Some such thing as used

A car dealer, into his cellphone, unselfconscious and in earshot of potential customers, in reference to another (potential) customer: ...

The things to worry about roundup

-The question of "fast fashion" is in the news again, thanks to a new and much - publicized book by Elizabeth Cline. To some of ...

Nanny Fine, not a "JAP"

The " JAP " is back. On the show "Girls," one of the characters evidently fits the bill . Emily Shire situates the David...

Takes all kinds? UPDATED

Long post, main point in bold: This is going to be my third - and last - attempt at a post about the question of the wives of gay men who, f...

The myth of the "elite" diet

One reads a great deal about how these days, "we" (as in, the author and those like the author, in the author's estimation) ca...

Main Street, NJ

A friend who visited me recently described Nassau Street and thereabouts in Princeton as what she imagined the East Coast would be like befo...

"We have pocket guides for fish; finally, there’s one for humans."

It's almost as if Mark Bittman were reading WWPD . (He did once respond to something I wrote at Culture11, so it's not entirely imp...