Over the last five years or so, I became a woman who shops like a man. I have a list, I go into a store, make a purchase (or not), and leave. No more endless comparison shopping, no more monitoring ma...Read More >
My work: Running a spectacular university.
My favorite possession: Pocket watch given by my great-grandfather to my great aunt in 1917—just passed it on to my youngest daughter.
I’m th...Read More >
For the men of Red Model Management in New York City, making it as a high fashion model is not just a dream, it’s a struggle. Art knows the challenge of splitting his time between his Virginia B...Read More >
“I’m a Feminist Because…
“…of my daughter, Sophie Wheeler. When she was born eleven years ago, my heart and mind opened in ways I couldn’t imagine. My pri...Read More >
Every Thursday afternoon, you could find Hazel and Violet Edwards, single sisters in their 50s, sitting in Dr. MacDonald’s small downtown office. Once a week, the optometrist traveled from a ...Read More >
Writing a romance novel can be hard.
Very hard.
Not actually hard like a slow, throbbing, erect dragon waiting to release its masculine fire inside you, but hard like difficult.
This is espec...Read More >
Back in college, I lived on a steady diet of frozen yogurt, falafel, and Simone de Beauvoir. She was my heroine, and her book The Second Sex was my Bible. I also read Germaine Greer and many obscure F...Read More >
By the ripe age of 21, every woman should be able to undo their own bra. As young girls fumbling our way through puberty, we are handed down an age-old technique for bra removal. This little behind...Read More >
In 1965, Dominican diplomat, race car driver, and general man about town Porfirio Rubirosa married his fifth wife, French actress Odile Rodin. He was a young 56. She was a mature 19. When interviewi...Read More >
Ok. I just read a book about a young girl whose father wants her to marry. He selects several suitors for her to choose from. She comes up with a brilliant idea to make a rug and weave a riddle into i...Read More >
Atlast, Oscar Night gets it.
For me, this yearly ritual is met with the usual mix of excitement (love the fashion, makeup and hair), disappointment (favorite stars and films don’t get acknowledge...Read More >
This past summer was a hustle...in so many ways. In the nation and in the world, the olympics, an impending election and business, somewhat tepid, had me and my sacred circle of friends in a fluster....Read More >
Times are CRAZY! Times are TOUGH! So the TOUGH GET GOING! Let’s go girls!
I know that businesses are closing and people are losing thier jobs and I just want to tell you all that YOU...Read More >