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8 days til 30: on power tools, underwear, and abundance

Sometimes your life is so awesome in the weeks before you turn 30 that you forget to continue the revamped list of things every woman should maybe but totally doesn’t have to know & have by the time she’s 30. For the uninitiated: in 1997, Glamour magazine published its now-well-loved list of Thirty Things EveryContinue reading “8 days til 30: on power tools, underwear, and abundance”

30 Days Til 30: Revising Glamour’s 30 Things list

In 1997, Glamour magazine published its now-well-loved list of Thirty Things Every Woman Should Have & Should Know By The Time She’s Thirty. As you might imagine, it’s chock full of materialism, sexism, stereotypes, beauty myths, and other eye-roll-worthy tidbits. This year, the entire list was expanded into a book (Maya Angelou: “Every woman shouldContinue reading “30 Days Til 30: Revising Glamour’s 30 Things list”