I follow some news stories and pop cultural products with such an intensity that I may as well set up a Google Alert, and 18-year-old author/editor Rachel Kauder Nalebuff and her book My Little Red Book represent one such case. Chick wrote a book about first periods (as in, menstruation) that, of course, isn't really about periods as much as it's about our cultural history and femininity. She started compiling stories when she had her first "arts and crafts week at panty camp" at 13 and eventually drew in such names as Erica Jong. (Judy Bloom would TOTES have contributed—'cept she was busy campaigning for Obama.)Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Obsession: Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
I follow some news stories and pop cultural products with such an intensity that I may as well set up a Google Alert, and 18-year-old author/editor Rachel Kauder Nalebuff and her book My Little Red Book represent one such case. Chick wrote a book about first periods (as in, menstruation) that, of course, isn't really about periods as much as it's about our cultural history and femininity. She started compiling stories when she had her first "arts and crafts week at panty camp" at 13 and eventually drew in such names as Erica Jong. (Judy Bloom would TOTES have contributed—'cept she was busy campaigning for Obama.)
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