The Readers Loft

It may be the deep mid winter with snow falling but it does not have to be a bleak mid winter. So why not spice…

In this otherwise very inspirational graduation speech, writer George Saunders argues we should all be kinder. And while the world could certainly use more kindness…

I Wish People Would Stop Trying To Convince Me Otherwise. I came to feminism late. I made it all the way through college and a…

Just Marry a Rich Guy! Estimated tax payments, the scourge of every law-abiding freelancer I know, are due this week, which naturally turns one’s mind,…

When I was back in the US this summer, I picked up a copy of “Cupid’s Book” in an antique store. A thick pamphlet, Cupid’s…

So I was looking at “Hot Chicks of Occupy Wall Street,” which is so blatantly sexist I got bored trying to write about it. The…