Barnstorm’s Sarah Earle recently interviewed me for their writer’s hotseat about all things porn and relationships. The full interview is now up on their blog. I’m flattered to be featured in this lovely UNH publication, especially since my mom is a University of New Hampshire, Master’s in Education grad. Yep. Word to my teacher mother. … Continue reading
The last two weeks have been characterized by a barrage of illness in my house. First came gastro, then the good old flu, followed by pink eye (which I thought was just a funny fecal matter joke from Knocked Up). Not so. I will never chuckle about the singular hell that is conjunctivitis again. But … Continue reading
What a crazy whirlwind of a month October has been so far! Not only did my first book, Prude just come out, our little family decided to relocate to the countryside, AKA: THE MIDDLE OF FREAKING NOWHERE. That’s not actually a slag, btw; I deeply and profoundly love the sticks. Hence: so long city streets, … Continue reading
I read this handy little list today over coffee: 7 Things Not To Share With Your Boyfriend. To my shock and awe, I came up very short. The TMI list included sharing: Your Bodily Functions Your Girlfriends’ Secrets Your Toothbrush Your Password Your Dislike For His Mother Your Insecurities Your Past…In Detail There must be … Continue reading
So I don’t look like Gwyneth Paltrow, folks. I know, shock and awe. I broke the cleanse last night with some red wine at a birthday. But I think going it squeaky clean since last Monday did me good. I’m feeling way more aware of what I’m consuming. And I exercised every day this week! … Continue reading
Over the weekend I read this Globe and Mail article: How DIY porn might save your relationship and thusly I’ve been reflecting on the ways that DIY helped the state of my union. By that, I mean both my relationship with porn and with my husband. As I’ve no doubt blogged about before, I used … Continue reading
Following the train of a Charlie Glickman tweet yesterday, I clicked through to a website called Scarleteen and found myself lingering for over an hour. Despite the fact that I was supposed to have been writing, my time was well spent, or at least vastly better consumed than the previous hour, which involved one too … Continue reading
The other evening over wine, a friend and I discussed how she’s holding off on sleeping with a guy she’s dating. We’ve all heard the rationale for not putting out too soon before—that dudes jump ship if they get you in the sack and women often become emotionally attached. In keeping, I just read an … Continue reading
