Three Sentences

If I’m going to be a drinker, I’m going to have to be a binge drinker, because I like to feel inebriated as well as take in delicious flavors and I’m trying to maintain my womanish figure despite the negative connotations to “womanish”...

The Test

There’s an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation in which Captain Picard gets a headache, and though he pooh-poohs it — “It’s just a headache” — Dr. Crusher points out what he should probably know, regardless of his lack of medical...

The Big Book of Opinions, Chapter 2

Pants are funny. Shirts are not funny. Noses are funny. So are ears. Mouths and eyes are not funny. Toes are funnier than fingers, as feet are funnier than hands. Smell is funny, taste can be funny, but sight, sound and touch are not funny. Falling is funny, throwing...

Vagina Warriors

When I was in The Vagina Monologues eight years ago, I met a lot of people who were really stretching themselves. They had found their edge in the material and in the idea of talking about vaginas in public. For me, it was more of an extension than a stretch. Yet I...