TV producer and writer with credits on Netflix, NBC, CBS, FOX, CNN, TBS, E!, & HGTV by day! Stand-up comedian, voice-over artist, actor/actress, director, and bowler by night! World's Most Mediocre Superhero!
5 Amazing Songs to Drown Out Mansplaining
It can strike without warning, no matter the time or place. Yet, you’ve grown to expect it, often feeling it creep up on you. An epidemic of epic...
Go Forth and Conquer Your Fitness Goals
I’m a person of extremes. I love to jump into any new venture headfirst, with a whole lotta gusto. But, this can make for rough goings when I’m...
Wow The Fam With Gluten-Free Banana Pancakes
Sometimes, I stumble across a recipe that works in such a surprising way that I feel I’m conducting a science experiment rather than cooking. Tha...
Is Your Life Actually Working for You?
I’m about to state the obvious here — the pandemic has been soul-crushingly awful in myriad ways. I do not mean to minimize the pain it has cau...
How Pearls Are Made From Shell to Neck
A string of pearls has long been a classic piece of jewelry to top off the most elegant of looks. But while you may know where pearls can be...
Sugar-Free Eggnog Keeps You Festive and Healthy
Ever since I was a little girl, one of my favorite things about the holidays was eggnog. If I could drink eggnog all year round, I would. But, I’...
The Best Gifts for the Worst Cooks
We all have that friend who can’t follow a recipe properly or the relative we’re worried is going to one day burn down the kitchen. Luckily, it...
Empowering Gifts for the Little Feminists in Your Life
It’s important to instill feminist values in children while they are still young, and that includes girls and boys.
Cooking With My Avah: Creating A Bond With Food
When you live far away from your relatives, it can be especially hard to form close bonds with them. The distance creates, well, distance, both in...
How Investment Accounts Help Your Money Grow
I am by no means a financial expert. When it comes to my personal finances, my approach has typically been to pay my bills and push off figuring ou...
Caramelized Apples and Cheese — The Unexpectedly Delicious Fall Treat
I can't eat gluten so I’m always searching for ways to make the best parts of pies — the filling — without a pie crust. Through trial and err...
Show Kindness, No Matter What
These past two years have been especially hard on everyone. But one good thing that came out of this pandemic was a general sense of empathy for on...
Have Fun While Staying Sober With This Lychee Fizz Mocktail
Happy hours can be a great time to socialize with friends, coworkers, or even fun family members. But for those of us who don’t drink — for men...
An Adult Twist on a Classic Kids' Creepy Dessert
Thinking back on my elementary school days, some of my favorite times were around the holidays. A holiday party during a school day meant a break f...
Sleep Paralysis - A Haunting Condition
Many of us have experienced it. One moment you’re asleep and then before you know it, you’re awake. … But not quite. You remain teetering on...
All Hallows’ Eve — A Halloween History
Halloween is my favorite time of the year. But the origins of this equal parts eerie and fun holiday date back centuries through different cultures...
Feminist Horror Movies for Your Halloween Movie Marathon
Let's face it, a lot of horror movies are not feminist. Between their one-dimensional female characters and gratuitous female nudity, it can be h...
Women’s Diseases and Disorders Are Criminally Underfunded
It’s no secret that women have to overcome a number of obstacles when it comes to life in general. We typically make less money than our male cou...
Phoolan Devi, the Bandit Queen Who Became a Politician
Phoolan Devi, commonly referred to as “The Bandit Queen,” is an interesting and sometimes polarizing figure in Indian history. She was, at vari...
How Two Teachers Who Really Saw Me Changed My Life
Kids have it a lot harder than people give them credit for. Teenagers often have it the worst. When you’re a teen, it can feel like you’re cons...
How To Make Tuna Steaks, a Healthy Alternative for Red Meat Lovers
Raise your hand if you love a nice, juicy steak. I know I’m not alone. If I could, I would eat steak for almost every meal. There are few things...
9 Shocking Things Women Couldn't Do Until Recently
Close to a year ago now, we lost a fierce champion of women’s rights, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. During that devastating time, her impressive accomplis...
Dealing With Crippling Anxiety?
The pandemic has been hard on all of us. And, with the emergence of new variants all the time, a possible end feels further and further from realit...
Little-Known Celebrations of Democracy
Being born in late January and of Indian descent, I was excited when I was old enough to realize that my birthday week also contains an Indian holi...
Tired of Unhealthy Delivery Options? Try These
I don’t know about you, but I constantly feel like there’s not enough time in the day. So when it comes time to eat dinner at the end of my eig...
What to Do When the Body Positivity Movement Leaves You Out
I am all about body positivity. I have spent the majority of my life struggling with my weight due to a number of chronic health disorders, some of...
Need Hot Vax Summer Girl Trip Ideas? Why Not Check Out the Woods in Woodstock
After more than a year of quarantining at home away from your friends, you may be itching to go on your first post-vaccination vacation. But, a lot...
Like What You Like. Who Cares If It's Cool
When I was growing up, I always felt terminally uncool. It was still in vogue to make fun of people for liking so-called “geeky” things like co...
Traveling May Mean More to Your First Generation and Immigrant Friends
One of the more privileged complaints that many of us have had during these quarantimes has been about traveling. “I can’t wait to go on vacati...
Strange Self-Love: Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving My Bikini Body
We live in a world where every day happens to be National Something or Other Day, so it should come as no surprise that July 5th is National Bikini...
What You Should Know About Shyamala Gopalan Harris — The Woman Who Raised the First Female Vice President
When 19-year-old Shyamala Gopalan immigrated to the United States in 1958, she could never have known the impact that choice would have on American...
Curious About Freezing Your Eggs? One Woman Shares Her Experience
Your fertility journey is personal, private and, for some of us, can be very complicated. For as long as I can remember, I have always wanted kids....
Part 2: Just Because There's a Female Character, Doesn't Mean We Have to Sexualize Her
Young girls have long been depicted as sexual creatures, like in the novel Lolita, even when they are still children. Ask any woman when she f...
Part 3: Just Because There's a Female Character, Doesn't Mean We Have to Sexualize Her
A female character’s value should not be determined by the desirability of her male costars. This comes to one of the most annoying parts of the...
Part 1: Just Because There's a Female Character, Doesn't Mean We Have to Sexualize Her
We all know the trope. It could be in a TV show, movie, or book that you’re reading. You’re introduced to your main characters, a group that co...
As the Global Nightmare Ends, A New Nightmare Begins for Social Anxiety Sufferers
From the very start of the pandemic, so many of us have been waxing poetic about what we would do when it finally comes to an end, the return to no...
The Food You Eat Affects The Planet
Popular culture loves to mock those “hippie vegan and vegetarian” types, often depicting them as holier than thou, sickly, or just plain annoyi...
Ways My Partner and I Have Staved Off Boredom During Quarantine
When you’re with your partner on a long enough timeline, you’ll find yourselves falling into a relationship rut now and then. However, when yo...
I'm Chronically Ill. Please Don't Make Me Come Back Into the Office.
I remember an especially hard day of work. It was in the summer a couple years back and I was about a year out from my latest abdominal surgery. E...
The Third Grade Soccer Game That Still Haunts Me
As a child, I was always very mild-mannered and eager to please. More than anything, I wanted everyone, kids and adults alike, to like me. I came f...
Warrior - The Surprising Show With the Best Female Storylines on TV
There is no doubt right now that the AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) and Asian community worldwide as a whole, is hurting. Anti-Asian ha...
It's Time to Stop Pitting Women Against Each Other
I want to make one thing perfectly clear up top — I LOVE women. Starting with when I was a little girl, I always found myself gravitating toward...
Happiness Now: Stop Beating Yourself Up About Unrealistic Achievements
No one moves to New York City hoping to be average. Like an overwhelming number of New Yorkers, you could have felt your professional aspirations l...
Recharge Your Girl Power This Galentine's Day
As the one-year quarantine-versary approaches, many of us are mentally fried. Add to that the pressure of having a picture-perfect love life for Va...
Celebrating My Birthday After a Year in Quarantine
A January birthday has its ups and downs. As a kid, it meant you were hit with the double whammy of Christmas and birthday gifts in close successio...
The Difference Between Paying Your Dues and Being Abused
Let me tell you about the worst job I’ve ever had. As a TV producer, you often get contracted from show to show, rather than working for one specific company.
Gamify Your Workout During the Pandemic
Big, dramatic confession time: I have a hard time motivating myself to workout. Oh, you do, too? What a coincidence! I, like many of us, love the b...
Battling Work-Life Balance While Working from Home
You set your alarm. If your day starts at 9 a.m., you can wake up at 8 and get ready at a leisurely pace to walk to the other room and sit down at...
Salt-Baked Fingerling Potatoes Recipe
Back in 2013, I was living by myself in a one-bedroom apartment in the ultra trendy and oft-mocked neighborhood of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. So, when...
Is Your Dream Wedding Even Possible Anymore?
When my fiancé got down on one knee and asked me to marry him on March 29, 2019, the possibility that a worldwide pandemic would ruin our wedding...
As a Half-Indian Woman, What Kamala Harris’ Nomination Means to Me
It’s a historic day. Joe Biden has just announced his pick for VP — Kamala Harris. My phone buzzes. It’s a text from one of my nearest and de...
This Young American Is Shaking Up Climate Change Activism
Now, you may feel that you are already aware of the notable climate change activists who are leading the charge today. However, oftentimes activist...
How a Cheap, Goofy Gift Idea Helped Me Reconnect with My Friends
During COVID-19, missing my friends and family has almost become a hobby on its own. Since 2012, I’ve been lucky enough to be part of an all-wome...
Hollywood’s Inclusivity Problem Is Worse Than You Think
Recently, with the spotlight on the systemic racism that Black, Indigenous, and people of color face every day, Hollywood has seen a mild reckoning...
Healthy, Low-Carb Summer Pie Recipe
While being stuck in our homes for the foreseeable future definitely doesn’t sound like the summer we all had in mind, it has helped many of us t...
Be Creative While Protecting Yourself: DIY Mask Ideas
At first masks were simply a tool to protect yourself and others against COVID-19. We saw the majority of people donning surgical-style masks as th...
Ways to Support the BIPOC in Your Life
This post is part of a series in which we asked writers for their thoughts on allyship and combating racism. I have always had an interesting relat...
