Blog Profile / Persephone Magazine
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| Filed Under: | Lifestyle / Women's Interest | |
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| Archived Since: | June 18, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Fitness Challenge Week 3 – Pump Up the Jams
My workout playlist is filled with some embarrassing nonsense, folks, and I love it. From super cheese pop music to ’80s hair metal bands, I work my booty to some nonsense. I need high BPM (beats per minute) through my entire routine or I start to falter. Show More Summary
Retro Recap: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, S4.E14 –”Goodbye Iowa”
That was the idea. Riley was supposed to be Mr. Joe Guy. We were gonna do dumb things like hold hands through the daisies going “tra la la.” “Goodbye Iowa” picks up in the immediate aftermath of “The I in Team,” with Buffy giving the Scooby Gang (and Spike) the rundown on what happened with Maggie. Show More Summary
GDR Nostalgia in Brandenburg
Last week, my sister and I took a bunch of kids on a last big carefree holiday before the oldest ones start school in September. Out of both necessity (we needed a place that we could all reach comfortably by train) and a bout of nostalgia, we decided on a sleepy little town in Brandenburg. Show More Summary
Silence isn’t Sexy: A Response to The Atlantic
When I get up in front of a room full of teenagers and tell them that consent is sexy, I mean it. I’m not telling them that just to get some hippie feminist agenda across. I’m not telling them that because it’s the trendy, politically correct line in the wake of Steubenville and the military sexual assault epidemic. Show More Summary
The Unlikeables
It comes up in every book group I’ve ever joined, but it still irked me when a woman made this contribution during my current book group’s last meeting: “I hated it. I didn’t like the main character at all. She just seemed so weird.” Cue a collective internal sigh from the rest of the group. The main character she was... Show More Summary
News Appetizers: Happy Place
Hey you guys, this week was kind of a thing what with the tornadoes and terrorism. But you know what? It’s Friday, and it’s a long weekend. So let’s catch up on the news and then go to our happy places. In a speech Thursday, Obama acted to curtail drone strikes and the scope of the war on terror. New York... Show More Summary
Classic Woman-centric Movie Review: The Red Shoes (1948)
The film The Red Shoes, made in 1948, is not only loosely based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale of the same name, but it was also inspired by an event in the life of British ballerina Diana Gould. The film stars another famous British ballet dancer, Moira Shearer, and Anton Holbrook and Marius Goring. Show More Summary
Vive La France: Marriage Equality Edition
Americans have always had a love-hate relationship with France. On the one hand, we use “French” as a positive adjective, applied to everything from kissing to toast, and we admire French cuisine and fashion. I’ve always had this image...Show More Summary
We Try It: Making Granola
My kids could probably eat their own weight in granola and yogurt. I may not be fancy enough to make my own yogurt, but to save some cash, I decided to try my hand at making granola. Because I’m not wild about overly sweet foods, this recipe from The Kitchn piqued my interest, as it mostly involves peanuts as the main... Show More Summary
Stars Fell on Alabama
… And why wouldn’t they? On our last day in Alabama, as my husband was closing up the moving truck and I was running around doing a final few cleaning chores, the neighbor who lived “behind” us (the house behind our back fence, the one with the all-night floodlights directed right into our bedroom window) came putting over to our... Show More Summary
“The Office” Finale – A Great End to a (Once) Great Show
It had been a long time since I was happy with The Office, so it was so nice to see the series finale bring everything together and leave me with a smile on my face. WARNING: It aired last week, but if you haven’t seen the episode yet, stop reading! Before the last part of this season, I thought The... Show More Summary
Who Hates Gatsby?
By Gatsby, I mean the Great One. You know, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Gatsby. The Great Gatsby. So here we are. I read The Great Gatsby junior year in school. I even had the good fortune of an English teacher who chose to show us the 1974 movie version. Show More Summary
We Try It: Running an Adventure Race
Last weekend I had the opportunity to get down and dirty during my first adventure race. There are a variety of them out there. Most of them are races that veer from your standard 5k and include obstacles of all kinds. I took part with my friends in a “bachelorette brigade,” decked out in formal attire. Show More Summary
Going to a Writers’ Conference: Newbie Edition
My life made a sharp turn over the weekend. The vehicle for this shift was a writing conference. If you are interested in attending one but have never gone, here’s what this newbie learned! Fellow Persephoneer Bryn Donovan wrote a great...Show More Summary
Distance Friendships — Sometimes, Add Effort?
Ever since my father put me to the Internet, I have been figuring out how to make, and maintain, long-distance friendships. I can tell you now that the first distance friendship I had some semblance of control over started in third grade. Show More Summary
My TV Feminist Role Models
For most people, we consume entertainment as a means of escape from our daily lives. We imagine we are space western outlaws fighting to survive on the outskirts of the solar system or are Mr. Manager running our own awesome banana stand. Show More Summary
Get in My Belly: Black Bean Rice Salad with Mango
A good rice salad recipe can be eaten at any temperature, and having tried this black bean, mango, peanut and wild rice combination, I know I will happily make it again. The original recipe I stumbled across comes from Relish Magazine, a decent food publication that appears monthly in my paper. Show More Summary
Game of Thrones, Episode 3.8, “Second Sons”
We’re men, manly men, we’re men in arranged marriages… The Riverlands Arya opens this episode with a little attempted murder — the Hound is on her prayer list, after all — but he’s on to her. He offers her a deal: she gets one chance to kill him, but if she fails he’ll break her hands. Show More Summary
Book Reflections: “Queen of America” and “Revolution”
Last night I finished a book that my 15-year-old sister recommended to me. She may have recommended it to me a few years back — I have a massive to-read list (let’s talk books!), but I always get to things eventually. Between this book and the last that I read, I’ve been pretty immersed in other people’s worlds. Show More Summary
There Are No Clean Cut Answers: Needs, Fetishizing “Otherness,” and Communication
Q. My husband wants to have a threesome with a she-male or male ( a penis inside him and his in me). The situation has been pressing on and on for about a year. His birthday is coming up and he asked again. I’m scared partly of being with him and another man, and partly because the sin I feel.... Show More Summary