Around this time last year, Facebook came under fire for refusing to cut ties with billionaire vampire and Trump surrogate Peter Thiel, an early investor in the company and current member of its board. On the heels of the now-infamous “grab…

“You Can’t Sit with Us”: On the Perils of Mean-Girl Feminism

[Originally written in August 2014.]

It feels like a particularly exciting time to be following lady news, if only for the sheer volume of discussion taking place. As August came to a close, the world’s biggest pop star flaunted her…

The Myth of 20-Something Freedom

[I wrote this four years ago, in 2012, and just found it now. The references are a bit dated but the post-teen angst is forever ❤️ Tess]

For the past few years, I’ve been living out of boxes. Even now that I’ve found an apartment I actually like, I can’t quite bring…

I read Madeleine Albright’s op-ed in the Times this morning, in which she apologizes for using the phrase “There’s a special place in hell for women who don’t help each other” at a Clinton campaign event in NH, and I was…