Posted by Susan Walsh on Sep 21, 2009 in
Personal Development,
Relationship Strategies Brett and Kate McKay write The Art of Manliness, a successful personal development blog that is tailored to men, but contains many excellent, thoughtful articles that I enjoy. Recently, they wrote about a general condition of restlessness and anxiousness in our society, a sort of general malaise. They define it as feeling like there’s this great [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Aug 19, 2009 in
Hooking Up Realities,
What Guys Want Recently a college-aged friend turned me on to The Average American Male by Chad Kultgen (2007), a book she found disgusting and reprehensible in every way. She went so far as to say she hated the author. She was about 50 pages in at that point, and it was clear that she had absolutely no intention [...]
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“I have no power. Why should she have the upper hand? Once in my life I would like the upper hand. I have no hand. No hand at all. She has the hand. I have no hand.” George “We all want the hand. Hand is tough to get.” Jerry Willard Waller was a sociologist who [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Jun 23, 2009 in
Hooking Up Realities,
Personal Development “Instead of fulfilling the promise of infinite orgasmic bliss, sex in the America of the feminine mystique is becoming a strangely joyless national compulsion, if not a contemptuous mockery.” Betty Friedan US feminist (1921 – 2006) Many young women feel guilty and unsuccessful when they are unable to embrace a steady diet of casual sex. [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on May 13, 2009 in
Personal Development Today I welcome guest blogger Krystal, who has her own very interesting blog called Special K Treatment. She has a PhD in Clinical Psych, which immediately puts me in awe of her; I am a huge proponent of therapy, and have enormous respect for people who spend their lives helping others to figure out their [...]
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The worldwide luxury goods market, once thought immune to the ebbs and flows of economic fluctuations, is likely to enter a recession in 2009, according to Bain & Company’s Luxury Goods Worldwide Market Study. Francesco Trapani, CEO of Bulgari, insists that he will not risk the company’s image for opulence and exclusivity by slashing prices. [...]
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There’s a new website called Kiss and Dish that looks like fun. It’s a place to share stories, commiserate and get advice if you need it. I learned about it in an article at the Ohio State student online newspaper. Kristen Ricordati and her business partner Daniel Kiepfer started the site where users can share [...]
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The comedian Steve Harvey has written a bestseller called Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man. He says it’s his first project ever that isn’t about the money: “This book right here I did purely to empower women.” He was inspired to write it after his father-in-law asked his daughter’s boyfriend what his intentions [...]
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Posted by Susan Walsh on Mar 4, 2009 in
Ask Susan,
Relationship Strategies Now that Zagat’s has announced new Dating (and Dumping) Guides for New York and LA, I’m bracing myself for some nasty stories. Zagat’s selected their dumping grounds based on the number of exits and proximity to transportation (so you can get the hell outta there), as well as the attractiveness of the clientele, so [...]
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There’s this guy named Joe Webb. He’s a doctoral student at St. Louis University, and he writes a blog for college students that is awesome. In fact, I find much of his information useful and you know I’m waaaaaayyyyyy past that life phase. He is funny and irreverent, two things I hope I am [...]
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