by Jeannie Ralston | Nov 7, 2022
Editor’s Note: Tomorrow is election day and it seems like hyperbole to say this is the most important election of our lifetime (we always hear that), but as a referendum on women’s autonomy, it really does feel like the most monumental election women our...
by Jeannie Ralston | Sep 12, 2022
Editor’s Note: We think of Marta Kauffman as an expert on friendship, since she’s the co-creator of Friends and Grace and Frankie, which is based on a solid female friendship. Marta is speaking at our NextTribe Out Loud event in L.A. on Sunday, Sept. 18th...
by Jeannie Ralston | Aug 21, 2022
Editor’s Note: Today HBO launches a prequel to the wildly popular series Game of Thrones. We’re very excited, but probably not as much as the author of this piece, who now has more episodes to ruin for more people. *** I’ve had April 14th circled on the...
by Jeannie Ralston | Aug 2, 2022
I was never in love as an actual teenager. I had mild crushes and dated a lot in high school and college. But I was always reserved, knowing in some part of my brain that I didn’t want to get attached to someone who would want me to follow him to some school or...
by Jeannie Ralston | Jul 14, 2022
“Don’t tell me you rode your bike here?” my lunching partner asked when I arrived at the restaurant in midtown Manhattan carrying a bike helmet. “Sure I did” I said, fluffing my hair, which I was certain looked flat from its time under the foam headgear. “A bike...