Articles

April 15, 2022

Why Do We Pursue Happiness?

Recently, I looked through some photos from my teen years. There I was, smiling broadly at senior prom and college holiday parties.

March 31, 2022

Fighting the Urge to Overschedule My Kids

Nine months ago, I wrote an essay about the toddler extracurricular complex and my disdain for the social pressure and competition to participate in a very expensive cycle of weekly 30-60 minute activities in which it’s unclear if anyone is having fun or actually learning anything.

March 24, 2022

Confessions of a Millenial Try-Hard

Watching the new Apple TV+ show WeCrashed, about the rise and fall of WeWork, is like opening a time capsule containing our feelings about work prior to the pandemic.

March 17, 2022

The Rough Rough Road of Gentle Parenting

Being pregnant in 2012, like pretty much every year since, was blissful and terrifying.

March 10, 2022

Can a Relationship Survive Ideological Differences?​​

The past few years have challenged even the most stable long-term couples, with more than a few discovering that they disagree with their partner on matters social, medical, political, or even racial.

March 4, 2022

​​All the Lonely People

I haven’t seen my friends in two and a half months.

February 25, 2022

Model Carolyn Doelling on Later-in-Life Career Reinvention

Carolyn Doelling is a writer, model, speaker, and kickboxer – all accomplishments she’s made after 70.

February 18, 2022

The Thing No One Told Me About Egg Freezing

It feels like, in recent years, a public conversation has opened up around miscarriage and infertility. But this week, I spoke with a woman struggling with grief around a loss I haven’t heard anyone talk about at all.

February 11, 2022

The “Mom Jean” With a True Cult Following

When it comes to fashion and style, nothing seems to raise more questions or arouse more consternation than jeans.

February 4, 2022

Activist Virgie Tovar On Embracing Aging and Our Bodies

Virgie Tovar is an author, lecturer, and activist on weight-based discrimination and body image.

January 28, 2022

Writer Julia Bainbridge on Sobriety, Loneliness, and Changing Careers

I’ve long been fascinated by the work of writer Julia Bainbridge.

January 21, 2022

The Missed Opportunity of ‘And Just Like That’

And Just Like That, the Sex and the City spin-off that finds its main characters in their 50s and struggling with sexless marriages, widowhood, and parenting, has debuted to mixed reviews.

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