It’s another week of Societal Armageddon in the media, with New York Magazine pontificating about the science of burnout and Time chiding us for obsessing over chemical weapons attacks and avian flu while chainsmoking unfiltered Camels and shoving triple bacon cheeseburgers down our gullets. These articles, intended to pull back another onion layer of our […]

“Stop it, asshole!”
It’s Thanksgiving dinner with Boyfriend’s family, and ten of us are enjoying post-meal narcosis at a makeshift dining table in his mother’s Upper West Side living room. Sitting opposite us are Boyfriend’s teenage cousins, B & D, who’ve taken their cue from the conversation lull and started pounding on each other.
“Shut up, […]

This week I’ll be co-writing a column for Jewcy Magazine. As the name rather glaringly suggests, it’s an online mag with an irreverent take on modern American Judaism, from Zionist porn stars to yoga-loving, Torah-reading Hipster dads. Full disclosure: I’m only half Jewish on my father’s side, and I went to a high school that […]

And so, dear readers, after the obligatory three-year stint bleeding cash through our tear ducts to pay for a cramped, leak-prone, sunlight-devoid 700-square-foot shit shack in Manhattan’s Central Village, the time has come to do what every urban zealot who dreams of in-house washer/dryers while gulping down twinges of yuppie guilt must one day do: […]

It’s a 90-degree morning on our last day in Vietnam, and I’m melting on a streetcorner in Ho Chi Minh’s tourist section. Desperate for shade, I duck into a lacquer shop and pretend to examine buffalo-horn hair clips and cobalt bowls while secretly watching the action outside. Next door is a cafe with a single […]

Today I’ll be guest writing a column for Salon. It’s a daily rundown of women’s issues in the media, with a few twists and opinions thrown in the mix. To check it out, go here (if you aren’t a Salon member, you’ll have to watch a short ad to get a free day pass - […]