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Golden Girls

My So-Called Selfish Life documentary review: TFW you lack that certain “maternal instinct”

Tue, May 10, 2022
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Dismantles myths about motherhood and misconceptions about child-free women with brisk, cheeky humor and intersectionality, and begins to build the cultural scripts we need for paths without kids.

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journalmalism: you’re soaking in it (and other adventures in social networking)

Wed, Jul 11, 2012
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Links my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…

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question of the day: Should we be surprised at the resurgence of Betty White?

Thu, May 06, 2010
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I’ve been a bit mystified by all the Betty White love that’s been going around recently, but I hadn’t given it too much thought because Internet memes like this one come and go and often remain inexplicable even after you try to analyze them. But because I hadn’t been paying too much attention to the … more…

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Warren Beatty vs Pauline Kael, MacGruber movie in trouble, more: leftover links

Sun, Feb 07, 2010
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Every week my browser gets cluttered up with tabs for stuff that I stumble across and figure I might be able to use as a Question of the Day or a WTF Thought for the Day or grist for some other post. And inevitably, I end the week with most of that material unused. But … more…

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