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more about #helengurleybrown more comments → 1.1.1.: I'm not going to click on the Atlantic link and give this person attention. I assume that she gave appropriate credit to any writers whose work she... more » funzette: flanagan's protrayal of men is certainly misandrist and highlights her anti-feminism. i read this and i picture women, wives and concubines, holding... more » hollygirl: Just read the article- surprised to learn from Ms. Flanagan that because I have not reproduced I've never actually felt love! Shock! All those feelin... more » geekgirlliz: I agree that the responsibility for honoring promises of faith lies with the party who made them. Still, it doesn't make chasing married people the r... more » Chamalla,barren crone: But does Edward's responsibility for his actions absolve Hunter of responsibility for hers? Cheating on your wife is a shitty thing to do, but isn't ... more » la.donna.pietra: "Clearly, there is something Appalachian about the easy truck with bodily functions that became so important to Brown’s mission and message." Goodne... more » mrsryan: Well, Edwards' has to answer to his wife- who does Rielle have to answer to? Us? Women? Do men who cheat with married women owe something to other men... more » cantankasaurus rex: "BORN IN AN Arkansas hollow in 1922, fatherless by 10, Brown was poor—dirt poor—from the get-go, and she was raised by women who tended to step of... more » funnyface: "Sexual Pocketbooks" cracked me up b/c Maya Angelou (among others) referred to her ladybits as her pocketbook. A marriage is the responsibility of th... more » rednrowdy: Because women — single or married — can't actually control men. Luckily, it's not our responsibility — it's theirs. this is so true, but it flie... more » ytuhermanotambien: Not to ignore the (excellent) main points of Anna N.'s post, but what's so noteworthy about that pickup line? Compliments on appearance are probably o... more » Casquivana: Does this woman ever write anything that isn't an angry projection of her fears, insecurities or resentments? I've never read anything written by her ... more » mrsryan: "It came, surely, from the powerful emotions that accompany all pregnancies, but especially those that occur in women who probably thought they would ... more » SomeAuthorGirl: Anyone who wants to net something based on an exercise of manipulation deserves what they get, I don't care who or what they are. If people continue ... more » ritualtheory: What we've learned so far today: Cintra Wilson sucks, and Caitlin Flanagan continues to make Maureen Dowd look like Valerie Solanas. Oy. more » -
#flantagonism
Sex & The Single Homewrecker: Caitlin Flanagan Slams Rielle Hunter, Helen Gurley Brown
Caitlin Flanagan is back, defending marriage against all those who would destroy it. The villains this time: John Edwards's "minx" Rielle Hunter, and onetime Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown.
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#funnyface
"I Spent A Lot Of Time Talking To Them About Their Husbands, Their Lovers, Their Babies”
Lillian Bassman is hard to define: a pioneering fashion photographer who objected to the politicization of the 1960s, an artist who destroyed all her own work, a free-thinker who objected to the women's movement.
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#frugalyetfabulous
Band-Aids Instead Of Bras, And Other "Wisdom" From Helen Gurley Brown
Can't afford a bra? Try band-aids over your nipples! Questionable tips like that abound in this quiz, based on Helen Gurley Brown's Sex and the Single Girl. [NYT] -
#bookreviews
Cosmo's Helen Gurley Brown: Maybe Not Such A Bad Girl After All
In Bad Girls Go Everywhere, Jennifer Scanlon tries hard to make Helen Gurley Brown look like an unjustly overlooked feminist icon — and she kind of succeeds.
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#funfearlessfemales
Seen, Not Heard
According to the new biography of Helen Gurley Brown, the Cosmo Girl was criticized "for not allowing certain subjects into her magazine. These included the existence of children, and topics like AIDS." [NYT] -
#coverlies
Cosmo's "Sexy Issue" Does Helen Gurley Brown Proud
This month's Cosmo is "The Sexy Issue," meaning that after months of tough investigative reporting and cerebral cultural criticism, Cosmo is finally going to address what we truly care about: "his most dirty-licious fantasies."
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#funfearlessfemales
Cosmo's Helen Gurley Brown: Does A Feminist Icon Please Her Man?
"If you're not a sex object, you're in trouble." See, it's quotes like this that tarnish Helen Gurley Brown's otherwise unimpeachable feminist legacy.
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#funfearlessfemale
Sex & The Single Girl: Why Cosmo's Helen Gurley Brown Got Canned
Legendary Cosmo editor Helen Gurley Brown helmed the ladymag for 32 years, and didn't go easy: apparently it took a series of flippantly tone-deaf gaffes to get the sorta-feminist doyenne fired. Heroine or relic? More » -
