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August 30, 2015
Because, based on our really tragic open rate this week...Dame Sophie and I suspect that your email client may have shoved this Friday's missive into your...
Rollin' With The Homies
August 28, 2015
YOU GUYS.Darling, genial film criticism geniuses of Dames Nation, it’s time again for a movie live-tweet extravaganza! Who: YOU & any friends you think would...
Categorize Us, We Defy (Many) Labels!
August 21, 2015
Salutations, Beloved Stalwarts of Dames Nation! This week, the Internet Thing we most want to signal-boost is Gene Demby’s terrific piece How Black Reporters...
Adult Snack Tray Edition
August 14, 2015
Hello, Beloved Culture Warriors! (Why isn't DICK more of a cult classic?) We're paring things back a bit this week to bring you something paragraphic, yet...
Are You Ready for a Brand New Beat?
August 7, 2015
Summer Summer Summer TIIIIME! Dames Nation, though we have seen some of our friends’ adorable children heading off for their first days of school this very...
You Better Come On In This House!
July 31, 2015
Hello, beautiful influx of new readers!We gather that many of you found us thanks to Ali Osworth's extremely kind mention of us in her Summer Tech Roundup...
Five by Five by Five
July 24, 2015
Hello, You Sweet Summer Children! This week, your Dames are living their best summer lives-- Dame Margaret at Banjo Christmas, the highlight of her year, and...
<3 <3 B'sheret to be Besties <3 <3
July 17, 2015
Bonjour, You Besties of Dames Nation! This week, we thought we'd give you a tiny glimpse into one of our vaunted Editorial Meetings. It’s a little difficult...
Don't You Dare Look Back!
July 10, 2015
Just Keep Your Eyes on Us, Dames Nation! Your Dames would like to welcome you officially to Summer 2015 with the the most life-affirming, good cheer-inducing...
Footloose and Fancy Free!
June 19, 2015
We're moving right along. Dames Nation!On the road again! Your Dames are traveling this week (regrettably, not together) and are taking next week off, so...
A slight stutter in our originally scheduled programming...
June 19, 2015
You know, we like to consider this newsletter a little oasis of happiness and delight in a world full of pain and horror. We love imagining you opening &...
Your swagger and your bearing....
June 12, 2015
Dames Nation, we couldn't help but notice the just right clothes you're all wearing.In part, this is because, when we imagine you, we correctly see you all...
Summer Loves: Negronis, Judy Blume, and Tea Rooms (and Lady Rage)
June 5, 2015
Dames Nation, it's official: Summer is here. And you know what that means?It's NEGRONI SEASON!By this, we mean not that it's time to drink Negronis (at best...
Feelin’ Our Birthday Links, Feelin’ Our Selves
May 22, 2015
Due to ~*~pollen~*~ and as a “put your feet up & enjoy your birthday” treat to dear Dame Margaret, Dame Sophie is flying mostly solo this week, so this is...
Name Games, Gifted Headaches, and Vicious Pollen
May 15, 2015
HELLO DEAR KINDRED SPIRITS!Let's play a game. Sure, plenty of your have already played around with Time Magazine's "What would your name be in eachdecade...
A Great Week for Fictional Peggys Everywhere
May 8, 2015
Dames Nation, we know that you knew this was coming. We just mean... when a moment like this EXISTS, how can you NOT open your newsletter with it, right?...
Dames-Approved Bros, Practically Perfect Advice, and A Cavalcade of Unwaxed Chests
May 1, 2015
Dames Nation, last Sunday we fell for you like an egg from a tall chicken. All over again. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH for coming to our CHARADE livetweet and,...
Same Trailers, Different Park
April 25, 2015
DEAR READERS!!!! SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAAAAAAY No, it’s not a monster truck rally, it’s time for another great Dames Nation movie live-tweet! Join us! What:...
Our devastating beats, we know you will like
April 18, 2015
HELLO FRIENDS!Get excited, because it's a great week to get Dame Margaret In Your Ear! Although Dame Margaret would do a damn good job of tooting her own...
All the Best Gifs Emma Thompson Can Provide
April 10, 2015
HELLO, dearest and most senisble darlings of Dames Nation! Please allow Dame Margaret to correct a TRAGIC OVERSIGHT!!She failed to thank most heartily all of...
Very NEARLY a Week Off
April 3, 2015
Dearest darling Dames supporters, This is going to be a light week. Our brains (AND WRISTS!) are weary. So, instead of sending you a million links, we're...
A Glamour-Optional Retreat
March 27, 2015
DAMES NATION. We bring you... A BREAKING CRUSH BULLETIN! It's time for you to meet Nigel Hayes, sophomore at the University of Wisconsin and proud member of...
Sensible Midweek Announcement of a Sentimental Sunday
March 25, 2015
DAMES NATION, WE BRING YOU GLAD TIDINGS!Although we cannot accurately predict the weather, we can share that we've scheduled another group-watch/live-tweet...
Dames on the lam?
March 21, 2015
Hello again, dearest darling readers!While we here at Dames HQ are typically inclined to agree with Bert Cooper's sentiments above, sometimes free web...
The Ache of An Old Wound or Some Such Nonsense
March 20, 2015
ALUTATIONS, DEAR READERS!! This week’s issue is a) lengthy and b) about nostalgia formation and cultural preservation (with a bonus contribution from Dame...
How Can Tom Hanks Be So Ceaselessly Tom Hanksable?
March 13, 2015
HELLO AGAIN DARLING READERS!Like Carly Rae & Tom, we really really really really really like you! We’ve watched the new video for Carly Rae Jepson's "I...
Those Cosmopolitan Corvids and Other Natural Wonders
March 6, 2015
HELLO old stalwarts of Dames Nation! Hello mildly terrifying crowd of new friends! The Barrie Hardymon/Pop Culture Happy Hour recommendation juggernaut just...
Minor Technical Difficulties!
March 2, 2015
HELLO NEW MEMBERS OF DAMES NATION! It has come to our attention that a number of you who received this week's newsletter got a version with non-working...
An Amoeba Can't Have A Nemesis
February 27, 2015
So. Since the beautiful, A+++++++ recommender Barrie Hardymon praised us on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour this morning, our number of subscribers has nearly...
Your Beloved Dames Do The Sprain
February 20, 2015
Dearest Darlingest Dames Nation,I, Dame Margaret, come bearing bad tidings.This week's newsletter is going to be a little less like this:And a little more...
HAPPY VALENTIMES!!!!!!!!
February 13, 2015
HAPPY VALENTIMES! Or, alternately, because the Internet appears to have decided that Rachel Dratch's hilarious turn as a Russian prostitute from S1 of 30...
There's no place like home
February 6, 2015
Dorothy Knows What Time It Is Happy Friday, all! Your Dames are finally home from their travels to Chicago - where we got to see each other in person and...
Brevity is the soul of wit, yo.
January 30, 2015
IN VAIN, WE HAVE STRUGGLED.IT WILL NOT DO. Darling, dearest Dames Nation, like a pair of effortlessly chic jeans, you now number 501 and we could not be more...
Dolly & Lion Shingy & Abbi & Ilana
January 23, 2015
HELLO DAMES NATION! Welcome to the Best Little Newsletter in All of Texas!! We are starting this issue with Dolly Parton, as what better way is there to...
Weekend Special: Errata & Addenda (UGH, MEA CULPA)
January 18, 2015
Maybe we should, but we can't. Dear Darlings of Dames Nation,Mere moments after sending out the current issue of Two Bossy Dames, Dame Sophie realized she'd...
Ziggy & Suffragette City & The Rain in Spain & Stamps
January 16, 2015
CH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGES; Turn and face the strange, Dames Nation! By which we mean marvel at 50 Years of David Bowie’s Hairstyles all in ONE GIF!, all drawn (and...
Saudade: Our Favorite Kind of Sadness
January 10, 2015
Earlier this week, Sophie was chatting with a pal about Great Lady Troubadours of Sadness. Astrud Gilberto (who’ll be familiar to many as the voice that made...
Murderous Courtliness, Saudade, and Other Sundry Subjects
January 9, 2015
Dearest and Most Darling Dames Nation, You are lucky that we are writing this week at all. You are lucky that, despite Chris Evan's best efforts to murder us...
Repetition Makes the Heart Grow Fonder!
January 2, 2015
2014 IS OVER, THANK DOGS!MERRY NEW YEAR! Even though being FREE from 2014's tyranny has us experiencing synchronized-ice-skating-team-winning-what-was-...
Syning All Our Auldest Langs
December 26, 2014
Great news, friends! 2014 is ALMOST OVER!Just five more days-- bottoms up and we can bear it! This year has been frequently grim and we won't be sad to see...
A Bossy Guide to Surviving the Season of the Spirit
December 19, 2014
Hello, beleaguered masses of Dames Nation! We hope you didn't miss us too much on our sabbatical last week. We definitely missed you.<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3...
AND THE AWARDS GO TO....
December 5, 2014
ALL HAIL QUEEN EMMA, DARLINGS OF DAME NATION! Given this week's nod to BEST OF season, we thought sharing this gif ofQUEEN EMMA BEING QUEENat the Golden...
My Sweater's Too Hyggelicious For Ya, Babe
November 28, 2014
I DON'T THINK YOU'RE READY FOR THIS KNITWEARI DON'T THINK YOU'RE READY FOR THIS KNITWEARMY SWEATER'S TOO HYGGELICIOUS FOR YA BABE As you lie, stomachs...
A Smattering of Twee and 1989 Words on Taylor Swift's 1989
November 21, 2014
Hello Dames Nation! This week, we're trying out something a little bit new-- a "Bossy Take", wherein we, your Dames, go in-depth (great, great depth) on a...
Kardashianing through the snow....
November 14, 2014
Hey everyone! LOOK OUT!It's TWO DAMES, TREADMILLING THEIR WAY INTO YOUR HEART! In this gif, Margaret is the one with the floppy ear on the right and Sophie...
Caaaandletimmmme is heeere
November 7, 2014
ALOHA, Dame Nation! Margaret rewatched Lilo & Stitch last night and yes, the line "This is my family. I found it, all on my own. Is little, and broken, but...
~Insert Spooky Halloween Title Here~
October 31, 2014
Sit with this one for a bit, poppets, to make sure you see how TERRIFYING and HALLOWEEN-APPROPRIATE it is!And there's creepy more where that creepy came...
The One Where Sophie & Margaret Totally Shock You
October 24, 2014
Okay so, friends. I know we usually open these things up with a gif. But.There's a Tumblr called "Dogs Impersonating Biden" and you need to know about it AS...
Puppies! Pumpkins! Pig Pen! And More!
October 17, 2014
Alright, friends, we admit it, it's finally happened.We're totally over Fall now.hahahahahaha just playing we still totally aren't seasons are so...
Mullets and poptimists and paper dolls, oh my!
October 10, 2014
Hello poppets! Welcome to the Bossy Lodge! Readers, we dames are going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present....
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