7 August 2008 - 11:37…’Gone are the days when the ladies said please…’ and other mis-adventures in virtue

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…’gone are the days when the ladies said please…’
-Brown Eyed Women (Hunter, Garcia)

Too true. Given the advent of celebrating women who behave poorly; (think Amy Winehouse, Ms. Spears, Lindsey Lohan), I give pause to think back to a time when such actions weren’t condoned, and women were symbols of virtue. Wait- did that EVER happen?

It is comical to juxtapose some great examples of the ‘multiplicity of women’…Admittedly- some of my favorite reads are those which highlight the ‘bad girls’ throughout the ages, so in tribute- here’s a link to a fabulous blog out there devoted to just that: http://scandalouswoman.blogspot.com

Etiquette, Emily Post- For the domestic goddess in all of us. A hysterical book this day in age. I suppose it could incite a good many who are unable to see the humor, and find it instead to reek of the objectification of women; but hey- times have changed.

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And in honor of one of my favorite ‘against-the-grain’ girls, Ms. Edna St. Vincent Millay, The Bookhound presents the Collected Works of our not-so-fair lady.

Raised in abject poverty, Vassar educated, Pulitzer Prize winning, and able to wear the proverbial pants to a tee- Ms. Millay remains a fixture in literary circles, long after her 1950 passing. BUY THE BOOK