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No PDAs. . .or Else!
Friday, March 1st, 2013
We women over (and way over) 40 remember that back in the olden days, public displays of affection were absolutely verboten in the hallowed hallways of the school. And that meant no holding hands, hugging or, God forbid, kissing. I once got caught (more…)
Tags: high school, public displays of affection, sexual attitudes, teenagers, women over 40, women over 50
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Pretty Woman
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
Forward Into The Past – October 30, 1964
There was a time I actually didn’t care what I looked like because it didn’t seem to matter. Long, long ago. Maybe we revert back to that as we get really, really old (but, I look at Joan Rivers and doubt that). I began to wonder exactly when “lookism” became an element of my psyche and I can trace it back to my first 7th grade dance.
Now, at KGS we used to have casual dances during lunch in the gym when it rained out, but I’m talking about a real, honest-to-God dance, where some people came with dates and our mothers drove us to the Magnolia Inn afterward for pizza. I recently found an old diary that I wrote in on that night – it’s painful (for me) to read, but it does give me some insight on why I (and probably most girls) started to worry day and night about how we look. (more…)
Tags: 7th grade, boys, dance, Junior HIgh, KGS, lookism, looks, teen angst
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