by Shannon Popkin | Dec 10, 2016 | Control Girl
I was a new wife. He was my new husband. And I returned his Christmas gift. It was a jewelry box–one of those big wooden ones–and he spent a fortune on it. But he encouraged me to take it back if I didn’t really like it. I thought I was being...
by Shannon Popkin | Feb 4, 2015 | Uncategorized, Women
I read a blog post last week titled, “If I Had a Dollar (Why I Am a Feminist)”. It has 373 comments so far. 372 of the comments are about how powerful and touching it was. Mine was the other one. Not that I think it wasn’t powerful or touching;...
by Shannon Popkin | May 31, 2014 | Dating
Thanks to Wendy Widder and Kregel Publications for including me in the blog tour for Wendy’s newly re-released book—Living Whole without a Better Half.I will be giving away several FREE books (ebooks and hard copy). To enter your name in the drawing (to keep or give...
by Shannon Popkin | Aug 5, 2013 | Beauty
Last week, I got highlights for the first time. Well, it was the first time in about 20 years. My very first highlights, given to me by some friends in my dorm room, turned out to be green. So this time, I decided to go to the salon, where they charge a bit more than...