- 586 days ago by Anna David
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For this, my final column, I thought it was high time I took a look at what I originally set out to do and assessed whether or not I actually did it. More
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- 600 days ago by Anna David
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When it comes to dating, there’s a lot we have to contend with that Helen Gurley Brown never did. Take, say, Facebook. But Facebook is great for dating! I can hear you cry. It puts people you otherwise would never … More
- 607 days ago by Anna David
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It’s easier for men. And I’m not talking about how it’s easier for them because they’re socialized to assert themselves or because they get paid more than us or because they’re naturally more set up to succeed at standardized tests. … More
- 613 days ago by Anna David
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Helen Gurley Brown has thought a lot about what’s sexy. It was—and remains—a major theme of Cosmo, the magazine she edited for something like 200 years. And she devotes an entire chapter to the topic in Sex and the Single … More
- 621 days ago by Anna David
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Before you read any further, let me assure you that this is not a piece about threesomes. And I’m not even asking you to answer the question posed in the title. I’m merely repeating the name of a section in … More
- 628 days ago by Anna David
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I realize that what I’m about to say would get me kicked out of any club for feminists but the former trend I most wish was still around is the one that involves men treating us on dates. More
How we handle ourselves when a relationship breaks up is quite revealing. I’ve learned that whether it’s been six days, six weeks, six months or six years, what people do tends to remains fairly consistent. Some are cavalier and embrace … More
- 642 days ago by Anna David
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I have a nasty habit of always thinking I know what’s good for me. Whether it’s a job or an apartment or a man, I’m utterly convinced when I see something I desire that this will be the thing that … More
- 655 days ago by Anna David
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Helen Gurley Brown perhaps embraces nothing as much as she does self improvement; throughout Sex and the Single Girl, she regales us with examples of those activities we could and should be doing, reminding us that a woman who doesn’t have a family to tend to and care for “has all day Saturday to whip up a silly, wonderful cotton brocade tea coat” and pointing out that we can “read Proust, learn Spanish” and “study Time, Newsweek and The Wall Street Journal. “ She mentions her friend Laura, who “tackled Clifton Fadiman’s recommended list of books” and another pal, Betty, who took up oil painting, which “transformed her previously dull weekends into a Gauguin-like fiesta.” More
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- 663 days ago by Anna David
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For a woman who was espousing on the best ways to live in the sixties, Helen Gurley Brown was amazingly ahead of her time. Consider her stance on plastic surgery. “I had my nose revised last spring and couldn’t be … More
- 669 days ago by Anna David
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You’d think, after devoting an entire book to my various issues with and feelings about being single, I’d be extremely comfortable with all aspects of it.
You’d think wrong. More
“How about it? Fancy a surf?” The Australian man stood in front of a rustic beach shack, the sun glinting off his perfectly tanned muscles and long blonde hair.
Despite the pretty sight, I knew exactly how to answer that question: with a quick shake of the head followed by a tale of how I saw Jaws when I was five years old and the fear it generated in my young, fragile psyche caused me not only to avoid oceans for the next decade but also to quiver in the face of pools, bathtubs, and, on occasion, toilets. More
Traveling was high on Helen’s list of suggestions for single women—mostly, it seems, for the opportunities it afforded them to change their single status. First, there was the getting there (“There’s something sexy…about being sequestered 20,000 feet above the earth, … More
- 690 days ago by Anna David
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According to Helen Gurley Brown, the world is simply teeming with available men. More
