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A U G U S TAugusta, Aiken & Columbia
Cover copy by Nikki Hardin, art by Traci Daberko
“When summer gathers up her robes of glory, And, like a dream, glides away.”
Sarah Helen Whitman
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Take one last taste of summer this month. One last juicy
bite of freedom before saying hello to
carpools and pool closings, farewell to a
Friday frame of mind
Practice being sultry.
all week long. Wear your darkest movie
star shades before the sun sets off on its
world tour. Let homework hassles be a
distant dream while you study the ice
melting in your drink. Find a dive and
rock the joint. Dance to the jukebox
like the girl you used to be. Dress
like Frida Kahlo under the Mexican
sun. Postpone and procrastinate.
Surf your own couch through the
perfect wave of a dappled green
Sunday morning. Purr in a patch
of fading sunlight. Befriend your
freckles. May the grass kiss your
bare feet with abandon before you
have to buckle up and buckle down.
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Women make more than 80% of all purchasing
decisions.
Women control 2/3
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Women influence 80%of all car sales.
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The Lessons Issue
Women spend almost 2 of every 3
healthcare dollars.
A U G U S T
PAID
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skirt.comskirt! is published monthly and
distributed free throughout the greater Augusta/Aiken/
Columbia area. skirt! reserves the right to refuse to sell space for any advertisement the staff
deems inappropriate for the publication. Unsolicited manuscripts
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design, advertisements, art, photos and editorial content, as well as the selection, coordination and
arrangement thereof, is Copyright © 2010, Morris Publishing Group,
LLC. All Rights Reserved. No portion of this magazine may be copied or reprinted without the
express written permission of the publisher. SKIRT!® is a registered
trademark of Morris Publishing Group, LLC.
skirt! is all about women...
their work, play, families,
creativity, style, health and
wealth, bodies and souls.
skirt! is an attitude...spirited,
independent, outspoken,
serious, playful and irreverent,
sometimes controversial,
always passionate.
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about skirt!Publisher
Nikki Hardin [email protected]
National Art Director Caitilin McPhillips
National EditorMargaret Pilarski
Market Manager
(Augusta/Aiken/Columbia)
Kate Cooper Metts
Contributing Editor Columbia
Jenny Maxwell
Contributing Editor Augusta/Aiken
Gracie Shepherd
Sales Executives Libby Salvador
Graphic Designer
Cher WheelerMeaghan Pafford
PhotographyMolly HarrellChris Thelen
Essays
Horse Laugh
Amy Vansant ................................................................................ 11
What My Preschoolers Taught Me
Kat Richter ...................................................................................... 13
Great Expectations
Heather Caliri ............................................................................... 14
Features
Letter from the Publisher ......................................................... 6
Letter from the Editor ............................................................... 6
Feel Good ...................................................................................... 18
He’s So Original .......................................................................... 24
Meet ................................................................................................... 26
Skirt of the Month..................................................................... 29
Planet Nikki .................................................................................... 34
Teacher’sPet
The UniTed SkirTS of AmericA
The United Skirts of
America was founded
on the blood, sweat
and estrogen of our
foremothers, who
won us the freedom
to choose...to break
The Rules, to wear
combat boots or high
heels, to run for office
or run a marathon,
to form our own
rock groups instead
of being groupies, to
shatter Glass Ceilings
and Glass Slippers, to
shoot hoops instead
of settling for hoop
skirts. The ones who
came before us made
it possible for our
daughters to dream
bigger, to have the
chance to grow up to
be President and turn
the Oval Office into
the Ovary Office. In
the United Skirts of
America, every day is
Independence Day!
Traci Daberko
Traci Daberko received her
education at the University
of Nebraska at Kearney and
started her professional career
in Seattle working for several
prominent design firms. In
1995, Traci co-founded
Cyclone Design. During that
time, she received national
recognition from many design
industry organizations and
publications. In 2001, Traci
was selected as one of the
judges for Communications
Arts Magazine Design Annual.
She also teaches an advanced
typography course at the
School of Visual Concepts.
Currrently, Traci has more than
15 years of professional design
experience and has worked
with a diverse range of clients
from across the country.
Constantly seeking out new
challenges, she is now explor-
ing other visual art forms that
include fine art, digital media,
consulting and product design.
daberkodesign.comVisiT us on skirT.com
Jenny [email protected]
from The ediTor
I teach a day-long writing class once a month, to people from all sorts of professions. My best
students aren’t engineers, lawyers, Ivy League grads, former Rhodes scholars, or (heaven help me)
journalists. They’re soldiers in the United States Army. As a group, these women and men do one
thing better : they don’t justify why they did something the old way; they simply try to do it the new
way. And they learn faster because of it. Soldiers tell me this ability is key to their survival—and I
believe they mean not just on the battlefield but in rising through the ranks, too. As a student, I’m
trying to be more like a soldier. It’s not easy. I did have a reason for doing it the old way, I think to
myself, even if that lousy old way is what brought me to class in the first place. It helps to have
passionate teachers—like the women we profile this month—encouraging, full of patience, and
eager to share the lessons they’ve learned.
from The PUbliSher
Nikki [email protected]
I read an interview with Rachel Maddow recently and was surprised
to learn that she has suffered from recurrent bouts of depression since
childhood. Super confident, no-holds-barred Rachel Maddow?! Given her
public persona, it seemed such a brave thing to put out there, and her
description of how she copes with self-doubt and anxiety was inspiring.
Sure, we’re living in an era when we all know the brand names of half a
dozen antidepressants, and many of us have been in therapy at one time (or
have a friend or family member who should be!), but it’s still hard for me
to admit out loud how much I struggle with depression periodically and
how debilitating it can be. Our culture places such a high value on being
relentlessly cheerful, optimistic and Facebook-friendable that it’s just sort
of embarrassing not to be that person. God knows, I’d love to wake up
every day in a cupcakes-and-kittens state of mind, but there are mornings
when I’ll settle for an emotional weather report that is partly sunny with
only a 30 percent chance of rain. As much as I thought I’d always been
honest about this lifelong battle I seem to have inherited, I realized from
Maddow’s interview that I’m often still apologetic to myself and others
about the times I get taken down by what Winston Churchill called the
“black dog.” Her courage made me realize that I still have so much to
learn about the difference between being broken and being broken open
to become more human. Thanks for the lesson, Rachel. I promise to keep
doing my homework.
The Lessons Issue
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This election year, unmarried voting-eligible women are estimated
to number 55 million, more than 25 percent of the voting-eligi-
ble population, with most of them socially and deeply invested
in economic issues like jobs and fair pay. But single women—
especially those with children—register and vote at lower rates
than married women. The potential power of this group is unde-
niable. If single women had cast ballots in the same proportions
as married women in the 2000 presidential election, Al Gore
probably would have received an additional six million votes,
more than enough to have won him the White House. According
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Nikki Hardin is the founder and publisher of skirt! magazine. She blogs at fridaville.com.
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The title song of Rufus Wainwright’s latest CD, Out of the Game, is my current favorite. His father, Loudon Wainwright III, also has a new CD out with two wrenching songs about family: “The Days That We Die” and “In C.” I’ve been having a Wainwright emo moment.
last month was juicy enough
to fry in a pan.
The full moon
like a teenager smelling pheromones, like a
lover licking its chops.
I followed it home like a wolf stalking dinner, like a planet in search of an orbit,
to put under my pillow
There it was, hanging just out of reach.
There I was, chasing
what I can’t have, as usual. An apricot moon pie.
Sailing away before I could get a sticky piece
and dream on.
This knit tote by hansel from
basel is the perfect size for a Mac Air,
which I don’t own. But I thought that if I bought the bag,
the computer might appear. Like, you know, a gift from
the Nikki-centered universe.
Tokyo Milk is a brand I can’t resist because their packaging sucks me in every time. Their “Honey and the Moon” tin is one part candle, one part eye-candy. (And the title of a Joseph Arthur song I don’t seem to tire of hearing.)
As is often the case, I bought this retro-looking wall hook from Wabi Sabi as a gift
and ended up keeping it for myself.
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Every few years, I get a craving for banana trees in my yard.
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jungle instead of my usual desert-like field of sand spurs.
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