Julianna Margulies Taught Me To Be 40

My style-crush on Alicia Florrick showed me it’s time to dress…

Trusting Yourself

The making of the short film ‘Intuition’

Dirty Secrets of Family Life

There are two dirty little secrets no one bothered to share with me until now: marriage is hard work, and my kid will grow up and leave me. How did I not know these things!?

I love my husband. I would even say that I am in love with him. I like smelling…

I Loved New York 

How the holy grail of New York real estate ended my love affair with the city

My mom and dad fell in love in New York. Legend has it they met in a bar. He was on the prowl. She was out with a friend. He commented on how…

Words Are Like Water

Why you should watch your conversations, especially the ones about what you’re writing

Talking is a hydrant in the yard and writing is a faucet upstairs in the house. Opening the first takes the pressure off…

Where Have You Gone, Ani DiFranco? 

Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you

How Discovering Comedic Perspective Helped Me Survive 7th Grade Gym

by Megan Mostyn-Brown

My junior high had the brilliant idea to split up the hundred or so 7th and 8th graders in each gym period into six groups based on athletic ability. I…

On Drinking, Babies, and Boob Cancer

Or, the consolation of anxiety

Help Me

Two words I have a hard time saying, even in an emergency

In January 2006 I made the fateful decision to wear platform boots and get really drunk.

Very Grown-Up Thoughts About God

An extremely mature essay

I’ve been thinking about God lately. This is new for me.

Well, no, actually that’s not totally true. I grew up in a Catholic household and I went through a period—so common to…