Healing Arts: In Troubled Times, Artists & Galleries to Support
There is so much happening inside of me as I question everything in the wake of this election’s results, myself and my work included. I’ve been letting the anger that[…]
Category: Culture
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Events, Rallies and Parties for Change: A Nationwide List
As thousands of demonstrators across America react to the election of Donald Trump, many of us will continue to look for ways to effect change, protest and find solidarity, comfort[…]
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Wait! Before You Unfollow Everybody…
Maybe you’re sick of social media at this point. We get it. We’ve been unfollowing friends from high school left and right. It’s hard to navigate the need to stay engaged and[…]
Here’s Your Protest Playlist: 11 Songs to Fight the Power
One of the things we love about music is its power to tap straight into the emotions you need to feel and get out, the ones that defy words and[…]
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5 Things I Wish I’d Said to the Men Who Grabbed and Groped
It’s inevitable. Someone wrongs you, and then you think of the perfect response hours later. Here are some of the things I wish I had said to the numerous men who have[…]
Women in Midlife Share Memories of Sexual Assault
When we talked about doing an issue around sexual assault, there was a collective head nod. So many of us have experienced incidents in one form or another. Now in[…]
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Spared From Assault: Did My Mom Teach Me or Am I Just Lucky?
I don’t have a sexual assault story to tell. I wasn’t raped, attacked, groped by a stranger, pressured into sex, molested as a child. I did have a male camp[…]
We Can Be Friends Without Being Facebook Friends
At least once a week, I invariably have a conversation that goes like this: My friend: “Jamie is so annoying! She won’t stop posting pseudo-science articles about how coconuts cure[…]
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Welcome to the Smelliest Time of Year
I love fall. It’s my favorite season. And I know what I’m talking about: I grew up in New England and live in Upstate New York, which makes me a[…]
Boys Will Be Boys — If We Say So
When I was kid, I lived in a suburban neighborhood, down the street from a boy in my class. He was an athlete, crude and a bit rowdy — the kind of[…]
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Here’s to an AbFab Evening — And Bloody Good Mates
Every time I dabble in the “now” of fashion (which is usually a retread of the “then” of fashion) — gaucho pants, massive Jackie O’s, chartreuse tights, orange lipstick —[…]
10 Books To Have an Affair with This Summer
Choosing books that represent “Fling” is a challenge due to the word’s definition. A “fling,” after all, is “a short period of enjoyment or wild behavior.” Many novels about sexual[…]
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How Flying on a Trapeze Helped Me Defy My Age
I twist and turn my way up four sets of metal stairs. Breathless, I finally reach the roof. The sun hits my eyes, obscuring the blue sky momentarily. When my[…]
The 3 Things You Need to Be a Vanner
Our vacation home has four wheels. And no bathroom. It’s not all that nice to look at. There’s not a lot in the way of furniture. But we have had[…]
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Bad Street Food Nearly Killed Me Until Celine Dion Saved My Life
So this is how I die: assassination by brunch. Murder by poop. Wrung dry yet drenched in sweat. Alone. Cheek pressed against the cool tile floor. Whoever finds me won’t[…]
Arianna Huffington, a Cyborg and a Bag of Chia Seeds: Or, How I Spent a Perfect Sunday in a Painfully Long Mattress Ad
April 17, 2016 was one of the finest New York Sundays in recorded history. A Sunday so glorious it could’ve actually been God’s very own birthday. The real-life manifestation of “A[…]
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Sleeping Your Way Around The World — No, Really
I used to think traveling for work would be an amazing benefit, collecting miles and points for my personal use later on. While living in San Francisco, I even took[…]
How Prince Brought Unlikely Music Fans Together – and Turned Us Purple
The world turned purple when Prince died. Civic buildings and bridges in his Minneapolis home town and around the world were awash in his signature color. On Saturday night, heading[…]
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I Rarely Play Any Prince Songs. So Why Am I Crying?
The day of Prince’s death, I, like you and everyone you know, was distraught. For hours, my despair was haughty and demonstrative. But late last Thursday night, there was a[…]
What’s Inside That Vault at Paisley Park?
In 2006, I walked through the front door of Paisley Park for arguably one of the un-coolest reasons ever: as a member of a team filming self-help videos for AOL.[…]
