Kim Wilde Quotes
Being blonde now doesn't mean Marilyn Monroe vulnerability. Blonde in the Eighties means being in control.
An “asp” was the term Greeks and Romans used for a poisonous snake. Menander was a very popular playwright 300 years before the birth of Christ. His phrase was not a new idea at the time but, common wisdom” among Greeks—including many women who were controlled by the social values of the day that were very sexist. However, when Menander wrote it, it received mass distribution in that plays were the major form of mass media and entertainment at the time. So this conventional wisdom was common as Rome became the superpower and whose culture dominated including the Greek plays. Note that this attitude did not reflect the point of view that women were not important enough to educate to write. To the contrary, the implication is that women were too potentially dangerous to allow them to learn to write. Upper class women however were expected to read, but men were not only taught to write but to do so persuasively.
Kim Wilde is an English pop singer, DJ and television presenter. She first saw success in 1981 with her debut single "Kids in America", which reached number two in the UK. In 1983, she received the Brit Award for Best British Female solo artist. In 1986, she had a UK number two hit with a reworked version of the Supremes' song "You Keep Me Hangin' On", which also topped the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1987. Between 1981 and 1996, she had 25 singles reach the Top 50 of the UK singles chart. Her other hits include "Chequered Love" (1981), "You Came" (1988) and "Never Trust a Stranger" (1988). In 2003, she collaborated with Nena on the song "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime", which topped the Dutch charts.
