by Jeannie Ralston | Mar 11, 2021
You can’t always get what you wantBut if you try sometime you findYou get what you need We all know these lines as classic Rolling Stones lyrics, but they also sum up the theme of a new, wise and witty novel from Marie Bostwick. The Renovation of Celia Fairchild...
by Jeannie Ralston | Mar 2, 2021
My favorite scene in Nomadland, which just won the Golden Globe for best picture, is when Frances McDormand as the main character Fern, is floating naked in a beautiful river, with her face tilted in serene ecstasy toward the sky. The camera lingers on her bare body,...
by Jeannie Ralston | Mar 1, 2021
I always like to ask people how they’re aging boldly. One time I threw out that question from the stage of an in-person event, and a woman shouted back, “Having sex again for the first time in 16 years!” You can imagine how the crowd hooted and...
by Jeannie Ralston | Feb 23, 2021
When I learned late last year that Norma Kamali had a book coming out in February with the title, I Am Invincible, I knew I had to get her to speak at our NextTribe virtual Out Loud event, which she did. The title and the one line I read about the book made me sure...
by Jeannie Ralston | Feb 16, 2021
The cover of Flo Kennedy’s 1976 memoir, Color Me Flo: My Hard Life and Good Times, says it all. She’s wearing a brown leather vest, a matching cowboy hat, big hoop earrings, and a long sleeve black shirt that says “Bullshit” over and over and...
