grown-ass lady storytelling

Her Voice Will Always Be Here: Remembering My Friend Nancy

Published by Karen Gerwin

I scrolled through old text messages to find bits of audio. Here was my friend Nancy Falkow McBride speaking to me direct from Ireland, from her hospital bed. That...

January 21, 2020

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Issue: Sendoff, Issues, Loss

I Sent My Anxieties Downriver — On a Grapefruit

Published by Melissa Rayworth

A scene from the sacred Loy Krathong ceremony in Thailand A hand reached out of the darkness to give me the pomelo. The hand belonged to my 12-year-old son;...

January 14, 2020

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Issue: Sendoff, Issues, Spirituality

I Said Goodbye to Bad Romance

Published by Heather Graham

By Heather M. Graham I walked into my last relationship certain that I just wasn’t good at being with another person. Every relationship I’d had since I had 17...

January 7, 2020

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Dating, Issue: Sendoff, Issues, Love+

9 Books for a Better World

Published by Deesha Philyaw

Let’s face it: The ’10s have been quite the shitshow of a decade. Given the sad state of our democracy, extrajudicial police killings, and the reinvigoration of fascism and...

December 10, 2019

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Gifts, Issues

Useful and chic? Yes! 7 Great Gifts to Give

Published by Kim France

To my mind, the point of gifting is to give another person something that becomes indispensable to them, or very nearly so. To that end, I like finding attractive,...

December 3, 2019

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Gifts, Issues

Am I Bullied by the Past? Or Just by My Memories?

Published by Susan Goldberg

In the very early days of Facebook, back when people “poked” each other, I received two friend requests, both from women I’d originally met in Grade 8. Both sent...

November 12, 2019

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Issue: Amends, Relationships

Hit the Dirt: Digging My Way Out of Loneliness

Published by Kim ODonnel

I’m without a plan for what’s next, without a clue about this new town in which we’ve landed.

October 15, 2019

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Issue: Begin Again, Life Lessons

The Welcome Issue

Published by Sloane Davidson

Margit Note’s: We are so thrilled to have Sloane Davidson guest-curate TueNight’s Welcome issue. As the founder of Hello Neighbor, Sloane works tirelessly for the needs of refugee families,...

September 18, 2019

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Issue: Welcome, Margit's Note

TueNight Live: Photos From Our #DayofAction

Published by TueNight Crew

All photos by Neil Kramer On September 17, National Constitution and Citizenship Day, we gathered in Brooklyn for a truly impactful #DayofAction. With our friends from Feed Our Democracy,...

September 18, 2019

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Issue: Welcome, TueNight Events

The 5th Grade Mehndi Mishap

Published by Benish Shah

In the early 1990s, most people didn’t know what henna was, let alone the variation of the word “mehndi.” You see, Gwen Stefani had not happened at that time,...

September 17, 2019

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Cultcha, Family, Identity, Issue: Welcome

American Accent: Passing — and not Passing — as a Latina

Published by Carla Zanoni

(Carla and her parents. Photo courtesy of the author.) One of my favorite childhood memories is of me sitting with my mother on her bed, recording ourselves reading articles...

September 17, 2019

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Identity, Issue: Welcome

Make America Great Again: The Canadian Edition

Published by Cara Raich

When I was a kid, coming to “the States,” as we called it, was the shit. I mean, you guys had everything. I had never seen that many types...

September 17, 2019

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Issue: Welcome, Politics

Maid in the U.S.A.: The Invisible Helpers

Published by Penny Codrington

My mother was raised in a wealthy household in Guyana. Somewhere in my files, there is a clipping from the Guyana Chronicle, a photo of a pretty girl in...

September 17, 2019

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Why the United States Remains a Beacon of Hope

Published by Robin Alperstein

I have been working really hard the last couple of months. I’m an attorney in New York City and one case has really consumed me. It is a pro...

September 17, 2019

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While Writing a Book About Self Worth, I Had to Learn How to Practice It

Published by Carla Zanoni

Earlier this summer, after learning a writing teacher I wanted to study with in Cape Cod wasn’t available, I asked my literary coach and yoga instructor, Lisa Weinert, to...

September 3, 2019

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Issues, Mind, Self-Examination, Work + $$

One Cookie at a Time: Carrying the Weight of My Anxiety

Published by Lynn Hepburn

I’ve been anxious for most of my life. I can trace my anxiety back to age six, the year my parents officially separated. Back then, we called my dad...

August 13, 2019

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Health, Issues, Life Lessons, Mind, Stories, The Bod

Following the Black Line: How I Found Peace in the Pool

Published by Wendy Goldman Scherer

I was a competitive swimmer in my early teens. My coach, Paul, always had me swim backstroke even though I wanted to swim breaststroke. I was faster in breaststroke....

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Health, Issues, Sports & Outdoors, The Bod

A Porch of One’s Own: The Perils and Pleasures of Building My Happy Place

Published by Amy Barr

For 20 years I dreamed of a place where I could just “be” at my house: feel the breeze, watch the trees, hear the birds, avoid the bugs. In...

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Home, Issues, Stories

Block & Tackle: My Role in Redefining Sports Journalism

Published by Nancy Kruger Cohen

At a fancy Manhattan restaurant, over a very mid-90’s seared tuna salad, I make an impassioned pitch to be the creative director of a sports magazine. I tell the...

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Career, Issues, Work + $$

I’m Proud That I Never Had to “Come Out” to My Parents

Published by Heather Barmore

There is a photo of my friend Hannah taken during the Pride parade in Philadelphia. Her arms are raised to the heavens, the sunlight landing perfectly on her face....

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Family, Issues, Love+

TueNight 10: Carmen Rita Wong

Published by TueNight Crew

Age: 48 Quick bio: Carmen is a writer, speaker, and an investor and advisor to women-owned businesses. A former national television host, magazine advice columnist, and faculty professor at...

January 22, 2020

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TueNight 10: Julia Munemo

Published by TueNight Crew

Age: 45 Quick bio: Julia is a writer currently living in western Massachusetts. Fifteen years ago, a stack of pulp fiction written by her long-dead father landed on her...

January 15, 2020

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TueNight 10: Addie Tsai

Published by TueNight Crew

Addie celebrating her recent book publicationAge: 40 Quick bio: Addie is a queer, nonbinary artist and writer who teaches creative writing, English, humanities, and dance, at Houston Community College....

January 8, 2020

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TueNight 10: Mimi Hui

Published by TueNight Crew

Age: 46! Quick bio: Mimi is a Senior Director of Technical Products at WeWork San Francisco. She’s an avid (but extremely slow) watercolorist and is working on a selection...

December 18, 2019

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TueNight 10: Kenrya Rankin

Published by TueNight Crew

Age: 38 Quick Bio: Kenrya Rankin is an award-winning writer and editorial consultant. She hosts the literary erotica podcast “The Turn On,” and her latest project, How We Fight White...

December 11, 2019

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TueNight 10: Heather Frank

Published by TueNight Crew

Age: I am 60 and a proud perennial Quick bio: Heather Frank is a cabaret artist based in Washington, DC. Her most recent one-woman show was “Love in the...

December 4, 2019

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61% of Women Would Rather Talk About Their Own Deaths Than This Topic

Published by Diane di Costanzo

My trigger to stop being so secretive about money occurred in a Palm Springs hot tub, while my sister and I were parboiling ourselves under a clump of shaggily...

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Issue: Secret, Money, Work + $$

10 Ways to Keep From Retiring in a Cardboard Box

Published by Caitlin Kelly

I’ve never had access to a 401(k) plan — I’ve been working full-time freelance since 2006. I’ve always wanted to retire, no matter how anathema that sounds in workaholic...

February 21, 2017

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Money

How to Have the Money Talk with Your Parents

Published by Lauren Young

(Photo credit: Stocksy.com) Even if you began planning for your Golden Years at an early age, there is one thing about retirement that no one ever warns you about:...

February 21, 2017

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Money

How a Finance Pro Saves for Retirement After Leaving Her Job

Published by Bobbi Rebell Kaufman

As the author of How to be a Financial Grownup, I am the original Financial Grownup. Right after college, I got my Certificate in Financial Planning so I would...

February 21, 2017

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Money

9 Summer Shoes That Will Keep Your Feet in a State of Happy

Published by Margit Detweiler

Happy feet, it has been said, are the secret to a happy life. Or maybe I just said that. Anyway, as someone with a myriad of foot ailments, I...

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Fashion, Issues, Style

Lipstick Secrets: My Quest to Wear Parallel Red, Forever

Published by Alison Mazer

In 1986, during my first month of college at SUNY Purchase, I spotted a woman on campus wearing the most beautiful, fire-engine-red lipstick — and no other makeup. Just...

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Beauty, Issue: Secret, Style

The Magic of the Bitch and Swap

Published by Wendy Marston

Long ago in the 1990s, when I was a freelance magazine writer, I never had enough of anything — money, love, other people, and of course, clothing. I worked...

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Fashion

18 Seriously Comfortable Shoes for Spring and Summer

Published by Margit Detweiler

My shoe predicament has become even worse. About two springs ago, when I was on the hunt for the bestest, comfiest, maybe even cute-in-a-certain-light pair of shoes, I wrote...

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Style

I Let My Student Talk Me Into Botox

Published by Nicola Prentis

Dr. M wasn’t my doctor; he was my student. Normally at 10 a.m. on a Monday morning, we were in his office having English class. But today, I was...

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Beauty

How to Build the Perfect Bed

Published by Jody Jones

Photo courtesy Jody Jones Sleep, that elusive and temperamental beast. I’ve spent my adulthood seeking it like Godzilla hunts Mothra, or the way that perimenopausal women look for sleep....

February 7, 2017

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Style, The Bod

TueNight Live: Photos from “First Jobs” at The Wing

Published by TueNight Crew

All photos by Erika Hokanson. We worked Fashion Week, drove a Weinermobile, toured with RuPaul, sold chocolate chip cookies — and got more than we bargained for. These were...

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Issue: First Job, TueNight Events, Video

Now That I’m Over 40, I Cannot and I Will Not… (VIDEO)

Published by TueNight Crew

“Stop cursing like a sailor!” “Stop having adventures.” “Wear Spanx.” Hell to the yes, sister. We asked several women over 40 about the things they can’t stop/ won’t stop...

November 7, 2017

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