What a fantastic moment! On Tuesday night in downtown Raleigh at The Pit, barbecue house extraordinaire, my family experienced a moment to remember.
Food Network fans, all of us, we were enjoying o...Read More >
One of my favorite bosses of all time was a feminist, although I honestly don't believe he would have described himself that way. If you had asked him, I think Ian Proudfoot would have been surprised ...Read More >
“Since I believe the whole fabric of human diversity – with all its splendor, mystery and edginess – is a reflection of our Creator, how could I be anything but a feminist? If you an...Read More >
“I’m a feminist because I am sensitive to social injustice and the less visible but equally galling snubs that subvert an ideal human order. I keep an eye peeled for victims – real a...Read More >
Every Thursday afternoon, you could find Hazel and Violet Edwards, single sisters in their 50s, sitting in Dr. MacDonald’s small downtown office. Once a week, the optometrist traveled from a ...Read More >
Writing a romance novel can be hard.
Very hard.
Not actually hard like a slow, throbbing, erect dragon waiting to release its masculine fire inside you, but hard like difficult.
This is espec...Read More >
Back in college, I lived on a steady diet of frozen yogurt, falafel, and Simone de Beauvoir. She was my heroine, and her book The Second Sex was my Bible. I also read Germaine Greer and many obscure F...Read More >
By the ripe age of 21, every woman should be able to undo their own bra. As young girls fumbling our way through puberty, we are handed down an age-old technique for bra removal. This little behind...Read More >
In 1965, Dominican diplomat, race car driver, and general man about town Porfirio Rubirosa married his fifth wife, French actress Odile Rodin. He was a young 56. She was a mature 19. When interviewi...Read More >
What a fantastic moment! On Tuesday night in downtown Raleigh at The Pit, barbecue house extraordinaire, my family experienced a moment to remember.
Food Network fans, all of us, we were enjoying o...Read More >
You have these moments, as a mother and as a daughter, when the reality of time just takes your breath away. Last week, I had one of those moments, when I realized, with sudden overwhelming and...Read More >
This is our new skirt! friend, Louis St. Lewis. He was a delightful guest last week at our June skirt! after work at 518 West in Raleigh, getting totally into the spirit of celebrating Sheroes and s...Read More >
Christopher E. Nelson, who edits Raleigh skirt!’s sister publication Living in Style, is guest blogging for skirt! Editor Brenda Larson.
“I have a man’s toolbox, but everything el...Read More >