R.I.P.: Rue McClanahan

by | Jun 18, 2010 | Cherchez La Femme

The inimitable Rue McClanahan died today at age 76 after she suffered a major stroke. McClanahan’s character on Golden Girls (the sitcom ran from 1985-1992), Blanche Devereaux, was not only lovable for her zippy Southern tongue and manner of saunter, but kind of...

Desperate Romance

by | Jul 21, 2010 | Cherchez La Femme

Blogger Almie Rose over at Apocalipsick recently wrote a post arguing that grand, sweeping, dramatic gestures made in the name of romance are only okay if a man is making them. When a woman does it, it’s just plain creepy. Psychotic even. Having recently gotten...

Mad (Wo)Men: That's what she said…

by | Jul 23, 2010 | Cherchez La Femme

Season four of Mad Men premieres on Sunday, and I can hardly wait to start judging these fictional characters from a bygone era with which I am entirely familiar through television. (I don’t know if my epic reviews of last season will be on the docket [new...