Author: Becky Lang
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“Binge” Explores Eating Disorders with Humor
Between shows like Broad City, Insecure and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, it’s been a good couple years for comedies that explore the more painful, awkward and liberating moments that come with being a woman. Cue Binge, an irreverent, sparkly, very funny comedy about an anti-hero who suffers from bulimia. If you like the shows listed above, you’re going to want to see more than just…
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Wedding Vows Updated for Various Groups
Millennials: I, [Brooklyn], take you, [Jonas], to be my #mancrushmonday/wifey, to Snapchat and to swipe right on, from this day forward, for better, for worse, for bottomless mimosa brunch times, and for grad school debt times, in gluten-allergies and paleo diets, until YOLO turns to BAAAAIII. Yuppies: I, [Salix], take you, [Eleanor], to be my…
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An Update on Daytime TV for All You 9-5-ers
A few months ago, I decided to go freelance. Not trying to be all “I QUIT MY DAY JOB TO BE AN ARTISTE, BUT IT’S ACTUALLY WAY HARDER THAN WORKING, GUYS” here. It’s more like I saw people charging hourly and calling their cats their colleagues and I wanted in on that racket. Who knows if it will be forever,…
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My Requests for Who Will Replace Michael Strahan on “Kelly and Michael”
Live! with Kelly and Michael is important to me. It symbolizes getting to wake up when you want and have your coffee with your cat/dog while catching up on the latest celebrity whatever stuff. Aka living the dream. Now that I’m “living the dream” (working freelance) and have returned to this morning routine, Michael Strahan has…
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Ideas for Celebrating Women During Modern Financial Transactions
Yay! Apparently, they are going to put a woman on the $20 bill sometime in the next 15 years. Girl. Power. Just kidding. By then almost no one will actually use cash anymore. We women know when we’re getting played. Thus, I, a woman, have come up with some demands for celebrating ladykind every time you…
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How to Make an Old Fashioned Wrong
Desire a drink. Something with whiskey or one of those other names for whiskey that you still don’t quite know what they mean, like bourbon or scotch. It should also have something in it that makes it not just straight booze, like ice, bitters, syrup or … somehow, bacon. Try to remember the difference between an…
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My Dog’s Threat Level Rankings
RED ALERT -Moms pushing strollers on walks -Unexpected Amazon package on stoop -Hissing cat -Free chair on someone’s curb -Halloween decoration of zombie woman with hole through her stomach ORANGE ALERT -Small dogs being walked past house -Unfamiliar stairs -Any dog seen from inside the car -Statue of dog butt with head seemingly buried in ground…
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The Painter in Me is Obsessed with Makeup Tutorials
The latest content consumption hole I’ve fallen down is watching makeup tutorials on YouTube. If you’ve never seen one, they usually go like this: A beautiful woman will say, “Hello, today we’re going to do this look,” and then proceed to completely transform her face until she looks like a mermaid goddess and/or Kylie Jenner. I have…
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“Star Wars: The Force Awakens” is a Phoenix-from-the-Ashes Story
I saw The Force Awakens for the third time today, and this time criticism of the movie was on my mind as I watched. Particularly the idea that this movie is derivative, that it won’t age well, or, as The New Yorker said, it’s a “forgery” that made us recognize George Lucas as a true artist. (Ouch…
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9 Things I Noticed The Second Time Around in “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”
1. Hints at Who Rey’s Parents Are I left my first viewing feeling as if Rey was somehow Kylo Ren’s sister. I also wondered if she was Obi-Wan Kenobi’s kin. Then I heard that she might be Luke Skywalker’s daughter, which also seemed to make sense. This time around I looked for clues. Here are…
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10 Hot New Spotify Playlists
Newsboy Hat Ding ding! It’s Mr. Sensitive biking by! Scat folk for the guy who knows what “pentameter” means. No Makeup Selfie Gurrrl power meets acoustic guitars in this anthemic playlist perfect for your lipstick-free duck lips. Abusing Benadryl Pop a couple allergy pills and prep for your deep sleep with some oddly rhythmic whale noises. African Safari Someday…
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Thoughts Re: Halloween
For me, Halloween has typically meant going to a bar, staying out late and generating a horrible hangover for the next day. But now my relationship with my friends is more “I’ll feed your cats when you’re out of town” than “let’s take four shots before we even get to the bar.” Because of this, I’ve…