Posts by Kerra Bolton |

Sweatpants & History | Five Lessons I Learned from Lee Radziwill

February 24, 2019 // 0 Comments

While it’s out of fashion to admire rich, white, privileged women these days, writer Kerra Bolton celebrates the life of Lee Radziwill, the younger sister of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who died earlier this month at the age of 85. [...]

How to Invite Life’s Magic

January 21, 2019 // 1 Comment

What if the universe stretched its hand out to you and invited you to dance? That’s the question I’m living this year after vowing in December to adopt a kinder, gentler [...]

Why I’m Not Making Resolutions for 2019

December 30, 2018 // 1 Comment

Tis the season to take stock of our lives, consider our shortcomings, and promise to do and be better next year. This annual exercise in self-flagellation used to be called [...]

Kindness Matters | One Person Can Make a Difference

November 26, 2018 // 1 Comment

Can one person make a difference? It is a silent, unanswered question we ask ourselves in the middle of the night while our brain rattles with thoughts. How can I make a [...]

Sweatpants & Relationships | How to Love Men Right Now

October 29, 2018 // 1 Comment

How do we love men right now when it is hard to love and yet love is so desperately needed? This is a question with which I am wrestling in the aftermath of the recent U.S. [...]

The Queen of Break-Up Travel

September 23, 2018 // 2 Comments

The November rain fell in succulent drops on the ancient, cobblestone streets. I stuck my tongue out to capture a raindrop. But then I remembered I was in Paris. [...]

How I Blew Up My Life and Learned to Love Myself

August 30, 2018 // 3 Comments

Love yourself. Self-love is the sugar-coated pill we prescribe when we don’t know what to say to a friend plagued with a broken heart, broken leg or broken life. But a [...]

Eats & Drinks | I Live in Mexico and Don’t Eat Tacos

July 22, 2018 // 0 Comments

I live in Mexico and rarely eat tacos. “Who moves to Mexico and doesn’t eat tacos?” asked a Mexican friend during a post-yoga brunch. “In Mexico, everything is a [...]

Sweatpants & Equality | Have White Men Taken the Magic Out of Movies?

June 21, 2018 // 1 Comment

Actress Brie Larson recently pricked the conscience of the film industry when she used her acceptance speech at the 2018 Crystal + Lucy awards to challenge the lack of [...]

How to Enjoy Disney World as an Adult

June 3, 2018 // 1 Comment

I don’t know who a “Disney person,” is, but I’ve been told that it’s not me. More than one friend, for instance, asked with surprise why I planned to visit Disney [...]