The Crazy Salad essays gave me what I was looking for: a more humorous, outsider's interpretation of Us feminism in the 1970s
It was hot, clammy and claggy, in only the way New York can be in August, and I had just moved back to the city after living in London for more than 20 years. Finally unable to bear my oven of a flat any longer, I decided to explore my new neighbourhood and stepped out on to the pavement, which swam before my eyes in the heat and was entirely empty, as every other right-thinking New Yorker had either left the city or was lying prostrate in front of their air conditioner. I wandered around for as long as I could bear it before flinging myself into a little shop I barely looked at save for noticing it had a blessed air conditioner in the window.
It turned out...
It was hot, clammy and claggy, in only the way New York can be in August, and I had just moved back to the city after living in London for more than 20 years. Finally unable to bear my oven of a flat any longer, I decided to explore my new neighbourhood and stepped out on to the pavement, which swam before my eyes in the heat and was entirely empty, as every other right-thinking New Yorker had either left the city or was lying prostrate in front of their air conditioner. I wandered around for as long as I could bear it before flinging myself into a little shop I barely looked at save for noticing it had a blessed air conditioner in the window.
It turned out...
- 8/6/2013
- by Hadley Freeman
- The Guardian - Film News
Christain Als Erica Jong
When Erica Jong published her first novel, “Fear of Flying,” almost 40 years ago, critics called it a watershed moment in the sexual revolution.
Today, Jong says that revolution has come and gone, and a new generation of female writers don’t always acknowledge the work of the women that came before them.
“They think of the sexual revolution as their parents’ revolution,” Jong, 69, said.
Jong has just released a new book titled “Sugar In My Bowl:...
When Erica Jong published her first novel, “Fear of Flying,” almost 40 years ago, critics called it a watershed moment in the sexual revolution.
Today, Jong says that revolution has come and gone, and a new generation of female writers don’t always acknowledge the work of the women that came before them.
“They think of the sexual revolution as their parents’ revolution,” Jong, 69, said.
Jong has just released a new book titled “Sugar In My Bowl:...
- 6/20/2011
- by Nick Andersen
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
He wrangled Joe Biden and tangled with John McCain. But how will the former reporter fare at the podium as Obama's new mouthpiece? Howard Kurtz reports.
To get a sense of the challenge facing Jay Carney as he steps behind the White House podium, consider this:
Related story on The Daily Beast: Will Carney's Voice Carry?
In the early months of the administration, a Washington Post editorial accused Joe Biden of having "foot-in-mouth disease." New York Times columnist Gail Collins called him "Washington's most compulsive talker." And who can forget when the vice president of the United States, pushing the new stimulus package, said that no matter what the administration did "there's still a 30 percent chance we're going to get it wrong" ?
Biden had become a punchline. But by the fall, Newsweek was running a cover story headlined, "Why Joe Is No Joke."
As Biden's communications director, Carney doesn't...
To get a sense of the challenge facing Jay Carney as he steps behind the White House podium, consider this:
Related story on The Daily Beast: Will Carney's Voice Carry?
In the early months of the administration, a Washington Post editorial accused Joe Biden of having "foot-in-mouth disease." New York Times columnist Gail Collins called him "Washington's most compulsive talker." And who can forget when the vice president of the United States, pushing the new stimulus package, said that no matter what the administration did "there's still a 30 percent chance we're going to get it wrong" ?
Biden had become a punchline. But by the fall, Newsweek was running a cover story headlined, "Why Joe Is No Joke."
As Biden's communications director, Carney doesn't...
- 1/28/2011
- by Howard Kurtz
- The Daily Beast
Over the past few weeks, we've seen prominent Republican men display emotion in a way rarely seen in public. Anne Kreamer on the biology of tearing up.
As a person who chokes up at a news story most days and full-on cried during Toy Story 3, I feel for John Boehner and Mitch McConnell, fellow members of the crying tribe.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Can You Prevent a Hangover?
Both Speaker-Elect Boehner and Senate Minority Leader McConnell recently had a good cry as the cameras rolled, creating an enormous buzz and provoking widespread derision among my fellow liberals, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Crying at work is something both men and women do, though not equally. Women cry, on average, four times as often as men-according to University of Minnesota neurologist William Frey, an average of 5.3 times per month, compared with 1.4 times for men. This isn't just a...
As a person who chokes up at a news story most days and full-on cried during Toy Story 3, I feel for John Boehner and Mitch McConnell, fellow members of the crying tribe.
Related story on The Daily Beast: Can You Prevent a Hangover?
Both Speaker-Elect Boehner and Senate Minority Leader McConnell recently had a good cry as the cameras rolled, creating an enormous buzz and provoking widespread derision among my fellow liberals, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Crying at work is something both men and women do, though not equally. Women cry, on average, four times as often as men-according to University of Minnesota neurologist William Frey, an average of 5.3 times per month, compared with 1.4 times for men. This isn't just a...
- 12/19/2010
- by Anne Kreamer
- The Daily Beast
Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss.No stranger to life on Long Island, Shoshanna Lonstein Gruss, designer of the clothing-and-swimsuit line Shoshanna, grew up summering in East Hampton. She's earned legions of fans with her uniquely feminine style and flirty designs, which flatter all sizes. Vf Daily talks to the fashionista about a few of her favorite Hamptons things. Beach Days Number of years in the Hamptons: All my life. Favorite thing about the Hamptons: Family time. Favorite Hamptons discovery: The coves in Amagansett. Great for beach combing. Beach essential: My BlackBerry and a bucket for collecting shells. Sunscreen: Neutrogena (oil-free) S.P.F.30. Beach read: The Irresistible Henry House, by Lisa Grunwald, and When Everything Changed, by Gail Collins. Song of the summer: James Taylor. This summer and every summer! Favorite Hamptons beach: Main Beach in East Hampton (for the snack bar!). Who inspires you: My family. They are all so strong...
- 6/18/2010
- Vanity Fair
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