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    If Loving Them Is Sarong, I Don’t Wanna be Right

    (This piece was written several years ago, when I frequently wore Hawaiian dresses to dinner, to work, to vote,

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    Don’t Let Your Husband Kill You

    Take my advice, make sure your husband doesn’t murder you. I’m not saying this because when a wife is

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    Just Ate a Whole Box of Girl Scout Cookies — Big Whoop

    You don’t care about my metabolism. Specifically, you don’t care about the grinding halt to which it came, and

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    Barbara Nichols Wasn’t a Bosomy Bimbo

    Barbara Nichols was THE go-to woman when you wanted an actress whose very casting spoke volumes about the character.

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    I Want Thelma Ritter To Be My BFF

    If there’s some kind of cafeteria in heaven, I want to sit next to Thelma Ritter. She’ll give me

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    Blonde Ambition

    (This article of mine originally appeared in ATOMIC Magazine, Spring 2001. Hence the Sharon Sone reference, etc.)  Some are

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    If I Only Had My Brain

    I don’t remember my wedding. I don’t remember college. I’ve been to Brazil, apparently. I’ve seen Bruce Springsteen on

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