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Keeping the tradition of the South Philly wedding serenade alive

Keeping the tradition of the South Philly wedding serenade alive

Philadelphia Inquirer

Girls’ Series Fiction and Popular Culture by Luella D’Amico (review)

Girls’ Series Fiction and Popular Culture by Luella D’Amico (review)

muse.jhu.edu — Luella D'Amico's impetus for her collection, Girls' Series Fiction in Popular Culture, is what she sees as the erasure of series fiction in scholarly circles. In this chronologically ordered group of essays, she aims to show that girls' series fiction reflects and informs popular culture and girlhood in essence.

The Animal Figure in and Around the Little House: Tame-Wild Liminality in Laura Ingalls Wilder's ...

The Animal Figure in and Around the Little House: Tame-Wild Liminality in Laura Ingalls Wilder's ...

link.springer.com — This essay deploys an animal studies, posthumanist approach to Laura's identification with Jack and horses throughout the Little House series. Part wolf and partly domesticated, Jack mediates the impossible longings within Laura to be free and yet under control-to be independent yet maintain the approval of her parents, especially her mother.

Playing Pioneer Childhood, Artistry, and Play in the Little House Series

Playing Pioneer Childhood, Artistry, and Play in the Little House Series

taylorfrancis.com — Chapter in Children’s Play in Literature Investigating the Strengths and the Subversions of the Playing Child Ed. Joyce Kelley Viewing the Little House through the lens of play theory, I explore the series' depictions of gender roles, the binary between work and play, and the role of play in Laura's development as an artist - and her role in perpetuating the myth of American settlement.

Cotton Club: Chattanooga's annual debutante ball evolves with the times over its 80-year history

Cotton Club: Chattanooga's annual debutante ball evolves with the times over its 80-year history

Chattanooga Times Free Press —

Locked and Loaded Ladies: More women carrying guns for protection

Locked and Loaded Ladies: More women carrying guns for protection

Chattanooga Times Free Press —

Kombucha: Fermented tea touted as tonic by some, as joke by others

Kombucha: Fermented tea touted as tonic by some, as joke by others

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Labor intensive: Chattanooga area doulas lend a hand in baby delivery

Labor intensive: Chattanooga area doulas lend a hand in baby delivery

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Hanging out, hooking up: Traditional dating is spurned by many Millennials

Hanging out, hooking up: Traditional dating is spurned by many Millennials

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Chattanooga Times Free Press

From Pet to Person: Experts say pet abuse is often a sign of domestic violence

From Pet to Person: Experts say pet abuse is often a sign of domestic violence

Chattanooga Times Free Press — The abuse case was grisly - 27 dogs, four cats, a parrot, three children and an elderly woman held captive in a house at the mercy of two abusers. Charles Brown has worked in animal sheltering for more than 20 years, yet that case last year from Terre Haute, Ind., is one that comes instantly to mind.

Yogis in training: Becoming a teacher goes way beyond poses (with video)

Yogis in training: Becoming a teacher goes way beyond poses (with video)

Chattanooga Times Free Press

Extreme Tailgating - SJ Magazine

Extreme Tailgating - SJ Magazine

SJ Magazine — SJ fans take pre-game rituals as seriously (maybe more?) as the actual events

#IDo - SJ Magazine

#IDo - SJ Magazine

SJ Magazine — The rules of modern weddings explained

This Philly summer camp teaches girls how to do construction

This Philly summer camp teaches girls how to do construction

Philadelphia Inquirer — This Philly summer camp teaches girls how to do construction

Kids and Sports - SJ Magazine

Kids and Sports - SJ Magazine

SJ Magazine — How to keep your young athlete off the injury list Sticks and stones may break bones, but so will bats, balls and pucks. For all parents, registering your child for sports comes with an uncomfortable understanding that bumps, bruises and sometimes bigger injuries might be part of the game.

The Controversial Kid ASMR Community

The Controversial Kid ASMR Community

The Atlantic — The videos, which use quiet sounds to trigger "tingles," can be a type of sensory play. But some outside the community-and at YouTube-worry that child-made ASMR skirts the edges of inappropriate content.

Something Old, Lots of New - SJ Magazine

Something Old, Lots of New - SJ Magazine

SJ Magazine — How to have the most modern wedding ever

Profile: Lucy Noland - SJ Magazine

Profile: Lucy Noland - SJ Magazine

SJ Magazine — The Fox 29 anchor isn't afraid to use her voice

Inherited Surprises

Inherited Surprises

Chattanooga Times Free Press — What do you do when you inherit something - or lots of somethings - that you don't want?

Well-Groomed

Well-Groomed

Chattanooga Times Free Press — Guys are stepping up for a more active role in the planning of their weddings