I’ve been trying to find a coherent and nicely packaged way into talking about the current realities of parenting a transgender child while living in a country that is trying to legislate them into crushing despair and/or suicide while simultaneously stoking resentments about the…
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I’ve been working on my mittens for the project I talked about two weeks ago. I suspect this will be the first pair of many but that many of those pairs…
Before the list, a note for the knitters: Years and years ago, after my faith in humanity was at an especially low ebb, I put out a call for mittens…
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When the stars align, I can tie together the topics I want to write. Brains like patterns and connections and mine is particularly good at finding them…
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Rihanna’s halftime show blew my mind. Not because of Ri-Ri but because of the tech. Wired went behind the scenes to show you how it was done. This piece…
As you know Bob, I’m a little obsessed with Isabella Bird. Quick recap if you’re new here: Bird was a Victorian-era adventurer who traveled the globe…
Get ‘em, Peggy. In addition to their uteruses being a source of consternation, women’s faces are terrifying and their upper arms to be regulated. If you…
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Perhaps this will be the lesson of our age: if a man promises the moon, the sun, and the stars, make him pony up at least a couple of celestial bodies…
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Martini with a Twist