In an ideal world, adults who work full time should take a few weeks off each year to take a break from the beat and …
VMAs of the Past and Present
The VMAs are usually an s-show: difficult to watch, but worth it because of all the tweetable moments. I spent a good portion of Sunday …
For My Daughter by Tina Lear
I missed out on feeling your handprints, sticky with doughnut frosting, on my face, on the face of my days. I missed out on being …
Fat by Caroline Rothstein
I am not fat. It took me twenty-two years to purge words onto a page the same way I purged my body into stomach ulcers, …
Things You Didn’t Realize by Kathryn Merwin
I. There was no one to kiss your mouthful of yeses, so you drank too much rum and slept in the tub. II. …
Trailer Thursday: How to Get Away with Murder
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbSl-SPyHtg From the creators who brought the world Scandal and Grey’s Anatomy comes the next show we’ll be obsessing over: How to Get Away with Murder. The show surrounds students at …
Doree Lewak of the New York Post Says ‘Catcalls Are Flattering! Deal with It’ — I Say ‘No’
I’ve been “catcalled” many times in my short life, and never once have I been flattered by it. Maybe I’ve been receiving them wrong? Maybe …
Actor Jesse Williams Challenges Journalists on the Treatment of Victim Mike Brown
In the days since 18-year-old Mike Brown was shot and killed by Ferguson police, the nation has been rocked by yet another instance of unnecessary …
Trailer Tuesday: Selfie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQqozmwlE00 Selfie is an update on the classic story My Fair Lady, following Eliza Dooley (Eliza Doolittle), a woman obsessed with social media fame in the …