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My question is: Did this movie accidentally invent the concept of “love is love”?

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It’s pretty clear that these covers are meant to intrigue and titillate The Straights, and sure, we can yuk the fuck up about them, but here we are in 2025, getting the news that it’s now totally fine to say all sorts of nonsensical shit, including that LGBTQIA+ people are “mentally ill,” on Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse. The notion of stories about “women who love…other women” being “startling” remains sadly and stupidly relevant.

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Uecker became a regular guest on "The Tonight Show" and would go on to appear with Carson over 100 times. Carson gave him the nickname of "Mr. Baseball," which would follow him throughout his career. In 1971, Uecker started announcing games for the Milwaukee Brewers on both radio and TV.

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TWO BOSSY DAMES

It’s pretty clear that these covers are meant to intrigue and titillate The Straights, and sure, we can yuk the fuck up about them, but here we are in 2025, getting the news that it’s now totally fine to say all sorts of nonsensical shit, including that LGBTQIA+ people are “mentally ill,” on Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse. The notion of stories about “women who love…other women” being “startling” remains sadly and stupidly relevant.

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But I am not a domestic sensualist — it doesn’t matter that there are now a million smug, mainstream examples of how we’re “all” able to enjoy vegetables now because we know that it’s actually so “simple” to get fresh ones and roast them or whatever, as opposed to boiling them to death or worse yet, opening a can and…boiling them to death, because every minute spent dealing with preparing food is a minute spent feeling anxious, angry, and desperate to just order a goddamn pizza.

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On Sylvia Smith’s Misadventures: “After a round of television appearances and interviews, the public gradually accepted that she was neither a publisher’s gimmick nor a literary hoaxer but rather exactly who she said she was — a former office temp who wanted to be a writer”

MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE ALUMNAE QUARTERLY

Alums across nine decades — from the class of 1949 to the new graduates of the class of 2024 — came together. Here we share a glimpse of each class’s experience.

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“People loved talking with Dr. Ruth; her humor, wit, and charm made it easier to frankly talk about subjects that often caused discomfort or shame.”

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