The Hubba Hubba Girls: When Girlfriends Save Your Life
When I was nine-years old my mom went through a debilitating divorce from my stepdad and I moved in, permanently it would turn out, with
Category: Women
How to Avoid Date Rape in 9 Steps: From Personal Experience
“The thing about being murdered,” writes William Langewiesche in this May’s issue of Vanity Fair, “it usually comes as a surprise.” The Same Can Be
What Do Veterans and Stay-At-Home Moms Have in Common?
If you haven’t read Sebastion Junger’s latest piece in Vanity Fair, The Never-Ending War: The Bonds of Battle, you must.
My Life as an Assassin
I didn’t realize when I woke up this morning, there was a price on my head. I rolled out of bed, after the kids
The Breast Expert With Vertigo (Finding the Right Bra!)
Intimacy with strangers just happens to me. There was the gentleman confessor of an adulterous liaison on the flight back from Boulder and now
10 Signs a Peri-Menopausal Woman Needs her Meds
ALERT! ALERT! ALL PERI-MENOPAUSAL WOMEN BEWARE: In case you were thinking of accidentally forgetting to renew your antidepressants, and weren’t concerned about missing a
My Antidepressant Withdrawal in “Literary Quotes”
7 a.m. Without my antidepressants, I wake and think: “I am born.” — (Charles Dickens, David Copperfield) I feel fine and fresh and new. I
They Found A Lump In My Breast
It’s the moment every woman dreads. You’re lying flat on your back, your feet in stirrups and a doctor lady with cold fingers kneads
10 Things I did to Prepare for my 30th High School Reunion (Before and After Photos)
This is what I did to prepare for my 30th high school reunion: 1. Over-indulge in wine coolers and nervous carbohydrate eating. 2. Gain
Why I Didn’t Want to go to my 30th High School Reunion
In considering the usual psychological tropes for why alumni don’t attend their high school reunions my research has come to this: He feels too
I Didn’t Let That Little Bitch Beat Me
(Warning: This post is inspired by that foul-mouthed Delta Gamma who threatened to “C&nt Punt” her sisters if they didn’t shape up. Turn away if
My Interview on “Raising America with Kyra Phillips” on Date Rape
I know three women whose first sexual experience was date rape. Two of them were in high school at the time, and the last
Accepting The Fact That Women Are Prey Can Empower Us
A few weeks ago, I talked with Neal Conan on NPR’s Talk of The Nation about my experience as the victim of an attempted date rape in 1986.
My Browlift Before and After
Plastic Surgery Confessions It makes me crazy when celebrities over-45 attribute their youthful looks to “drinking lots of water.” Or that old chestnut, “I’ve
Five Things I Love Today
I’ve been content for three days in a row. Well, I had one little shard of jealousy poke me. As I watched Girls last night and Lena
When Victims of Dating Abuse Are Too Scared to Tell
This week I’m focusing on teen dating abuse. Yesterday I wrote about a former classmate who was murdered by her boyfriend after she broke
When ‘Love’ Kills: Teen Dating Abuse & Intimate Partner Violence
I’ve been planning my 30th high school reunion, searching high and low for class of 1983 graduates. This has brought up a lot of
The Single Woman Christmas Letter
This was my last Christmas letter as a single woman, clinging by a very thin thread to the fabric of sanity. January Love: Boyfriend
My Adventures in Fat Freezing
Writing my blog exposes where I am in my psychological evolution on any given day. And writing at the speed of sound isn’t wise.
Sleeping With Women
Not since college have I slept four women in a room, two to a bed. And usually that was under the influence of Thunderbird and
What I Know About Sisters, Now That I’m In My 40s
Here’s What I Know About Sisters in my 47th Year: The Truth will set you free. I’ve been jealous of my younger sister,
My Encounter With A Never Nude at MomsLa
I occasionally post at a fabulous website called MomsLa. However I didn’t realize how repressed some of their members are. I am trying
She Deserved To Be Judged!
Hey Pot, You Calling the Kettle Black? I went shoe shopping with my friend code-name Tango 5-6. She wanted a pair of 200$ Mephistos.
Felled By The Flu
Sick. Fluey, coldish, hacky. Blech. This is really getting in the way of my world domination. How am I supposed to pillage, flank, conquer,
I’m a German Cleaner
I’m one quarter German This makes it hard for me to allow too much shmutz to gather in my home. I’m a German Cleaner
