[Because] experts are too good at what they do, ... Amateurs are always striving ... This book is based on my mistakes as much as my accomplishments and I do not claim authority, just enthusiasm. |
I did the craft/home design and groovy decor bit of the show, ... a lot of great information being exchanged between women. |
I wonder what marriage does to a woman. I worry about role playing and loss of confidence and having to enact weird domestic rituals in order to be a good wife. |
In an age when nobility has no true signature, an expensive designer bag is the most rapid social shorthand for status, |
It's been very overwhelming, yet nice to know that other researchers here at ISU are willing to work with me on a multitude of projects. This semester I am hoping to get more extension and research focus, in addition to the teaching I did first semester. |
One step up from perfume, the handbag is also the most accessible item an ordinary working woman can afford from a very exclusive house. Status bags are a cheap thrill, comparatively speaking, for those who want business class but are living coach. |
She wasn't crying, ... Brandy said it hurt but, she was just sitting there staring ahead. |
The very first bag was probably a fistful of skins tied to a bit of stick, a provisional container for food and flint. From these simple beginnings, the bag has blossomed into every form, color and material imaginable. |
Their risk of heart disease is predicted to be higher. |
thinly disguised propaganda urging women to be decorative, toe the line and marry (rich). |
Updates need to be delivered through an Extension role such as Web pages, fact sheets or newsletters. I still work closely with the swine industry at the national level, including serving on the National Pork Boards animal welfare committee and the sow longevity group. |
When people tell me to 'get started,' I think they are being incredibly blunt and presumptuous. Not everyone has their planets lined up for marriage and kids by their mid-30s and why should there be a stampede of bad choices because of external social pressures and bald biological fact? |
Women's magazines punish us with their gorgeous photographs of Cameron Diaz's ass and snappy diet ideas on the next page. I deliberately illustrated the book with generous thighs ... and women in track pants. I speak to the pear-shaped goddess and the perfection-crazed workaholic. |