Fashion Faux Pas for the 30-Something: Leopard Print
When it comes to clothes, I love a good print. Floral, plaid, tartan, polka-dots, quirky prints with cute little animals – I love ‘em to bits! The one print that I have never been too crazy about is leopard. It’s
Compassion for the Homeless: We Need New Solutions
One day when my daughter was a baby, I was walking around San Francisco’s Westfield shopping center with her in a baby carrier when we passed a man dozing on the rim of a large potted plant. He was older,
4 Reasons Why Instagram’s The Naked Diaries is Intrinsically Feminist
I recently discovered a rapidly flourishing Instagram account, @thenakeddiaries. Taken at face value, I suppose the name could mean any number of things. Upon further exploration, I discovered that it did, in fact, mean a number of different things to a
Dear Virgie: what’s the history of diet culture?
Dear Virgie, I saw you at the live recording of Call Your Girlfriend at the Jewish Community Center on Friday. You were awesome, by the way. The part where you were talking about the history of dieting and graham crackers was
Overcoming The Trauma of An Abortion
Three and a half years ago, I was a total wreck. After six months of constant sex, fighting and heartbreak, my boyfriend ASL had finally broken up with me. I had been clinging onto a toxic relationship for three months