“Barracuda, Kosher”
At The Hairpin, Esther C. Werdiger’s story “The League of Ordinary Ladies: Keep them Googling” illustrates her sagas of winter in-bed working, the post office, and iphone google search history.Related...
View ArticleMother’s Day
“Back when my son was three I took him to Downtown Brooklyn. He pointed to a sign, and said ‘The – King’s – Store.’ I had no idea he could read.”Artists Jon Cotner and Claire Hamilton spoke with moms...
View ArticleBehind the Scenes of the Silver Screen
Anne Helen Petersen’s Scandals of Classic Hollywood column is consistently one of the best features at The Hairpin, even for those among us who have never heard of any of these actors because we barely...
View ArticleThanksgiving in Brooklyn
Feeling nostalgic for full bellies and tryptophan induced comas?Jon Cotner walked around Brooklyn and asked residents for their Thanksgiving food traditions. Turns out it’s not just turkey and...
View ArticleThe Truth About Scientology
I’ve always known that people were curious about the church, but I wish they’d take the time to understand a little more about why people join and what they get out of it, instead of just writing it...
View ArticleThree Ways of Looking at Sex and the City
In this week’s New Yorker, TV critic Emily Nussbaum grapples with the cultural legacy of Sex and the City:High-feminine instead of fetishistically masculine, glittery rather than gritty, and daring in...
View ArticleWhat’s a 5-Letter Word for “Sexism”?
Months ago, we blogged about a mind-blowing New Yorker story on the crazy world of high-level crossword puzzle competitions.For crossword coverage that isn’t multiple years old, check out this Hairpin...
View ArticleA Spooktacular Halloween Reading List
It’s Halloween, and the Hairpin’s Jia Tolentino has put together a frightfully good list of spooky books to read by the light of the jack-o-lantern.This list has it all: “futurist nightmare, teenage...
View Article“I Got My Birth Chart Read”
When asked about her decision to relocate to Bangkok, Jessica Mack, a women’s rights consultant hailing from the U.S.A. says, “In a nutshell, I’m in Bangkok because my life sort of fell apart…” After...
View ArticleFemale Comedians: On Laughter and Stigma
Some reviewers still draw a divide between the rules that apply to male comedians and their female counterparts, as seen in in Brian Lowry’s piece which criticizes Sarah Silverman for being “as dirty...
View ArticleOuting Literary Heroes
Ever wondered about the sexual orientation of classic novels protagonist?Without much effort, several many of the main characters in Fitzgerald’s masterpiece can be read as gay: the flamboyantly...
View ArticleClarifying Chivalry
“I am of the opinion that a major front of “the gender wars” could be won with a simple lesson in etymology. If we merely understood the actual meanings and histories that certain loaded words contain,...
View ArticleThis Woman Does Practice Santeria
If all you know about Santería is that it’s a line in that one Sublime song, you should check out this interview with Caridad, a Santería priestess, over at the Hairpin.Caridad explains the basics of...
View ArticleA Unique Way of Getting Down With Gertrude Stein
Rumpus assistant editor Lauren O’Neal interviews Michelle Sutherland about her opera/musical/self described “event” Gertrude Stein SAINTS over at the Hairpin. They talk about the role of men in the...
View ArticleThe Extraordinary Ladies In My Life
Disaster has always been my most loyal muse. Whenever I glued my hands together as a child; I took to my diary. Whenever the dog I’m dog-sitting jumps out of the car I’m driving (it only happened once,...
View ArticleWanna Go To A Pity Party?
Rumpus Funny Women editor Elissa Bassist is having a pity party and you’re invited. Check you coats and your positive attitude at the door and enjoy…or you know… don’t.“I wrote down a few affirmations,...
View ArticleLost Words For A Spruce Tree
Over at The Hairpin, Isabelle Fraser interviews Ann Wroe, obituary writer for The Economist. Wroe has written obituaries for J.D. Salinger, Aaron Swartz, and the 25-year old carp that was “England’s...
View ArticleTexting with bell hooks
Ever find yourself in a risky situation where you are being asked to give your number to a not-so-awesome-but-also-frightening-and-possibly-aggressive person? Here’s your solution! Give out this number...
View ArticleDear Diary, A History
The diary novel is an understudied genre dating back to the Victorian era, often associated with young women, that includes (and sometimes combines) fiction and non-fiction. At The Hairpin, Johannah...
View ArticleDon’t Fear the Reaper
At The Hairpin, Caitlin Doughty, mortician and author of Smoke Gets in Your Eyes & Other Lessons from the Crematory, talks about death positivity, women in the funeral business, zombies, and why...
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