I was chatting with a friend recently about menopause and the many bodily indignities we suffer during it. Hot flashes, vaginal dryness, teenage-boy levels of B.O.—but the one that really got her mad was the gut. “It’s so depressing,” she …
Tree Project I'm a photographer/sculptor/filmmaker and believe art can catalyze us to protect the earth's precious biodiversity. My work explores relationships between human systems and natural systems, and ecology. For mid-September, I'm creating an artwork as an Affiliate Event of the Global …
Susan Shapiro 57, Greenwich Village, NYC (I turn into a pumpkin above 14th street) What do you do for work? Writing professor by night, bestselling author by day, in between plugging my new book - “The Byline Bible,” a writing guide based …
If you are a woman struggling with physical intimacy, you are not alone. According to Dr. Rachel S. Rubin, a urologist and nationally-recognized sexual medicine expert in Washington, DC, most of us females face a bedroom dysfunction at some point …
Featured image: Barbara Kruger Rage + Women = Power, cover for Ms. magazine January/February 1992 Dear Friends, Three remarkable women caught our attention this week: the NYT obituary Mary Pratt, Realist Painter of Household Scenes, Dies at 83, the Vanity Fair cover story featuring actress Michelle Williams on Her Very …
Cacti, Yarn This is a shot of a pop up I did at Arrive Hotel here in Palm Springs. I really enjoy doing pop ups and meeting people. I’m happiest when I’m making things and I love that the cacti …
LES BROADES DU MARAIS For me everything about Paris is a painting. I sketched these two gorgeous girls as they sat at the next table smoking, drinking and conversing. What was said remains a mystery. My French is challenged. Shelley Cassidy I'm …
