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‘When Harry Met Sally’ And The Invention Of The ‘High-Maintenance’ Woman

MEDIA Posted: July 23, 2019 12:02 pm

“According to the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, it was When Harry Met Sally that popularized the term high-maintenance in American culture. … An assessment that is also a rebuke, high-maintenance is one of those breezy truisms that is so common, it barely registers as an insult. But the term today does precisely what it did 30 years ago, as backlash brewed against the women’s movement: It serves as an indictment of women who want.” – The Atlantic

MEDIA Published: 07.19.19

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