Sara Bareilles on love, anxiety and a new film version of ‘Waitress’
As a musical theater-obsessed kid growing up in Eureka, Calif., Sara Bareilles didn’t have access to big Broadway shows. So she can’t wait to roll out…
Opinion: It’s time for radical transparency about money
CNN — When comedian Maria Bamford was writing her memoir, she wanted to pack it with as many financial details about herself as possible. “As a Minnesotan, I…
Coal Miner’s ‘Hunger Games’
I didn’t expect to walk out of a Hunger Games movie with a roots music buzz, but I’m not complaining!
Opinion: The moment ‘Priscilla’ became a horror movie for me
It’s upsetting right from the jump, when the baby-faced 14-year-old doing her homework at a diner is selected, by a grown man, to go to a…
Meet the podcaster, author, and hairstylist bringing Pa.’s haunted history to life
Marlin Bressi has an affinity for stories of the strange-but-true variety, and he’ll tell you there’s no better place to dig for them than Pennsylvania….
Opinion: ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’ lives again
CNN — For “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” fans, news of a podcast called “Slayers,” which is set 10 years after the “Buffy” story ended and picks up…
Opinion: Julia Ormond is speaking for a generation of women who won’t be silenced
CNN — There’s a question I find myself asking when watching movies from previous decades: Whatever happened to that actress? She was so good and then just … not…
Hotel Hell
The Royal Hotel opens with a scene whose vibe will be familiar, I think, for most women.
7 years walking the world: what the ultimate slow travel trip taught me about life
Inspired to live life more fully following the death of a friend, New Jersey native Tom Turcich, set himself a goal to see and experience the world on…
Opinion: Why bad behavior is good in these new teen-girl satires
CNN — If you want a barometer of cultural terrors, the latest movie about teenage girls is usually a good place to look.
Cats and cannons collide at Gettysburg’s feline-themed Civil War museum
Before cats ruled the internet, the felines ran the battlefield. At least, that’s history as told by Gettysburg’s Civil War Tails at the Homestead Diorama…
Opinion: Why I’m hoping ‘motherhood spectrum’ will be the new ‘sober curious’
CNN — Imagine, if you will, seeing this headline: “Jon Hamm is happy as a man without kids: ‘I’ve had a great sexy-ass life.’”
Opinion: We no longer know how to behave in public
CNN — The simultaneous arrival of “Barbie” and “Oppenheimer” in movie theaters has spawned a slew of hand-wringing articles about a drastic decline in people’s behavior in cinemas. More disturbingly, a number of touring…
Having long COVID means I’ve had to change how and where I travel
Martha Lee from Devon, England, an avid traveler and hiker, explains to Sara Stewart how having long COVID has affected – but not stopped – her ability to move…
Opinion: Barbie doesn’t belong in a box
CNN — The release of the hotly-anticipated “Barbie” movie is almost upon us, and the cultural buzz has never been louder. The film, starring Margot Robbie in…
Opinion: The kind of superhero we need right now
CNN — Like a plot twist out of the multiverse, a huge comic-book movie is currently tanking at the box office while an anti-superhero, anti-capitalist streaming series garners raves….
Opinion: When the answer could be a bullet, no one will ask the question
The entirety of our culture now seems increasingly like the Wild West, where the answer to “could you please stop doing that?” or even just…
Bird enthusiasts are flocking to Alabama this summer – here’s why
With over 430 bird species and hundreds of designated viewing areas, Alabama is an ideal destination for observing feathered friends in their pristine natural habitats….
Opinion: Why ‘Ted Lasso’ belongs at the White House
CNN — On Monday, the White House hosted cast members from the Apple TV+ show “Ted Lasso” for a discussion of mental health awareness.
Opinion: I was diagnosed with colon cancer at a young age. We’re seeing a lot more cases like mine
CNN — If I could pick one refrain I heard the most from doctors and nurses during my months of treatment for colon cancer in 2018, it’d…
In The Fight Over Abortion Access, Kiki Freedman Is Playing The Long Game
“We knew going into this that it was going to be extraordinarily difficult,” says Kiki Freedman, the co-founder of the abortion telemedicine website Hey Jane, about…
Judy Blume is here to save us
It’s a dark time to be a young reader in this country – so it couldn’t be a better time for a Blume renaissance.
Summer Lee Doesn’t Care For Your Small Talk
As the first Black woman elected to Congress from Pennsylvania, Summer Lee is well acquainted with challenging the status quo.
Opinion: Rest is indeed resistance. For me and others, so is being childfree
We rarely talk about the positive possibilities that open up when women make the informed choice not to be mothers – or choose not to do…
For Gisele Fetterman, John’s Healing Is A “Triumph”
When Gisele Barreto Fetterman first moved to a struggling western Pennsylvania town in 2008, she didn’t know many people, so she befriended a fellow scrappy…
‘Dahmer’ debate is finally saying the quiet part about true crime out loud
CNN — Has true crime jumped the shark? The heated debate over Netflix’s new “Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” suggests an evolution is in order for the…
The Andie MacDowell Renaissance Is Upon Us
The ’90s icon has always done things her own way. Now, the world is finally catching up to her.
Why this GenX-er is jealous of Gen Z
(CNN) Once again the kids are showing us all how to do life better. According to a recent New York Times story, thirtysomething managers are being…
It’s time for Americans to un-weaponize ‘laziness’
(CNN) Why do we only learn to appreciate our lives when we’re in dire straits?
Colon cancer survivor says it’s time to take the disease seriously
In a year that has already brought so much tragedy and loss, Chadwick Boseman’s death at age 43 seems unthinkably cruel and unfair. How could such a…