If Books Could Kill

By Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri

The Rules

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Published June 29, 2023 4:00am

In 1995 a bestselling book proposed a simple dating strategy for women: Lose weight, wear bright colors and become a completely different person for the rest of your life.

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Sources:From Front Porch to Back Seat: Courtship in Twentieth-Century America Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s essay, “Stuff Your ‘Rules’” The More Things C...

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