When I lost my job, I tallied up the cost of my Drybar addiction. At first, I thought the blow had to go. But then I remembered! Buttercup, the yellow Drybar Blow Dryer! So, I brought her home. — Surprise! Now that I’ve whipped her out, I’ll lean back, close my eyes and put my head in your hands. Then you, my handsome husband, can wrap those strong fingers around this handle. Push that button and blow me out, Buttercup!

I was going to have E stand for: Exceptionalism, Emancipation, European, Equality, Equity, Evil, Eugenics, Etc. Etc. Etc. But, in the end, I found that everything I wanted to say came down to Excuses and Excusing. I put my E essay on hold. I’m glad I equivocated… Because today, I…

I didn’t think I would write D so quickly after C but as you can see — I did. That’s because there’s a shiny new object that is capturing the imagination — a distraction that people on all sides are obsessed with. Say hello to the word Defund. “Yay! Give…

Originally, C was for: Can’t Choose between Change, Complicit, Color, Centering, Confusion, Courage, Cops, Christian Cooper, Catch Up, Contract, Compromise, Corporate, Contradictory, Consequences, Catastrophic, Citizenship, Conflating, Caucasian, Casting, Civility, Circle, Circus, Citizen, Cansada, Community, Cowardice, Confront, Catharsis, Culmination, Commitment, Candor — a sea of C’s. And then I saw the…

An Alphabetized Series from Anti-Racism to Zero Tolerance. Written by a white Jewish woman for white people interested in learning and anyone interested in listening. Being Black. Just that can get you killed. That simple. Being Black invites profiling, street-crossing, tone-policing, hair-policing, brutal policing. This isn’t new. This isn’t accidental…

In 2016, I wrote an article for Ad Age titled Why The Ad Industry’s Diversity Strategy Needs A New Brief. Not too long after that, I stopped writing much for Ad Age or any other advertising publication for that matter. If you revisit my body of work, you will see…

Covid19 Alphabetized and in Rhyme. Well, we got to Z. I got Zero Zero Do you hear? Oh. Not a hero. Did you fear or Overthink my rhymes? And now, what a crime, to end the alphabet and yet have no end. And not even pretend, that I have other…

Yesterday. All my troubles seemed so far away. Now they look as though – Oh, woah. Hey, no. C’mon. Did you really forget all the bitching? Now you’re stitching together a romanticized lie Made of Beatles lyrics? Why? The only reason yesterday came to be Is because you said Yes…

Xenaphobic starts with X Why? Z is how it sounds. Was there a hex? Two sticks found Stacked, leaning, at angles. Mangled. Criss crossed. Was there a hex on the x until the x sound was lost? X marks the spot lets you know when you’re getting hot. Xray vision …