skirt magazine columbia, augusta, aiken august 2012

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

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their work, play, families,

creativity, style, health and

wealth, bodies and souls.

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sometimes controversial,

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about skirt!Publisher

Nikki Hardin [email protected]

National Art Director Caitilin McPhillips

[email protected]

National EditorMargaret Pilarski

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Market Manager

(Augusta/Aiken/Columbia)

Kate Cooper Metts

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Contributing Editor Columbia

Jenny Maxwell

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Contributing Editor Augusta/Aiken

Gracie Shepherd

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Sales Executives Libby Salvador

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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.

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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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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

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which I don’t own. But I thought that if I bought the bag,

the computer might appear. Like, you know, a gift from

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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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