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...celebrate Hallmark holidays," Ethan B. Cohen-Cole '95 says...
...must be incredulous against their claims. We all must be. For incredulousness is the only enabling virtue to govern an occasion like this Valentine's Day, an occasion for which even Hallmark, alas, does not have a greeting card...
...have a "significant other," it would be hard to conceive of a more painful occasion. You have to write sappy cards to your beloved. And turning to your friends at Hallmark is not acceptable--your words must be heartfelt and sincere. You have to fill the day with ardent professions of your love, all in goo-goo talk, of course. You have to go out to some ridiculously expensive dinner, attend some ridiculously expensive show, or take some trip to a motel with a heart-shaped tub and mirrors on the ceiling...
...market economy has found that man bashing sells. Entrepreneurs have descended. Hallmark Cards' fast-selling line, Shoebox Greetings, traffics in whimsical male-dissing. Another company marketed a card that said, "Hear you're looking for a man who's your intellectual equal . . . Does the expression Fat Chance mean anything to you?" Mild enough, but still: Would the company have sold a card that said, "Hear you're looking for a black who is your intellectual equal . . . Fat Chance"? The booksellers' shelves are heavy with volumes of the Women-Who-Love-Men-Who-Hate-Women-Who-Are-Too-Good...
Then we thought we could write some diatribe against Camille Paglia, but she's not funny and she didn't seem appropriate for a romantic holiday, even one sponsored by Godiva and Hallmark. Plus, she's from Philadelphia. And The Philadelphia Storyreminds us of romance. Ah, Katherine Hepburn. Singh...