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Slainte, Dames (Inter)Nationals! Today we are dancing-- maybe a LITTLE dirtily-- about the repeal of Ireland’s 8th amendment, which bans abortion in all...

A Royal Extravaganza

$ · May 19, 2018

Ahhhhh it’s here at last! Tomorrow (or today, if you’re a Saturday reader) is the day! dawwwwwwwww WE GET TO WATCH THESE TWO CUTIES PUT THEIR MOUTHS ON ONE...

Jesus Jugs Don’t Want Me for a Sunbeam

May 11, 2018

I Guess I'll Just Have a Waffle, Then

Beards: GOOD! Infinity Wars: ...Fine.

May 5, 2018

Dames Nation, we went to see Avengers: Infinity War like the Marvel Cinematic Universe trash we are, and we were not wholly pleased. It’s too bad this scene...

Two Bossy Fandriods

April 28, 2018

Kick up your feet in glee, Dames Nation! It is a blessed week! Because Janelle Monáe has publicly confirmed her status as the world’s most desirable...

Beyoncé and a Few Other Glorious Queens of Note

$ · April 21, 2018

Dames Nation, THIS is how you make an entrance: An entrance that is particularly apt for a week in which two of our foremost purveyors of Black Excellence...

LIVETWEET ANNOUNCEMENT: Mystic Pizza on Sunday, May 6th!

April 20, 2018

When Life Keeps Giving You Anchovies, Just Cover Them Up With Some Extra Cheese!

We (Self) Care Too Much

April 13, 2018

Buds for life Hellllooooo Dames Nation! We are Zan and Miranda, two people who are only slightly less goober-y than this ten-year-old photo of us—attending a...

Paid content is around the corner

April 13, 2018

Dear Darling Dames Nationals, Hi! We hope all is well in your world. We wanted to send you a quick heads-up: next Friday, we are going to send our first paid...

Avatars of Healthy Masculinity & Other Vital Items

April 6, 2018

A few weeks ago, our good friend Christina said-- of his performance in A Wrinkle in Time-- “Chris Pine weeping in cardigans is the only version of...

Robespierre, Olivia Pope, & Other Bad Role Models

March 31, 2018

GOOD NEWS, Dames Nationals! Kacey Musgraves, one of our most beloved artists of recent years, and the coiner of musical bon mots such as: and: (both from the...

More Pot and Puffins Than You'd Expect

March 24, 2018

Hello! As a pair of reasonably assertive and opinionated women, we are delighted to be your guest editors for Two Bossy Dames this week. Terri and Kate: The...

Thinking Pink, Missing Bowie, & Other Sundry Concerns

March 16, 2018

Dames Nation! Let’s talk a little bit about Ava DuVernay’s adaptation of A Wrinkle in Time and why we wants to have a Very Serious Conversation with the...

Make an Entrance Like Rita Moreno

March 10, 2018

Dames Nation, we are here. And we have some great news for you: There are 26 episodes of an excellent, warm, funny, progressive, charming, and emotionally...

SUBSTACKED & SUBLOADED

March 3, 2018

Welcome to Substack, Dames Nation! We are so excited to send your this, our first letter from our new home! Please write us at twobossydames@gmail.com or...

Smart Bitches, Precious Palicos, & Suggestions for the Suggestible

February 24, 2018

Greetings, Dames Nation! We’re humbly honored to be your guest editors this week. We are Sarah Wendell and Amanda Diehl from Smart Bitches Trashy Books, a...

Announcement Reminder: We're Moving To Substack!

February 22, 2018

Gather 'round, friends! Darling Dames Nationals, we’re so excited to share that we’re moving on up to a new and improved home for this newsletter: Substack....

Not Gonna Lie, Friends, This Is A Lot

February 17, 2018

A candlelight vigil in Parkland, Florida. Photo by Greg Lovett. This week, a 19 year-old with a history of domestic violence - someone who can be drafted for...

Two Bossy Dames ARRIVES March 2!

February 16, 2018

Welcome to our new home, Ye Olde Stalwarts of Dames Nation & Prospective Citizens! We are closing up shop at TinyLetter (bless it for its years of service!)...

"Quincy Jones is a Tahani" - Sarah Hagi

February 10, 2018

If you read only one thing this week, Dames Nationals, we think it has to bethis Vulture interview with legendary producer Quincy Jones, in which he spills...

Are We Good Janets or the BEST Janets?

February 3, 2018

Darling subscribers, please buckle in. It is time for We Your Dames to Rave about a Fav. Specifically, it is time for us to rave about NBC’s most existential...

Royal Tiaras & Medical Dramas

January 27, 2018

Dames Nation! We are Amy Spalding and Jasmine Guillory, and we are thrilled to be your guest editors this week!We are huge fans of our hosts, the Bossy Dames...

Alien Enthusiasms, Internet Friends, & Other Abiding Joys

January 20, 2018

As usual, the world out there is pretty shitty, Dames Nation. But do you know what makes it more bearable? SHINE-THEORY, BASED INTERNET-ORIGINATING...

Triple Axels & Thirst Traps

January 13, 2018

Dames Nationals, please join us in screaming about the excellence of Call the Midwife. This SHOW though. Given the show’s content and our demographic, it is...

Bruno Mars, Canadian Television, and Other Heart-Warming Substances

January 6, 2018

Happy New Year, Dames Nation! Let’s dive right in, shall we? It's coming (and if our cephalopod overlords are part of it, so much the better).GIF by Celine...

Sending You Out of 2017 On A Cloud of Snuggliness & Bracing E*MO*TIONs

December 22, 2017

Dames Nationals!Dame Margaret did for you this week an incredible act of service: She watched the Netflix Original movie A CHRISTMAS PRINCE (which brings...

Hi to the Makers and Fakers 👋

December 16, 2017

Two Bossy Dames is brought to you by: the fabulous foursome of The Imposters Podcast. Each Imposters Podcast episode is kind of like eavesdropping on four...

Patti La Sleigh Bells Ring, Are You Listening?

December 9, 2017

As Sam’s Aunt Betty would say, HI Y’ALL! Of this gif, R. Eric says “If you ever get tired of angrily calling your representatives about, well, everything,...

Furious Reckonings & Copious Sneezing

December 2, 2017

What do you do when you realize the news sources you’d been taught to imagine as conscientious, impartial, patient, and wise... Are revealed in fact to have...

Bossy Spotlight: Dame Margaret on her One True Victorian Love, Elizabeth Gaskell

November 22, 2017

As if I could ever look anywhere else, Mr. Thornton. It feels like a vicious falsehood to call 2017 my year of Elizabeth Gaskell, as I really fell in love...

No Jive Turkeys Within

November 22, 2017

Gobble Gobble, Dames Nation! The single greatest Thanksgiving song of all time Surprise! We aren’t doing a full issue this week due to the Thanksgiving...

Nicollective Bargaining

November 17, 2017

Greetings, Dames Nation! We the Nicollective are delighted to be here with you. Much love and Toast blessings to Dames Sophie and Margaret for asking us to...

Concrete Victories and Easy Recipes

November 11, 2017

It’s been another week full of bruising stories, but in the midst, we had an election day that showed some promise for change. It’s not our usual gif, but it...

The World is Full of Zanies and Fools

November 4, 2017

While the world remains heavily trash, this week has been so rich in delicious online culture that we have not one but TWO lead subjects for you! It's...

The Season of the Witch, Bold Red Lips, and Le Chabonbon

October 28, 2017

Hello, Friends! So, over at our preferred pop-culture website, Vulture, this week is WITCH WEEK, a theme which has brought forth great writing on everything...

Ceremonials Scissors & Other Wonders

October 20, 2017

Hello Dame Friends! AK and Blair here, a pair described by Dame M. as two of Pennsylvania's finest humans, in every sense of the word fine. In high school we...

Mamas, Please Let Your Babies Grow Up To Join Covens

October 14, 2017

HOOO BOY, darlings. It’s been ANOTHER ROTTEN WEEK. We have sat marinating in bad news and reflecting with heavy hearts how well-designed our society is to...

Band Aids, Bullet Holes, & Third Birthdays

October 7, 2017

Well, Dames Nation. This has been a real BRUISER of a week. From the ongoing ecological crises in Puerto Rico, Mexico, and the islands of the Caribbean to...

Revenge of the Hotties

September 29, 2017

Hello Damespals near and far! It is such an honor to be returning to these hallowed email inboxes to take you on another journey with us. We are CT &KW, best...

Equinox, Time To Rock!

September 23, 2017

Katharine Hepburn has given us, as a (Dames) Nation, so very much.The world’s most essential hangover gif, for example: Among the first five ever saved to...

Phryne's Ready For Her Close-Up

September 16, 2017

Hear ye, hear ye, Dames Nation! Phryne Fisher, fictional lady detective and cherished fav of Us Your Dames, is ready for her close-up. By which we mean that...

More Discussion of Boobs In Here Than Is Really Typical

September 9, 2017

FRIENDS!! Your replies to our birthday survey have left us all: To the 102 (!!!!) of you who have already taken the time to respond: THANK YOU SO MUCH! Both...

Birthday Plans, Philanthropic Goals, and Petty Complaints

September 2, 2017

Happy almost birthday to us all, Dames Nation! This newsletter is nearly three whole years old and though we’ve enjoyed sharing our origin story and showing...

An All-Singing, All-Snacking Guest-Dames Extravaganza!

August 19, 2017

Hello, dames of the world! While Dames Sophie and Margaret are on a well-earned vacation (we imagine many fancy drinks with tiny umbrellas—or full-size...

Queen Taffy & A Heavenly Host of End of Summer Goodies

August 12, 2017

As old stalwarts of Dames Nation are well aware, Taffy Brodesser-Akner is the queen of our hearts. Every week we aren’t screaming this at Taffy, we are...

Premium Boys & Their Delicate Activities

August 4, 2017

Oh, hi there, Dames Nation! Last week, living catchy hook factory Charli XCX released a surprise single -- the very simply titled “Boys” -- and a supporting...

Which Witch is Which?

July 28, 2017

Hiya, Witches Dames Nation! We’re delighted to be your guest-bosses this week, and we have a ton of totally-not-thematically-related links to bring you, but...

To The Edge of Obsession and Back

July 22, 2017

Dames Nationals, I-- Dame M.-- have a confession to make. Before this year, I did not entirely get how incredible Céline Dion is. I KNOW, I know!! How could...

Raucous Gold Lamé Delight In The Face Of Migraines and Misery

July 15, 2017

As you stalwarts of Dames Nation know, we here at Dames HQ are passionate Kesha fans. From her giddy Andrew WK-as-a-pop-starlet persona to herincredible...