Published in Hello, Love·PinnedMember-onlyCompetitive Dog Rescue, a New York City Love StoryThis could only happen in New York. — Cutthroat as you may think New Yorker’s are, there’s one arena where their ambitions are at their most exaggerated. Dog adoption. When I landed there in 2007, fresh on the heels of divorce, I had no idea competitive dog rescue was a thing. And god help me if I ever…Dog Rescue6 min readDog Rescue6 min read
Published in Unpopular Opinions·PinnedMember-onlyThe Latest Bullshit Female Wellness Narrative Is Here — Thanks, Femtech!And this is how they’re selling it As someone who had two screws the size of my HAND drilled into my knee to “heal” a broken bone—and then spent two years trying to get it out and only prevailed thanks to a separate procedure—I am all about healthcare research that takes into account the needs of actual…Femtech6 min readFemtech6 min read
Published in An Injustice!·PinnedMember-onlyThe Cruelty Of Unwanted Children And Forced IncubationHow insulated must someone be to believe babies are being saved? — The Supreme Court is finally poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, the law that gave women the right to healthcare without undue governmental restriction. One of the Court’s the most widely-contested decisions, I’ve never understood the arguments. Just how is it that Republicans can love this particular governance—enforcing motherhood—and have…Culture5 min readCulture5 min read
PinnedMember-onlyThe Dinner That Changed My View Of AddictionAnd my friend had no idea. Dry January Addiction Chronicles, Part 1. My friend Mara and I were huddled over menus in an East Village Thai place barely wider than a doorway, deep in conversation about an ex of hers that pre-dated our friendship. She’d just returned from visiting him at a state-run hospital in New Jersey, where he’d been diagnosed with…Addiction8 min readAddiction8 min read
Published in The Memoirist·3 days agoMember-onlyGwyneth Paltrow Is Being Sued Over A Ski Accident And I Have FeelingsThere are rules when it comes to skiing. A lot of them are stupid. — My life changed on a Vancouver ski slope on the last day of 2019 after a snowboarder’s careless pass necessitated driving two palm-sized screws into my knee. I went from being a yoga teacher who rode her bike everywhere to finding child’s pose out of reach. In 2016, on a…Gwyneth Paltrow6 min readGwyneth Paltrow6 min read
Published in Black Bear·Mar 11Member-onlyNan Goldin’s New Documentary Reveals How We Got Into This Beautiful Terrible Mess Of AddictionAnd maybe how we’ll escape it, though the movie is about so much more than the opioid epidemic. But for the record, #$%! the Sacklers — 1981-1986. The Age Preceding Recovery. We were like a Wes Andersen cast before Wes Andersen was a thing. We were clove cigarettes and rubber bracelets and safety pins in our ears. Pointy-toed boots and thrift-store dresses. Arch haircuts and colors we gave each other.Oscars 20235 min readOscars 20235 min read
Published in An Injustice!·Mar 7Member-onlyDon Lemon’s Sexist Comments Remind Me How the Pandemic Turned Us Into A Conservative’s Wet DreamWhen unapologetic feminist Amy Schumer started a cooking show, I wondered. Had we entered The Age of Apocalypse Housewifery? Then came Don Lemon, just in time for Women’s History Month. — We all saw it happen. The pandemic came, and in the name of freedom, a vast swath of conservatives wanted to rip off their masks and pooh-pooh vaccines. Of course that desire was not strictly among conservatives, and #notallconservatives, but generally speaking, if such protestors voted at all, they most…Womens History Month6 min readWomens History Month6 min read
Published in Better Humans·Feb 18Member-onlyHow Your Inner Storyteller Shapes Your Life, The ScienceIf You Don’t Tell Your Story, Someone Else Will Tell It For You — As a born skeptic raised in wellness culture — my parents owned a gym and I loved nothing more than poking holes in the MLM Herbalife of it all—I never have been able to dismiss all things woo. Yes, meditation can be de-stressing. Yoga is therapeutic. And our thoughts have…Psychology4 min readPsychology4 min read
Published in Age of Empathy·Jan 31Member-onlyThat Time I Got Locked in the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s AshramSearching for the meaning of life in Northern India’s Rishikesh — Life Lessons8 min readLife Lessons8 min read
Published in An Injustice!·Jan 23Member-onlyRon DeSantis Is Coming For Your Child’s EducationAnd it’s working — If you follow my writing here, you may have noticed I haven’t been writing about politics. This isn’t because there’s nothing to say about the shitshow that is our current political landscape, but because during the holiday season, my schedule goes berserk. When I have time to sit and write…Culture5 min readCulture5 min read
