Lives, Not Politics

When I first heard that one of my favorite aunts had been diagnosed with breast cancer, I burst into tears, because I knew all too well that this was a disease that was indiscriminate and hard to understand. My second thought, thankfully, was much more practical: my aunt had a fabulous support system in her [...]

The Underdogs, Part Two

Last week, I listed some of the actors I felt were under-appreciated in Hollywood, a land suffering from a glut of young, attractive, reasonably talented actors. Today, I’m looking at under-appreciated actresses. I’m a feminist, so of course I think the women have it harder in Hollywood, though that’s – admittedly – based solely on [...]

In Praise of Mothers

This coming Sunday, the U.S. will celebrate Mother’s Day. It’s a nice little holiday and gives us all a chance to think warm and cozy thoughts about the various mothers and mother-like individuals in our lives. And though the actual observance is a relatively new phenomenon, humans have been honoring mothers for centuries. Historically, there [...]