Embed from Getty Images I wouldn't shake that hand! Who knows where it's been? The news world is all aflutter: Donald Trump was heard on tape saying vile and disgusting things about women! Ratings galore! Pundits never-ending! The left is all excited: this is it! This will be the Continue Reading
How Not to be “That Person” in Your Co-Working Space
WeWork. NeueHouse, Grind, The Yard. If you're a small business or start up owner, chances are you are either already in one of these hip or pseudo-hip shared office environments, or thinking of joining one. Want free beer? There's a co-working space for that. Want foosball tables? Check. Want Continue Reading
Bruce Jenner: I Didn’t think he Deserved My Respect, but Now I Do
Update: As I type this, I am watching the second hour of Diane Sawyer's interview with Bruce Jenner. And all I can think is: figures. Figures Nicolas Kristof was right, he usually is. Though I still hold that Kristof couldn't have KNOWN he was right when he wrote his piece in the NY Times about Continue Reading
In Defense of Matt Lauer
Yesterday's keruffle over Matt Lauer's dubious line of questioning with Mary Barra, the first female CEO of automotive giant GM, on the Today Show gave Lauer haters new fuel. (In a nutshell, he asked Barra if she thought she could be both a good CEO and a good Mom. You know, just like he always Continue Reading
Forget Football: Go Drama Geeks!
One Mom's rant against the deification of sports. Raise your hand if you think the best thing about this past weekend’s Super Bowl was Bruno Mars. Now raise your hand if your school has pep rallies, cheer leaders, and neighborhood celebrations for the school band, or the drama club, or the Continue Reading
Why I Didn’t Like How Glee Said #FarewellFinn
First, let me be clear: I am saddened by the death of Cory Monteith. I feel for his family, for his friends, cast-mates, and of course his girlfriend, Lea Michelle. I think it's sad any time a young person dies unnecessarily. And it's especially sad when that person had so much talent, and Continue Reading
WeinerSpitzle
Hello, my name is Ashley, and I'll be your server this evening. This summer, our chef has a season long special: WeinerSpitzle. WeinerSpitzle is an only in NY combination of hubris, stupidity, perversion, and blatant disregard for the law. We take a little bit of working class Continue Reading
The Hypocrisy of Hating the new Merida
In world where more than 80% of ten year old girls admit to having been on a diet, it behooves us to pay attention to the messages we send little girls about their bodies. So it is not without much thought and consideration that I say that I find the hysteria over Disney's new iteration of their Continue Reading
Social Media, Sexual Assault, and Today’s Teens and Tweens
That social media and sex are intertwined is no surprise. What is surprising is how social media has become a weapon in sexual assaults of kids, tweens, and teens. In Steubenville, Ohio, and in Torrington CT, and who knows how many other unreported places, social media is being used both during and Continue Reading
Proud to be a Digital Housewife
Sheryl Sandberg wants us to Lean In. Marissa Meyer wants us to come in (to the office, that is.). New York Magazine wants to reignite the Mommy Wars by re-branding them as being between those who lean out and those who lean in. But the truth is, the distinction between leaning out or in, working Continue Reading