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Wegmans: The Original Social-Networking Site

by Michelle Brafman on Dec 31, 1969 • No Comments

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Last week my mother-in-law, Miriam Helf, died in a car accident on her way to Wegmans, a grocery store that Syracusans speak of with the passion they do the Orange and salt potatoes. I call these folks, Miriam included, Branch Wegmanians.

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The Sisterhood Cookbook

by Michelle Brafman on Dec 31, 1969 • No Comments

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The best cookbooks do contain the soul of the cook who produced them. Well put, Domenica. They also contain social truths about the periods in which they were written.

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First Day of School: It’s Tough on Parents, Too

by Michelle Brafman on Dec 31, 1969 • No Comments

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New shoes and backpacks have been purchased; haircuts have been administered; alarm clocks have been set. It's time to go back to school. For many, however, first-day-of-school jitters began last week when the class placements were sent out. I'm not talking about the kids' jitters. They're doing just fine.

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‘The Women’s Room’ in 2009: No Remodeling Needed

by Michelle Brafman on Dec 31, 1969 • No Comments

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Review of "The Women's Room" (Penguin Books) and "The Love Children" (The Feminist Press), By Marilyn French.

Marilyn French died on May 4, and I spent the summer devouring the new edition of her 1977 novel, "The Women's Room," and its sequel, her final novel,

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‘Mad Men,’ Spanx and the Politics of Undergarments

by Michelle Brafman on Dec 31, 1969 • No Comments

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It's official. Thanks to Bonnie, Donna, Mary and Mia, I just got hooked on "Mad Men." I could no longer quell my curiosity after Donna described Joan Holloway as a "brick house Ayn Rand," and I've been equally intrigued by the WU discussions of how...

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Tall Cotton for Short Stories

by Michelle Brafman on Dec 31, 1969 • No Comments

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