“You’re going to be a heartbreaker one day.” “Aren’t you a long-stemmed beauty!” “The boys are going to be lining up pretty soon.” “They better lock you up until
I'm Sarah "Dixie" Laite -- a writer and branding consultant in New York City. I love classic movies, animals, flea markets, and "Law & Order" re-runs. I live with my husband, 2 dogs and 5 parrots in midtown Manhattan.All my life I've been obsessed with figuring out how to navigate life as a woman. There are endless books, TV shows, gurus, guys, movies and magazines out there to guide you. But now that I'm closing in on 60, I've noticed that the old rules don't apply, and most of the role models aren't old enough.I'm older now. I know more and I weigh more. I want to be inspired and I want to inspire. Let's get a handle on this shit and figure it out together.
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Stop Feeling Sorry for Melania!
I hate it when people say they feel sorry for Melania Trump. I hate those “Free Melania” signs. Melania is not Rapunzel entombed in a tower, nor is she
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WTF
Older Women Can Always Go Dametown
“Aging is not for sissies,” said Bette Davis. She was right. Getting older takes its toll, and that’s why aging also takes courage, humor, strength and smarts. In the
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POV
Branding Isn’t All Business
When someone says, “It’s not personal” it almost always is, at least to the unfortunate person on the receiving end of the statement. I’ve always found most things are
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Noel Coward Gives Good Dame in “Blithe Spirit”
While classic movies are brimming over with dames, on average they parcel out one per film. The film of Noel Coward’s play, Blithe Spirit, happily eschews such miserly rationing.
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HALL OF DAME
Gypsy Rose Lee: Burlesque Queen of Dames
People who think Madonna invented reinventing herself have clearly never heard of the equally versatile, equally scandalous no-last-name-needed sexual iconoclast who rose to national attention more than three-quarters of
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FEMORABILIA
Let’s Talk About Janet Leigh’s Pointy Boobs
When I was ten-years-old boobs weren’t yet a thing, but they were still a thing. No one talked about them, but everyone talked about them. Or rather, talked around
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Are You There Marie Kondo? It’s Me, Dixie
Getting rid of things is not my thing, face-facts-wise. Getting things is more my jam. I’m the nostalgic, flea-market-going, tchotchkes-lovin’ type. I have anthropomorphic toys from my childhood, almost a dozen
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“His Girl Friday” is “My Movie Favorite”
I’m often asked, “What is the ultimate dame movie?” (Ok, I’m the primary one asking myself that, but trust me, I ask myself a lot.) It’s too hard to
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FEMORABILIA
What IS a Dame?
Dametown is a place for and about dames. Here, dames are celebrated, appreciated, advocated, venerated, illuminated, cultivated, stimulated, instigated, sometimes exonerated. So, just what is a dame? Since if
