"Why I went? I think it is incredibly important that those of us who have privilege use that privilege to call attenti…"

"I’m a little obsessed with learning new things, and every book is another opportunity to learn something new. My theo…"

"So much of what I see troubling women our age is the sense of surprise at the way it turned out, the toxic brew of bo…"

"The Jews I knew growing up didn't do "do-it-yourself." When my father needed to hammer something he generally used hi…"

"Dodgeball? My children were playing dodgeball? That cruel, brutal, violent schoolyard game so mercilessly satirized i…"

"[W]hatever my intentions, whatever the truth of my claim, I had no business giving a lecture to a total stranger."

"Why are the architects of the family-values agenda so eager to punish into the next generation? What is being served …"

"When I was 15, what I wanted in a boyfriend was just that confidence and swagger. I wanted someone who knew what he w…"

"We are the real Americans. Everett Moran, standing brave and resolute in the face of bigotry, is a real American. Geo…"

"I'd written personal essays before, but never on this scale -- never so often and with such, er, honesty. (If by hone…"