Funny Women Surviving the COVID Crisis by Laughing Through It “Show Us Your Wits: Funny Women Surviving Coronavirus Lockdown by Laughing Through It”, is an anthology of funny essays about…
LISTEN TO RABBI RUZ GULKO ON THE ORIGINAL SYNDROME PODCAST As a good Jewish cosmic traveler, the other day I came home and parked my space laser in the driveway.…
One central part of pregnancy seems to be reading cutesy books about your developing baby, many of which use food analogies for your growing child. Which…kind of made me hungry.…
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A 14 Day Journal: My Sister Adopted a Baby Named Corona
by Ashley Greenby Ashley GreenDay 1: Happy New Year! 2020 was so positive, but I think 2021 will be even more so. Although unconfirmed, my sister, Kristin, was informally told that baby Corona is…
1776 Martha Jefferson read the Declaration of Independence, which her husband had just signed, and noted the line “All men are created equal.” In a huff, she yelled, “Whateth the…
Meghan Markle, I salute thee. You are the wo-(MAN)! I knew it then and I truly know it now. Meghan, my mind is a-racing. My heart a-flutter. My spirit back…
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The Bachelor: A Rose is Every Bit as Sweet as Controversy
by Mia DeSantisby Mia DeSantisThe current season of ABC’s “The Bachelor” has been tagged the “most diverse” season of the series with the first-ever Black bachelor, Matt James. Seeing that this is the 19th…
As your governor, I am horrified to see the rising case numbers of coronavirus in our state. It’s a tragedy. As our hospitals fill to capacity and schools see dire…
March 1st, 2020. What were you doing? Check your Facebook or Instagram memories, ladies! They’ll either make you gleefully nostalgic or delightfully depressed. I’ve tended to teeter between the two,…
A marigold’s leaves are unlike the ones I doodle in notebook margins. They are not shaped like one big, rounded leaf with a pointy tip that droops almost curling under…
Week 1 Dearest Grandmama, Mother says we can’t see each other because we’re in lockdown. This week hasn’t been so bad. Mother has been sleeping in which has given me…
Listen to the Original Syndrome podcast Do you have any idea what’s going on in Canada? You know, the place with all those evergreen trees north of the border? Our…
After watching the Amazon Prime special “Yearly Departed”, I did some reflecting on the past year. 2020 has nothing to do with the events that unfolded and I do not…
For better or for worse, COVID-19 has really thrown a bouquet of toilet paper into the plans of couples who planned to get married in the past year. According to…
Nothing like Valentine’s Day to take a trip down memory lane (aka Hell Avenue) and reflect on my rocky dating past. Basically, if you are feeling badly about your dating…
“Lacey used to have these Black history checks. Each check had a different Black hero on it. MLK, Rosa Parks, Frederick Douglass. So, Lacey was at a store chatting with…
