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August 13, 2012
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“I think marriage is insurance for the worst years of your life. During your best years you don’t need a husband. You do need a man of course, and they are often cheaper emotionally and a lot more fun by the dozen.” RIP Helen Gurley Brown, founder of COSMO

“I think marriage is insurance for the worst years of your life. During your best years you don’t need a husband. You do need a man of course, and they are often cheaper emotionally and a lot more fun by the dozen.”

RIP Helen Gurley Brown, founder of COSMO

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June 27, 2012
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Nora Ephron’s first job was as a Newsweek “mail girl” in 1962. In her interview, she was asked why she wanted the job.  “I want to be a writer,” she told the woman. “Women don’t write at Newsweek,” she was told.  “That was what it meant to be a girl then,” Ephron later told us. (Photo via the NYT)

Nora Ephron’s first job was as a Newsweek “mail girl” in 1962. In her interview, she was asked why she wanted the job. 

“I want to be a writer,” she told the woman.

“Women don’t write at Newsweek,” she was told. 

“That was what it meant to be a girl then,” Ephron later told us.

(Photo via the NYT)

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June 27, 2012
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"Maybe young women don’t wonder whether they can have it all any longer, but in case any of you are wondering: of course you can have it all. What are you going to do? Everything, is my guess. It will be a little messy, but embrace the mess. It will be complicated, but rejoice in the complications. It will not be anything like what you think it will be like, but surprises are good for you. And don’t be frightened: you can always change your mind. I know: I’ve had four careers and three husbands."

— The always brilliant and wry Nora Ephron, in a 1996 Wellesley Commencement Speech, which is worth reading in its entirety. 

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