“You can take the babushka off the Jewish mother and dress her up in a pair of Seven jeans and Marc Jacobs sling-backs, but she's still going to expect a passel of grandkids.” StillsMotherDressesSevenPairsJeansJacobGrandkidsJewish Mother Author:Ayelet Waldman
“When my mother was trying to teach me how to make friends when I was a kid, she'd bring girls over to the house and I'd give them all my clothes. Nothing changes, I still do it. And then I wonder, "Where is that really nice Isabel Marant dress that I spent a fortune on? Oh my god, I gave it to Liza."” GivingTryingStillsKidsMotherGirlHouseWonderTeachNiceClothesDressesFortuneThings ChangeReally Nice Author:Courtney Love
“My third grade teacher called my mother and said, 'Ms. Cox, your son is going to end up in New Orleans in a dress if we don't get him into therapy.' And wouldn't you know, just last week I spoke at Tulane University, and I wore a lovely green and black dress.” IfsKnowsSaidEndsLastsMotherBlackTeacherWeekSonThirdsDressesGreenUniversityLovelyTherapyGradesSpokesNew OrleansYour SonThird Grade Author:Laverne Cox
“When I was a little kid, my mother and I used to watch the Golden Globes and I would dress up and she would get sparkling apple cider and we would make a tray of hors doeuvres and watch it together. And I would get up and make a pretend speech.” LittlesKidsTogetherUsedMotherWatchesSpeechDressesGoldenGet UpApplesGlobesLittle KidSparklingTraysCiderApple Cider Author:Lea Michele
“My mother wanted me to go to church to meet women. That's wrong, ain't it? 'Praise the Lord! Hey, how ya doing? Nice dress. Look, I'm going to go over there and get some of this wine and crackers, want some?'” WantLooksWantedMotherChurchLordNicePraiseDressesWineHeyCrackersPraise The Lord Author:Warren Hutcherson
“For every nineteenth-century middle-class family that protected its wife and child within the family circle, there was an Irish ora German girl scrubbing floors in that home, a Welsh boy mining coal to keep the home-baked goodies warm, a black girl doing the family laundry, a black mother and child picking cotton to be made into clothes for the family, and a Jewish or an Italian daughter in a sweatshop making "ladies" dresses or artificial flowers for the family to purchase.” ChildrenMadeHomeMotherGirlBlackClassBoysWifeMiddleCenturyFlowerClothesDaughterDressesWarmCirclesMiddle ClassItalianArtificialProtectedCoalNineteenth CenturyCottonLaundryMiningWelshMother And ChildBlack GirlMiddle Class FamilySweatshopsArtificial Flowers Author:Stephanie Coontz