I don’t usually read memoirs. I feel like I have no time to read so whenever I get some, I go for my favorites: fiction or social commentary. But in the past few months, ever since I took 2 solo flights to NYC, I can’t stop with the memoirs. I’ve read 6 amazing stories about [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Jillian Lauren’
Summer reading
Posted in Books, ReelGirl recommends, tagged Bedwetter, Happens Every Day, Isabel Gillies, Jillian Lauren, Lit, Mary Karr. Some Girls, Orange is the New Black, Piper Kerman, Sarah Silverman, summer reading on June 22, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Interview with www.fitwoman.com
Posted in Margot Magowan/ ReelGirl, tagged beyond hunger, dieting, fitwoman.com, Geneen Roth, Jillian Lauren, Lit, Mary Karr, overcoming overeating, Scott Turow, when women stop hating their bodies on June 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Margot Magowan on Dieting, Blogs, and Raising Healthy Kids by Emily on June 1, 2010 We recently discovered ReelGirl, a blog by writer and commentator Margot Magowan. She also co-founded the Woodhull Institute for Ethical Leadership, which provides professional training for young women. We decided to pick her brain about raising three daughters, her favorite [...]
New memoir on life in a Brunei harem
Posted in Books, Sexuality, tagged Brunei, harem, Jillian Lauren, prostitution, sex work, stripping on May 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
When I blogged a couple weeks ago about Sarah Silverman’s hilarious new memoir, I wrote that as the mother of three little kids, I now enjoy activities I used to dread for the private time they provide. Flying solo to New York and back to San Francisco a a couple times this month, I [...]