Some years ago, the word “gaslight” made its appearance in my life. It puzzled me. “We’re…
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That’s Hot!
This essay is part of Avidly’s “Too Real” series, guest edited by Carissa M. Harris: a…
Gaslighting in 1880
But you might not make that shift. And that possibility is what the play “Gas Light”…
E. JEAN CARROLL BOUGHT ME A DRESS
In 1996 Donald Trump asked E. Jean Carroll to try on an outfit in a dressing…
Never Kissing
A song led me to the movie. I was exchanging notes with a friend recently on…
Mickey Mouse’s Bait Dogs
My neighbour Connie comes over to tell me that Sue’s dog, an eighteen-year-old chihuahua, drowned in…
Everything is Open
The first lock I ever picked was my own: one day in my sophomore year of…
Denis Johnson’s Redemption in the Margins
I suppose it was envy that set me off in search of Denis Johnson’s notes. Or…
Leonard Cohen’s Hydra
Leonard Cohen’s house is not easy to find. But nothing on Hydra is. Street names are…
What Is Empathy Overload
In 1978, Kathy Kleiner was asleep in her bed at the Chi Omega sorority house at…