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• Self-Care Must Be Easy and Enjoyable

  By hilariep on December 12, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  I’ve always been big into the idea of self-care, but the actuality? Spas bore me and gyms annoy me. I’m more of an extra taco, one more cocktail or new outfit sort of gal. I know that’s not self-care. Those treats comfort… Read More ›

• Kveller – This Jewish Lesbian Poet, Hidden by a Nazi Collaborator, Was My Idol

  By hilariep on May 2, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  Originally published at Kveller. I hadn’t heard of Gertrude Stein when I came across Janet Malcom’s “New Yorker” article about her 15 years ago. It examined how she and her partner, Alice B. Toklas, remained safe in Nazi-occupied France through World War II… Read More ›

• What to Do When Shushed

  By hilariep on February 15, 2017 • ( 0 )

  

  I got shushed on Facebook recently. It was after I posted about the anniversary of Kristallnacht. Still raw from Trump’s win, I couldn’t resist voicing my fear that we were heading back to those times. A mom I’d met for… Read More ›