Hannah Gadsby is an art historian. She is openly gay. She is a rape survivor, a victim of a hate crime assault, and a daughter with a renewed relationship with her mother. Many people are some of these things. But no one is all of these things. And no one is as deft at using …
The left and the right have long accused each other of hypocrisy, disrespect and a lack of patriotism. And both sides are correct, according to their own ascribed values. When Robert De Niro introduced Bruce Springsteen at the Tony Awards this week he could have used his fame for good. But instead he used a …
Much ado is being made about the supposedly uncharted “grey area” between harmless flirting and nefarious and intentional sexual harassment. As though it were all so clear before Harvey Weinstein? This apparently unnavigable territory is basically the spontaneous consternation of well-meaning dudes who woke up in October, in the throes of the Weinstein revelation after …
The Paseo Santa Lucia is an urban revitalization project come to life in Monterrey, Mexico – a river walk stretching some two miles between the Parque Fundidora to the sprawling Macro Plaza downtown. Tree-lined and flanked by restaurants, apartments, offices, green spaces, outdoor gyms, shops, museums and a massive convention center, it is a city …
There is too thin a line between Ann Patchett and Ann Patchett’s heroine in State of Wonder. As the term “cultural appropriation” itself is increasingly (and distractingly) appropriated by the self-appointed justice crusaders that dilute the very equality they’re promulgating it can be a difficult topic to take seriously, one that is consistently marginalized by …
As the #metoo momentum continues to expose more rot, the magnitude of just one man’s deviance is almost incomprehensible. The latest sexual predator to be publicly condemned for his private crimes is sports doctor Larry Nassar. At his sentencing hearing 156 women shared their victim impact statements. Let me say that again. One hundred and …
I fear we will never agree on a solution because we can’t even agree on what the problem is. What is the root cause of American mass shootings? If you post that question on facebook you’ll never stop getting answers. Guns. People. Mental health crisis. School bullying. Entitled millenials raised by pumpkin spice latte sipping …
While our two-dimensional lives often encroach on the fullness of our three-dimensional real lives, they can also enhance them. And sometimes they even offer us the most serendipitous gifts of unexpected knowledge or experience. The internet is like many things in that its power and its value is in how you use it. And so …
“Is there a way back for them, Bryan?” A certain Will Gompertz, apparently well known, asked Bryan Cranston if Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey could ever return to their respective reigns. There was a heartfelt urgency in his voice. This was during an interview on November 13th, 2017. Many more kingdoms were to crumble after …
The title read, “Want to Stop Sexgate 2017? Stop Feminism”. Do I want to drink from this firehose? We often ask ourselves from the burning wreckage of political posts we navigate from friends, colleagues, distant relatives and relative strangers. A very Catholic cousin of mine, whom I haven’t seen since our Grandma’s funeral mass exactly twenty-five …