The thing that strikes me most after having viewed Lena Dunham’s much touted new HBO Series Girls is: we’ve done it again, we’ve overhauled feminism and sexual revolution and general freedoms to produce the opposite of whatever we intended: an age that is disconnected and immobilized.
Let me say upfront, I applaud Lena Dunham’s accomplishment in writing, producing and starring in her own show. No easy feat....
Just when you think you’ve got Tiffany & Co’s Table Manners for Teenagers committed deep to the Inception vault of your mind, you get a thumped on the head by your sushi chef. For those who don’t know, sushi bars are like water along Ventura Boulevard, as common as traffic light. If you live in L.A., chances are you frequent a few.
My husband and...
I was at a kid’s party and Teenage Dream came on the Sirius XM pop station. Surveying the room, the seven years olds were singing let you put your hands on me in my skin-tight jeans as free and easy as the Spongebob Squarepants theme. One of the mom’s was outraged by the overt sexual nature of the lyrics. “This...
I can't tell you how many times a week I say did you go to the bathroom? before I leave the house with my child. Not because my daughter is incapable of monitoring her bodiliy functions, but because public restrooms are, in general, disgusting. So much, in fact, that I'm shocked when I come across one where there's an unclogged seat,...
I miss seeing movies. As a child, I was the wierd one who stayed in the house on Saturday mornings watching back-to-back black and whites on the local TV stations, by the era of the big box office, I was compelled to see each blockbuster. Comedy, sci-fi, epics, anything with a decent story. Later, it became my business to see everything...
With the conviction of former Rutgers University student Dharun Ravi this past Friday on all 15 charges he had faced for using a webcam to spy on his roommate Tyler Clementi having sex with another man, this descision not only helps to broaden the definition of hate crimes in an era when laws have not...
‘Tis the Daylight Savings Time of year of spring breaks, and yes, for the Jewish communities -the Purim Carnival. Purim is the annual reading of the book of Esther, commonly known as the Megillah. During this time, Jews are ”commanded” to eat, drink and be merry, which can include evening festivities and costume parades.**
For those who are not part of the “tribe” or who have never attended a Purim carnival —...
I’ve suffered years of whining from my tortured seven year old. ”It hurts,” she screams everytime I brush her hair. I’ve bought expensive adult shampoos, conditioners and detanglers without success. Since the day she was born with her full head of dark waves, she shrinks at the sight of a comb.
If you knew my history with hair, you’d genuinely feel for me. Having grown...
Damn Oprah and her helpful magazine staring at me from my chaise, beckoning me with “De-Clutter Your Life” splashed across a hot pink ribbon below her masthead. Sure. Add the guilt of my junk drawer to the list of my crimes, like that extra 10 pounds weighing down my less-than-Sports Illustrated-model butt.
I don’t know which periodical helps to make me more neurotic....
I love living in L.A. but miss the seasonal metamorphis. Each year seems to roll into the other without imprinting any discernable sense-memory. I can recall the winter of ’90 but not the summer of ’96, or much since. Recounting a decade is like sifting through snapshots of hairstyle changes and evolving musical tastes — without your sinuses contracting...
