Why are some jokes universally funny to large swaths of people? For my husband’s birthday, I took him and our two adult kids to a comedy show last weekend. There were around 30 people in the club that easily held 100 or more. The headliner was a Black guy, and I’m identifying his race with … Continue reading The Tragedy in Comedy
On our drive from school the other day my tweenage son told me a classmate had offered him a joint. I’d been preparing for this moment, staging it in my head for years, ready with my bag full of allegorical stories of my reckless youth before easing into the “Why drugs are bad for you” … Continue reading Grand Fu*k*ng Cyn
https://open.spotify.com/episode/7j1nfZZcPgHckBrWFHGvXv?si=z6pOBMiWThiXUmXxJ4r_lg On the plane coming back from Hawaii, the guy seated in front of me was easily over 300 pounds. He bulged over the armrests on either side of him. When he leaned his seat back, it came back so far it was virtually in my face. A teenage boy of equal girth sat next to … Continue reading On Being Fat
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3xNZjqPTtkDmYWDH8r6Wor?si=Wk61CVhmTCKk2D1Mg7QeEg #Litchat hosted an author on Twitter who'd recently written a book about being proud to be obese. The author tweeted of being 310 pounds on her 5' 5'' frame. She touted that she was in “great shape, healthy and happy.” Others joined in and congratulated her on finally accepting herself for being fat. And … Continue reading Why NOT to Be Proud You’re Fat
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3LWbdbjaOAeWGa6Abns7RF?si=GxpBGPPzSO-eqgZcmv0QOQ On our drive from school the other day my tweenage son told me a classmate had offered him a joint. I’d been preparing for this moment, staging it in my head for years, ready with my bag full of allegorical stories of my reckless youth before easing into the “Why drugs are bad for … Continue reading Between What is Said and What is Heard
