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We have numbers for everything. Seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years. Dress size, shoe size, ring size. Cholesterol, blood sugar, hormone levels, BMI (TMI, thank you). Steps, miles, mountains climbed, the number of minutes until we get to the guided meditation part of yoga. Age, which starts as soon as we’re old enough to answer the question by holding up fingers, “this many!” How many liters of water we should drink daily. Ounces, cups, table and teaspoons, and no-one really knows why Americans can’t figure out the metric system. Grades, GPAs, credit hours, days until graduation. Account balance, deposits and withdrawals, exchange rates, frequent flyer miles, credit card limits. Paid time off. How much power before the battery runs down. How many hours of sleep we need, how many we lose. We live in a transactional society that can sometimes be so complicated that we want to bring back the barter system. How could we possibly live without gains and losses, weights and measures? Why not focus on the things that can’t be quantified? Friends, and not the number you have on Facebook, the IRL ones who pick you up off the floor when you need it. Belly laughs. Giggle fits. Happiness. No, money still can’t buy it. Joy. The abundance of it isn’t a number. How we feel when we look at him or her or them. Love, endless, limitless, to the moon and back. Limits be damned. Let’s embrace infinity.
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“We are all primary numbers divisible only by ourselves.” Jean Guitton
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2015
february october
“A Simple Hello Could Lead To A Million Things.” Unknown
Regional Vice President Michelle Schneider michelle.schneider@morris.com
The NUMBERS Issue
Creative Director Caitilin McPhillips caitilin.mcphillips@skirt.com
Dressed to the Nines ..................................27 Women by the Numbers The Good, the Bad, and the Not as Equal as We Thought...................................................... 43
Publisher Jenny Dennis jenny.dennis@skirt.com
2,4,6,8...Who Do We Appreciate? 10 Women Who Deserve an Award for Being Amazing, That’s Who!..........................67
Account Executives Haley Parler haley.parler@morris.com Alex Weishaupt alex.weishaupt@skirt.com
2,4,6,8...What Do We Appreciate? Quotable Women and Their Words for Any Occasion.............. ............................................. 68
Circulation, Marketing and Events Manager Lauren Hollington lauren.hollington@morris.com Contributing Writers Katie Toussaint Teri Errico Ashley T. Caldwell
ESSAYS
Photography Alice Keeney
My Life in Years and Feet Madeleine Peskuric ........................................36
Fashion & Product Stylist Jeanne A. Everett Advertising Sales: 843.958.0028 Fax: 843.958.0029 sales@skirt.com
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SKIRT! THIS M O N T H We’re not embarrassed to say that numbers make our heads spin. If only
skirt! is published monthly and distributed free throughout the greater Charleston area. skirt! reserves the right to refuse to sell space for any advertisement the staff deems inappropriate for the publication. All content of this magazine, including without limitation the design, advertisements, art, photos and editorial content, as well as the selection, coordination and arrangement thereof, is Copyright © 2015, 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. We’re on Social Media! Facebook.com/skirtCharleston Twitter.com/skirtCharleston
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years ago. Who actually solves for the X in their daily life anyway? Also,
IN THIS ISSUE
Sudoku really does keep your brain on point, but we love our crosswords
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there had been more STEM-based education when we were in school 100
just the same. Seriously though, we have rocked some statistics in this issue—some personal, some political, some shocking (is it still 1955 in some states?), and some just plain amusing. Numbers mean a lot in
He’s So Original .............................................38 Dear 2000 Calories.......................................40
our lives. They’re how we measure time, value, money, mileage, calories, pounds, percentages, the wage gap, how far we’ve come and how far we have to go. In this issue, we have some great profiles of people (and a fourlegged friend) by the numbers, facts and percentages that shine a bright light on inequality, the real cost of living, and more. What we really want you to know is that our numbers are great. We are women...hear us roar. We want to hear your voices loud and clear, so reach out to us on social media @skirtcharleston on all channels, sign up for our emails at skirt.com, and let’s all be the numbers they can’t ignore. We have a lot to talk about. We hope you’ll join the conversation!
Don’t Miss .......................................................61 Profiles....................................................... 63, 64 All Things October ........................................71 Meet ..................................................................74 The Smile Page ...............................................77 The Last Page..................................................78
Cover Art: If you’re an artist and would like to submit your work, please send a link or low res artwork to submissions@skirt.com.
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“The number 12 is good, the number 123 is better, but the number one is still the best.” Jarod Kintz
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FASHION IS NOT SOMETHING THAT EXISTS IN DRESSES ONLY. FASHION IS IN THE SKY, IN THE STREET, FASHION HAS TO DO WITH IDEAS, THE WAY WE LIVE, WHAT IS HAPPENING.” COCO CHANEL
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from the vehicles speeding past, and the waters he loved to fish gleamed and rippled as if they did not know that everything had changed. A line had been drawn, no, a canyon had been torn away and left a void so vast and cold between all things prior to that moment when Heaven met earth. And then came this time, this day when I would see him one final time. My last chance to have this precious man tangible in front of me. As I gathered with my family in preparation to say our goodbyes, a hearse arrived and a beautiful casket was wheeled into the church, draped in an American flag to honor this man who served. It inched through the room and the silence screamed in my ears. Every part of me ached for one more. One more breath, one more I love you, one more memory. One more look at the world with him in it. One more time that I could walk up to him and hear him say I was beautiful, though his eyes had long since failed him and he could no longer clearly see me with anything but his memory. :06 a.m. The 14th day of the 7th month in the year The service was as most are, beautiful, reverent. His favorite 2011. 94 pounds and 87 years old. One final, shallow breath hymn was sung and his favorite scriptures read. We were reafter eight fishing lines cast in the air from his deathbed and minded that he was told as he entered Heaven, “Well done my slowly reeled in while flashing back to one war and countless good and faithful servant.” Crowds came and went, hugs were shots fired. After 60 years of marriage to his one and only, and shared and many tears shed. I remember telling the pastor’s wife 32 years of his being my beloved hero. Heaven met earth that that I wish the birds would just shut up, to just stop reminding morning in a still, quiet, Alabama home, in a den addition lovme of him. That’s the only memory I have of anyone else who ingly crafted by my sweet Papa. In a room where he displayed was there. That one. his greatest physical strength 40 years prior, his body finally As the funeral drew to a close and the casket was to rested and his soul passed on to be stronger than he had be closed, our family was ushered out to spend time ever been in this life. alone as we prepared for Papa’s burial. We filed My world shifted and reality was paralleled out, led by his one and only love, and took by a haze that I would walk in for months our final glimpses of him. Somehow putfollowing. The entire earth’s axis was jarred ting one foot in front of the other, I made and tilted and bent in that one moment my way down the row of chairs and where I held his still, cold, lifeless hand into the aisle. I broke away and pushed and said goodbye to an angel. Moments Every part of me ached around the funeral director and to the afterwards, in the quietness of the night for one more. One more breath, casket. There, in the front of all who outside a mockingbird called, confused one more I love you, one more were mourning I looked down one by the stream of light from the porch memory. One more look at the world last time. I made sure the picture of where I had escaped to. The countless with him in it. One more time that I the two of us was firm in his grasp. lessons I learned from him in being still could walk up to him and hear I pushed that one rogue white hair and knowing there was God echoed in him say I was beautiful, though back into place. I studied his face and my mind. All I wanted was for that bird his eyes had long touched the lapel of his coat. And finally to shut up, to move on, to stop reminding since failed...” I placed one last kiss on his forehead. One me that Papa would have loved to hear one last moment on this earth to show him the more call, to see one more display of his Lord’s love he had always shown me. paint brush on the trees behind his home in the Three years have passed. The birds have fall, to breathe one more breath and hold my hand in continued their song, the flowers still come back his, warm and strong. every year after the cold winters, and the waters still As we waited for the technicalities to be handled, for his glisten and ripple as the fishing boats glide across. My precious frail body to be taken from his home one final time, world has righted itself and I can now remember that moment my mind screamed with frantic cries and my mouth remained and feel again. I feel love deeper and stronger than I ever have, silent. My arms wrapped around his beloved body, my lips and at 1:06 a.m. on every July 14th until I am reunited with him, whispered words of compassion and calm reassurance, but my I will experience the same feeling of his hand in mine, the same mind was full of tormented thoughts and questions. undeniable shift and quake, the same kiss as Heaven and earth Why only six weeks? Why only that after 32 years of loving meet, and I will feel the world right itself just a little more. him, of learning from him? Why that person? He was my true thing. The one true and precious soul that loved me. He knew my defeats, he knew my decisions that pulled me into a life of loss and despair. He knew me when I didn’t even know myself, when I lost direction and hope. He held my hand and spoke so gently and lovingly. He always loved me anyway. Amber is one of only 13 When the days passed and the time came to make the jourEstamponis in the U.S. Her ney back to that small town and say goodbye to my Papa, I She makes her career as a stay blog, “Life of an Estamponi navigated along the tilted world alone and full of dread. The at home wife, mother, and Mom,” can be found at birds kept singing their carefree melodies, the summer wildwriter in a small Alabama flowers that lined the interstate swayed in the wind and drafts estamponilane.wordpress.com. town with the assistance of two straggly rescued furbabies.
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Women also lead in use of mobile devices. 32% of women reach for the tablet, compared to 20% of men.
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Female versus male users on Twitter is just about even: 18% women, 17% men.
The only site where male users outrank females? LinkedIn. 24% men, 19% women.
We use social media in general more often than men. 30% of women access social sites multiple times a day, compared to 26% of men.
76% of U.S. adult women use Facebook, compared to only 66% of U.S. adult men.
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The fact is that most of our entertainment is directed by white men and most of the stories are told through the eyes of men. The first step in changing the picture is to recognize there is a problem.” Jane Fonda
shameful media facts about Women that need to change.
“Divided 2015: The Media Gender Gap,” examined 27,758 pieces of content produced from October 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014.
Collectively, the 2014 gender imbalance only nominally shifted since 2013—with just a 1.3% increase in female bylines.
Only 3 outlets achieved or exceeded parity: the Chicago Sun-Times, The Huffington Post, and the 2 anchor chairs at “PBS NewsHour.”
Women, who are more than 1/2 of the population, write only 1/3 of news stories.
Overall, men generated 62.1% of news; women generated 37.3%.
In print, men wrote 62% of all stories in 10 of the most widely circulated newspapers. Women wrote just 37%.
On the Internet, men wrote 58% of content at 4 online news sites. Women wrote 42% of the content.
White men made up 56% of daily newspaper employees; white women made up 31%.
In broadcast news, men were on camera 68% of the time, including appearances by anchors and correspondents. Women were on camera just 32% of the time.
On the wires, men wrote 62% of the content. Women wrote 38%. Data from The Women’s Media Center, founded by Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem, with the goal of making women visible and powerful in media. Support the media outlets that do have gender parity and donate to WMC at WomensMediaCenter.com.
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At just $7.25 an hour, SC minimum wage is nearly $5,000 (annually) below the poverty line.
ONE DOLLAR TIMES SEVEN PLUS a When businesses don’t pay a living wage all society pays. We pay through poverty and needless disease, disability and death from inadequate health care. We pay as women struggle to put food on the table.” Margot Dorfman, CEO, U.S. Women’s Chamber of Commerce
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Rockin’ the River, the Riverfront Park monthly concert series, will feature live music by Super Deluxe from 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. Food trucks will be available, along with a beer and wine. Admission and parking are FREE. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. NorthCharleston.org.
Visit the Boone Hall Pumpkin Patch from October 1-31 for hayrides, a corn maze, giant slide tower, and more family fun and games! $10 admission includes access to all the fun and you can buy pumpkins by the pound. BooneHallPumpkinPatch.com.
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Hit up “That BIG Book Sale” at the Omar Shrine Temple at Patriot’s Point. Prices start at just $0.50 during this fantastic sale on fiction, non-fiction, children's books, and more. Proceeds benefit the Charleston County Public Library. CharlestonLibraryFriends.org.
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The highly sought-after secret,”Dîner en Blanc” will take over one of Charleston’s public spaces for a très chic picnic that is equal parts mystery tour, pop-up feast and “je ne sais quoi.” To participate, guests must be invited via the hosts’ network, participating partners, or get on the wait list at Charleston.dinerenblanc.info.
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The apocalypse returns to Park Circle for the 5th annual Pint of Hope Zombie Pub Crawl, presented by Holy City Brewing and benefiting Lowcountry AIDS Services. Follow the undead to Park Circle restaurants and bars from 6-11 p.m. Tickets at AIDS-services.com/events.
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Charleston County Park’s 2nd annual Bark in the Park! Oktoberfest brings beer, Bavaria and dogs together at Wannamaker County Park. Live music, pet parade, tasty German food, (and did we already say “beer?”). 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. $8 per person, CharlestonCountyParks.com.
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The 2015 Colour of Music Festival highlights the historical significance of black classical composers and performers on American and world culture. The 3rd annual festival will take place at various venues in historic Charleston. Tickets at ColourofMusic.org.
The theme of the 2015 Les Dames d' Escoffier International conference is “Doin’ the Charleston.” A weekend of education and fabulous social events at the Marriott Charleston. Full schedule at LDEI.org.
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My Life in Years and Feet Madeleine Peskuric
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identifiable on the cold floor of the Nordstrom Rack. I was the ugly stepsister trying on Cinderella’s slipper. I deemed it The Curse of the Fred Flintstone feet. Age 16 In a World History classroom covered in maps, I learned about foot-binding in ancient China: feet soaked in animal blood, toes crunched against soles, and arches cracked, until the entire foot was broken and tightly wrapped. All those women endured intense pain and lost mobility for the prestige of small, curved feet, little broken birds’ wings. Women whose feet were left large and unbound became bond-servants, slaves, and “I was the concubines. I cringed at the photographs, unugly stepsister trying on Cinderella’s able to find beauty in the mutilation. My feet were wide, looking more like tiny cruise ships slipper. I deemed it than delicate lotuses. The Curse of the ge 7 Before 5th period PE, I stood in my nonFred Flintstone I sulked in the optometrist’s office, a hated thong polka dot panties in the locker room befeet.” ritual on par with taking cough syrup. My eyes side my friend Nora. She waved her flip-flops at struggled to reach the letters on the chart, tired from me, black and emblazoned with flaming skulls. “My the strain and performance. The doctor said that children’s mom bought them in China,” she said. “She couldn’t eyesight tended to change along with their shoe size. I became find women’s shoes big enough for me.” Nora giggled. increasingly fearful of the day that I would outgrow my velcro She was also size 10. I spilled my secret fear—that one day Lisa Frank sneakers. One, because I really liked them, and two, my feet would grow so fat that I would have to wear drag queen because it would mean another eye exam. Don’t grow, I begged shoes. Nora’s laughter exploded like a sunburst. She, too, had a my feet. Don’t you ever grow. similar fear: being restricted to only men’s tennis shoes, like her Age 9 cousin. But our feet were sturdy, durable, not easily stubbed or I befriended Barbie, not yet realizing she was a hot target of scraped. They were strong roots that gave us balance. We shared feminist hate. Her plastic feet were slender, too small to show big-footed wisdom while the other girls padded around on the detail of toes. They were slanted in an unnatural way, moldkitten paws. ed almost exclusively for heels. Sleek stilettos were presumably Age 17 appropriate for all occasions. Tennis shoes never fit her quite While my mother drove me to the dentist, a radio announcer right. I shoved her feet into clunky wedges—bright pink and claimed “scientifically,” “factually,” that men prefer women with plastic. How was Barbie supposed to walk? small feet. Polls were taken in every country, and only one—an Age 12 African country, I wish I remember which—was bold enough I sat in the cafeteria of my middle school, a large grey room to produce men who enjoy large feet. My mother wears size buzzing with angst and bubblegum drama, eating pizza satu11 shoes. We joked about moving to Africa together. Later, she rated with orange grease. My friends continued to whine about revealed that her feet had grown two sizes after having children. their humongous size 8 feet, partaking in the sacred comingThat’s the trade-off. Expand your feet in exchange for making of-age ritual of body hatred. It was a twisted game to see who two new ones. had it the worst, a rocket speed volley of “My feet are size 8. Age 19 I’m basically a boy!” and “Well mine are 8 ½ , so huge, plus I With my romantic partner, I learned the pleasures of have this fugly freckle on my baby toe.” I glanced down at my tickled soles and intertwining feet. I warmed mine inside his red Converse high-tops. I wore a size 10. To add to the collecankles. They looked almost small entangled with his, but I didn’t tion of a too round face, too small breasts, too big butt, and too care. They were big enough to feel everything. Smaller feet would weird nose, I now had to worry about my feet, which far surbe missing out. passed “too big” and moved into the realm of inexcusably huge. Age 20 If their feet were “manish,” could my two fleshy cinderblocks Recently, I heard that Elvis was afraid of women with large even belong to a woman? Did the worker that assembled me feet. Ever since, I have been unable to listen to “Can’t Help accidentally give me feet from the wrong bin? I was a reject toy, Falling in Love” the same way. It contains a secret clause, a a factory malfunction. The volley continued aggressively until hidden asterisk: “Unless you have big feet. Then I actually can each complaint built up with a fiery tick and I exploded into help it.” I think back to the Elvis tapestry my 12th grade English a weepy tantrum of, “What are you guys complaining about? teacher hung in her classroom: a three-foot portrait of the King My feet are size 10.” The girls went silent. Some things were too bordered in magenta. His eyes, which used to seem seductive, embarrassing to even comment on. I became the star of the pity must have been watching me in fear. I wish I had made him smell parade. Winner, winner, chicken dinner. my feet. But, even more, I pity him. I put on “(You’re the) Devil Age 15 in Disguise” and dance, joyfully stomping out the rhythm. Finding shoes for the Homecoming dance was like hunting rare game; it required a sharp eye and devotion that flirted Madeleine Peskuric is a with mental instability. I craved black and strappy, because that’s what all the other girls wore. My feet resisted strappy. freelance writer from Seattle, guinea pigs, craft, do yoga, and Too large, too wide, straps cut like sausage strings. My meaty WA who loves the rain but watch Netflix. feet could not be contained by such weak twine. I feared that won’t drink the coffee. She She will never turn down they would break through the straps, like the Incredible Hulk loves to spend time with her busting through his shirt, leaving the shoes mangled and unan offer for a heartfelt conversation or a burrito.
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLUE BICYCLE! There's nothing that makes us as happy as supporting our favorite local independent bookstore!
C'EST BIEN!
Drop whatever you’re doing and check out L.E.J.’s fabulous harmonics on their videos at Facebook.com/LucieElisaJuliette.LEJ. This French trio belts out cover tunes (en français, bien sûr) that will make you want to dance all the way to Paris!
FREE-RANGE LOVE
Props to McDonald's for its decision to shift to cage-free eggs. The company uses 4% of the eggs produced in America annually (2 billion eggs per year) and with only 10% of the egg supply being cagefree, the transition could take up to 10 years.
THIS IS THE MONTH TO TRY:
It's so easy to earn a little extra dough...
THANKS WHOLE FOODS!
For introducing us to the stellar Belstar Prosecco. Considered to be among the best of the Italian Prosecco producers, Bisol's Belstar is light, fruity and pairs perfectly with just about anything!!
CASH IN POCKET
A hearty round of applause for BB&T's friends and family referral! Get $25 every time you refer someone who opens a checking account.
IN LOVE WITH THIS ALBUM
Written in Hawaii and recorded in L.A., Trevor Hall's new album, "Kala" (which means "time" in Sanskrit) grabbed us by the heart strings. Sound familiar? He played at The Music Farm in August.
WE LOVE OUR LOCAL CELEBS!
We loved last month’s debut of “The Late Show” starring NYC Dance Project Charleston’s own Stephen Colbert! Even better: The Charleston Area Convention & Visitors Bureau created a "Charlestoncentric" gift bag that will be given to each of the guests for the first six months of the show with locally produced benne wafers, Bittermilk, Bulls Bay Saltworks Carolina Flake, and pickled okra. Made with love in Stephen Colbert's hometown of Charleston, South Carolina!
BRIDGE RUN
Registration is already open for Charleston's favorite annual tradition! Sign up to run or walk the bridge in April. As much as we love this shirt from RageOn.com, it's probably not the one to wear as you cross the finish line.
BLUSH OR BASHFUL?
We fell hard for this fall's OPI "Venice" line, especially this perfect melon pink, "A Great Opera-tunity!" (Whoever names OPI polish, kudos and we want your job...)
EXCITED ABOUT... WE FINALLY LOVE DROPPING FRIENDS AT THE AIRPORT.
Rusted Root at The Charleston Music Hall on October 11th? We're SO there. Tickets will go quickly; get yours at CharlestonMusicHall.com.
The B concourse at the Charleston Airport is THE PLACE to be. The DeSano Pizza Bakery (same menu as the downtown location.) makes every late arrival almost a joy. Just remember, it closes after the last flight departs Charleston each night.
MUST LOVE CHEESE zappos.com.
The 4th annual Charleston Mac Off on October 24 promises to put at least 3 lbs. from lips to hips. Worth it! CharlestonMacOff.com for details.
"I'M SO GLAD I LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THERE ARE OCTOBERS." L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables skirt!magazine octoberw2015
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A S O F O C TO B E R F I R S T T H E R E A R E 9 2 D AY S , 132,480 MINUTES, AND 7,948,800 SECONDS LEFT BEFORE 2016.
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Make the REST of the year the BEST of the year. See you in November for the Taste issue!
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