4 days agoMember-onlyVote SEX AND THE WINDY CITY for Best Musical!Chicago Reader’s “Best of Chicago” Awards open through… — Sex And The City1 min readSex And The City1 min readChicago ReaderVote SEX AND THE WINDY CITY for Best Musical!Chicago Reader’s “Best of Chicago” Awards open through…----
Dec 3, 2022Member-onlyNow Available: “Resistance is Fertile”Limited-edition chapbook benefits reproductive health — Resistance is Fertile was birthed within 24 hours following the leak of SCOTUS’ Roe reversal. Within six weeks, it was a sold-out variety show fundraiser at Chicago’s Den Theatre benefitting Midwest Access Project, featuring storytelling acts, music, sketches, and even burlesque. …Reproductive Rights2 min readReproductive Rights2 min read
Published in A Thousand Lives·Nov 15, 2022Member-onlyMicro-review: Defending AliceThere’s no defending the mishandling of others’ stories — Award-winning journalist and filmmaker Richard Stratton’s epic courtroom novel, based on the real-life 1925 Rhinelander v. Rhinelander case, examines the intersection of race and class when biracial, blue-collar Alice is accused of defrauding white, wealthy Leonard prior to their marriage. The story is mostly told through the lawyer’s perspective, with…Books2 min readBooks2 min read
Oct 31, 2022Member-onlySex and the Windy City Returns!SATC Musical Parody Reopens iO Theater in Chicago After a nearly sold-out run in June, the show that imagines, “What if Sex and the City, but Chicago?” is back and better than ever! We’ve got a new set, new songs, new gags, new cast and more! And what’s even better…Sex And The City1 min readSex And The City1 min read
Published in A Thousand Lives·Sep 24, 2022Member-onlyBook Bans? How About Book *Bands*??A banned books week playlist…sort of — It’s Banned Books Week, and these musical artists are temporarily changing their names (well, not really) to bring awareness to the most frequently challenged books. Would you listen to the following? Sum-451 The Alchemist Trio The Grapes of Wrath Against the Machine Ghostface To Killah Mockingbird The Lorde of the…Books2 min readBooks2 min read
May 23, 2022Member-onlyUpcoming Live Events in Chicago!A musical parody, fundraiser and more! — If you’re a fan of what I write and you live in the Midwest, you might like to know about a few upcoming projects of mine… Sex and the Windy City: An Unofficial Musical Parody June 10, 11, 17 & 18 at Davenport’s Piano Bar & Cabaret (Chicago) First is Sex and the Windy City — a SATC musical parody set in Chicago that I wrote and am producing. Yes, there are…Chicago2 min readChicago2 min read
Published in A Thousand Lives·May 3, 2022Member-onlyThe Motherhood Stories That Helped Me Accept Not Being a MotherThe collective anger of expecting women to mother the world — For a long time as I underwent fertility treatments, I couldn’t consume any media that focused on motherhood. I’ve slowly begun to re-engage with tales of parenting, and find they don’t hurt as much as before. There’s always a part of our society that wants to keep women squarely locked…Books4 min readBooks4 min read
Published in A Thousand Lives·Apr 19, 2022Member-onlyFinding Peace in Dystopian StoriesThe world may be falling apart but there’s a wake-up call to be found within the fear — It doesn’t take much these days to feel like we’re living at the end of the world. So while our empire crumbles, our planet grows increasingly warmer, and we carry on about our days like everything is fine, it can all start to feel a bit…disjointed. Dystopian media no longer…Books4 min readBooks4 min read
Mar 11, 2022Member-onlyEmily in Paris and Toxic Work Culture in AmericaEmily in Paris is a manifesto about toxic American work culture, disguised in couture. Hear me out. — I wrote about Emily in Paris and capitalism over at The Conjuncture. Check it out: I stopped watching season two of Emily in Paris after the first few episodes. “It’s dumb,” I told friends. After all, hadn’t we all eye rolled our way through the first season as Lily Collins…Capitalism2 min readCapitalism2 min read
Published in A Thousand Lives·Jan 28, 2022Member-onlyBook Review: Faith by Itoro BasseyHow we carry what we inherit — Faith, out this month from Malarkey Books, is a cross-generational story from Nigerian-American writer Itoro Bassey that looks at the reverberating effects of place, gender, and trauma on a family. The novel is told mainly through the eyes of Arit, who lives most of her life in America, but also…Book Review3 min readBook Review3 min read
