Collecting History in a Bowl
Just because I do it doesn’t mean I don’t know it: Collecting vintage bakeware is a weird hobby. It’s an odd thing to buy people’s…
Category: 1950’s Aspirations
If My Kids Don’t Like Me, It Means I’m Doing My Job
Back when I was a mouthy teenager, I’d sometimes punctuate my angsty, angry diatribes with “I hate you!” to whichever parent was challenging me at…
Laura Petrie Was Infinitely More Empowered Than Cardi B
It’s as banal as any sitcom trope, but not nearly as funny: Another female singer has exposed herself in an X-rated performance to garner adulation…
Happy International Women’s Day – 1950s Style
There is a misconception from the perspective of our modern world about the way women were perceived in the 1950s. The trope goes that a…
My 1950’s Aspirations
It started when I was about six years old watching “Mr. Ed,” the 1950’s sitcom that featured the eponymous talking horse, along with owner Wilbur…