tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post5689615430878696995..comments2024-03-19T04:42:41.038-05:00Comments on Althouse: "It would be obscene to pine for the urban agony that fomented [Norman] Mailer’s run [for Mayor of NYC]."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-71383189075674415862013-09-06T17:42:52.877-05:002013-09-06T17:42:52.877-05:00Amazingly, I thought that no makeup and natural ha...<i>Amazingly, I thought that no makeup and natural hair would be the way women would look for the rest of time, that we'd reached the end of oppressing women (and men) and it wouldn't take long for everyone to recognize and embrace the liberation.</i><br /><br />I thought there would be no more war and that the Republicans would never take the House of Representatives in my lifetime.*<br /><br /><br />* The irony is that at that time my girlfriend's faculty advisor was Newt Gingrich.eddie willershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04624004872700778288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-10396710397791144872013-09-05T21:24:50.004-05:002013-09-05T21:24:50.004-05:001970 NYU perfect. I was just out of Navy and enjoy...1970 NYU perfect. I was just out of Navy and enjoying (!!!) the wonderful NYU Law Tax program then. The good life. FleetUSAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027592116431211933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-3759200563203668492013-09-04T12:52:38.602-05:002013-09-04T12:52:38.602-05:00Amazingly, I thought that no makeup and natural ha...Amazingly, I thought that no makeup and natural hair would be the way women would look for the rest of time, that we'd reached the end of oppressing women (and men) and it wouldn't take long for everyone to recognize and embrace the liberation. Any women still teasing and spraying their hair and putting on makeup were just late getting the message or sadly deluded. If you had shown me then the pictures of what women in TV and movies would be doing to their faces, it would have really shaken my world.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7513362859029853352013-09-04T12:48:28.657-05:002013-09-04T12:48:28.657-05:00"I like the 17 yr old picture. Makes me think..."I like the 17 yr old picture. Makes me think of frosty lipstick and go-go boots. Good times!"<br /><br />Those mod things would have been at least 3 years earlier, before the summer of love. By 1970, it was no makeup and maybe no shoes. Maybe moccasins.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31983865437140366822013-09-04T12:18:43.765-05:002013-09-04T12:18:43.765-05:00Jimmy Breslin's The Gang That Couldn't Sho...Jimmy Breslin's The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight was one of my favorite books.Ctmom4https://www.blogger.com/profile/08128317047887374047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-7491365038869994882013-09-04T12:16:24.093-05:002013-09-04T12:16:24.093-05:00I like the 17 yr old picture. Makes me think of fr...I like the 17 yr old picture. Makes me think of frosty lipstick and go-go boots. Good times!Ctmom4https://www.blogger.com/profile/08128317047887374047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-35502362197007451982013-09-02T20:12:46.190-05:002013-09-02T20:12:46.190-05:00At the time, I couldn't understand why the tic...At the time, I couldn't understand why the ticket wasn't reversed, with Breslin for mayor and Mailer for city council president. Breslin, after all, knew a lot about the city and Mailer was a bleepin' novelist.Roger Sweenyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734128265493099062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57925086192459681712013-09-02T20:04:15.616-05:002013-09-02T20:04:15.616-05:00Interesting to note that Gloria Steinem was active...Interesting to note that Gloria Steinem was active in Mailer's campaign. When it comes to hypocrisy, her support of Clinton was no flash in the pan. Hypocrisy has turned out to be her most enduring trait.....The odd blow job or stabbing are no big deal. The way to properly evaluate a man's support of women's rights is how well he gets along with Gloria Steinem.Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837540030934495651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-91591028940984254402013-09-02T19:13:28.895-05:002013-09-02T19:13:28.895-05:00I'd call that brick red.I'd call that brick red.Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-63450314003869140142013-09-02T19:07:51.607-05:002013-09-02T19:07:51.607-05:00"You may recall that Mailer's campaign sl...<i>"You may recall that Mailer's campaign slogan was 'No more bullshit.' (Should have been Romney's too.)"</i><br /><br />But that would have been a lie.Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-31206823454967165942013-09-02T18:43:07.642-05:002013-09-02T18:43:07.642-05:00Madame, one hopes you have learned to sit like a l...Madame, one hopes you have learned to sit like a lady since that picture was taken. Tut, Tut. That sort of ill-breeding leads straight to a disreputable future...perhaps as a law professor in a public university.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-67067064815207488222013-09-02T18:40:36.325-05:002013-09-02T18:40:36.325-05:00AuburnAuburnPhil 314https://www.blogger.com/profile/04133300763922742206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-16502942253443988112013-09-02T17:44:44.071-05:002013-09-02T17:44:44.071-05:00(Already a fair amount of white then. I was 29.)(Already a fair amount of white then. I was 29.)Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14258149351308424402013-09-02T17:44:41.021-05:002013-09-02T17:44:41.021-05:00Old Norm was one hell of a writer.Old Norm was one hell of a writer.Heartless Aztechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239870131881488916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-20277554703900958982013-09-02T17:43:48.975-05:002013-09-02T17:43:48.975-05:00You can see the original hair color fairly accurat...You can see the original hair color fairly accurately in <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/johncohen/36497102/in/set-804778" rel="nofollow">this picture</a> from the summer of 1980.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76457501323125411242013-09-02T17:18:51.114-05:002013-09-02T17:18:51.114-05:00Norman Mailer died? I didn't even know he was ...Norman Mailer <i>died</i>? I didn't even know he was <i>sick</i>!A. Shmendrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18437428548437784745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-76141042064811919582013-09-02T17:18:13.143-05:002013-09-02T17:18:13.143-05:00Oh, you're not even in Madison? I thought, &qu...Oh, you're not even in Madison? I thought, "Hey, <i>I</i> was in Madison in 1970, though barely in toddler-dom." But, nooooo, you had to be in the Bronx. Rats. :-)Michelle Dulak Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18041391162535875301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-14613378815098150752013-09-02T16:59:27.424-05:002013-09-02T16:59:27.424-05:00@Althouse, regarding that picture you linked to in...@Althouse, regarding that picture you linked to in your 2:37 post: Whoa!<br /><br />I'd have totally asked you out. Of course, my being a math nerd, you'd have said "no way."Big Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15831645119853118904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53336791100622952952013-09-02T16:54:05.827-05:002013-09-02T16:54:05.827-05:00What's more interesting, Althouse as a teenage...What's more interesting, Althouse as a teenager or the future of New York City?<br /><br />It's Althouse by a mlle, folks.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17424384180201600935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23706536579331544922013-09-02T15:50:40.173-05:002013-09-02T15:50:40.173-05:00New York City politics got real boring once peope ...New York City politics got real boring once peope started caring about competence. No color, just a bunch of drab nobodys.<br /><br />Dang Guilani. Sure, the streets are safe, but where's the graffitti?tim maguirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717622436074043099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68207918929948584292013-09-02T15:41:07.605-05:002013-09-02T15:41:07.605-05:00Did your dad ever get kind of an expression on his...Did your dad ever get kind of an expression on his face when he looked at you?Hagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03653025261513705773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-27937156553924468162013-09-02T14:58:17.462-05:002013-09-02T14:58:17.462-05:00In your hands was a $5 "matchbox" of hon...In your hands was a $5 "matchbox" of honkin' Panamanian Red. You guys were twisting up a couple of joints for the Dead show. Or you had a four way blotter hit of Peace acid (peace sign stamped on the paper) that you guys were going to let dissolve your brain. That's what we were all doing in 1970 at Dead concerts. Why would you guys be any different? Addendum: Were you at the Allman Bros show in '71?Heartless Aztechttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10239870131881488916noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89221984204803139342013-09-02T14:50:36.770-05:002013-09-02T14:50:36.770-05:00Ok Meade, why dontcha let Ann post your picture!? ...Ok Meade, why dontcha let Ann post your picture!? And if RLC is reading this, hey how about it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-79142380951746289412013-09-02T14:48:21.532-05:002013-09-02T14:48:21.532-05:00"I'd love to see a picture of your ex hus..."I'd love to see a picture of your ex husband and Meade at that age, that would be fun."<br /><br />I have a great picture of Meade at that age, but he won't let me put it up. Really cute. <br /><br />Of course I have many pictures of RLC too, but I wouldn't put up pictures of him without permission.Ann Althousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57344638281770356682013-09-02T14:46:12.199-05:002013-09-02T14:46:12.199-05:00I am confused again! Is the post about the picture...I am confused again! Is the post about the picture or Don Quixote?jacksonjayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07087439032927487222noreply@blogger.com