“Bachelorette” tells the story of a group of high school friends who all come together for a wedding in Manhattan. Add a ton of cocaine, an abortion subplot, a suicide attempt and an extensive amount of cursing, and let the joke-filled fun times begin! The movie’s mash of darkness and comedy makes it difficult to […]
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‘Sometimes you just gotta put your balls on the table’
So I’m not exactly an imposing business figure. I’m 5’3″, look younger than my 37 years (thank God black don’t crack), have dreads and a nose ring, and I’ve inherited my mother’s frequent smile. In short, I’m apparently easy to underestimate and even easier to condescend to. I say apparently because it keeps […]
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Don’t Marry Her!
Dear Vered, When my good friend started dating a new lady, I was immediately put off by how standoffish and wrong for my friend she was, but I wasn’t worried because I figured she was a fling. My friend is an amazing person, and I figured she was just testing the dating waters with this […]
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Is there any way to talk about my choices without dumping on yours?
I was totally on board with this post, until I got to this line: There are some parents who can do all of this. They are those superhumans who can also knit clothes for their baby and pump gallons of milk from their own body. I envy them (and despise them!). Blogger Rachel Engel writes […]
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Bitchin’
Confession: I, in the presence of a man, called another woman a bitch the other day. I didn’t say it to her face, and he certainly isn’t going to tell her I said it, but I’m having mixed feelings about it. As the feminist editor of this-here feminist magazine, it feels wrong to use the […]
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My baby’s poop made me cry
Oh, milestones. You know, the first time your baby rolls over. The first smile, first laugh. Their first solid poop. That’s the one that got me. Hit me right in the gut. I flushed his little turd down the toilet and cried. I want Teddy to grow up, to become more independent. I don’t want […]
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Cat Power’s ‘Sun’ a beautiful wreck
Cat Power—Sun (Matador) I have seen Cat Power—Chan Marshall—each and every opportunity I get, and every time, she’s a complete mess. Guitar strings break. She begins songs and stops midstream to start again maybe five to six times. Her voice wobbles and breaks. The natives get restless, and I feel an overwhelming sense of humiliation […]
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A review of The xx’s ‘Coexist’ in haiku
The xx—Coexist (Young Turks) Your voice makes me want A Xanax and a whiskey Romy Madley Croft. Grab your Kleenex and listen to: “Angels,” “Sunset,” “Swept Away”
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Expert witness – from childfree by choice to motherhood
Last month, I read Pamela Paul’s piece in Vogue (crap, I can’t find it online to link to here. Sorry, everybody) about the politics of the right not to have children – namely the child free by choice movement and the patronizing hassle that women seeking sterilization face. I’ve been thinking about the piece a […]
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‘Premium Rush’ A Fun Bike Messenger Ride on the Silly Side
I can’t say I remember many of the characters’ names in “Premium Rush.” There’s Wiley, the lead (Joseph Gordon Levitt), and you can remember his name because the characters say it so often and keep making coyote references. Beyond that, it gets a bit challenging. I needed imdb. The basic plot is that an immigrant […]