by Hollye Dexter | Apr 19, 2013 | book reviews, Dancing At the Shame Prom, Eve Ensler, feminism, friendships, Gloria Steinem, losing a friend, Ms. Magazine, Suzanne Braun Levine, Suzanne Levine, women's friendships, You Gotta Have Girlfriends
I just had the pleasure (and I truly mean pleasure) of reading a pre-publication copy of Suzanne Braun Levine’s newest e-book, You Gotta Have Girlfriends. For those of you who have been living under a feminist rock for the past few decades (and if you...
by Hollye Dexter | Oct 6, 2011 | feathers and gossip, friendships, gossip, Jewish proverb
Years ago, the “Gladys Kravitz” of our neighborhood told me that one of our local handymen was a pedophile. No one else in the neighborhood ever confirmed that, and this woman told me many other things about neighbors that proved to be untrue. Still, every time...
by Hollye Dexter | Feb 23, 2010 | friendships, Middle Age, Nostalgia, reconnecting through facebook
I have just returned from a whirlwind trip to Las Vegas, where my husband and I drove five hours just to meet a few of my childhood friends for dinner. We have been reconnecting through facebook, rekindling the bonds of our girlhood. We were in grammar school and girl...