Microlon Noetics?
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    Image of Leah Marie Leah Marie
    09/29/09

    In reply to Madeleine Albright's Jewelry Box Diplomacy
    "She finds the media's obsession with her outfits frustrating"....so....she writes a book about the use of her accessories?

    That glass ceiling pin is effing badass, though...
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    09/29/09

    @Leah Marie: I think there is a difference between talking about the length of her hemline and her pins. Her book shows a woman's appearance is about more than sexuality.
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    Image of morninggloria morninggloria
    09/29/09

    In reply to Madeleine Albright's Jewelry Box Diplomacy
    I want to get her a bejeweled "FUCK YOU" pin, to wear to those meetings with real jerkbags.
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    Image of BeckySharper BeckySharper
    09/29/09

    @morninggloria: So handy! You could just save time by pointing at it.
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    09/29/09

    In reply to Madeleine Albright's Jewelry Box Diplomacy
    How does one properly wear a pin, anyway? I've tried but I always feel like I've got a parasite hanging off of me. Is there a way to do it right that I haven't mastered yet, or do you just suck it up and hope nobody notices that you keep thinking that a beetle landed on you?
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    Image of redqueenmeg redqueenmeg
    09/29/09

    @Zombie Ms. Skittles: You wear it on a lapel, but it can't be wider than the lapel, or else you wear it in the spot you would wear a pin-on nametag if you had one. Or you can wear one with a scarf. I love 'em but I only have like two so I don't wear them much.
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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    09/29/09

    @Zombie Ms. Skittles: its easiest on lapels, like up near your neck.
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    09/29/09

    @bluebears: They can also work great on a thin sweater. I find the placement depends on the pin, the size of any collar, and how you wear your hair.
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    Image of Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd) Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd)
    09/29/09

    @Zombie Ms. Skittles: If my top is a little flimsy for a heavy pin or I don't want it flopping around, I will pin it through my bra strap for extra support.
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    Image of BeckySharper BeckySharper
    09/29/09

    In reply to Madeleine Albright's Jewelry Box Diplomacy
    I need that glass ceiling pin!
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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    09/29/09

    In reply to Madeleine Albright's Jewelry Box Diplomacy

    The pin Hillary should wear when dealing with the French ambassadors request to release Polanski.
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    Image of Yaffle Yaffle
    09/29/09

    In reply to Madeleine Albright's Jewelry Box Diplomacy
    What's the difference between a pin and a brooch?

    (No punchline here, just curious)
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    Image of Lymed Lymed
    09/29/09

    @Yaffle: A brooch is a type of pin. The pin that bluebears posted above you would not be a brooch. Nor would campaign pins, or pins with funny sayings or lapel pins. I would say all the pins pictured in the post are brooches.
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    09/29/09

    In reply to Madeleine Albright's Jewelry Box Diplomacy
    One of my favorite things about her is the fact that she can leg press 400 pounds and isn't afraid to brag about it. [www.nytimes.com]
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    Image of LaMorena LaMorena
    09/29/09

    In reply to Madeleine Albright's Jewelry Box Diplomacy
    My roommate took her class at Georgetown, and we would all crowd around afterward to get the report.

    What did she talk about? And what PIN did she wear?!?!?
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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    09/29/09

    In reply to Madeleine Albright's Jewelry Box Diplomacy
    I love her. Everyone should read her book The Mighty and the Almighty about the role religion plays in diplomatic relations. [www.amazon.com]
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    Image of Mary McCarthyite Mary McCarthyite
    09/29/09

    @bluebears: I read that. It made me really like her, too.
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    Image of Zombie Ms. Skittles Zombie Ms. Skittles
    09/29/09

    In reply to Madeleine Albright's Jewelry Box Diplomacy
    I love Madeline Albright. She reminds me of my great-grandma.

    I have a lot of pins, but never wear them. Maybe I should finally start.
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    Image of FroderickFronkensteen FroderickFronkensteen
    09/29/09

    In reply to Madeleine Albright's Jewelry Box Diplomacy
    So cool. So, so cool. She was my brother's professor at Georgetown and he had her over for dinner a few times; I'm considering tearing his house up for pictures to find out which pins she wore for spaghetti.
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    Image of bluebears bluebears
    09/29/09

    @FroderickFronkensteen: no! gasp. I am so jealous. I have heard that she is totally awesome as a prof. and has drinks with students.
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    Image of TheFormerJuneBronson TheFormerJuneBronson
    09/29/09

    In reply to Madeleine Albright's Jewelry Box Diplomacy
    I'm ashamed to admit it, but I never thought very much about her personally (not "didn't think much of her," but never formed an opinion about her). But this is just terrific. I love that she wears things that have meaning only to her, and she seems to enjoy her personal symbolism. It can be such a satisfying thing to have.
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