Writer crushes...

Maureen Dowd got my attention with a piece published Oct. 30 in the NY Times magazine - subject: What's a Modern Girl to Do?

If you want to read it, Times Select will require you pay [pppttthhhhttttt] - I printed a copy out for myself knowing that it would go poof.

The article is not quite what would be considered feminazi... but, definately blunt trama for those not associated with the concept.

One of the key lines: "So was the feminist movement some sort of cruel hoax? Do women get less desirable as they get more successful?..." Whaaa. If you haven't been in the position - you really don't know what she's up about. I have and do and it had me thinking about it frequently over the past week.

Dowd goes on to write, "[Sylvia Ann] Hewlett quantified, yet again, that men have an unfair advantage. "Nowadays," she said, "the rule of thumb seems to be that the more successful the woman, the less likely it is she will find a husband or bear a child. For men, the reverse is true."

Not sure if I buy all of her premise, but quite a lot rings clear. Something Anderson Cooper came up with around Sept. 27, ties into this from another angle... and that is from "Going gray."

Coop said, "Premature gray means you reap the benefits of living the righteous life without having to actually live the righteous life. You get to cut in line. So consider yourself lucky.

On the other hand, women don't get a free pass." No shit, sheriff.

Coop's got a book deal in hand, so that will be one to wait for.

Dowd's book, "Are Men Necessary: When Sexes Collide," is up to be published within the next month by G.P. Putnam's Sons. Might make interesting reading... once I get through "Wicked," "Mirror Mirror" and "Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister," all written by Gregory Maquire. I put down "The City of Falling Angels" by John Berendt to finish "Wicked." Last time I take a book not in the que to the doctor's office to read.

How is it so far? It's not easy being green.