#Homemaking With Michelle

[tododeku-or-bust]

"From the outset, the drug war could have been waged primarily in overwhelmingly white suburbs or on college campuses. SWAR teams could have rappelled from helicopters in gated suburban communities raided the homes of high school lacrosse players known for hosting coke and ecstasy parties after their games. The police could have seized televisions, furniture, and cash from fraternity houses based on an anonymous tip... Suburban homemakers could have been placed under surveillance and subjected to undercover operations designed to catch them violating laws regulating the use and sale of prescriptions "uppers". All of this could have happened as a matter of routine in white communities, but it did not.

Instead, when police go looking for drugs, they look in the 'hood. Tactics that would be political suicide in an upscale white suburb are not even newsworthy in poor black and brown communities."

The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander

[eepyreading]

The Art of Food and Culture in Crying in H Mart

“How cyclical and bittersweet for a child to retrace the image of their mother. For a subject to turn back and document their archivist.”

4.5 / ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Zauner’s harrowing memoir recounts the details of her mother’s last years before her death. She takes the reader by the hand and shows them the ugly face of unadulterated grief - what losing the most loved person in your life to cancer feels like.

I have read both criticism and praise for Crying in H Mart that believe the focus on food imagery either serve no functional purpose past making the reader’s mouth salivate (which it did - Korean food is delicious). I have to absolutely disagree, and would even assert that the descriptions of food are such an integral part to this story - to the story of Michelle Zauner the Korean - that Crying in H mart would not be as impactful without the in-depth details of each dish.

Throughout the history of humans, food has been a pillar of society and culture. It is an integral part of many traditions, from the family dinner table to the yearly Thanksgiving meal in America. For some cultures, including Korean culture, food goes a step beyond and is seen as a symbol of love. To cook someone a meal is to show a sense of belonging and kinship with that person. For Zauner, she witnessed this in her mother, Chongmi, who showed her devotion to the author through cooking and homemaking.

Until Zauner takes up the mantle of caring for her sickly mother, food descriptions are not nearly as frequent or detailed as they are later in the novel. After, however, we see this shift of food as a minor detail in the book to a predominant motif. Throughout the memoir, there is little else that gains such detailed accounts; preparation, texture, taste, and visual are all descriptors of different dishes Zauner has throughout the novel. While the food in Crying in H Mart is definitely enticing, it is treated reverently - almost as sacred.

As a first generation Hispanic American who did not grow up learning the mother tongue of my parents, I can absolutely understand not feeling connected with your culture. It is like being stuck between two vastly different worlds and not finding a neat place to fit in either. But this is why I absolutely adore the use of food as language - food becomes the unspoken vessel for Zauner to retrace the steps of their relationship and familial love. Learning how to make kimchi and indulging in food feels like a celebration of her mother’s life - the “lovely mother” who showed her affection through cooking.

Each description of a meal is mouth-watering, sure. But they also show Zauner’s growing dedication and reverence toward the food that symbolizes her mother’s culture. For this reason, I find myself wanting more direct introspection on the culture barrier between Zauner and Chongmi as a result of language. Zauner conveys enough to the reader so they understand her relationship with her mother became strained as a teenager, but I believe the narrative would benefit with more introspection of why their relationship is strained in the first place and how their language barrier plays a role in this.

Chongmi spoke fluent English, but pure language is not what I am talking about - I speak of the culture that is lost in the language barrier. When she visited Korea or was able to speak Korean with others in the memories of Zauner, the reader sees a different side of the author’s mother - they see someone who is human and able to be carefree. As someone who felt this barrier with their own mother during my teenage years, how do you convey this sense of deep grief and anguish - the abyss - in words that will resonate in their mother tongue? Where mother and daughter are unable to communicate themselves through words, food heals.

This memoir feels more like the journey rather than a destination, as if Zauner is flipping through a catalogue of memories and putting the pieces together as we look on, rather than being a cohesive end product that perfectly maps out her thoughts and experiences.

The nonlinear narrative of Crying in H Mart can feel disorientating at points for some readers because of the time jumping. However, I believe this suits the message Zauner ultimately tells - grief is not linear, nor is the process of coping. The narrative feels like a chaotic roadmap and the reader is in the passenger seat, trying to navigate the twists and turns on the road. Ultimately, this book is the author's attempt at coping with grief and this memoir is a great example of using the narrative style to situate the reader in the mindset of the author. This book will make you feel sad, happy, hopeful, defeated, and nostalgic. Perhaps it can feel incohesive storytelling-wise, but I do not believe it was meant to be that. To me, it felt like I was invited to an intimate meeting between a dying mother and a grieving daughter - how could I expect clarity in a situation that offers none?

[curiousdamage]

OC Character Introduction

Fandom: Full House/Fuller House

Series link: Enough

Name: Suzanna Tanner Gladstone

Nickname: Suzie, Sue, Suzie Q

Birthdate: September 2, 1960

Face Claim: Lea Thompson

Age: 27

Hair: Red/Brown

Eyes: Brown

Height: 5’1”

Family: Husband: Joey Gladstone

            Older Brother: Danny Tanner

            Younger Sister: Wendy Tanner

            Mother: Claire

            Father: William

            Nieces: DJ, Stephanie, Michelle

            Sister-in-law: Pam Katsopolis Tanner

More but that would be spoilers.

Bio:  

Suzie grew up in a typical suburban home with both her parents and older brother and younger sister. Her dad worked and her mother was a homemaker, then librarian.

A perfect suburban family. At least if you were looking at it from the outside and her mother worked very hard to make sure that it always looked picture perfect. 

She met Joey Gladstone when she was 7 and Danny invited him over to play baseball. 

When she asked him why he wore two watches, he told them that his parents were divorced and one watch was the time in San Francisco and the other was set to the time where his father was stationed in the Army. While Suzie thought that was sweet, it was how her parents found out the Gladstones were divorced and her father would make snide comments about them for years, even though Joey never went to bruises like she and Danny did.

She didn’t think much about him after that.  He was Danny’s friend and he was nice enough, but he was a goofball and could be totally annoying. He was just always around.

It wasn’t until she was in high school that she began to see him as something other than just Danny’s friend.  He was still annoying, but she could also see that he was kind and he had a knack for really seeing people.  

As annoying as he was, he could always make her laugh, and his blue eyes and dimples didn’t hurt his chances at all.  They started dating in the spring of her Freshman year and his Junior year. They dated throughout high school and due to {Spoilers} they were married a few weeks before she graduated.

At the start of the show, and story, Suzie is working as the charge nurse at a local hospital ER. Struggles with infertility have her pulling away from Joey, from their marriage, and from her family. She agreed to move in with Danny after Pam’s death because, well, things couldn’t get worse, could they?

[sarahthetran]

mO. michelle obama 💙 

i’ve missed her very much so. the audacity of this hope.

so much gratitude and recognition of where she came from.

great great grandparents born into slavery.

her parents - a city water purification plant employee + homemaker / secretary / school volunteer.

she’s a ‘girl from the south side’ (as per her twitter 😅) > salutatorian of her high school > princeton grad > harvard law > public sector jobs > exec director of a non-profit encouraging young people to work on social issues in nonprofit groups and government agencies > uofchicago hospitals > First Lady.

loved her whole speech, but just wanted to share some parts that made my heart swell & fingers 🫰 

[sophsun1]

I hope you don’t mind me sending you this ask but I finished with 5x07 (i am trying to go slow through these last episodes because while this season sucks, i am not ready to let it go). First about 5x06, i died at that moment where Emmett is waxing Carl. Also I need Emmett to go back to throwing his amazing parties because this new queer guy job, is not it. The things Brian said at that store were so right even though as usual it was rude. That brad pitt wanna be knock off, needs to leave. Oh my god, first of I am offended on Brian’s behalf because c’mon, he looks 1000x better. But also my gosh this story line is dumb. The ending was sad, but the whole ‘proper couple’ thing kind of annoyed me because weren’t they already that?? And now 5x07: i don’t know if it was here or not but I can’t stand Monty and Eli, im sorry i know it’s random but they’re so annoying. I feel bad for Justin but this whole marriage thing he’s now after is just weird, like c’mon you’re 21/22. Their break up hurt. I think this one hurt the most out of all (except the ethan one), Brian’s ‘youre making me nervous’ HURT! But also the part where Justin already had bags packed and ready. Fucking hell writers! I did though enjoy that he told Jen and Deb that Brian didn’t do anything wrong. And Jen’s ‘i wish you worked it out’ was so cute!!! I wish we hot waaaay more Jen/Brian scenes. The Brain and Michael scene hurt though. Seeing Brian have that smile right before Michael said ‘he left bc of you, who wouldnt’ and then his smile dropped and you see his eyes search Michel’s face. PAIN!!!! Gale, you will pay for my therapy! And the ending?!?!?! You ate my sunshine???? GIRL! I WANT TO CRY ALL OVER AGAIN! Also the bet is so fucking dumb. Please tell me this dude/storyline disappears in the next ep like the posse storyline did. But it was funny how Brian kicked him out of the club

Hey anon!

Of course I don't mind!

I love hearing people's reactions to watching the show for the first time and their descendent into anger at the brutally terrible story arcs this season offers up lmao.

Oh that bargain basement Brian Kinney, I cringed so hard... THE WORST PLOTLINE EVER. IT'S EMBARRASSING ON EVERY LEVEL. They really tested Gale, Randy and the viewers patience and yes, Britin's 100th breakup was again weak and just recycled issues that they had kind of worked through before and now Justin wants to be like Ben and Michael?

They were already a normal couple, that was the whole point of their relationship, they were unconventional and didn't bow down to society's expectations of them but that didn't mean their love was any less real. Somehow the writers threw that out the window and made Justin into a homemaker at 22!!!

The one thing I've always loved about their breakups is that they have never spoken badly about the other, or set out for revenge or been petty. In fact it's been the opposite you can see the love and respect for each other shine through unlike Mel and Linds for example.

God you are my sunshine playing over them as they walk away, PAIN!

What a way to stick the knife in from Michael, saying the one thing Brian fears the most the people he loves will ultimately leave him😔

[rockislandadultreads]

Book Recommendations: Inspiring Biographies & Memoirs for International Women’s Day

All In by Billie Jean King 

In this spirited account, Billie Jean King details her life's journey to find her true self. She recounts her groundbreaking tennis career - six years as the top-ranked woman in the world, twenty Wimbledon championships, thirty-nine grand-slam titles, and her watershed defeat of Bobby Riggs in the famous "Battle of the Sexes." She poignantly recalls the cultural backdrop of those years and the profound impact on her worldview from the women's movement, the assassinations and anti-war protests of the 1960s, the civil rights movement, and, eventually, the LGBTQ+ rights movement.

She describes the myriad challenges she's hurdled - entrenched sexism, an eating disorder, near financial peril after being outed - on her path to publicly and unequivocally acknowledging her sexual identity at the age of fifty-one. She talks about how her life today remains one of indefatigable service. She offers insights and advice on leadership, business, activism, sports, politics, marriage equality, parenting, sexuality, and love. And she shows how living honestly and openly has had a transformative effect on her relationships and happiness.

Hers is the story of a pathbreaking feminist, a world-class athlete, and an indomitable spirit whose impact has transcended even her spectacular achievements in sports.

First by Evan Thomas

She was born in 1930 in El Paso and grew up on a cattle ranch in Arizona. At a time when women were expected to be homemakers, she set her sights on Stanford University. When she graduated near the top of her law school class in 1952, no firm would even interview her. But Sandra Day O'Connor's story is that of a woman who repeatedly shattered glass ceilings - doing so with a blend of grace, wisdom, humor, understatement, and cowgirl toughness.

She became the first ever female majority leader of a state senate. As a judge on the Arizona Court of Appeals, she stood up to corrupt lawyers and humanized the law. When she arrived at the United States Supreme Court, appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, she began a quarter-century tenure on the Court, hearing cases that ultimately shaped American law. Diagnosed with cancer at fifty-eight, and caring for a husband with Alzheimer's, O'Connor endured every difficulty with grit and poise.

Women and men who want to be leaders and be first in their own lives - who want to learn when to walk away and when to stand their ground - will be inspired by O'Connor's example. This is a remarkably vivid and personal portrait of a woman who loved her family, who believed in serving her country, and who, when she became the most powerful woman in America, built a bridge forward for all women.

Becoming by Michelle Obama 

In a life filled with meaning and accomplishment, Michelle Obama has emerged as one of the most iconic and compelling women of our era. As First Lady of the United States of America - the first African American to serve in that role - she helped create the most welcoming and inclusive White House in history, while also establishing herself as a powerful advocate for women and girls in the U.S. and around the world, dramatically changing the ways that families pursue healthier and more active lives, and standing with her husband as he led America through some of its most harrowing moments. Along the way, she showed us a few dance moves, crushed Carpool Karaoke, and raised two down-to-earth daughters under an unforgiving media glare.

In her memoir, a work of deep reflection and mesmerizing storytelling, Michelle Obama invites readers into her world, chronicling the experiences that have shaped her - from her childhood on the South Side of Chicago to her years as an executive balancing the demands of motherhood and work, to her time spent at the world’s most famous address. With unerring honesty and lively wit, she describes her triumphs and her disappointments, both public and private, telling her full story as she has lived it - in her own words and on her own terms. Warm, wise, and revelatory, Becoming is the deeply personal reckoning of a woman of soul and substance who has steadily defied expectations - and whose story inspires us to do the same.

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education.

On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive.

Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she has become a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize.

[lenbryant]

(Long post-NYT) Review: An ‘Our Town’ for All of Us, Starring Jim Parsons

The Thornton Wilder classic returns to Broadway, still brutal and avant-garde after 86 years.

Jim Parsons as the Stage Manager in the Broadway revival of “Our Town,” at the Ethel Barrymore Theater in Manhattan.Sara Krulwich/The New York TimesOur TownNYT Critic’s Pick

The first act of “Our Town” takes place in Grover’s Corners on May 7, 1901. Nothing much happens in the fictional New Hampshire village that day, except that two local teenagers, George Gibbs and Emily Webb, fall in love completely unaware that they do so under the shadow of the granitic pillars of time.

But we are aware. Even in an act entitled Daily Life, the playwright, Thornton Wilder, quietly batters us with the news that we are mortal. Immediately upon introducing George’s parents, he has his mouthpiece, the Stage Manager, convey as if it were part of their names a detail of their deaths: Doc Gibbs’s in 1930, his wife’s on a visit to Canton, Ohio. He blithely jumbles together, like their bones, the joining and splintering of human lives. “Most everybody in the world climbs into their graves married,” he comments without comment.

So if you think of the play as small, sweet or old-fashioned, and Grover’s Corners as a twin town to Bedford Falls or Hooterville, I respectfully offer that you have the soul of a rock. In any good enough production, “Our Town” is titanic: beyond time and brutal.

The revival that opened Thursday at the Ethel Barrymore Theater, the fifth on Broadway since the play’s 1938 debut, is more than good enough. To use this word in the only positive sense I can imagine, it’s unbearable: in its beauty, yes, but more so in its refusal to offer beauty as a cure when it is only, at best, a comfort.

That effect is achieved by writing that is ingeniously mitered, doweled and sanded until it seems as plain as old furniture. Briskly, almost cursorily, we are shown the two main families and told the work they do: Doc Gibbs (Billy Eugene Jones) is the local physician, Mr. Webb (Richard Thomas) the editor of the Sentinel. The lack of outside opportunity for their harried, homemaking wives — Michelle Wilson as Mrs. Gibbs, Katie Holmes as Mrs. Webb — is summed up in a typically pithy, bone-dry quip: “All males vote at the age of twenty-one. Women vote indirect.”

The exposition, of which there’s a lot in the first act, from the prehistoric to the 5:45 train, is always doing double duty fast. When the Stage Manager hurries a geologist offstage once he starts talking about the region’s “unique fossils,” we get the joke about blathering academics but are also left with the suspicion that he’s referring to us.

In Act II, set three years later, every potentially heartwarming premise — the act is called Love and Marriage — is dowsed with the cold water of cynicism. The wedding of George (Ephraim Sykes) and Emily (Zoey Deutch) counterposes the groom’s conventional nervousness, the bride’s existential panic, the ecstatic dithering of the besotted Mrs. Soames (Julie Halston, hilarious) and Mrs. Gibbs’s judgment of the whole ritual as a “perfectly awful” farce. Huge as all these sentiments feel to the characters, the play’s structure objectifies them and, in so doing, makes them small. You are left to sort out the scale in your seats.

Those seats don’t feel so far away; the production, despite its Broadway proportions, does much to shorten the distance. Beowulf Boritt’s set, as Wilder requires, is minimal — mostly weather-beaten siding — but also features a nebula of lanterns that extends into the orchestra. (The spectral lighting is by Allen Lee Hughes.) Also connecting you to the action is a wafting scent-scape matched to the action: heliotrope in Act I for the flowers the women grow, vanilla in Act II for sweetness and bacon in Act III for the longings of memory. (The bacon is a nod to David Cromer’s powerful 2009 Off Broadway production.) Up to 30 audience members are seated onstage, blending playgoers into the community.

Leon suggests that less literally too: The Gibbses are Black, the Webbs are white, the townspeople both and neither and more. Dede Ayite’s costumes freely mix formal period styles with contemporary casuals. (At one point, George wears a tank top.) The first thing you hear, in a prelude, is the Hebrew word “Shema,” part of an interfaith medley of Jewish, Muslim and Christian prayer. And with music that also includes BeBe and CeCe Winans singing “Lost Without You” for the wedding — the sound is by Justin Ellington — the production reaches forward in time and taste as well.

These might feel like anachronistic intrusions in a play bound tighter to its own age. In this timeless one, though, they feel like a mission statement: The “our” in the title means everyone.

That’s completely congruent with Wilder, as Act III, nine years further along, brings home. Boritt’s set undergoes a simple yet breathtaking transformation to deliver us to the cemetery we’ve heard much about, but now some of the characters from the earlier acts are in it. They do not seem unhappy or uncomfortable as they dully chat about the weather, trying not to think too hard about the living.

If only the living could return the favor! But this is where the play goes for your guts. The philosophical extremity to which Wilder has been leading now emerges in a scene of Shakespearean imagination, hubris and regret. His thought experiment is this: What would happen if one of the dead, ignoring the advice of her cohort, sought to return for one day to life? The answer is that she could not endure it. And neither could we.

I would tell you more about what was happening onstage but by that point I could no longer see it. Perhaps if you have lost a loved one, or feared losing yourself, you will feel the same way.

In other words, you will feel the same way.

The effect is almost geological: Push down long and hard enough here, watch an explosion happen there. It depends on the deep repression of emotion that deeply emotional people must master to survive — something that Wilder, a closeted homosexual, knew in his bones. Parsons seems to as well. With his light touch and cynical sang-froid, and the comic timing he has honed for years on television, he makes an ideally shrewd and withholding Stage Manager, placing you just where he wants you during the banter to achieve the greatest vulnerability to the blows.

Ultimately, that’s the trap of “Our Town.” Whether you are an Emily — apple-cheeked and wild-souled in Deutch’s gripping performance — or a cheerful George, a dizzy Mrs. Soames or the dour, alcoholic choirmaster nailed by Donald Webber Jr., you sooner or later wind up at Act III. If you are lucky, you will have valued “above all price” (as Wilder says in the play’s preface) “the smallest events” of daily life so that you will not feel cheated when forced to give them away. In that sense, “Our Town,” a unique fossil itself, is just another small event. But it’s one of the biggest smallest events the theater has produced.

Our Town Through Jan. 19 at the Ethel Barrymore Theater, Manhattan; ourtownbroadway.com. Running time: 1 hour 45 minutes.

Jesse Green is the chief theater critic for The Times. He writes reviews of Broadway, Off Broadway, Off Off Broadway, regional and sometimes international productions. More about Jesse Green

[nessa007]

It’s October of 1976 and Dick and Shirley McGuire (Benedict Cumberbatch and Amanda Seyfried are a devout Catholic couple living in a suburb of Dayton Ohio with their 7 year old identical twin daughters Michelle and Angela. Dick is an insurance agent at the local branch of State Farm and Shirley is a homemaker, life goes on as usual until Angela starts to exhibit some strange behavior and sleepwalk and it isn’t soon before long that Michelle starts doing the same and they start to talk about demons fondly which freaks Dick and Shirley out.

ooh that’s a pretty solid horror concept

[lavelled]

matching holding patterns.

Quick news blog. Princess Kate is noncancerous. Prince Harry, living in the UK, posted on Truth Social “Powerfulnnz” hoping it’d distract, not realizing he only gets one covfefe. Oh. And David Foster, the record producer, who wrote songs for Celine Dion, Chicago, Michael Jackson, and Whitney Houston has got to be telling Tom: “this fucking guy.”

I googled your Megrez jewelry in looping downtime. Besides the obedient tiaras, she’s worn symbolic necklaces engraved with the initials H and A. I hear you ask: Harry and firstborn? It’s a straightforward threat to Tom with baubles and, for me, an anatomy no-no. Kismet couple.

TEAM H&M: Glad you could join us. I quite understand your backsies flipsies and the highly pretentious “brand” act in the press, paternally speaking. I also get that her co-signed misogyny generates revenue for you. Your client is reinventing herself as a gracious homemaker with her devoted British prince, despite the overseas prince being high-tech famous in sexual assaulting pedophilic circles. I’ll make it clearer to you. Her Hallmark movie, When Sparks Fly, has a co-star: Hank Lyons. Aware of his marital rape clause, she is unified next to diapers; exploited her wheelchaired sister to push Harry’s agenda; and is covered in chokers and an NDA muzzle.

The flipping is off-kilter and widdle old.

Women know she’s not a role model and are hurting themselves.

Girls like Lucy-Bleu Knight, daughter of Meegan Hodges.

I want a public divorce first.

A YouTube video titled: Prince Harry (funny roast) Royal Variety Performance. 2015. I say with confidence that it is a suited excuse for Prince Rape to point heavenward at mark 4:26 and to grin at Risky Business, theft, and razors.

Oksana Shachko—Ukrainian artist and activist; feminist and founder of protest group, Femen. The group stood up to rape and the sexual exploitation of Ukrainian women and demanded the release of political prisoners. Her activism paved the way for the term, Sextremism. A painting prodigy, she moved to Paris. July 23, 2018, two months after your wedding, she hung herself.

Ellie Soutter—British snowboarder. She won a Bronze Medal representing Great Britain at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Winter Festival in the snowboard cross. On her 18th birthday, she committed suicide in Les Gets, Haute-Savoie, France. Two months after your wedding.

Maggy Biskupski—French police officer and president of Mobilisation des policiers en colère. Or, the Angry Police Movement. At 36, she focused on anti-cop hate and eradicating cases of internal suicides. Six months after your botched wedding, she shot herself with her service weapon in Carrières-sous-Poissy, France.

Desmond Daniel Amofah—online as Etika; YouTuber and live streamer, posted videos on gaming and his reactions to games and trailers for Super Smash Bros. 1 million subscribers. His Insta page, 9999999999999999999, has over 300K followers. He went missing June 19, 2019, almost exactly one year to your wedding; his body was pulled from the East River NYC; suicide.

Ekaterina Dmitriyevna Alexandrovskaya—Russian-Australian skater; 2018 US International Figure Skating Classic Bronze Medalist and a two-time Australian national champion. Her skating partner was Harley Windsor. July 18, 2020, she jumped out of the 6th floor of her Moscow apt. At 20 years old. Her suicide note said: Lyublyu. Love you, in Russian. Flip it.

Olivia Rose Podmore—NZ racing cyclist; competed in the 2016 Summer Olympics and the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She committed suicide on August 9, 2021. Her last social media post was: “When you don’t meet society’s expectations such as owning a house, marriage, kids, all because you’re trying to give everything to your sport is unlike any other.”

Books published at the same time as your imitation wedding: The Cruel Prince by Holly Black, A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult, and rising star, Michelle Obama, with her book, Becoming.

But wait. Spain for a royal tour? No. That’s my Felipe VI. He’s a lowly towering 6’6 King and Captain General. Watching closely, through Leonor, his formidable daughter’s press.

Divorce.

K

[chicojimj]

Marian Robinson 1937-2024

Marian Robinson, a homemaker from the South Side of Chicago who became the first presidential in-law in generations to live in the White House after her daughter, Michelle Obama, became first lady of the United States, died May 31 in Chicago. She was 86.

[wutbju]

Myra Lee Strasser, 88, of Burnettsville, passed away at 12:13 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, at home, surrounded by family.

Born on Nov. 24, 1935, in White County, she was the daughter of the late Harley "Dood" and Erma (Lavinder) Rehm. She was a 1953 Burnettsville High School graduate and attended Bob Jones University in Greenville, South Carolina. Myra was a homemaker and was a charter member of Bell Center Bible Church. She was also a member of the Burnettsville Church of the Brethren and the Royal Harmonaires Gospel Quartet. She was an avid Cubs fan and enjoyed playing piano, watching sports, quilting and sewing.

Survivors include her husband, Thomas Strasser of Burnettsville; children, Tom Drye (Juanita), Tim Drye (Cheri), Trena "Jeanie" Alma, Tracy Drye and Tresa Breedlove (Craig); stepchildren, Jeff Strasser, Greg Strasser (Karen), Michelle Minix (Lisa), Melanie Marion (Dale) and Matt Strasser (Tina). She is also survived by 16 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; 5 great-great-grandchildren; 11 step-grandchildren; and 14 step-great-grandchildren.

She was also preceded in death by her first husband, Thomas Gene Drye; son-in-law, Randy Alma; one grandchild; and one step-grandchild.

Services will be at 2 p.m., Friday, Dec. 29, 2023, at Bell Center Bible Church, with visitation from noon until the time of the service. Burial will follow at Bell Center Cemetery. Memorial contributions can be made to the American Cancer Society. Myra's online guestbook is available, and condolences can be shared with the family at www.ransfuneralhomes.com.

[saintmeghanmarkle]

Jewellery given by the Royal Family to Meghan (ex Haz obvs) by u/Mickleborough

Jewellery given by the Royal Family to Meghan (ex Haz, obvs) While going down a rabbit hole, I began to wonder: What jewels did the Royal Family give to Meghan? (Sounding like Carrie Bradshaw in SATC days.)So far I’ve only been able to track down 2.The diamond tennis bracelet from the then Prince CharlesThis was a wedding gift, given before the wedding, and which Meghan has worn post-Megxit.Meghan’s actual hands. The bracelet’s not Cartier, so doesn’t get as much wear time.The pearl and diamond earrings from the late Queen Elizabeth IIThe late Queen gave Meghan a pair of pearl and diamond earrings, which Meghan wore on their first, and only \*, joint tour, in Chester.On Meghan’s actual ear. That could be strands of Meghan’s actual hair, but who knows.To give you some idea as to size:Any one of her teeth looks larger than the pearl.I’m no expert, but these look like Akoya pearls - cultured pearls (most pearls today are cultured, unlike Meghan) which averages 7mm in diameter (the range is around 3mm - 9mm, although 10mm (1 centimetre) is known. Akoya pearls are smaller than South Sea pearls, and therefore are comparatively inexpensive. My guess is that Her late MaJesty gave them to Meghan to make her look more ladylike.Show me the necklace!In the Oprah moanfest interview:Sure, Jan.But…has anyone seen the necklace? The implication of ‘matching necklace’ is that it was of pearls - but I’m not aware of any pictures of Meghan with, I mean wearing, a pearl necklace. Ditto if it was a diamond necklace.If there are any other known gifts of jewellery by the RF to the ILBW, please comment!\* The exact quote is: ‘I’ve reflected on that first official engagement [my italics] that I had with her…’. First implies ‘more than one’ - but they only ever had the ONE engagement. This is another example of Meghanspeak - implying more than is the fact. Other examples include:- Her recent message to the U.K. charity Smart Works, where she states: ‘Over the years, I’ve seen firsthand the unforgettable smile that comes across a woman’s face…’. Meghan had been patron of Smart Works for a little over a year before she left the U.K. Of course Smart Works could’ve been emailing her photos of smiling women (why?).- In 2022, on the 5th anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, Meghan spoke to members of the Hubb Community Kitchen, saying: ‘We [my italics] founded Hubb together…’. That‘s utter BS. The Hubb Community Kitchen came into being when homemakers displaced by the dreadful Grenfell Tower in June 2017 began to gather at a communal kitchen to cook. This became known as the Hubb Community Kitchen. Meghan married Harry in May 2018. The Hubb Kitchen put out a cookbook in September 2018, for which Meghan wrote a foreword. So claiming to have co-founded the Hubb Kitchen is hogwash.- And let’s not forget the immortal ‘Over a casual lunch of chicken tacos…I asked Michelle [Obama] if she would help me with this secret project [Meghan’s Vogue editorship].’ It became known much later that this exchange with Michelle Obama was via email, when perhaps only Meghan was eating (so technically a correct statement, if very misleading). post link: https://ift.tt/0gmqfP7 author: Mickleborough submitted: September 30, 2023 at 10:41PM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit

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Jason Segel

This Biography is about one of the best Hollywood Actor of the world Jason Segel including his Height, weight, Age & Other Detail… Express info Real Name Jason Jordan Segel Nickname Marshmallow, Big Fudge Profession Actor, Author, Screenwriter Famous Roles         Marshall Eriksen (How I Met Your Mother) Physical Stats & More Info Height 193 cm 1.93 m 6 feet 4 inches (6' 4") Weight 95 kg 209 lbs Figure Measurements -Chest: 44 inches -Waist: 34 inches -Biceps: 14 inches -Neck: 13 inches Eye Color Brown Hair Color Brown Personal Life of Jason Segel Date of Birth 18th January, 1980 Birth Place Los Angeles, California, U.S. Nationality American Hometown Los Angeles School St. Matthew's Parish School, Pacific Palisades, U.S. College Harvard-Westlake School, Los Angeles, California Debut Film Debut: Can't Hardly Wait (1998) TV Debut: Leonardo and Friends (1998) Family Father: Alvin Segel (lawyer) Mother: Jillian Jordan (homemaker) Sister: Alison (youinger) Brother: Adam (elder) Religion non-religious semi-agnostic. His father is Jewish and his mother is Christian. Ethnicity Father- Ashkenazi Jewish Mother- English, Scottish, Irish, fairly distant French Fan Mail Address Jason Segel William Morris Endeavor Entertainment 9601 Wilshire Blvd. 3rd Floor Beverly Hills, CA 90210-5213 USA Hobbies collecting puppets Favorite Things Of Jason Segel Favorite Actor     Ricky Gervais (comedian), Gary Oldman Favorite Movie    Harold & Maude, Broadcast News, Badlands, Being There Girls , Affairs and More Of Jason Segel Marital Status Unmarried Affairs Linda Cardellini (actress), Chloë Sevigny (actress, fashion designer), Michelle Ryan (actress), Michelle Trachtenberg (actress), Lindsay Lohan (actress), Michelle Williams (actress), Bojana Novakovic (actress) Car Collection of Jason Segel Car Audi Q7, Chrysler 300C Earning Money of Jason Segel Salary $225,000 per episode (for HIMYM) Net Worth $30 Million This Biography written by www.welidot.com Read the full article

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July 13 Zodiac - Full Horoscope Personality

Not exceptionally cheerful in their childhood - they grow quickly as they age, become progressively delicate, and respond emphatically to their environmental factors. Their psyche is very curious and his disposition is understanding and charming to their environmental elements. They travel a great deal. Laid back, cordial individuals: fast to excuse any damage done to them. Despite the fact that they are skilled and productive, they need tirelessness, so they bounce starting with one organization then onto the next without attempting to consummate and foster what they as of now do. Normally, that brings them misfortunes. A lady brought into the world on this day can really focus on the debilitated with incredible greatness and is an extraordinary homemaker. Emphatically joined to her youngsters, who for the most part have a few, she stresses over the bliss of her loved ones. Blemishes: These individuals stress superfluously over all that and get anxious, falling into wretchedness and disarray. They likewise show a lot of vanity. What undermines them? They battle for abundance in different ways, however they place their confidence in the incorrect manner, which can keep their ventures from being understood. They frequently change their place of home, which creates pay or misfortunes, the last option being the most well-known. They search for joy around the word, and their lifestyle still up in the air for a really long time. Nonetheless, their fate works on fundamentally in the second piece of their life, and the present birthday could ultimately present to them a decent position. Challenges connected with writing look for them. Then again, they make progress in callings connected with water or ocean, in which they could in fact track down riches. How to bring up a youngster brought into the world on this day? Their surprising awareness and phenomenal memory cause these youngsters to require cautious consideration and delicate treatment. They could experience extraordinary torture because of an unreasonable or unsympathetic teacher.

July 13 Zodiac - Full Horoscope Personality 

 Assuming that your birthday is July 13, your zodiac sign is Disease July 13 - character and character character: cutting, legit, lenient, mean, hush, discourteous calling: scientist, chairman, fireplace clear tones: cyan, orange, red stone: amethyst creature: walrus plant: star jasmine fortunate numbers: 2,11,41,43,48,49 very fortunate number: 17 Occasions and observances - July 13 Argentina: Public Media communications Day (starting around 1992), Electric Power Specialist's Day. Worldwide Guide's Day (beginning around 2013). World Stone Day (starting around 1985). Worldwide Day of the Weavers (beginning around 2005) July 13 VIP Birthday. Who was conceived that very day as you? 1900: George Lewis, American artist (d. 1969). 1900: Teresa de Los Andes (Juana Fernდ¡ndez Sun based), Chilean Catholic religious recluse, the main Chilean sanctified by the Catholic Church (d. 1920). 1903: Kenneth Clark, English craftsmanship student of history (d. 1983). 1903: Lalo Malcolm, Argentine entertainer (d. 1970). 1908: Antonio Barbosa Heldt, instructor and Mexican government official (d. 1973). 1912: Carmelo Robledo, Argentine fighter (d. 1961). 1913: Marsk Mc-Kinney Moller, Danish shipowner (d. 2012). 1915: Japanese scientist and quality control master Kaoru Ishikawa (d. 1989). 1918: Alberto Ascari, Italian Recipe 1 driver (d. 1955). 1921: James Anderson, American film and TV entertainer (d. 1969). 1921: Ernest Gold, American arranger (d. 1999). 1922: Anker Jorgensen, Danish legislator (d. 2016). 1924: Carlo Bergonzi, Italian show vocalist (d. 2014). 1924: Michel Constantin, French entertainer (d. 2003). 1925: Gustavo Torner, Spanish craftsman. 1926: Suzanne Zimmerman, American swimmer. 1927: Simone Cloak, French government official and legal advisor (d. 2017). 1928: Jaume Ferran Camps, Spanish artist and college teacher (d. 2016). 1928: Tommaso Buscetta, Sicilian mobster (d. 2000). 1928: Bounce Crane, American entertainer (d. 1978). 1928: Leroy Vinnegar, American jazz twofold bass player and arranger (f. 1999). 1929: Mario Lacruz, Spanish artistic manager and author (f. 2000). 1931: Straightforward Ramsey, American ball player. 1932: Hubert Reeves, Canadian astrophysicist. 1932: Antonio Roma, Argentine footballer (d. 2013). 1934: Wole Soyinka, Nigerian author, 1986 Nobel Prize victor for writing. 1935: Jack Kemp, American government official (d. 2009). 1935: Monique Wittig, French women's activist essayist and scholar (f. 2003). 1936: Albert Ayler, American artist (d. 1970). 1937: Cal Ramsey, previous American ball player and mentor. 1940: Patrick Stewart, English entertainer. 1941: Robert Forster, American entertainer. 1941: Luis Alberto Lacalle, Uruguayan government official and president. 1941: Txema Blasco, Spanish entertainer. 1941: Jacques Perrin, French entertainer and chief. 1942: Harrison Passage, American entertainer. 1942: Roger McGuinn, American artist, of the band The Byrds. 1943: Carlos Borcosque, Argentine movie chief and screenwriter. 1944: Ernვ' Rubik, Hungarian designer, artist and modeler. 1944: Raდºl Moneta, previous Argentine investor and financial specialist. 1946: Cheech Marin, American entertainer. 1947: Juan Carlos Loustau, Argentine ref. 1948: Catherine Breillat, French producer. 1948: Daphne Maxwell Reid, American entertainer. 1949: Mariana Aylwin, Chilean teacher and government official. 1949: Sara Gonzდ¡lez, Cuban artist (f. 2012). 1950: Mama Ying-jeou, Taiwanese government official. 1951: Didi Conn, American entertainer. 1954: Sezen Aksu (Fatma Sezen Yildirim), Turkish writer, vocalist and maker, called the Sovereign of Turkish Pop. 1954: David Thompson, American ball player. 1956: Edmundo Hermosilla, Chilean business analyst. 1957: Cameron Crowe, American producer. 1957: Thierry Boutsen, Belgian motorsport driver. 1962: Tom Kenny, American voice entertainer. 1963: Raquel Palacio, American essayist. 1963: Spud Webb, American ball player. 1965: Juan Josდ© Artero, Spanish entertainer. 1965: Fabio Gდ³mez, previous Argentine rugby player. 1965: Claudio Narea, Chilean artist. 1965: Akina Nakamori, Japanese artist and entertainer. 1966: David X. Cohen, American essayist, maker and screenwriter. 1966: Gerald Levert, American R&B artist (d. 2006). 1966: Natalia Luis-Bassa, Venezuelan guide and artist. 1967: Benny Benassi, Do-It-Yourself and Italian writer. 1968: Robert Gant, American entertainer. 1969: Sandra Gugliotta, Argentine movie chief. 1969: Imprint "Barney" Scenic route, English artist, of the band Napalm Passing. 1969: Ken Jeong, American entertainer and specialist. 1969: Oleg Serebrian, Moldovan government official. 1970: Muriel St Nick Ana, Argentine entertainer and artist. 1971: Murilo Benicio, Brazilian entertainer. 1972: Sean Waltman, American expert grappler. 1973: Ariel Zდ¡rate, Argentine soccer player. 1974: Jarno Trulli, Italian Recipe 1 driver. 1976: Al Santos, American model and entertainer. 1979: Craig Bellamy, English footballer. 1979: Daniel Dდ­az, Argentine soccer player. 1980: Daniel Cifuentes Alfaro, Spanish footballer. 1981: Mirco Lorenzetto, Italian cyclist. 1982: Joost van lair Broek, Dutch keyboardist, of the band After For eternity. 1983: Liu Xiang, Chinese competitor. 1983: Carmen Villalobos, Colombian entertainer. 1984: Nadjim Abdou, Comorian footballer. 1984: Ida Maria, Norwegian stone vocalist and guitarist. 1984: Billy Paynter, English footballer. 1984: Carmelo Valencia, Colombian footballer. 1984: Hitomi Yoshida, Japanese voice entertainer. 1985: Charlotte Dujardin, English dressage rider. 1985: Nobuyuki Nishi, Japanese gymnastic skier. 1985: Francisco Guillermo Ochoa, Mexican soccer player. 1985: Johan Passave-Ducteil, French b-ball player. 1986: Stanley Weber, French entertainer. 1987: Xavi Rey, Spanish b-ball player. 1987: Eva Rivas, Armenian-Russian vocalist. 1987: Oguz Savaვ?, Turkish b-ball player. 1988: Colton Haynes, American entertainer and model. 1988: DJ LeMahieu, American baseball player. 1988: Steven R. McQueen, American entertainer. 1988: Raდºl Beat, German competitor. 1989: Skyler Bowlin, American b-ball player. 1989: Juan Fernando Caicedo, Colombian footballer. 1989: Sayumi Michishige, Japanese vocalist, of the band Morning Musume. 1989: Elkeson de Oliveira Cardoso, Brazilian soccer player. 1990: Jonathan Mensah, Ghanaian footballer. 1990: Emmanuel Palomares, Venezuelan entertainer. 1990: Matt Weinberg, American voice entertainer. 1991: Sebastian Foss Solevaag, Norwegian skier. 1991: Seppe Smits, Belgian snowboarding competitor. 1991: Roger Torres, Colombian footballer. 1992: Airine Palვ¡yte, Lithuanian competitor. 1992: Rich The Youngster, American rapper. 1992: Jacqueline Wiles, American skier. 1993: Kდ©vin Ledanois, French cyclist. 1994: Arman-Marshall Silla, Belarusian taekwondo competitor. 1995: Cody Bellinger, American baseball player. 1995: Dante Exum, Australian ball player. 1995: Adriდ¡n Spდ¶rle, Argentine footballer. 1996: Max Hess, German competitor. 1996: Jacinto Muondo Dala, Angolan soccer player. 1997: Leo Howard, American entertainer.

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Donna J. Phillips

Donna J. Phillips, 71, Kingston, passed into the arms of her Lord, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, at home surrounded by her loving family following a brief illness. Donna was the daughter of the late Jonathan and Anna Sudosky Higgins. She was a 1970 graduate of Lake-Lehman High School where she excelled in gymnastics. Throughout her lifetime she unselfishly gave to others, working at several personal care homes until her marriage. Donna often fondly talked about growing up helping out at the neighboring Kasko farm tending gardens, in the barns with the farm animals and in the kitchen assisting her dear “adopted’” sister Irene. Following her marriage to Roy Phillips, on October 31, 1970, Donna embraced being a homemaker and later a mom to children Tracy, Roy, and Donna Michelle. She rarely missed one of her children’s school activities and sporting events, saving all of their report cards, artwork, and photographs. She found time to work at Abe’s Hotdogs, Kingston, for several years. Donna continued her dedication to helping where needed as she provided care to her mother, and others, during her illness. She and her husband Roy enjoyed traveling to Florida to visit their daughter Donna Michelle and her family. She and Roy celebrated 52 years of marriage in October. She celebrated her 71st birthday in April. Following her husband’s illness she provided for his care. He thanks her for her loving companionship, support, and dedication for a lifetime of sharing their love.  

    Donna was a member of Forty Fort United Methodist Church where she volunteered for special events including helping prepare fundraising dinners and rummage sales. She also relished hosting and planning gatherings for her family and friends. Her biggest joy was her family and as it grew to include seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren, she rarely forgot a birthday or failed to attend a special event. Adopting a special friend, “Snickers,” a rambunctious Dachshund, who became her best buddy, provided her with many hours of fun, entertainment and companionship. Donna was especially dedicated to supporting special charitable organizations generous in her giving to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, Wounded Warriors, Shriners Children’s Hospital, DAV, Luzerne County SPCA, among others.

    Donna, in addition to her parents, was preceded in death by brothers, Edward Higgins, James Higgins and sister Violet Milbrodt, infant brother Jonathan and infant sister Mina. Surviving in addition to her husband, are daughter Tracy Derr, (her companion Howard), Luzerne, son Roy Phillips, (Tricia) Dallas, daughter Donna Michelle Brown, (L. John), Melbourne Beach, Fl., grandchildren Katelyn, Samantha, Jonathan, Julia, Bryce, Andrew, and Lola; great-grandchildren Hunter, Reid, Karee and Lennon; special cousins Ted and Debby Higgins, nieces and nephews.

   Donna’s family would like to thank the doctors, nurses and staff at Geisinger Wyoming Valley for their compassionate care and support as well as family, neighbors and friends for their assistance during her illness. A special thank you goes to Residential Hospice and the dedicated care givers who provided comfort and concern for Donna and her family.

    A viewing will be held Thursday, June 1, from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Hugh B. Hughes & Son Inc. Funeral Home, 1044 Wyoming Avenue, Forty Fort.  

Funeral services will be held Friday, June 2, 2023, at 11 a.m. at the funeral home, with Rev. Richard Bradshaw, officiating.  

Per Donna’s request memorial contributions may be made to the Luzerne County SPCA, 524 E. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 18702.

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Do we burden our girls and women a lot?

“There is no limit to what we as women can accomplish.” Michelle Obama People say it is a superpower to be a woman, After all, a woman has the strength to handle things single-handedly in a manner that no one can manage. After all she is expected to perform a lot of roles. If she is a homemaker, for instance and is living with her in-laws after marriage, she is expected to cater to the needs of…