Published inAtta Girl·PinnedMember-onlyUnsubtle Anti-Feminist Cautionary Lessons From My Childhood BooksBefore I had access to the first three waves of feminist literature, fictional plants and animals offered me antiquated warnings on growing up female. — Have you ever reviewed the messaging in a stack of books you read as a child to unpack the sense of doom you felt growing up in the eighties? My brain still pages through these long overdue check-outs from the library of how to be a girl. …Humor5 min readHumor5 min read
Nov 23Member-onlyBlack Friday as Opposite DayUn-buy what you’ve bought. Clear that clothes clutter! That notorious closet is still jammed and you still “have nothing to wear” and you think you can 30% off shop your way out of this problem?! This week? month? SEMI-YEAR? of Black Friday, run in the opposite direction. Let me tell…Clothes5 min readClothes5 min read
Oct 19Member-onlyImpromptu Spider SchoolYou can do it…again. Here’s why On my hike this morning I noticed just how many giant silvery webs graced the tree branches overhead. The kind that could easily leave you with a bulbous spider escaping across your neck. …Motivation2 min readMotivation2 min read
Oct 10Member-onlyThe Worst Person In The World Is A MovieSpoilers and rants ahead, no subtitles I’m a filmmaker — hey, let me pitch you a film! It will go on to great critical success and win best actress at Cannes!! I will call it “The Worst Person in the World.” First of all, you must know that I am…Movie Review4 min readMovie Review4 min read
May 3Member-onlyForget the House— Financial Achievements to Be Proud Of NowRemember when you still paid bank late fees? Buying the house, funding the wedding, paying for the kid, and joining a coveted urban country club — we Gen X and Millennials of one bedroom rentals and day jobs and scuffed Converse don’t know this life. We can sit around sad…Finance4 min readFinance4 min read
Jan 1Member-onlyGuide to Your Tarot Year Card Part ThreeThis is how you’ll glow up in 2023 If you haven’t already read my explanation of how to calculate your Tarot card for the year, check that out here. If you got a number between one and eleven, head back here. TWELVE: THE HANGED MAN You’re hanging by one foot upside down over water…Life4 min readLife4 min read
Jan 1Member-onlyGuide to Your Tarot Year Card Part TwoThis is how you’ll glow up in 2023 If you haven’t already read my explanation of how to calculate your Tarot card for the year, check that out here. The following could be expanded into a full-length book — on my to do list for years now — so take…Life5 min readLife5 min read
Jan 1Member-onlyGuide to Your Tarot Year Card Part OneFind out how to calculate yours for 2023 She’s January 1st and she won’t reveal all her year’s secrets from the jump but we sure can suss out the big theme ahead for you using our best buddies, the cards of the Tarot. I love a “card of the year”…Life3 min readLife3 min read
Dec 31, 2022Member-onlyI’m Going to Lose Eight With Ape Fruit and Cottage Sees!Toss your retro diet for this amazing new lifestyle plan app for 2023! Ever laugh uproariously at the ridiculous old-fashioned diets women used to put themselves on to tone up in the new year? It’s downright tragic that anyone would whittle away their days on Earth eating nothing but grapefruit…Satire4 min readSatire4 min read
Dec 29, 2022Member-onlyBest of the 100 Books I Read in 2022Telling the truth about our parents, talking galaxies, and tulle This past summer I assigned the high-achieving high school students I counsel the task of choosing and reading three books — fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and/or plays. …Books6 min readBooks6 min read