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What I’m Consuming: Women on Screen, Part II

Continuing on from Part I, I give you: Good Girls Revolt In the Amazon series Good Girls Revolt, it’s 1969 and News of the Week only runs bylines with men’s names. The media is all about guys like Doug and Randy and Sam. … Continue reading

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What I’m Consuming: Women on Screen, Part I

It’s time for another What I’m Consuming. This is a two-part deal focusing on a recent film and TV show. I dedicate this series to Hillary Clinton.   For Part I, let’s talk about “Ghostbusters: Answer the Call” This remake … Continue reading

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What I’m Consuming: Rosé wine

Reading is fun, but so is drinking wine. So to mix up my What I’m Consuming series, I’m going to talk about rosé. According to a wine expert I just interviewed for an article, rosé is a great go-to wine for summer. … Continue reading

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What I’m Consuming: Home Fires Burning by Karen Houppert

It seems fitting to finish Home Fires Burning: Married to the Military–for Better or Worse on Memorial Day.  And that’s what I did. Considering my last What I’m Consuming post* was a while ago, I’m also due for another one. … Continue reading

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What I’m Consuming: Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay

It’s time for another What I’m Consuming post. I started with a collection of shortish fiction. This next one is a collection of short nonfiction (i.e. essays) — Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay (Harper Perennial, 2014). What it is and … Continue reading

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What I’m Consuming: The Liar’s Wife by Mary Gordon

In the first of what I hope to make a series of posts, I’d like to talk about The Liar’s Wife: Four Novellas by Mary Gordon (Pantheon Books, 2014). I’m calling the series “What I’m Consuming.” I’m going to write … Continue reading

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