A couple months ago, I went to a group job interview for one of those non-profits that asks people to donate to refugees on the street. The woman in charge wanted us to introduce ourselves by saying what we were passionate about. She led with, “Hi, my name is Amanda…

From October of 2010 to the present, I have been a continually published professional freelancer. In that time, I have been blackmailed by sources who threatened to go over my head; I have had rich and/or semi-famous people screw me over by cancelling interviews at a moment’s notice; I’ve had…

With 13 Reasons Why, Sex Education, The Society, Never Have I Ever, Lost and Found, Derry Girls, and The Politician (which began in high school), Netflix is really going all in on the CW formula of attracting teenage audiences. The story revolves around two twins, Blair and Sterling, who go…

The World-Class Bor Brothers: Podium Magazine (2021) https://www.outsideonline.com/health/running/culture-running/people/the-brothers-bor-a-fast-family-finds-their-place/ One of my earliest beats as a writer was covering my cross-country team for my college so I developed a rare love of watching people run in circles and keeping up with the ins and outs of that sport. That extends to…

Originally published here by Amanda ReCupido, support her as well: https://aninjusticemag.com/david-sedaris-isnt-afraid-of-being-cancelled-94ba9fbb155f My responses are after the > My friend and I had cringed through a few moments like these throughout the evening, not wanting it to dampen our enthusiasm or opinion of this beloved author, but the framing of his…

Much of the rhetoric from the pro-life crowd is that when an egg is fertilized, it becomes a sacred and protected life. Never mind that their lack of support for welfare for single mothers or environmental protections that would give a baby born in 2020 a decent change to…

I once hand-delivered this to Orrin Hatch’s office in 2017: Senator Hatch, My name is Orrin Konheim and 33 years ago, my parents named me after you. My mom is an Israeli immigrant, who went on to have a distinguished career in the Pentagon at the Senior Executive Staff…

The Quintessential Minnesota Film: The Mighty Ducks My Minnesota Credentials: I spent a summer studying in Minneapolis and visited my sister multiple times when she lived in St Louis Park for 6 years. This is the same Minneapolis suburb that the Coen brothers are from and my sister’s synagogue (where my…

I was just over at a message board where people are saying that Ketanji Brown Jackson is enabling pedophiles and it’s all a conspiracy from the people who enable her. These people are destructive to democracy in how little semblance of truth At the same time, it’s downright scary how…