Last night, on Gossip Girl, Dan was waiting wistfully for Serena to appear, and passed the time by reading... Rebecca Traister's Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election That Changed Everything For American Women. Huh?
What Would Change Women's Minds About Voting?
Ladies! There is a lot of fuss about whether and why you are going to stay home in key congressional races in a few weeks — and whose fault it is.
What, Exactly, Did The Presidential Election Change For Women?
"It was narrated to us faster than we could absorb it," writes Rebecca Traister of the 2008 election. "In the ceaseless cycle of revelation and analysis we lost depth, clarity, and perspective." Not anymore, regarding what it meant for women.
"Bruce Springsteen: The Classiest Celebrity Cheater"
Well, maybe not. But Salon writer and Springsteen obsessive Rebecca Traister has a funny piece on feeling grateful for the not-so-salacious details of Bruce Springsteen's alleged affair:
The Female Blogger Deficit: Are We Too Nice, Or Not Nice Enough?
Despite hopeful stats from a few years ago, men now outnumber women in the blogosphere by two to one. So why don't more women blog? One blogger thinks it's because we're too sweet — but we have some other ideas.
The Girl's Guide To Hunting And Fishing
Nora Ephron on life as an unmarried, eager eater: "I would cook a meal for four and eat it. Really ... By the way, I had an entire marriage that I mainly only remember Rice-A-Roni from." [Salon]
