Chatting on the phone with a life-long friend of mine, I was recapping the typical frustrations of the day, when she stopped me in mid-sentence. She said, “Dusty, you are not breathing.”
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Over the last five years or so, I became a woman who shops like a man. I have a list, I go into a store, make a purchase (or not), and leave. No more endless comparison shopping, no more monitoring ma...Read More >
Hey, this new Skirt! website design is jazzy and all, but I admit I’m not too fond of our “view” numbers displayed so prominently next to our posts.
Before, my ego would get a kick ...Read More >
Independence Day, huh!
The day America commemorates sending us British packing.
Every now and then, someone will ask me: “So, what’s it like being here on the 4th of July?”
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As we sat at lunch today our ticket arrived and we all reach for our handbags. Two big grunts on either side of me with Judy declaring “is there any reason my purse should weigh this much?...Read More >
I had an interesting conversation with my friend Jean yesterday. while we don’t get to speak all that much there is such a deep connection between the two of us that I often feel like we’r...Read More >
As we sat at lunch today our ticket arrived and we all reach for our handbags. Two big grunts on either side of me with one declaring “is there any reason my purse should weigh this...Read More >
I’m an anti-feminist,” she declared, looking around at her classmates for approval.
I must have heard wrong. Of course, I had heard of such mythical beasts, but I assumed they were all se...Read More >
Over the last five years or so, I became a woman who shops like a man. I have a list, I go into a store, make a purchase (or not), and leave. No more endless comparison shopping, no more monitoring ma...Read More >
I was born in the early seventies—a great time to be a feminist baby. It was the Free to Be…You and Me era, and my parents were two baby boomers who, while not quite flower children, t...Read More >
Valerie Hlavaty has always loved fashion and drawing, and she has taken on the task of teaching that love to Texas Tech students in the nutrition, hospitality and retailing department of the College o...Read More >
OK, class, time for a quiz. True or False?
1. “Men are, by nature, violent, sexually predatory, and irresponsible” is a statement that could only have been penned by that notorious femi...Read More >