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The hot new CBS series The Good Wife tells the story of a political wife who returns to practicing law after her husband gets caught toe-sucking and stealing. The show is one of several recent cultural nods of approval to women going back to work. Old-time comeback broads have been making a sneaky return on the big screen, what with the incomparable Meryl Streep as both Anna Wintour and Julia Child in two terrific movies.
Linda Hirshman writes "The Princess" column for Double X and is the author of Get to Work: A Manifesto for Women of the World. Before she retired, she taught Philosophy and Women’s Studies at Brandeis University.
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Our cat Maxine died last week at the age of 17 without ever knowing that she’d been portrayed on the big screen. In mourning her this week, I can’t help but think about the movie version of Maxine with mixed feelings. Julie & Julia—well, half of it, anyway—is based on my 2005 memoir of the same name, and in that book, Maxine played a not-inconsiderable role.
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So only children lucky enough
By: kate88 | Tue, 06/16/2009 - 15:03
So only children lucky enough to be born to white, American parents deserve a chance at a good life? America is full of children who have been given every possible advantage. They have college funds, cell phones, and cars on their sixteenth birthdays. But this child doesn't deserve a chance because his mother was unlucky enough to live in a country run by terrorists? I have lived in a third world country, and I can tell you right now, I would do ANYTHING, to keep my kids from being condemned to that kind of life.
Overpopulation may be a real problem here in America, and we may not have enough resources to go around someday, but as long as we can afford new cars, daily lattes, college educations, and ten dollar movie tickets, I don't think we have a moral high ground to stand on.
Meryl Streep Brings Grown-Up Sex to Summer Movies
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Last year when the poorly-reviewed Mamma Mia! was a mega-hit, some speculated that it was because the protagonists were women over 40, and that the female audience of a certain age was desperate to see someone born before Woodstock find love. This summer's Meryl Streep vehicle, Julie and Julia, is probably hoping to capture that same group of women.
Jessica Grose is the managing editor of Double X and the co-author of Love, Mom: Poignant, Goofy, Brilliant Messages from Home. Click here to follow her on Twitter.
Julia Child's Height Was Not a Handicap
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A guest post from Arianne Cohen, author of The Tall Book: A Celebration of Life From On High.
Jessica Grose is the managing editor of Double X and the co-author of Love, Mom: Poignant, Goofy, Brilliant Messages from Home. Click here to follow her on Twitter.
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So only children lucky enough
By: kate88 | Tue, 06/16/2009 - 15:03
So only children lucky enough to be born to white, American parents deserve a chance at a good life? America is full of children who have been given every possible advantage. They have college funds, cell phones, and cars on their sixteenth birthdays. But this child doesn't deserve a chance because his mother was unlucky enough to live in a country run by terrorists? I have lived in a third world country, and I can tell you right now, I would do ANYTHING, to keep my kids from being condemned to that kind of life.
Overpopulation may be a real problem here in America, and we may not have enough resources to go around someday, but as long as we can afford new cars, daily lattes, college educations, and ten dollar movie tickets, I don't think we have a moral high ground to stand on.