https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1 en-us 2022-09-13 15:26:35 UTC 2026-01-11 22:14:41 UTC hello@padlet.com serenabrontide https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294599238 "The Welcome Wagon lady, sixty if she was a day but working at youth and vivacity (ginger hair, red lips, a sunshine yellow dress), twinkled her eyes and teeth at Joanna." ]]> 2022-09-13 15:50:52 UTC https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294599238 serenabrontide https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294613966 "Joanna [said], and watched Carol go - profile of too-big bosom - into her kitchen and close the door. She reappeared almost instantly at the over-the-sink window, adjusting the water lever, taking hold of something and scrubbing it. Her red hair was neat and gleaming; her thin-nosed face looked thoughtful (and, damn it all, intelligent); her purple breasts bobbed with her scrubbing."

"Who could blame Ted for taking advantage of such an asking-to-be-exploited patsy? She [Joanna] could blame him, that's who."]]> 2022-09-13 15:57:26 UTC https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294613966 serenabrontide https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294632338 "Doesn't it bother you that the central organization here in Stepford, the only organization that does anything significant as far as community projects are concerned, is off limits to women? Doesn't that seem a little archaic to you?"

"No, it doesn't seem archaic to me. Ted's better equipped for that sort of thing than I am and men need a place where they can relax and have a drink or two."

"Don't women?"

"No, not as much."]]> 2022-09-13 16:07:05 UTC https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294632338 serenabrontide https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294638261 "Joanna looked after her, and into the cart of another woman going slowly past her. My god, she thought, they even fill their carts neatly! She looked into her own: a jumble of boxes and cans and jars. A guity impulse to put it in order prodded her." ]]> 2022-09-13 16:10:17 UTC https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294638261 serenabrontide https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294643814 "Give me fifteen minutes and I'll even be an intelligent, beautiful waitress; how's that for cooperation?" 

"Fantastic. Unbelievable."]]> 2022-09-13 16:12:31 UTC https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294643814 serenabrontide https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294660632 "That's what she was, Joanna felt suddenly. That's what they all were, all the stepford wives: actresses in commercials, pleased with detergents, and floor wax, with cleansers, shampoos, and deodorants. Pretty actresses, big in the bosom but small in the talent, playing suburban housewives unconvincingly, too nicey-nice to be real."]]> 2022-09-13 16:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294660632 serenabrontide https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294682988 "How could you stand there talking to Don while three women are sitting like stones on the sofa?"]]> 2022-09-13 16:23:35 UTC https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294682988 serenabrontide https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294688306 "Ed's a pretty wonderful guy, and I've been lazy and selfish. I'm through playing tennis, and I'm through reading those astrology books. From now on I'm going to do right by Ed, and by Merril too."]]> 2022-09-13 16:26:39 UTC https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294688306 serenabrontide https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294705724 "I've changed. I realized I was being awfully sloppy and self-indulgent. It's no disgrace to be a goof homemaker. I've decided to do my job conscientiously, the way Dave does his, and to be more careful about my appearance."]]> 2022-09-13 16:36:29 UTC https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294705724 serenabrontide https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294714330 "They changed for exactly the reasons they told you: because they realized they'd been lazy and negligent. If Bobbie's taking an interest in her appearance, it's about time. It wouldn't hurt you to look in a mirror once in awhile." ]]> 2022-09-13 16:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294714330 serenabrontide https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294718776 "She doesn't shout any more, she makes hot breakfasts... I hope it lasts."]]> 2022-09-13 16:42:32 UTC https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294718776 serenabrontide https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294720955 "I'm here at my husbands suggestion"

"He feels I'm being irrational"]]> 2022-09-13 16:43:36 UTC https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294720955 serenabrontide https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294734587 "You have a lovely wife. Pretty, helpful, submissive to her lord and master; you're a lucky man." 

"I know." 

"This town is full of lucky men." ]]> 2022-09-13 16:50:01 UTC https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294734587 serenabrontide https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294755265 "Housework's enough for me. I used to feel I had to have other interests, but I'm much more at ease with myself now. I'm much happier too, and so is my family. That's what counts, isn't it?]]> 2022-09-13 16:56:56 UTC https://padlet.com/serenabrontide/q8wfi4aqulmbtkh1/wish/2294755265