When I was getting my undergraduate degree, I had a weekly column in my university's student newspaper (ever-true to my terrible punning, it was titled "Lizzen Up"). I wrote a lot of pieces that garnered negative attention, but the one that probably earned me the most notoriety, and certainly the most threats and hate-mail, was…
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
Who hasn't read this book? You, me, your mom, my mom, their moms, and their moms' moms have all read it many times - and admired Mr. Darcy in the BBC miniseries as he jumps into the lake and climbs out in his white, very wet shirt. Everybody knows about Pride and Prejudice. But I…
Me Neither: Adding Nuance to the “Me Too” Movement
Everybody knows what the Me Too movement is - it requires no introduction from me. By now, we all have at least a passing familiarity with the predatory sexual assaults of Harvey Weinstein, Bill O'Reilly, and Kevin Spacey, to name only a few of the more famous men who have fallen from public grace. As necessary and long-overdue as…
Dinosaurs Can't Read 