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February 3, 2020
A Latina Gen-Xer’s Take on the Half-Time Booty Shake
I Didn’t Feel Empowered by J. Lo’s and Shakira’s Half-Time Show. Here’s Why.
December 12, 2018
Embracing Being the Odd (Wo)Man Out
by Jennifer McCue “Oh look, the commie has arrived.” “Hey, let me introduce you to my one lefty buddy.” “Here comes the snowflake, we have to watch what we say now!” These are just a few of the comments that have been directed at me from some of my more—how shall I put it?—slightly-right-of-the-Kaiser family, […]
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November 28, 2018
Uncluttering a Life
By Jacqueline Dooley Last month my neighbor (I’ll call him “Dave”) lost his house. A deputy showed up at the house and stood on the curb while two men moved Dave’s belongings onto his front lawn. Dave had been in foreclosure for over a year. I only learned about it in May when a man […]
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November 27, 2018
What To Do When Friends Have Inconsistent Birthday Traditions
This month Nina addresses inconsistencies in birthday “traditions” between friends. Do you give gifts if you’re also taking friends out for a meal?
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November 6, 2018
Latina Awakens
By Tanya Estes In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the closest thing my mother could find to a doll that culturally represented her Mexican-American daughter was the Juan Epstein character from Welcome Back Kotter. Until Cabbage Patch Kids released a tan doll around 1983, he would shoulder the primary burden of the cultural void […]
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October 30, 2018
A Friend Who Wants to Stay Out of the Middle
In this month’s column Nina addresses two issues. Should a friend be expected to get in the middle of two other friends’ tension? And she also covers some thoughts on invitation lists for big parties. Nina is always taking anonymous questions here. And catch up on all the other letters Nina has answered here. […]
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October 24, 2018
One Day At a Time
by Evelyn Krieger “Teach us to count our days, so that we may acquire a heart of wisdom.” Psalm 90 The day social services take my friend’s children away, I am packing for a family trip to Maine. I hear Karen’s hysterical voice on the phone. “DSS came with a police officer! They wouldn’t tell me […]
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October 17, 2018
Putting the Pieces Together
By Lindsey Goldstein I stood in the shower, warm water cascading over my shoulders and relaxing me enough to cause my eyes to close. My husband and daughter had left the day before to go skiing, leaving me with my toddler son and dog. Suddenly, my eyes snapped open. What if I have a brain […]
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October 10, 2018
Hearing the Wake-Up Call of Your Creative Life
by Jennifer L. Hollis When my friend Kris suggested we take ourselves on a do-it-yourself writer’s retreat, I told her she was a genius. We are both writers in our forties and, like so many people in midlife, everything in our lives is growing: careers, children, those piles of unread library books on the nightstand. […]
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