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54. They are awful

Reply to Lady Freedom Returns (Original post)

Tue Mar 11, 2014, 06:20 AM

Mar 2014

but I admit that I adore 50's and 60's kitsch and advertising. I collect vintage cookbooks and McCall's Needlework magazines. I didn't have to live through it, though. As far as I'm aware, my family never was a patriarchy. It was well known that my grandmother's mother was the tyrant of the family. My grandfather was discovered as a bootlegger quite early in his life, and he was never allowed to drive, so he was quite dependent on my grandmother. There was a greater variety of family dynamics than portrayed in the media.

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Yes we have ... 1StrongBlackMan Mar 2014 #35

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I showed this to my mother about ten years ago and your smilies are a dead on adirondacker Mar 2014 #13

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It shows she is incapable seeing in anything but extremes. nt Bonobo Mar 2014 #22

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You really want to go there? BainsBane Mar 2014 #39

Did I ever say that? I seriously seriously doubt it. nt Bonobo Mar 2014 #40

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I take it that I didn't as it then, Bonobo Mar 2014 #43

No, I won't admit it BainsBane Mar 2014 #44

That's called lying. nt Bonobo Mar 2014 #45

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