It’s Mother’s Day and I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the women in my life who have held me above water. Female to female friendship has been so moving for me. The feminine aspects of all of our selves is worth celebrating. There are females that brag about not getting along with other women. […]
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A bad good girl’s first tattoo
Following is the story I told tonight at Speak Easy, a monthly storytellers event at Wild Goose Creative. The prompt was “Don’t Tell Mom.” Sorry in advance to anyone who would like to still think of me as a little girl. Sorry especially to Ma. ________________________________________ As an adolescent, the most pressing things you want […]
A feminist case for masculine overconfidence
The Atlantic magazine ran a cover story on its May issue about the Confidence Gap between professional men and women. Written by international news anchors Katty Kay and Claire Shipman, the article is a synopsis of their new book that posits that professional women don’t believe in themselves enough and men believe in themselves too […]
Alternative Fashion Week’s keychains
I got a nice little surprise this week from my badass friends behind the Columbus Alternative Fashion Week, an event in its inaugural year that celebrates and promotes independent fashion designers of Columbus. (The big finale runway showcase of those designers is this Friday. Get there.) The team designed this keychain with the words “Columbus […]
My Name is Eva
An article in the February 2014 issue of National Geographic inspired this flash piece. The brief was written by a cultural anthropologist named Jason De Leon whose team “studies what happens to undocumented migrants crossing the border from Mexico to the U.S. Many don’t make it. So the archaeology and anthropology we do are often […]
How to be effective when other people suck
Following, my brief but effective suggestions for what to do when nasty people cross your path without becoming one yourself. 1) Vice for four days. Sleep all day, drink until you puke, smoke cigarettes like a widowed cat lady at Bingo–indulge in whatever self-pain inflicting weakness you need to that makes you feel like the […]
Straight White Men and the rest of US
The play premiering at The Wexner Center for the Arts this week (April 10-13) is called “STRAIGHT WHITE MEN,” but, by the time the curtain closes, its writer and director, Young Jean Lee, hopes you know it has little to do with that once uber-privileged segment of the ‘Merican populace. “It’s sympathetic but critical,” the […]
About that dying dad and pre-teen daughter mock wedding story
I’m referring to this story about a father, who is dying of pancreatic cancer; he composed an entire mock wedding ceremony in order to walk his 11-year-old daughter down the aisle before he died. The love here, obviously, is heartwarming, and the sentiment behind wanting to give his daughter an everlasting memory built on love […]
Disney World’s Greatest Lesson for Adults
I have family in Orlando and my Ohio family regularly visits the Sunshine State. Disney World is our playground of choice. We love the Mouse’s house, offensively overpriced hot dogs and cucumber salads be damned. I have been to Disney World as an adult four or five times. I only went as a kid once, […]
Fly me to the nuthouse
Airports are so glamorous! So much life; so many people watching people, which is really the root of all glamour. You must think of the airport this way or else you become a raging, blithering wreck– not a sustainable way to present oneself to the TSA guards. If unprepared, your airport experience can highlight all […]