Advice columns

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The Evolution of the Advice Column

Dear Karen 1990s

Oh, the advice column: staple of American newspapers throughout the twentieth century, arbiter of etiquette,...

1990s Dear Karen column

Ending a lesson with a smile on the students's face is priceless and this is what I got after doing this activity with them. Aim: teaching "should" to give advice. Task: Students in pairs were given the left column of the article where a problem is posed . They were asked to write a sound pi

Glass and tin bottles hide snug in a case, waiting for a woman’s daily ritual. She reaches for a bottle of ammonia and washes it over her face, careful to...

Websites such as Reddit, Quora, and JustAnswer have ushered in what The New Yorker recently called the “age of peak advice.” But people have long had a fondness for the old-fashioned advice column. The anonymity of the forum allows answer-seekers to sidestep embarrassment and participate in a virtual confessional. The advice column gained popularity in the U.S. in the late 1890s, catering mainly to women with a focus on social interactions, matters of the heart, and childcare. Marie…

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