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In the New Yorker...
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Jeff Wrangler on April 26, 2021, 10:08:05 pm --- The contemporaneous king of France was Louis XIV. Macaulay calls him "Lewis."
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Interesting, because the French would have a good excuse for pronouncing Louis Lou-EE, as in faits accomplis.
Jeff Wrangler:
I enjoyed Amy Davidson Sorkin on the books about Lady Bird Johnson and Nancy Reagan, particularly the section on the book about Nancy.
Front-Ranger:
That issue was a little strange, almost like the women's tech issue, especially the last part. I enjoyed the home ec article and the one about First Ladies, more than I expected to. Also, the Margaret Atwood piece was good. I expected not to like it but I was drawn in.
I'm intrigued by the movie reviews of "Voyager" and "Monday". I'd like to see them both.
serious crayons:
I've been reading Margaret Talbot's article about home-economics education. Really interesting! It started as a way for women to be scientists, and they took the job seriously. Home economists created a lot of things we're familiar with, like (IIRC) the food pyramid. But then it became somewhat discredited, because why shouldn't women get to be scientists in other areas? That's what I've read so far.
Jeff Wrangler:
They did invent the food pyramid. I did not know that.
I think I'd be better off today, and my home certainly would be, if I'd been able to learn some of the things they taught in home ec.
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