Sitting outside with my mom on Saturday, we were talking about how it was my first Labor Day weekend home in 4 years. It’s actually been nice to sit and think this summer, about who I’ve become and who I’d like to be. Hence my newest post, what I learned this summer!
10. It’s […]

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I was just reading some of the archives, some of my older posts, and they all just made me so happy. About a week ago, I started a fast start program at my new school, which was a way for new kids to adjust, get comfortable, and I went from having a peaceful, wake […]

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Hello everybody!
I’m sorry I haven’t posted in a while, I start a new school in a week, and things have been pretty crazy with preparations and fast start programs and everything.
Anyways, as Liz introduced, I am quoted in Danica McKellar’s new book about girls and math, called “Math Doesn’t Suck.” –interesting title, huh? Anyways, I […]

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I saw The Nanny Diaries tonight with my best friend and youngest sister. Since it was my favorite book, I naturally had to go see the movie on opening day. It definitely lived up to the book’s satirical take on Upper East Side society.
It’s funny, because when I read the book, I felt […]

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I was just hanging out at home, when all of a sudden one of my poems started to come into my head. I think I’ve been to afraid to do this, probably of many things, but show some of my writing. Anyways, here is the poem that started to come into my head, I hope […]

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As a writer, I pine for feedback. Since I am surrounded by such intellecutual women (and men too who read this site) I thought that posting some of my pieces for feedback (and exposure) might be helpful, dare I say inspiring? Enjoy!
Standing Ovation
Hail to the thief for stealing bread.
He butters you up and
then […]

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PASTE ROCKS!
I would love to to blurb a bit about my favorite magazine EVER!!!!!!!!!
Paste magazine!!!!!!!! Get ready, because this ramble that follows may conjure up a huge gust of wind that will blow you back in your seat a bit, so prepare and find a good and ready position.
Paste, “signs of life in music, film, […]

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I finally got a chance to read a book I got for Christmas called Girls’ Night Out. It’s a collection of short stories by today’s most famous writers. The back jacket of the book reads:
“Too tired to doll up and head out for a night on the town? (It happens to […]

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Howard Zinn really changed my life. In the summer before the eleventh grade, my AP US History teacher required that students read Howard Zinn’s book, You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train. Reading this book, I knew that I would always have to dedicate a part of me and my life to […]

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One of my favorite books (tied with Eloise and the Feminine Mystique) is Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld. I don’t want to call it chick lit, because female writers have been lashing out at the term, because they feel it’s demeaning to and marginalizing of women’s literature, but also because Prep is a deep story. […]

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