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    CecilMcCecil: My friend works in a nursing home. One of her favorite patients is Anna, a former "Rosie the Riveter". Anna told her about the first day on the job ... more »
    kookla: My sister was one of the first paratroopers at Fort Bragg and had a small write up in Newsweek. She was promoted and received a commendation for sneak... more »
    desertbloom79: Dear Margaret Pawley, If you are in good health and can lift your legs on your own, it's not too late. Love, A proud female parachutist. more »
    Mmmmkay (gellin' and Jezebelin): This is totally like in 3rd grade P.E. when they said we were going to do "Parachute" and I got SO excited thinking I'd get to jump off the side of th... more »
    Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: This article is obviously made up. Because if this were true, why on earth would people still be debating women's (in)ability to serve in the military... more »
    Erda: I do find it irritatingly pretentious when conservative Christians attest there is something special about them believing in Jesus and act like they'r... more »
    whynotshesaid: I will probably read this, if only as research for my own book proposal, which will also be a memoir that has to do with religion. However, I do ha... more »
    aureliajones: Since when does "nice girl" mean "Christian girl"? more »
    thesciencegirl wields the truth like a mighty axe.: Oh, are zealot and intellectual the only religious types now? more »
    kungfutoday: Living life doesn't entitle you to a memoir. I hope for her sake that the actual book is more interesting than the descriptions make it sound. I, to... more »
    Flackette Goes Retro: As someone who, until the age of 25, was herself virginal and rather a "good girl" (I'm still pretty staid, if no longer virginal) I think this narrat... more »
    J.D.Regent: I guess that when there isn't that foundational conflict between her present self and the way that she was brought up (since she remains in the religi... more »
    andBegorrah: So I should give up on hoping that I'll get a book deal out of my LookAtThisNotFuckingHipster blog? more »
    J.D.Regent: Anyway there are plenty of Christians everyone thinks is cool, like Johnny Cash. You just have to be more convinced of your probable damnation than o... more »
    Yahtzii: I'm a bitter ex-Catholic who is convinced that the church completely fucked up my ideas of sexuality and women's rights. I don't know if that makes me... more »
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    "Just Because I Was Female, They Wouldn't Let Me Parachute...I Still Feel Cross."

    "It was the sort of interesting job men like to do and not let women in...But we were very fortunate. The war gave us an opportunity," says one of the remarkable women whose war experience is profiled in the Telegraph: More »
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    Is The "Nice-Girl" Tell-All The New Shocker?

    There's always been a conflict between intellectualism and religion - now more than ever. In a new memoir, one writer confesses to being a nice girl in an ironic world. More »
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    Enfants Terribles: French Children Of German Soldiers Seek Closure

    After decades of shame and secrecy, les enfants de Boches - the products of French mothers and German soldiers - are trying to get some acknowledgment before it's too late. More »