Saner gun laws and better mental health services would no doubt help our country. But the unifying problem—the one that is wholly missing from this discourse— (more…)
Cara Hoffman
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A Year of Traditional BrutalitiesDecember 16, 2012
Saner gun laws and better mental health services would no doubt help our country. But the unifying problem—the one that is wholly missing from this discourse— (more…) No More Moments of SilenceOctober 11, 2012 -330.jpg)
Good evening. I’m honored to speak with you about violence. And the thing I want to tell you most is (more…) The Politics of GOLDJuly 12, 2012
A few months ago I had the pleasure of reading an advance copy of Chris Cleave's new novel Gold. Cleave is the author of two other books that I greatly admire, Little Bee and Incendiary, brilliant, compassionate, and politically significant novels that have become best sellers. It seems in many ways Cleave has achieved the impossible, making (more…)
In Praise of Juvenile DelinquencyJuly 5, 2012
I visited upstate this weekend. My mother has a place on one of the Finger Lakes. A cozy yellow cottage right on the water with a long dock. It was warm and the skies were uncharacteristically clear and we had the kind of party that has become common in my family. Parents, step parents, step siblings, eccentric friends.
My Uncle Frank drove in from Ithaca and told a story about being drunk in (more…) Speaking Out: An Interview with Lauren WolfeApril 27, 2012
What is the mission of Women Under Siege?
Our mission is to document and analyze how sexualized violence is used as a tool of war—inherent in that is advocating against it. Women Under Siege’s founder, Gloria Steinem, wanted to ensure that we never again ignore what happened to women in (more…) San FranciscoApril 14, 2012 
Muir Woods
The questions following were probably the best so far, with one reader asking if I'd intentionally structured So Much Pretty as a heroic epic (yes), and questions about the new novel Be Safe I Love You which I was very happy to talk about. I'm so grateful for (more…) Denver!April 10, 2012 
Nerdy guys hanging out after the reading
Last night I read at The Tattered Cover--which was a fantastic and lively bookstore, run by some great involved and down-to-earth folks The conversation that followed the reading was really inspiring. Microbiologist and environmental writer Ryan King showed up and there (more…) Hello West CoastApril 7, 2012 
As seen on Portlandia
kinda like the hippie little sister of Blue Stockings on the Lower East Side and exactly the (more…) I love the East VillageApril 4, 2012 
Raingear and Candy
Really good gummy candy. It's like the kind of shop that would appear in an Astrid Lindgren or Tove Jansson book. Check it out. How Sexism is Bad for Boys and MenMarch 29, 2012
Women’s issues have dominated the news these past few months with reproductive health becoming the cornerstone of an argument many of us thought had been put to bed decades ago. We’ve seen Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem calling for Rush Limbaugh to be booted off the airwaves for his sexist hate speech against Sandra Fluke and sat in front of our televisions while the Republican candidates debate the use of birth control as if it is solely a women’s issue. And throughout all of this we’ve been hearing one very obvious statement. Sexism is bad for women.
But there is a crucial factor in this conversation about gender and women’s rights that continues to be ignored; (more…) |
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