They Built the Bridge
I was never one to defend myself. Never one to set strong boundaries, or to teach people how to treat me. I was always not only willing to take other people’s abuse, but I [...]
memoir
Hip Hip Hooray! It’s National Rescue Dog Day!
May 20th is the day we recognize rescue dogs: their stories, their plight, their capacity for love, and the many ways they’ve enhanced our lives. National Rescue Dog [...]
Sweatpants & Books | New Releases, May 2019
Looking for new reads? Here are some new releases hitting the shelves this May that we’re excited about, including Casey Cep’s Furious Hours, a new memoir by Ani [...]
Sweatpants & Sanity | Depression, Pain, and Shades of Blue
The silent epidemic of depression affects millions of people and takes dozens of lives everyday, while our culture grapples with a stigma against open discussion of mental [...]
Sweatpants & Sanity | Interview: Julie Barton, Author of “Dog Medicine”
Julie Barton’s new memoir Dog Medicine: How My Dog Saved Me From Myself, chronicles her descent into deep depression in her twenties and how the love of one remarkable [...]
Marrying George Clooney: Confessions of a Midlife Crisis | Life Through the Looking Glass of Amy Ferris
As a life-long, die-hard George Clooney worshiper, I must tell you upfront that Marrying George Clooney: Confessions of a Midlife Crisis, by Amy Ferris, is not a story about [...]
Sweatpants & TV | “Fresh Off The Boat” Gets It Right
I was really nervous about this. I watched the first two episodes with both hope and trepidation. It’s been 20 years since we’ve seen a sitcom featuring an Asian American [...]
