Month: September 2011

  • “Drop the Damn Fork!”–Jean Nidetch (Weight Watchers Founder)

    Can we fast forward here, to the part where I acknowledge that I gained ten pounds in the summer of 2010 as we closed shop on our lives in Minnesota and stuffed every last ceramic vase and fleece vest into the basement? Continue now with the flowing frames of the Weight Gain Narrative, as we […]

  • Of Tesbih and Testes: Then It Got Personal

    As I wrote this one, I realized my complaints about Turkish men got revved up on a day when I felt defensive and angry on behalf of a friend.Now that I’ve written the post, however, I have to concede that the vagaries of relationships aren’t always culture specific. Money and disappointment are the bedrock of many a […]