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Confessions of a Black Woman Who Loves HBO’s Girls
Racially homogenous casts are common on TV; shows that honestly and artfully depict the struggles of womanhood are not
In Defense of Hilary Mantel: Royalty, Fashion and Fertility in the Public Eye
Mantel’s widely criticized essay “Royal Bodies” is less about actual royals than the way they’ve been presented to us
Viewpoint: The Problem with Lena Dunham’s Girls
Lena Dunham is clearly a bright and talented young woman. At only 26, she is the creator, director and star of her own series, HBO’s Girls, about a quartet of twentysomething females of varying backgrounds, attributes and …
A San Franciscan’s Super Bowl Ode to Baltimore
Worried that the mayors of Baltimore and San Francisco would just offer each other crabs for their Super Bowl bet, I used the Awesome Column to get San Francisco novelist Armistead Maupin (Tales of the City) and Baltimore mystery writer Laura Lippman (the Tess Monaghan series) to agree to write something complimentary about the winning …
The Super Bowl of Video Games. Literally.
I coach an NFL ProBowler for the Most Important Game of His Life
What the Pygmies Can Teach Us About Child Rearing
Why do we push our young ones while asking little of our older kids?
Sonia Sotomayor Debate: Should Unhappy Lawyers Blame Themselves?
The U.S. Supreme Court justice shows a lack of empathy for her less fortunate colleagues
Why Zero Dark Thirty Is Not Your Usual Hollywood Fare
The depiction of Navy SEALs was deadly accurate — and should be celebrated.
Is Washington Overreacting to Zero Dark Thirty?
The movie is misleading, but that hardly warrants a congressional inquiry.
Viewpoint: Lance Armstrong Will Be Back
He may be hated, but he should never be underestimated
Would More Women In The Senate Mean Less Gridlock?
20 female lawmakers agreed there would have been no fiscal cliff drama had they been running the show, but they may be wrong
The Hobbit: Why Are There No Women in Tolkien’s World?
Middle-earth is strangely devoid of women. So who gave birth to all those hobbits, dwarves and elves?
