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Generation XX

30 years later: I’d Still Carry the Lunchbox

I grew up in the seventies, so I was introduced to the Michael Landon/ Melissa Gilbert/Alison Arngrim version of Little House on the Prairie. Watching it was a ritual in my house growing up, and I loved it to pieces. I loved it so much that my first lunch box was a Little House on […]

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Pop Culture

The Persephone Interview: Alison Arngrim Pt. 2

As you can tell by yesterday’s post, this was the most fun I think it’s possible to have in a celebrity interview.  In part two, we’ll cover what TV  Nellie’s future might have looked like, the scoop on anal bleach and much, much more.

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Pop Culture

The Persephone Interview: Alison Arngrim Pt. 1

My brushes with celebrity are limited to the time I think I served John Mellencamp coffee when I worked the overnight at Denny’s and some of the cast of Battlestar Galactica (the new one) at a con.   This was my first celebrity interview, and I’m pretty sure even if my next interview is James McAvoy […]

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Books

We Try It – Confessions of a Prairie Bitch

I am not normally a fan of dishy tell-all books.  I do, however, have a huge soft spot for books by former child stars.  I ate up Tori Spelling’s first book a few summers ago like it was made of fluffernutter sandwiches.  Mommy Dearest may well have changed my life when I was 12.  (The […]

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Public Service

You Are the Sunshines of My Life

Which is nice on days like today when it seems like the sun isn’t coming up at all.  It’s seven AM here at Persephone, I’m getting started early because I just noticed I assigned myself like nine things to write today.  Go me! We’ll see if we get to them all, or if I bore […]

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Public Service

Good Morning Friends and Readers!

Good morning! It’s a chilly November morning and this is our 301st post.  Look at us tearing up the internets with our ladyblogging.   We’ve got a great day ahead of us, with weekly columns from the Frisky Feminist and Jordan, our lady gamer. Sally J is recapping Parenthood, Megan is writing about appetizers and recommending […]

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Public Service

So Friday Happened

As our regular readers noticed, we were super light on posts on Friday.  I was down with what I likened to the plague, our communication sort of fell apart (also my fault) and Meghan just kept plugging away, because she’s awesome and may in fact be a Cylon. 

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Just for Fun

It’s the Best Day Ever

Oh, friends.   On our one month birthday, we may have achieved the pinnacle in ladyblogging.   Sure, we’ve got 225 posts up, a dozen or so of some of the best writers I’ve ever met and the most delightful commenters a blog could have.  We may have busted out of one server and are on our […]