Gin and Tonic has all the allure and sexiness of a big-girl cocktail, with none of the effort. Here’s your recipe: Gin Tonic Lime You’re gonna pour gin and tonic over ice in a highball glass (or a mason jar, or really, let’s face it, a coffee mug) and garnish with a slice or wedge of … Continue reading »
I came across the New Yorker Fiction Podcast when if first kicked up in 2007. The premise is simple; a New Yorker author reads the story of another New Yorker author. And then there is discussion. That’s right, you get to listen to Jhumpa Lahiri and David Sedaris and Junot Díaz and Jonathan Franzen read … Continue reading »
Photo courtesy of Lesley Bryce. To say that Gina Rodriguez is an “up and coming” Hollywood actress isn’t quite right. That’s something you’d say about that Hemsworth fellow who isn’t engaged to Miley Cyrus or one of the Pretty Little Liars who had a Lifetime movie in 2010. Nor is Gina Rodriguez “one to watch” – … Continue reading »
Art by Molly So I know people always cite Kat Stratford from 10 Things I Hate About You as the fictional feminist they most remember. And sure, she makes a lasting impression. But my feminism was informed by a different set of more subtle fictional ladies. There was Jo from Little Women and Ozma from … Continue reading »
At first glance, AMC’s Mad Men and BBC’s The Hour seem to sit side by side on the spectrum of quality period dramas. Vodka versus gin martini. It’s true, their respective façades have a similar finish. After all, the sleek veneer of the mid-century, smoke-filled, wood-paneled office drama was made a hallmark by Mad Men … Continue reading »
Art by Kaley As we bid 30 Rock a bittersweet farewell, we may find ourselves searching for something to fill that spot in our hearts and minds reserved for charming, satirical television comedy. Because nothing goes better with night cheese than television. Good, funny, totally sincere-in-its-comedy television. Part of what made the premise of 30 … Continue reading »
Art by Molly So Lena Dunham won some Golden Girls or something. That’s pretty great. In the year or so since Girls premiered and the internet had some thoughts about it, I had almost forgotten how intensely people feel about this one woman and her show. Now, I don’t really want to talk about Girls. … Continue reading »
Yeah, I saw Les Mis. And yeah, I’m one of those life long fans who saw it on stage at an impressionable age and sided heavily with Eponine and her beautiful pangs of unrequited love. So of course I loved the film. Samantha Barks killed it with that rain-soaked rendition of “On My Own.” Hell, she … Continue reading »
Yunior is a sucio, a cuero, a cheater. We’re given fair warning: do not expect much in the way of morals from this man. In “The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars” – the first story in Junot Díaz’s collection This Is How You Lose Her – we see Yunior in the tailspin of a … Continue reading »
1. Jennifer Lawrence. I am convinced that she is actually a lion. But like a really adorable one. If you’ve ever seen an interview with her and you also have a tumblr, you will most likely come to believe that she is a kindred spirit to us all. To all of us who love to talk … Continue reading »
