“I wrote 63 songs this year. They’re all about Jeter.” Just kidding. The game we love, the players we hate, and more.
From Norman Mailer to Wendy Pepper — everything on film, TV, books, music, and snacks (shut up, raisins), plus the Girls’ Bike Club.
Helping public schools, winning prizes, sending a crazy lady in a tomato costume out in public.
Monologues, travelogues, fiction, and fart humor. And hens. Don’t forget the hens.
The Tomato Nation advice column addresses your questions on etiquette, grammar, romance, and pet misbehavior. Ask The Readers about books or fashion today!
Slut — 1: a slovenly woman : SLATTERN 2a: a lewd woman; esp : PROSTITUTE b: a saucy girl : MINX
Ah, “slut.” A compact little word, forceful even in the way it sounds, starting out …
Sarah,
I was hoping you could help me out. I am traveling to New York this weekend on a sort of mini-vacation, but never having been, I am lacking on “local” information. When I travel, I …
Dear Sars,
In re: Confused and Sort of Scared — shouldn’t she save and/or print email from “John” as a record of contact (in case she needs it as evidence for the police), instead of deleting …
Sars,
Hoping you can help with this, but it helps just to rant for a bit.
Why is it that EVERY female on the planet is hooking up except me?
No, I know, you hear that all the …
Bulimia I know. Very very well.
I started when I was 16, ended when I was 29, and every step of the way was hard-fought. I’ve been free of the monster for six years, and it’s …
I came into the world a United States citizen, a daughter and granddaughter and great-granddaughter of United States citizens. I remain a United States citizen, and for the most part, I enjoy my United States …
It’s not a good day today. The weather is vintage August in New York — going outside feels like a cross between draping myself in a wet blanket fresh from an autoclave and taking that …
In about a month, I will relocate to Toronto for the season. I’ve scored a sweet sublet complete with DSL and a parking space, and I can’t wait to blow out of Manhattan with my …
Yesterday, I placed an online personal ad. And I can hear you right now all “oh suuuure, act like you don’t care whether you get married, ‘oh, I don’t care, I don’t need a man, …
Sars,
Again, your response to SJJD just rocks. There is a superb book called Slut!: Growing Up Female with a Bad Reputation by Leora Tanenbaum that might be valuable for all parties involved to read, as …