Jan 26, 2023“No One Wants a Main Character With Cervical Cancer.”This was an oft repeated phrase circa 2006. It was the crux of the rejections my lit agent passed along to me from every publishing house for my memoir LOSING IT. “I didn’t actually get cervical cancer,” I protested. “It’s a coming of age story where I get diagnosed with…Hpv5 min readHpv5 min read
Mar 31, 2022The First OneI was romantically involved with a guy once who told me that he had two specific criteria to know if a girl he dated was crazy. One was if she wore an ace bandage. …6 min read6 min read
Apr 1, 2019Who are these f*ckin guys?A celebration of the 30th anniversary of Major League Like many movies I love from the 80s, Major League is of course a problematic fave. Suzanne Dorn is a housewife/vengeful shrew, Rene Russo’s Lynn Wells is engaged to a douchey banker and gets back together with a baseball player who…Sports6 min readSports6 min read
Published inAmy Poehler's Smart Girls·May 21, 2018Meet Smart Girl Rachel Auslander Founder of CoderGalsCoderGals is a program designed to have female high school mentors teach elementary school girls how to code through free after-school workshops. According to their site: CoderGals’ mission is to spark young girls’ interest in coding through fun, creative, and collaborative projects. …Women In Tech3 min readWomen In Tech3 min read
Published inAmy Poehler's Smart Girls·May 6, 2018Happy Birthday to inventor Elizabeth Cochrane Seamen AKA renowned journalist Nellie Bly!Long before being hailed as a partial inspiration for the character of Lois Lane, Elizabeth Jane Cochran (she’d come to add the ‘e’ later on) was born on May 5, 1864. Her early interest in women’s issues and feminism would inspire her in 1885 to fire off an anonymous angry…Journalism3 min readJournalism3 min read
Published inAmy Poehler's Smart Girls·Mar 19, 2018‘A Wrinkle in Time’ Inspires Smart Girls in New York CityYears ago, Madeleine L’Engle introduced the world to the wondrous characters of A Wrinkle in Time. Now Ava DuVernay has crafted the magic of the book into a beautiful film, between her talent behind the camera and the stellar performances of everyone onscreen. Last week, a free screening of the…Movies4 min readMovies4 min read
Published inAmy Poehler's Smart Girls·Oct 23, 2017ASPIREist Teaches Us How to Aspire For a Better WorldLast year, ASPIREist launched as a half-hour reality feature news show. Part of it would unveil the inner workings of a new digital newsroom, along with telling inspirational stories and then move on to explanations and calls to take action on the issues that matter. After winning awards like the…Education3 min readEducation3 min read
Published inAmy Poehler's Smart Girls·Oct 20, 2017High School Student Bella Palumbi Nominated for Baltimore’s Technologist of the YearAt age 11, Bella Palumbi had already created a mobile app called Monkey Mayhem. Now as a sophomore at Baltimore’s Park School, Bella has been nominated for Technologist of the Year by Technical.ly Baltimore for her work as a mobile app developer and her success participating at local hackathons. Technical.ly’s…Hackathons3 min readHackathons3 min read
Published inThe Lily·Oct 6, 2017The women who made race car history deserve their own moviePERSPECTIVE | Their stories aren’t easy to find — Sports5 min readSports5 min read
Published inAmy Poehler's Smart Girls·Sep 30, 2017Meet Costume Designer Consolata Boyle, a Storyteller Through Fashion in FilmWardrobe and costumes are an extension of the personality of the character donning them as well as a representation of the story’s time and place. — Consolata Boyle is an award winning costume-designer who not only takes this responsibility seriously but loves it. With an enviable and remarkable career in film, you’ve seen some of her work dressing iconic women like Helen Mirren in The Queen, Meryl Streep in The Iron Lady and Florence Foster Jenkins…Movies4 min readMovies4 min read