Sweet Reads presents Leigh Stein, Court Stroud, Dorri Olds and Andy Marino

authors

On February 23 at 6:30 pm “Sweet Reads” at Joyce Bakeshop (646 Vanderbilt Avenue, Brooklyn) will feature the amazing Leigh Stein, author of three books and co-founder of Out of the Binders, a 501c3 nonprofit dedicated to advancing the careers of women and gender non-conforming writers, Dorri Olds, and Court Stroud, and musician Andy Marino.

3 Films Every Science Student Must See

Science

image: scene from Timecrimes Movies for Science Students and Sci-Fi Lovers If you’re a science student, chances are you don’t see the world through the same eyes as everybody else. You’re probably the one always looking for scientific inaccuracies in films and your friends probably love you or hate you for it. But there are some … Read more

Women’s March • Jan 21, 2017 New York City

NYC March

A wire clothes hanger bearing the stark message: Never Again. The woman marching next to me saw this sign and confided that her mother had nearly bled to death after the self-administered abortion of what would have been her fourth child, one she could not take care of. My Life Matters — a heart-wrenching sign carried by a small African-American boy riding on his father’s shoulders. His message is more important than ever in the months and years ahead.

Cat Marnell Gives the Addiction Memoir a Makeover

Cat Marnell

‘How to Murder Your Life’ by Cat Marnell is what every addict memoir should be: adventure-packed, shocking, darkly humorous, and gut-wrenching—the only thing missing is sobriety. You’re likely to read it in one fast sitting. It’s a fascinating, yet disturbing, tale about Adderall addiction.