Miss Manners
Serene
her books, just her columns. I am having a blast reading her _Guide
to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior_. In a few pages, she handily
dismisses anti-gay prejudice, the romanticization of "the good old
days" when women and queers were socially acceptable objects of
ridicule, and the notion that etiquette is irrelevant to modern
life. She's my hero, big time.
ObSwlab: I would so totally do her.
Serene
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Stephanie Moore-Fuller
> I've been a Miss Manners fan for years and have never actually read
> her books, just her columns. I am having a blast reading her _Guide
> to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior_. In a few pages, she handily
> dismisses anti-gay prejudice, the romanticization of "the good old
> days" when women and queers were socially acceptable objects of
> ridicule, and the notion that etiquette is irrelevant to modern
> life. She's my hero, big time.
>
> ObSwlab: I would so totally do her.
I adore Miss Manners!
Two of my favorites among her most succinct answers:
Dear Miss Manners,
What am I supposed to say when introduced to a homosexual "couple"?
Gentle Reader,
"How do you do?" "How do you do?"
Dear Miss Manners,
What is the proper way to walk in high heeled shoes?
Gentle Reader,
Left, right, left, right.
She and one of the tutors at my alma mater, St. John's College, were the
only two women in a set of people who were awarded a National Humanities
Award a few years ago. (I can't remember the actual name of it, and
wasn't able to find the picture of them all posing in the White House,
all the men in very dark suits and only Judith Martin and Eva Braun
wearing any color.)
stephanie
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Stephanie Moore-Fuller smoo...@blackrose.org Mountain View, CA, USA
"... one of the biggest aspects of it is accepting that if someone gives
you a compliment, then you must be worthy of that compliment ... Be ok with
*you* and you can accept it easier." -- Tobie
Gwendolyn Alden Dean
> I've been a Miss Manners fan for years and have never actually read
> her books, just her columns. I am having a blast reading her _Guide
> to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior_. In a few pages, she handily
> dismisses anti-gay prejudice, the romanticization of "the good old
> days" when women and queers were socially acceptable objects of
> ridicule, and the notion that etiquette is irrelevant to modern
> life. She's my hero, big time.
>
> ObSwlab: I would so totally do her.
I <heart> Miss Manners. I am particularly fond of Miss Manners' Guide to
Rearing Perfect Children.
Gwendolyn
Ann Burlingham
> Serene wrote:
> > I've been a Miss Manners fan for years and have never actually read
> > her books, just her columns. I am having a blast reading her _Guide
> > to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior_. In a few pages, she handily
> > dismisses anti-gay prejudice, the romanticization of "the good old
> > days" when women and queers were socially acceptable objects of
> > ridicule, and the notion that etiquette is irrelevant to modern
> > life. She's my hero, big time.
> >
> > ObSwlab: I would so totally do her.
>
> I <heart> Miss Manners. I am particularly fond of Miss Manners' Guide to
> Rearing Perfect Children.
I have multiple copies of _Common Courtesy: in which Miss Manners
solves the problem that baffled Mr. jefferson_.
Stephanie Moore-Fuller
> Gwendolyn Alden Dean <gd...@cornell.edu> writes:
>> Serene wrote:
>> > I've been a Miss Manners fan for years and have never actually read
>> > her books, just her columns. I am having a blast reading her _Guide
>> > to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior_. In a few pages, she handily
>> > dismisses anti-gay prejudice, the romanticization of "the good old
>> > days" when women and queers were socially acceptable objects of
>> > ridicule, and the notion that etiquette is irrelevant to modern
>> > life. She's my hero, big time.
>> >
>> > ObSwlab: I would so totally do her.
>>
>> I <heart> Miss Manners. I am particularly fond of Miss Manners' Guide to
>> Rearing Perfect Children.
>
> I have multiple copies of _Common Courtesy: in which Miss Manners
> solves the problem that baffled Mr. jefferson_.
So you can read multiple copies at once?!?!
Perhaps you could use bookmooch to spread the wealth (www.bookmooch.com --
check it out, it's super cool).
stephanie
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Stephanie Moore-Fuller smoo...@blackrose.org Mountain View, CA, USA
"... one of the biggest aspects of it is accepting that if someone gives
you a compliment, then you must be worthy of that compliment ... Be ok with
*you* and you can accept it easier." -- Tobie
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Serene
> On 2007-10-31, Ann Burlingham <an...@panix.com> wrote:
>> Gwendolyn Alden Dean <gd...@cornell.edu> writes:
>>> Serene wrote:
>>>> I've been a Miss Manners fan for years and have never actually read
>>>> her books, just her columns. I am having a blast reading her _Guide
>>>> to Excruciatingly Correct Behavior_. In a few pages, she handily
>>>> dismisses anti-gay prejudice, the romanticization of "the good old
>>>> days" when women and queers were socially acceptable objects of
>>>> ridicule, and the notion that etiquette is irrelevant to modern
>>>> life. She's my hero, big time.
>>>>
>>>> ObSwlab: I would so totally do her.
>>> I <heart> Miss Manners. I am particularly fond of Miss Manners' Guide to
>>> Rearing Perfect Children.
>> I have multiple copies of _Common Courtesy: in which Miss Manners
>> solves the problem that baffled Mr. jefferson_.
>
> So you can read multiple copies at once?!?!
>
> Perhaps you could use bookmooch to spread the wealth (www.bookmooch.com --
> check it out, it's super cool).
I like paperbackswap.com a lot more.
Serene
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