“I’ll begin with a reign of terror.” So says the title character in H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man, but I’m not so ruthless. Even if I wanted...
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My Old Face
My face needs a lot of fixing, apparently. I had a coupon to go to one of those “medical spas” –shiny places people go for shiny faces....
Losing Your Looks? Which One?
Kathleen Turner talked of once getting a script that described her character as “35 but still attractive”. (Feels like the writer wanted to...
Time to Rock Menopause
Who’s to say who is pretty, ugly, fat, thin, rich, poor, smart, stupid, good, evil, crazy, not-so-crazy? Few things in life are...
But He Really Was Into Her
Janice Radway, one of my professors in college, was studying the behavior and meaning behind romance novels’ readership for her book, Reading...
Wheelchair Face (Just the Right Smize)
Several years ago, I hurt my leg and couldn’t really walk. My husband and I were scheduled to go on a cruise and weren’t sure if we should...
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 then turned around and spit in...
Can’t Get Enough Sass Mouth Dames!
Like the Internet, podcasts do the great service of connecting all kinds of people to all kinds of people. It can connect us to people and...
The F-Word: What’s So Scary About Feminism?
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...
Paulette Goddard Collected Jewels and Geniuses
Paulette Goddard had this whole dame thing down pat. Wrapping a genius around her little finger, becoming a major movie star, marrying a...
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