And Just Like That—we’re bringing the same beauty standards to aging that made the first half of life hellish — In the awkward opening of HBO’s Sex And The City reboot, And Just Like That, Samantha’s absence is explained as a new job in London. The woman who asked after her, Bitsy, is pleased to hear it. “Sexy sirens are still viable in their sixties over there!” I have a…

And their latest gimmick is gaining traction. In a renewed attempt to steal hearts and minds, anti-choice zealots are grasping at idealogical straws to sway the undecideds. Nature will do. Citing protections for endangered species, Montana’s Steve Daines claimed that our country grants more rights to unborn sea turtles than to human fetuses. Let’s break down…

How 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…

And 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…

What can we learn from Will Smith’s apology to Chris Rock? — It’s always possible to look around and think, The world is a complete dumpster fire right now. As if two minutes ago it wasn’t, or there is a future time when the show will be over. It’s all true. And it’s also all a lie. It’s a matter of focus. …

Trump trumps his own personal low Shocked as I was by Don Jr.’s savagely inappropriate eulogy for his mother, Don Sr. outdid my low expectations when it was revealed that his ex-wife’s burial was part of a tax avoidance land development scheme. There are 284 lots for sale to the public at his Bedminster…

The AutoRecovery mystery solved in one easy-to-follow fix. — As a freelancer, I am my own tech support. Which is one way of saying I can’t tell you how this works in other circumstances, like if you have a PC. What I do know is that piecing this solution was far more convoluted than it had to be, but…

Is now really the time to erase one’s identity in a public way? — When Jenny from the Block told subscribers via her newsletter that she was now Mrs. Jennifer Lynn Affleck, I was astonished. Momentarily. The fact is, her announcement reflects a verifiable trend. Not since the 1970s — when many state laws required a woman use her husband’s surname to vote, do…

Or, how the world’s most dysfunctional family hosts a funeral. — Just when you thought the Trumps could not get any weirder, they surprise you! Six days after falling down the stairs at her New York City apartment, Ivana Trump’s funeral was held at St. Vincent Ferrer Catholic Church on New York City’s Upper East Side. By all reports, the service…