Every time I hear some young celebrity demur when asked if she’s a feminist, I want to politely slap her silly. Well, silly-er. But it’s 2019 ladies (and gentlemen)
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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
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Top 10 Classic Dame Films – Part 3
Here’s the third and last chapter in my hard-wrought Top Ten Dame Movies list. It’s been hard to whittle down the list, and if I thought Part 2 was
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Top 10 Classic Dame Films – Part 2
Here is a continuation of my Top Ten List of Classic Dame-y Movies. This is no easy task because there are so many movies that feature dames being dames.
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Top 10 Classic Dame Movies
The world is chock full of dames, some fully-blossomed, some who remain stunted as seedlings. One of the best ways to coax a nascent dame out of her shell
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#MeToo, Aziz Ansari and the “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” Convo
Most of us our now aware of Aziz Ansari’s cluelessly relentless, relentlessly clueless, powers of seduction. This timely, TMI-y tale says we women put a little more “me” in
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Sorry Not Sorry: The Power of Saying No
Sheryl Sandberg told us to “Lean In”; Shonda Rhimes told us about her “Year of Yes”. I see the wisdom in all that, but me, I’m a big advocate of
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How To Not Sexually Harass Women: A Guide For Men
Men: Do you sexually harass women? That’s so 2017. It’s tired, old-fashioned, disgusting, and frankly, pretty pathetic. You’re better than that. But according to many men, ascertaining whether you
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2017 Was the Year of #Metoo: 2018 Needs MEN Too
TIME Magazine made women and the #metoo movement 2017’s “Person of the Year”. Nice start. Now it’s time for the other half of the human race to step up.
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Dame On!
So, why a website about dames? What are dames, who are dames, and why should you give a dame? First of all, this is not about dames with a
