Dance Like Nobody’s Watching: My First Time at Zumba

Zumba is a Shakira video turned up to eleven. My first actual attempt at this exercise craze was alone in my bedroom to a free online video. I was like, “Hey, why not? Let’s live a little!” Exactly three minutes into the video I felt like my instructor could see through my laptop screen at how … Continue reading

Paying it Forward: Female Entertainers Edition

In a recent Vanity Fair profile, Taylor Swift responded to a joke made at her expense by Golden Globes hosts Tina Fey and Amy Poehler, saying: ‘There is a special place in hell for women who don’t help other women.’ It’s beyond mystifying, upsetting, and ridiculous that Swift would use the above quote in reference … Continue reading

Mental Block

About a year ago I started this blog. A year before that I was cranking out screenplays–sometimes up to 80 pages of script a night. Fast-forward to the present and I cannot write a damn thing. Writer’s block sounds temporary. Like I have a homework assignment I don’t want to do,  the answer to the … Continue reading