I have only been single for four years in New York but it seems like forty. So far in my dating escapades I’ve been stood up, watched as my dates have had meltdowns, broken out into tears, ramble on about an ex, tell me they want to date one of my friends, insult me to […]
If you are not a comedian, you may not have heard about a debate swirling like a tsunami of controversy all over the internet. Is it ever OK to tell a rape joke? Is it acceptable if the subject of the joke is the rape victim? This whole thing started about a year ago at […]
Apparently in Texas life is cheap, especially if you are Craig’s List escort. If you haven’t read about it yet, here are the facts. Ezkiel Gilbert shot Lenora Ivie Frago. Gilbert openly admits that he shot Frago because she wouldn’t have sex with him, and he wanted his $150 back. The injury initially left her […]
In some was I was lucky, the conditions of my divorce made my split extremely cauterized. When I discovered my ex-husband was gay, I wanted out of the marriage immediately. I saw no hope for reconciliation and had no desire to work anything out. We had no children so I didn’t see the point in keeping him […]
When my article “Dating After Divorce in a City of Sluts” exploded all over the internet I was strangely picked up by the humor website fark.com. I have no idea who really reads fark.com but most of the comments seemed written with a 14-year-old male perspective. I did have some supporters, but the majority of comments […]
The current court struggle against the Defense of Marriage Act in the US Supreme Court could help decide the fate of same-sex marriage in this country. If the federal government decides that limiting marriage to one man and one woman is unconstitutional, opportunities for same-sex marriage legislation could open up in states that have banned such unions. Any laws currently […]
I think I might be beginning to snap. Not actually have an emotional break down, I am healthier than I have been in years. I am just so tired of living in New York, but I love New York. My entire being has become conformed to this strange reality of subway commuting, 3 am […]
I have been meaning to write this one for months now. So please don’t anyone get concerned, I am doing fine. I just wanted to capture in a slightly different writing style than my usual. Also this is not in reference to any one specific person. This is a piece of fiction based on my […]
The first time it happened I was shopping with my mother in a discount department store. I felt a physical quality that was completely new to me. It was a fear, almost primal in nature that filled me with an uneasiness and mild panic. I was drifting in and out of the circular racks of […]
I have been debating if I should write about this. So many talented writers and great minds have weighed in so I thought everything that could have been said, has been said. Then I found out that one of the convicted Steubenville rapists was appealing his sentence based on the grounds that his mind is […]
