Bachelorette party for a pre-wedding party, "hen party" was used in the United States as a general term for an all-female gathering, usually held at a hostess's residence. In 1897, "The Deseret News" noted that a hen party was a "time honored idea that tea and chitchats, gossip smart hats, constitute the necessary adjuncts to these particular gatherings". In 1940 Eleanor Roosevelt was described as hosting a Christmas-time hen party for cabinet wives and "ladies of the press". The bachelorette party is consciously modeled after the centuries-old bachelor's party, which is itself historically a black tie dinner given by the bridegroom, or
A Hen in the Wolf House May vs. May smackdown, but "A Hen in the Wolf House" maintained the strong forward momentum this season has had." In his positive review for Nerdist, Joseph McCabe said "This week’s episode of "S.H.I.E.L.D." does something that no other episode of the show has done — it kicks ass. I’ve found "S.H.I.E.L.D." interesting, funny, entertaining – and, in its first season, exasperating – but at no point in its run has it plastered a mile-wide grin on my face that lasted long after the end credits. The fact that this grin isn’t the result of one-liners or references to Marvel