The Ghosts Of Boyfriends Past
It is my sophomore year of college circa 1985. I’m driving my lemon of a Ford Mustang on the mean streets of La Habra, California at 3 a.m. What is an intelligent girl of 20 doing out at such an hour...
View ArticleHe Had a Traumatic Car Accident and I Had to Grow Up
My Achilles has always been that I want everyone to like me. Even hardened criminals. Even Dance Moms and Real Housewives. Even Charlie Sheen. Approval and admiration are my serotonin highs. Or they...
View ArticleNot All Men Are Rapists
Yes. An inflammatory headline. Since the recent Steubenville rape case and excavating and writing about my own experience as a victim of attempted rape when I was in college, I’ve grown increasingly...
View Article“I See You’ve Made a New Friend”
And Other Memories of a Boy Gone too Soon Prince, David Bowie, Glen Frey and Alan Rickman made me think of a Gone Boy who might’ve left a legacy as bright as theirs. He would’ve turned fifty-one last...
View Article