As an impressionable young person growing up in the suburbs with a younger sister and two totally squaresville parents, figuring out what adolescence was supposed to look required that I look elsewhere for guidance. My best friend had two older sisters, the eldest of whom used to babysit for me.

If you’re a living, breathing twentysomething-year old woman with half a brain, chances are you also watched and were obsessed with Daria on MTV back in the day (sidenote: you know that shit’s out on DVD, right?!?).  Though on the surface, the characters were based on fairly broad stereotypes in

I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available

I was supposed to be going home to Massachusetts this weekend to celebrate my mother’s birthday. Unfortunately, I went from kind of sick to seriously sick right before leaving and couldn’t go. Apparently that is something my husband says ‘˜ happens every time’.  So, now I have been sick on

Whenever I’d read any AV Club recaps on the few TV shows I watch, I’d always see that little Parks & Recreation icon with Amy Poehler in the corner and feel guilty.  I’d heard it was a good show, and it stars some of my favorite comedians, but, somehow, I

While living in NYC it can seem unnatural to stay in on a Friday night.  That particular transgression falls somewhere between uncool and downright unpatriotic.  After a particularly grueling week that left me wanting to hibernate, I decided to throw caution to the wind and’stay in my apartment this Friday

So, yeah…I’m writing another FNL post, so sue me!  It’s a great show.  If you haven’t started watching it yet, I suggest you netflix or stream it immediately. Part of what makes this such a great show is the surprising soundtrack.  You won’t find any Creed or Sixpence None The

I’ve just wrapped up watching the entirety of Friday Night Lights, Season 1.  I know, I know: welcome to 2006!  It’s just that I’ve resisted watching this show for four years because I just assumed that it would be boring and/or exactly like a TV version of Varsity Blues.  Although

Our girl Peggy sure has been through a lot these past three seasons of Mad Men.  I find more and more somehow that her trajectory and mine have met in this crazy middle area.  What can we gather from all this?   Let’s break it down (Caution: this breakdown contains spoilers