Tuesday, August 14, 2012

Helen Gurley Brown, The Original Sex & The City Girl

Tirajı yerlerde sürünen bir dergi iken Cosmopolitan'ı küllerinden doğuran editör  Helen Gurley Brown 90 yaşında hayata veda etti.  Helen "Sex and the Single Girl"(1962) ve “Sex in the Office” (1966) gibi kitapları kaleme aldığında 90'ların ünlü TV karakteri Carrie daha portakalda vitamin bile değildi. Kadınlara verdiği öneriler nedeniyle dönemin feministleri tarafından yerden yere vurulurken, kimileri de kendisinin fikirlerinin aslında son derece feminist olduğunu öne sürüyor.Daha ayrıntılı okumak isterseniz sizi buraya alalım.

Room with a view: Helen Gurley Brown with her typewriter in front of her window
Helen Gurley Brown, the editor who skyrocketed the sales figures of Cosmpolitan back in 1965 when the magazine was financially struggling, passed away at the age of 90. With book titles like "Sex and the Single Girl"(1962) and “Sex in the Office” (1966), Helen must have been smiling smugly and thinking "been there, done that" while watching Carrie Bradshaw on TV. Although her  "tips" to women were frowned upon by the feminists of the era, some argue her ideas to be in fact quite in line with the feminist ideals. For a more detailed read, go here.

Room with a view No: 2 Carrie Bradshaw with her MAC in front of her window





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