Category Archives: Consumers
Rehoming A Red State Dog in a Blue State of Mind
My liberal lab rescued from a red state is now true blue. I hugged the MAGA right out of him. It took less than a week to turn my red state dog Moe blue. And it didn’t take Taylor Swift
Rehoming A Red State Dog in a Blue State of Mind
My liberal lab rescued from a red state is now true blue. I hugged the MAGA right out of him. It took less than a week to turn my red state dog Moe blue. And it didn’t take Taylor Swift
Think Pink Pretty Powerful in Pink
All that hot pink power still wasn’t enough to get Greta Gerwig a nomination for best director of the Barbie. The blockbuster movie that challenged patriarchal norms asked us to think pink and the audience complied. My social media feed
Think Pink Pretty Powerful in Pink
All that hot pink power still wasn’t enough to get Greta Gerwig a nomination for best director of the Barbie. The blockbuster movie that challenged patriarchal norms asked us to think pink and the audience complied. My social media feed
Ken Rules Barbie
Maybe in BarbieLand– “She’s everything. He’s Just Ken,” but in OscarLand the predictable winner is…. patriarchy. Yet again, a female film director of a major movie was overlooked for an Oscar nomination by the Academy of Motion Pictures, and the
Ken Rules Barbie
Maybe in BarbieLand– “She’s everything. He’s Just Ken,” but in OscarLand the predictable winner is…. patriarchy. Yet again, a female film director of a major movie was overlooked for an Oscar nomination by the Academy of Motion Pictures, and the
The Shame of My Off Brand Barbies
If 2023 was the year of Barbie, inspiring grown women to dust off their old Barbie dolls in a pink wave of nostalgia – it took until now for the phenomenon to finally free me to confess a long-held childhood
The Shame of My Off Brand Barbies
If 2023 was the year of Barbie, inspiring grown women to dust off their old Barbie dolls in a pink wave of nostalgia – it took until now for the phenomenon to finally free me to confess a long-held childhood
Travels With My Dog
On the Road with Mo As my new Louisiana Lab known as Mo, moseys his way up north in a 48-foot Reefer Trailer he is unintentionally taking my long-imagined “Break the Blue Bubble” tour I had thought to take this
Travels With My Dog
On the Road with Mo As my new Louisiana Lab known as Mo, moseys his way up north in a 48-foot Reefer Trailer he is unintentionally taking my long-imagined “Break the Blue Bubble” tour I had thought to take this
A New Years Tail
There were just a few hours left to 2023 and the certainty of any new canine joining my family was still in limbo. After a tough year of losing my beloved lab Stanley and the tumultuous, topsy-turvy world of online
A New Years Tail
There were just a few hours left to 2023 and the certainty of any new canine joining my family was still in limbo. After a tough year of losing my beloved lab Stanley and the tumultuous, topsy-turvy world of online
Dreaming of a White Christmas
From the Christmas Vault: 50 Shades of Santa The great debate recently about the color of Santa makes me wonder- if that all-time Christmas classic “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas” could be written by Irving Berlin, a Jew, who’s
Dreaming of a White Christmas
From the Christmas Vault: 50 Shades of Santa The great debate recently about the color of Santa makes me wonder- if that all-time Christmas classic “I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas” could be written by Irving Berlin, a Jew, who’s
Tinsel -Toxic Glow Of Christmas Past
Tinsel is making a big comeback this Christmas, but it never really left. Literally. Ghosts of Christmas Past seem to appear in the most unlikely places. While recently sorting through some dusty old Buster Brown shoe boxes filled with fading
Tinsel -Toxic Glow Of Christmas Past
Tinsel is making a big comeback this Christmas, but it never really left. Literally. Ghosts of Christmas Past seem to appear in the most unlikely places. While recently sorting through some dusty old Buster Brown shoe boxes filled with fading
A Hunter’s Christmas
65 years ago the most wished-for Christmas gift for this Jewish, 3-year-old suburban girl was a hunting rifle. Not just any rifle, but a gen-u-ine- Roy Rogers rifle, perfect for hunting pretend bears in my post-war suburban development. This
A Hunter’s Christmas
65 years ago the most wished-for Christmas gift for this Jewish, 3-year-old suburban girl was a hunting rifle. Not just any rifle, but a gen-u-ine- Roy Rogers rifle, perfect for hunting pretend bears in my post-war suburban development. This
Norman Lear -Those Were the Days
Where were you on the night of January 12, 1971? Specifically at 9:30 pm EST. You may be scratching your head at what seems like an obscure date, but if you are a certain age, that chilly Tuesday night changed
Norman Lear -Those Were the Days
Where were you on the night of January 12, 1971? Specifically at 9:30 pm EST. You may be scratching your head at what seems like an obscure date, but if you are a certain age, that chilly Tuesday night changed
Envisioning The American Dream 