Does Infidelity Mean the End of a Marriage? Not Necessarily
In 2010, I wrote an article for Vogue, recounting how, sixteen years into a happy and fulfilling marriage, I fell hard for another man. I was 47, just beginning to notice the effects of my ebbing...
View ArticleIn the Wake of the Daniel Murphy Controversy, Making a Case for Paternity Leave
Dishwashing, dog walking, trash removal, rug straightening, bookshelf dusting: The only rule of paternity leave is keep moving. It’s like working on a submarine. Except—obviously—in the delivery room....
View ArticleIt’s Harder Than Ever to Get Into an Ivy League School—But Is It Still as...
As if high school students didn’t have enough stress in their lives. It was recently reported that Stanford University only accepted five percent of applicants in this year’s round of admissions, a...
View ArticleWhy It’s Still Cool to Love the Spice Girls
Emma Stone’s undying love of the Spice Girls has resurfaced yet again. At an interview yesterday morning with a British radio show, the hosts surprised the actress by having Mel C (aka Sporty Spice)...
View ArticleWhen Disaster Strikes—One Woman’s Story of the Boston Marathon Bombing
If you had asked me a year ago from yesterday—the day before the devastating bombings at the Boston Marathon—about my career in homeland security and counterterrorism, I would have answered: “I’ve...
View ArticleCan Less Sex Make You More Productive?
In early 2010, I went more than four months without having sex. I was living in London at the time, and had become bored with my social scene. Every time I scanned the room at a party I had the same...
View ArticleRoughly 1 Person Every 10 Minutes Is Diagnosed with HIV in the U.S., so Why...
Last year, after meeting a guy at a party, I ended up back at his apartment in an all too familiar situation: Neither of us had any condoms. Under normal circumstances I would have told him to go out...
View ArticleThe Rise of the Photoshopped Selfie: What Does It Really Say About Us?
A few weeks back, Beyoncé Instagrammed a photo of herself on a waterfront golf course in a retro red bikini, generating a flurry of comments concerned with whether or not she had Photoshopped the gap...
View ArticleIs The Tattoo Becoming Passé? Two Women Weigh In On the Pros and Cons of Body...
Once relegated to the realm of counterculture, the tattoo has become a ubiquitous presence in the fashion industry of late. From Cara Delevingne’s “Made In England” foot stamp to Marc Jacobs’...
View ArticleIn This Digital Age, Where Have All the Love Letters Gone?
I want to talk about the death of love letters for a moment. Let’s trace my personal history. Notes passed in class or slipped in lockers, “S.W.A.K.” Dispatches from a foreign boyfriend I’d left...
View ArticleIn Memoriam: Maya Angelou, 1928–2014
The world lost Maya Angelou today. It was announced this morning that the poet and memoirist passed away at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, at the age of 86. Born on April 4, 1928, Angelou...
View ArticleParting (and Changing Your Facebook Status) Is Such Sweet Sorrow
When I was eighteen and flush with excitement over my newfound adult independence, I spontaneously married my best friend. This year marks our ten-year anniversary, and also our first significant...
View ArticleAn Alternative Father’s Day Gift Guide
Well, Dad, it’s Father’s Day again, and the retailers of America have some gifts in mind for you. Williams Sonoma thinks you might be in the market for monogrammed barbecue tools. Sharper Image is...
View ArticleMixed Signals: When Romantic Gestures Get Lost in Translation
Expand Photographed by Mark Peckmezian | Styled by Jessica dos Remedios Last week, at my friend’s birthday dinner in Brooklyn, her boyfriend stood up to perform a toast. Following his little speech,...
View ArticleThe 9 Emoji You Didn’t Know You Needed
On Monday, the Unicode Consortium announced it’s releasing 250 or so new emoji into the text messaging universe. Some of the items on its list seemed straight out of 1996: a fax machine, a floppy...
View ArticleShyness Is Nice (Except on Social Media)
Growing up, I was painfully shy. I don’t mean charmingly bashful. Well into my teenage years, I was truly terrified to speak in many group situations and visibly nervous and ill at ease if I did work...
View ArticleA Facebook Page of Our Own: Binders Full of Women Writers
A week ago Monday, I was invited to join a new Facebook group called Binders Full of Women Writers. This is a secret group, invisible to men and other outsiders, the name a nod to that hilariously...
View ArticleWhy James Rodríguez Is Our Favorite Soccer Player at the World Cup
Expand Photo: Rex USA “From what I have seen, he’s the best player in the World Cup,” declared Uruguayan coach Óscar Tabárez on Saturday, after his team lost 2-0 to Colombia’s undefeated team. Tabárez...
View ArticleWith This Ring: Are We Choosing “The One”
Expand Photographed by Mark Peckmezian | Styled by Jessica dos Remedios I’ve been dating my girlfriend for a year and a half now, and as tends to happen in serious relationships, I occasionally find...
View ArticleAre Tinder-Style Mobile Apps Left-Swiping Away Our Humanity?
Expand Photo: Felicity Sargent Do you remember the first time you were rejected? I do. It was spring and I was seven. I marched across the playground towards the object of my affection—a dead ringer...
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