War is always popping off around the globe. In dealing with Russia’s full-scale invasion of my native country, I try to remember that countless generations have dealt with war. Countless more...
The fourth installment of HBO’s (I refuse to call it Max, I grew up with HBO, I’m an older woman now, get off my lawn) True Detective is already the most watched season in the show’s history...
I recently finished the second season of Reacher on Prime, and while not having read Lee Child’s books based on the character Jack Reacher, I have really appreciated the ethos of the show. A lot of...
I’ve spent most of my life being very surprised when people don’t treat me as a human being because I’m a woman. This probably had something to do with having a father who loved me fiercely. If...
This week’s bombardments of Kyiv, the ancient city of my birth, have been so severe that a piece of ceiling fell on a loved one’s head. She says she’s fine, but then again, she always says that...
Leave the World Behind was adopted from a book by Rumaan Alam and recently premiered on Netlix. Ever since I sat down to watch it — because I love Julia Roberts and anything even vaguely...
The problem of constantly wanting to be liked is that you will likely end up hated. Much has been made of Elon Musk’s bizarre rant in which he told advertisers to “go fuck themselves” after...
If you’ve read my work for a while, you probably know that knee-jerk anti-Americanism amuses me greatly as someone who’s lived in many different places and is American by choice. It’s easy to...
A Jewish friend who has long worked to normalize relations between Israelis and Palestinians was recently confronted with the sight of her daughter sobbing at the bus stop after being dropped off...
It’s rare that topics such as obesity get a sensitive and thoughtful write up in mainstream news publications, which is why I appreciated this recent Time article by Jamie Ducharme so much. In...
