Some of the winning essays in the military spouse contest sponsored by www.YourMilitary.com on the occasion of Season 2 of Lifetime TV’s ARMY WIVES mentioned the FRG. And although I’d heard the term FRG on the show ARMY WIVES, I wasn’t clear exactly what that term meant. (It wasn’t a term I heard back when I was a Mrs. Lieutenant.) So I turned to someone in the know.  read more »

Last week on Twitter someone drew attention to a new BMW ad that would have been right at home in the mid-70s. That was the time when I taught newswriting classes at Temple University Center City and had a large collection of newspaper articles and ads that featured derogatory portrayals of women. I tweeted that I’d already been part of this battle. Did we really have to fight it again?  read more »

In general, I could live without a TV. Okay, maybe not completely, but I'm not one to park myself in front of the set for extended periods of time. These days, I find only three shows to be worth my time. The first is Boston Legal, which is a true guilty pleasure. My husband and I watch faithfully on Tuesday nights, cackling at the decadently non-PC antics at Crane, Poole, & Schmidt. Good stuff.  read more »