Author

Dr. Rhetta Standifer

@standirl

articles: 28
total claps: 3,820
top claps: 1,615
avg read: 7.5 min
paywalled: 19
active: 2026-05-13 → 2026-07-13

Wiki topics

😂 · Humor & Satire · 10 CUL · Culture & Media · 10 🎵 · Music & Audio · 6 GEN · Genomics & Sequencing · 6 🎬 · Film & Television · 5 BIZ · Business Strategy · 4 💑 · Relationships · 4 🍳 · Food & Cooking · 2

Top tags

#big-list-energy ·10 #humor ·8 #leading-virtual-teams ·7 #virtual-teams ·6 #movies ·5 #culture ·4 #leadership ·4 #gen-x ·3 #music ·3 #fathers ·2

HUM MDA LIF

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer · Big List Energy

Movies You Ignored, But Shouldn’t

These films fell between the couch cushions of time. We need to dig them out and give them some love.

Jun 30, 2026 · 18 min read · 1,615 claps #big-list-energy #movies #humor

HUM GEN MDA

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer · Big List Energy

Fun Songs From My Gen X Youth

The songs from my youth were more fun than your generation’s fun songs — oh, yes they were!

Jul 02, 2026 · 13 min read · 452 claps #big-list-energy #1980s #music

HUM MDA LIF

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer · Big List Energy

6 Movie Animals That Died And Broke Our Hearts

These cinematic moments are probably seared into your heart. Grab a box of Kleenex and let’s have a good cry about them.

Jun 19, 2026 · 8 min read · 211 claps paywalled #big-list-energy #pets-and-animals #dogs

6 Movie Animals That Died And Broke Our Hearts

ECO MDA DSN

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer · Big List Energy

The Best Movie Score Soundtracks EVER

The Scores — and the composers — who defined movie soundtrack writing for me.

Jun 25, 2026 · 11 min read · 202 claps paywalled #big-list-energy #movies #film-soundtracks

HUM MDA

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer · Big List Energy

6 Movie Fathers We Can Look Up To

Here are six movie dads you can watch for Father’s Day and remember why dads rock.

Jun 20, 2026 · 9 min read · 195 claps paywalled #big-list-energy #movies #fathers

GEN MDA HUM LIF

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer · Big List Energy

Things I Do That Drive My Husband Nuts (in a bad way)

Which ones I’ll try to fix and which ones I’ll probably keep doing

Jun 08, 2026 · 12 min read · 150 claps #big-list-energy #bad-habits #spouse

Things I Do That Drive My Husband Nuts (in a bad way)

HUM GEN MDA

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer · Big List Energy

Six Things I No Longer Give a Fuck About in my Golden Years

I’m the elder now, so shut the fuck up & listen

Jul 08, 2026 · 10 min read · 139 claps #big-list-energy #humorous-life-lessons #culture

Six Things I No Longer Give a Fuck About in my Golden Years

TCH MDA LIF

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer · Big List Energy

The Scenes I Secretly Watch Without My Husband

I’d die of embarrassment if I watched these scenes with anyone else. But I’m willing to talk about them here. Not sure what that says about…

Jul 06, 2026 · 17 min read · 100 claps #big-list-energy #movies #tv-shows

The Scenes I Secretly Watch Without My Husband

MDA

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer · Big List Energy

I See Your Funkytown and Raise You A Flock of Seagulls

You knew in your heart there weren’t just eight bad one-hit wonders from the ‘80s, right?

Jun 16, 2026 · 11 min read · 100 claps paywalled #big-list-energy #80s-music #humor

I See Your Funkytown and Raise You A Flock of Seagulls

LIF MDA

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer · Big List Energy

Cool Stuff My Family Did That Other Folks May Think Was Bonkers

Yeah, I know, your family’s stuff is perfectly normal. But I’ll take my family’s weird shit any day of the week. Normal is boring.

Jul 13, 2026 · 10 min read · 100 claps #big-list-energy #family #humor

Cool Stuff My Family Did That Other Folks May Think Was Bonkers

SPR

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer

Luck in curiosity, big things, and small ways

Change and adversity can make me give up. Or . . it can motivate me to find new adventures, new friends, and new happiness.

Jun 04, 2026 · 6 min read · 100 claps paywalled #curiosity #life-jouney #change

Luck in curiosity, big things, and small ways

SPT HUM

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer · Reflections and Realities

NY Knicks Or UFC Freedom 250? It’s Time To Make A Choice

Which you choose will make a difference, so choose wisely.

Jul 08, 2026 · 3 min read · 100 claps #reflections-and-realities #ny-knicks #donald-trump

NY Knicks Or UFC Freedom 250? It’s Time To Make A Choice

LIF MDA SPT

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer · Food Memories

Chef Boyardee, Cute Italian Boys, & Cacio e Pepe — My Pasta Memories

Pasta was at the center of many of my memories, in many different places

May 31, 2026 · 7 min read · 65 claps paywalled #food-memories #pasta #memories

Chef Boyardee, Cute Italian Boys, & Cacio e Pepe — My Pasta Memories

HUM LIF MDA

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer · Women Write

Shepherd’s Pie & An Easy-Bake Oven: A Daughter’s Recipe For Love

My Dad and I shared a love for two things: Shepherd’s Pie and Peanut Butter Cookies. I told him I loved him by making them for him.

Jul 13, 2026 · 7 min read · 54 claps paywalled #fathers #food #southern-culture

Shepherd’s Pie & An Easy-Bake Oven: A Daughter’s Recipe For Love

HUM GEN MDA

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer · Thought Thinkers

My Permanent Playlist — the Reflective Songs

Songs I’d gladly play on a loop forever and that provide a framework for who I am

Jun 10, 2026 · 8 min read · 51 claps #music #playlist #memories

My Permanent Playlist — the Reflective Songs

TCH SOC

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer

On the 250th

I was 11 for our 200th, I’m 61 for our 250th. Here’s what I want to say today.

Jul 04, 2026 · 2 min read · 51 claps #4th-of-july #usa #government

MDA AI

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer · Another Fucking Publication

June’s This or Fucking That — According to Rhetta

This represents my inaugural offering to AFP and let me tell you, I just can’t contain my excitement!

Jun 18, 2026 · 14 min read · 50 claps paywalled #anotherfuckingpublication #steve-uppendahl #humor

June’s This or Fucking That — According to Rhetta

MDA AI ECO

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer · Another Fucking Publication

Another Fucking Problem: Aunty Asshole Saves Golden Handcuffed

This girl needs help. She came to the right place.

Jun 25, 2026 · 4 min read · 50 claps paywalled #another-fucking-problem #stay-at-home-mom #working-moms

Another Fucking Problem: Aunty Asshole Saves Golden Handcuffed

ECO LIF

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer · EduCreate

Overcommunication is bad, right? Nope.

May 23, 2026 · 3 min read · 35 claps paywalled #communication #virtual-teams #leading-virtual-teams

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer

Virtual Meeting Etiquette: Some Surprising (and Not-So Surprising) Techniques

Manners matter in the virtual realm too!

May 14, 2026 · 8 min read · 0 claps paywalled #virtual-meetings #online-meeting-etiquette #leading-virtual-teams

Virtual Meeting Etiquette: Some Surprising (and Not-So Surprising) Techniques

GEN

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer

Avoid the Lame, Enjoy the Game: Virtual Team Activities Part Two

Examples of things that work and things that don’t.

May 16, 2026 · 6 min read · 0 claps paywalled #virtual-teams #leading-virtual-teams #virtual-team-games

Avoid the Lame, Enjoy the Game: Virtual Team Activities Part Two

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer

Virtual Meeting Etiquette: More Tips

“Politeness costs little and yields much.” — Traditional proverb

May 14, 2026 · 5 min read · 0 claps paywalled #virtual-teams #leading-virtual-teams #online-meeting-etiquette

ECO HUM SOC

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer

Target’s Holiday Policy and Emotional Labor: Ho Ho No! Part 2

In Part 2, we talk about how Target can make their “10–4” holiday policy work.

May 24, 2026 · 4 min read · 0 claps paywalled #emotional-labor #organizational-culture #leadership

ECO

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer

Why You Want Gen X Leading Your Virtual Teams

Virtual teams need leaders to make them great — Gen X is the generation to do it.

May 18, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #gen-x #virtual-teams #leading-virtual-teams

Why You Want Gen X Leading Your Virtual Teams

ECO

DR Dr. Rhetta Standifer

Why You Want Gen X Leading Your Virtual Teams

Virtual teams need leaders to make them great — Gen X is the generation to do it.

May 13, 2026 · 3 min read · 0 claps paywalled #leadership #gen-x #leading-virtual-teams