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I am struck by a particular thought: when people speak about their own sense of self, maybe we should believe them. When an individual reveals their motivati...

The Five: A Chapter Review Right from the start I want to be very clear that I am not writing a book review, but rather a chapter review of The Five: The Unt...

Joker came out on Friday, and I met a fellow fan for an 11pm show Thursday evening. I was certain of one thing: that I would feel strongly by the end. When t...

Yesterday I spent five hours under a tattoo needle, starting a large tattoo I almost talked myself out of getting. Clearly the problem isn't tattoos in gener...

I have feelings about The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. The first is that I love the show. I haven't yet indulged in the second season, but I watched the first thre...

I delivered my first lecture as an adjunct English professor on August 25, 2008. On December 7, 2017 I delivered my last, and left the classroom. At the time...

“I still make choices every day as a 41-year-old actress that I think of as self-protecting and wise,” writes Mayim Bialik in her October 13, 2017 op-ed in T...

There are none on my social media feeds arguing for understanding of hate speech and rallies, and so it is with some surprise that I read of contacts having ...

Early in the spring of 2017 I read an article about a Maryland tattoo artist offering free cover-ups of hate- and gang-related tattoos, shared by a Virginia ...

Clearly, I am invested in my appearance, and am cognizant of the performance I construct, so it struck me as critical in nature when a makeup artist said to ...

"Why do you care what people think of you?" This was the question that started a downward spiral. It came at the end of a long day socializing with friends, ...