Five Marriage Myths Dispelled
Couples that fight a lot during the first years of marriage often have a better chance of staying together than those who sweep things “under the rug.”
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‘The 40-Year-Old-Version’ Lives Up to Her Potential
Writer, director, producer, and star Radha Blank’s semi-autobiography of an artist’s early midlife crisis is smart and funny and simply great entertainment.
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Maw Shein Win’s ‘Storage Unit for the Spirit House’
To enter the spirit houses, storage units, and myriad spaces Maw Shein Win opens for us in the pages of her new collection is to enter a universe where familiar objects and structures take on new shapes and significance.
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The Benefits of Change: Retiring, Relocating or Reinventing Yourself
There comes a time, though, when old habits and patterns are obsolete, or when circumstances change enough so that they don’t work the way they used to.
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‘The Glorias’ — “Are We There Yet?”
'The Glorias,' an ambitious biopic, should have enjoyed a fruitful art house run, but like so many titles this year has just launched via video on demand. It’s based on Steinem’s 2015 bestselling memoir, 'My Life on the Road.'
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“Even Now” by Susan Zimmerman
Sometimes we rely on poetry as a sort of goad—to bear witness, expose evil or hypocrisy in others, or expose ourselves to ourselves.
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Women with Horrible Bosses
Almost everyone has had a bad boss, but it can be a dangerous problem if you are serious about your career. Especially if you are a woman.
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‘I Am Woman’ — Not as Strong as it Might Have Been
'I Am Woman' is a pleasant way to spend a couple of hours. But it lacks the drama and depth of other rockstar biopics.
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A Juror Must Fold in on Herself
by Kathleen McClung
The hardest part of jury duty for me was being forbidden to talk about the trial until after our verdict. Writing poems months later helped restore the voice that had been silenced. —Kathleen McClung
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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg: An American Superhero — On the Bench and On the Screen
'On the Basis of Sex' and 'RBG' are entertaining and educational. The two films end on the same note — Ginsburg, although in her 80s, still had work to do.
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Gail Newman: “The Dispossessed” and “Two Tales”
“The Dispossessed” and “Two Tales” are only two of many poems in 'Blood Memory' where Gail Newman navigates complex, painful territory with an incisive use of poetic craft and an abiding, enduring love for her family.
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The Journalistic Heroines of She Said :
How They Got the Story
'She Said' by The New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, uses the Harvey Weinstein case as its basis, but its subject is far larger. It is about fear, regret, intimidation, and courage. Above all, it is about the power of journalism.
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‘Cuties’: Don’t Judge A Film By Its Poster
'Cuties' is complicated and at times disturbing, but not for the reasons cited by its critics. It’s an effective argument against exploitation, not exploitive in itself.
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Leticia Hernández-Linares:
“One Million Minus One” and “Despierta”
The poems in 'Mucha Muchacha, Too Much Girl' paint their own murals in words glowing with passion and conviction. There is also a good dose of sass, a quality visually captured in book’s cover photo.
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Sandra Day O’Connor—First Woman
on the Supreme Court
'First: Sandra Day O’Connor' is a compelling biography by Evan Thomas. He celebrates O’Connor’s achievements and traces her unlikely trajectory from a dusty ranch in the Arizona desert to the Supreme Court—the pinnacle of the legal profession.
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Tales of Women in Wartime
These masterful programs bring the war heroes (or, more precisely, heroines) behind the frontlines to life in memorable ways.
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“Pyriscence” by Angelique Zobitz
As a Black Woman, I needed to tell this story of Black Women adapting, thriving, living, and/or dying in suboptimal conditions.
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The Bright Side: Doodling, Daydreaming and Forgetting — The Good Side of Tuning Out
Many of us have experienced how letting our minds wander for a bit may get us unstuck when we are trying to solve a problem. The brain areas that allow people to solve complex problems become more active during daydreaming.
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Working Out Through the Pandemic, Inside, Online
Amazon has a wealth of workout options available to stream and another long list available to rent.
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“Jackhammering Limestone” by Erika Meitner
The things that matter to the poet—her own body, her children, a country on the brink of the Trump administration, and the injured planet—all appear to be under siege, just like her eardrums. The poem smacks of catastrophe far beyond the speaker’s self-described “mid-life crisis.”
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Feeling Lit from Within: The Power of Self-Love
If you don’t have a well-internalized sense of self-worth it is like lacking a steady pilot light—you always need to be lit by something external or someone else.
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Television: Love in the Time of Corona
'Love in the Time of Corona' is an intimate and enjoyable collection of four specific stories set against unprecedented circumstances.
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“Know, Heart” by Elisabeth Murawski
“Know, Heart” ends in a place of utter desolation and loss, with the heart so baffled by suffering that it cannot feel anything or even conceive of a future. All it can do is look blindly back into memory.
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The Power of Positive Words
We can try to overcome the fact that so many of us are feeling down and divided and work up some good old "sisu" to get us through this.
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