“The Classiest of Courtesans”

by Carl Scott

Aspasia, eat your heart out. Charlotte Allen awards the palm to Helen Gurley Brown. No, I am not that interested in the woman, but Allen’s portrait of Brown at The Weekly Standard provides a corrective of sorts to the Florence King one I linked to below, by emphasizing the gap between Brown . . . . Continue Reading »

15 Aug 2012

Sex and the Single Girl in Our Times: Three Takes

by Carl Scott

Note:  I mean “takes” on the subject, not necessarily on the book. 1) Here’s a 2009 review of a biography of Helen Gurley Brown , author of Sex and the Single Girl , the landmark 1962 book—both for the Sexual Revolution and 60s feminism—and editor-in-chief of . . . . Continue Reading »

14 Aug 2012