Sublime

This entire notion of “the perfect mom/wife/homemaker,” of the “nostalgic siren call for a return to Fifties-style homemaking,” is a considerable misunderstanding of what Martha Stewart actually transmits, the promise she makes her readers and viewers, which is that know-how in the house will translate to can-do outside it.

We find deep meaning in the act of serving.

“Women in the Executive Suite Correlate to High Profits.”)

As one of those women, Lois Carrier, told me, “Until a woman learns to value herself, she’s not going to be valued by an employer (or client).”

Because businesses with more women in senior positions make more money.

young woman of conventional middle-class privilege and promise whose situation was such that many people tended to overlook the fact that the state’s case against the accused was not invulnerable.

“Joan felt this no-talent woman patronized her. A lot of times women feel they have to have balls that bang in the basement, because Hollywood is a boys' club. The boys get paid more. The women are second-class citizens, now and forever.”

I submit to you that the preeminent question in this case as you reach a decision about how best to satisfy the dual aims of this court is the same question that I asked Judge Neff to consider in Larry’s federal sentencing: How much is a little girl worth? How much is a young woman worth?