In addition to meeting once or twice weekly for brunch or drinks at a bar or restaurant, the group has a blog, billed as “free from the scrutiny of feminists,” that invites women to join “if your monthly Bergdorf’s allowance has been halved and bottle service has all but disappeared from your life.”I don't even know what "bottle service" is.
Here's more on this support group from the story by Ravi Somaiya.
They shared their sad stories the other night at an informal gathering of Dating a Banker Anonymous, a support group founded in November to help women cope with the inevitable relationship fallout from, say, the collapse of Lehman Brothers or the Dow’s shedding 777 points in a single day, as it did on Sept. 29.One woman involved in the group explained, "“We do make light of everything on the blog and it’s very tongue in cheek . . . but it all stems out of really serious and heartfelt situations.”
From this feminist, no comment.
NB: This story was on the top-10 most emailed list for about 24 hours after its initial appearance in the paper.
I am glad to see that you posted this article, as it was going to be my first post. I too was drawn to the paragraph: "In addition to meeting once or twice weekly for brunch or drinks at a bar or restaurant, the group has a blog, billed as “free from the scrutiny of feminists,” that invites women to join “if your monthly Bergdorf’s allowance has been halved and bottle service has all but disappeared from your life.”"
ReplyDeleteThis feminist did not visit the blog, not because I wasn't curious or because I wanted to abide by their wish to be "free from the scrutiny of feminists," but because I couldn't encourage these women any further by being another "hit" on their website.