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Tonight, I cannot tell you how proud I am to be a native New Yorker. I could just BURST! Even as I type this, the cheering crowds are gathered once again outside The Stonewall Inn, and the iconic rainbow lights … Continue reading →

“If she can’t afford it, she won’t buy it. If it doesn’t fit , she won’t wear it. If she can’t find it, she won’t compromise. If she loves it, she won’t toss it. She reuses it, rethinks it, lets … Continue reading →

Because I frequently write about them and their hilarious, scandalous, maddening, madcap, criminal, violent, delightfully dysfunctional antics, people often ask me what my family of origin is really and truly like, all literary device/horseshit aside — and the answer is … Continue reading →

And with all this Sarah Palin nonsense about Paul Revere warnin’ the British by ringin’ and ringin’ that ol’ bell…I just need to ask: Is it just me — or does Paul Revere… look EXACTLY like Bob Hope?

Gosh. More and better in-depth coverage on The Amazing, Enraging Target Sandal Scandal of 2011 — from Ms. Laura Andre, whose gorgeous writing takes my breath away…even when she’s just waxing poetic about me and the notorious Miss Jackie Beat … Continue reading →

A gaggle of fab friends of the awesome Miss Jackie Beat — including Mario Diaz, Miss Selene Luna, Miss Coco Peru, Miss Susan Olsen (YES, Cindy FUCKING Brady!), Miss Roseanne Barr, and Miss Alexis Arquette, as well as your own … Continue reading →

Two of The GREAT Loves of My Life: The Baby Goat and Pearlie Mae. Could you not just EXPLODE from all the cuteness in this photo? Also, note the “mushroom” that my 16 year old son made in art class … Continue reading →

“We so much want more women’s projects and I want them being able to do this kind of thing. But I want the people who are doing it to not just go, ‘Okay, movies with women make money now so … Continue reading →

WITHOUT QUESTION…this video from the May 22nd tornado that devastated Joplin, Missouri is the most harrowing thing I have ever heard. Even though everyone thankfully survived, it’s so strange to bear witness to how different people face what they believe … Continue reading →

You know what? Strunk and White and all the other annoying, self-appointed Language Police out there can kiss my big, fat, unanointed, undegreed, uncredentialed writerly ass. Language is a living thing. It changes and ebbs and flows and dips and … Continue reading →