This spring and summer marks the release of two biographies on former Cosmopolitan editor and author of Sex and the…
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In the mood to make a big purchase? The penthouse apartment of former Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown has been put on the market (after just a little bit of drama). It’s on Central Park West, with “dramatic 360-degree views of Central Park, the southern skyline, and the Hudson River,” and, naturally, features a… Read more
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A New York Times piece from over the weekend details the complicated status of former Cosmopolitan editor Helen…
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Today, 19 percent of women end their potential childbearing years without having had any children—making…
Recently appointed Cosmopolitan editor Joanna Coles is trying hard to turn her magazine into something women don't…
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Helen Gurley Brown is still encouraging people to read from beyond the grave thanks to a $15 million gift from the…
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The late Helen Gurley Brown lived like Peggy, but she plotted like Joan. When she wrote Sex and the Single Girl, she…
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It didn't take long for some to start trashing the legacy of Helen Gurley Brown after the Cosmo editor died earlier…
Helen Gurley Brown, the former editor of Cosmopolitan who retired in 1997 but remained "Editor in Chief for…
Most women we know can only stomach Cosmpolitan Magazine if they read it ironically and pretend it's The Onion for…
The producer of films such as Jaws, Driving Miss Daisy, and Cocoon, and the author of five books. he and Gurley were…
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Caitlin Flanagan is back, defending marriage against all those who would destroy it. The villains this time: John…
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Lillian Bassman is hard to define: a pioneering fashion photographer who objected to the politicization of the…
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In Bad Girls Go Everywhere, Jennifer Scanlon tries hard to make Helen Gurley Brown look like an unjustly overlooked…
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According to the new biography of Helen Gurley Brown, the Cosmo Girl was criticized "for not allowing certain…
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This month's Cosmo is "The Sexy Issue," meaning that after months of tough investigative reporting and cerebral…
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"If you're not a sex object, you're in trouble." See, it's quotes like this that tarnish Helen Gurley Brown's…
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Legendary Cosmo editor Helen Gurley Brown helmed the ladymag for 32 years, and didn't go easy: apparently it took a…
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Former Cosmo EIC Helen Gurley Brown is a self-proclaimed "diet nut," and Esquire unearthed this terrible-sounding…
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