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more about #greatdepression more comments → hfree: What's kind of fun about this is that you can totally read this in Cronkite's voice and see where his later style came from. And I love the Alice B. ... more » Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: 'She enters wholeheartedly into any conversation. She is extremely modern. She enjoys to talk, and her enthusiasm is no private thing.' This is so te... more » gaudette: I know two separate people and a dog named after Alice B. Toklas. Also, she invented pot brownies. To which I say: WELL DONE MADAM. more » boxspelunker: Gertrude Stein wrote such strange poetry. My sister and I used to read Tender Buttons and just get so confused. Then I found out she may have been g... more » andBegorrah: "And this is the manner of how things are." more » BearDownCBears: I can't believe she didn't know what the Bush Doctrine was. more » PilgrimSoul: I have always wished I had been alive for the heyday of the Left Bank. I would have crashed one of this woman's parties, had an affair with Hemingway... more » so5minutesago: So THAT's where "women in comfortable shoes" originated! That's one way to beat around the, erm, bush. more » BellaTricks: A story involving Texas, journalism, AND feminism?! My head is about to explode. That being said, the use of the word "mannish"? Questionable. more » SkokieGuy: I want to have a vest affair, or maybe a menage a' trois with a vest and cummberbund. more » Hana Maru: I used to buy top shelf booze for my house because it was cheaper than going to bars and having standard quality drinks. Now, I don't ever go to bars... more » lisas: Internet access. more » rah29: Dior and Clinique makeup, quality/pretty lingerie and excellent gin (Tanqueray no. 10 preferrably--cheap as hell tonic is fine). In this I follow my m... more » Vivien Smith-Smythe-Smith: Gigs. And maybe mascara. more » jigglyball: Good beer, my iPhone, my computer, salad (you wouldn't think salad's that expensive, but considering that I buy weekly stores of fresh veggies, meats,... more » -
#meetingoftheminds
Teenage Cronkite Wrote About Stein's Sparkling Conversation, "Mannish Blouse"
When he was an 18-year-old undergrad at UT Austin, Walter Cronkite interviewed Gertrude Stein for The Daily Texan. His 1935 profile of this "extremely modern" woman is pretty amusing. More » -
#recessionpossessions
Lipstick And Pocketbooks: When Things Are More Than Just Things
The Washington Post knows that times are tough. To commiserate, Joel Garreau takes a look back at historical "last things." More » -
#ragtrade
Mischa Barton Does, Like, Good Job On Headband Line
- Mischa Barton goes on record about that epic headband launch we mentioned! Quoth the actress formerly known as Marissa Cooper, "People want to see that you can deliver and do, like, a good job.” [WWD]
- Mischa Barton goes on record about that epic headband launch we mentioned! Quoth the actress formerly known as Marissa Cooper, "People want to see that you can deliver and do, like, a good job.” [WWD]
