The Gilmore Girls Cookbook That Could Have Been
Before my hand injuries I auditioned to write the text for an official Gilmore Girls cookbook. I didn’t get the gig, but it was the most fun I’ve ever had creating a writing sample.
Tag: Gilmore Girls
The Gilmore Girls Revival Gets Real (But it is Still a Beautiful Escape From These Troubled Times)
“Haley Mlotek of The New York Times coined the phrase “emotional speculative fiction” to talk about Gilmore Girls, and that is still the best description of the show to date. As someone who doesn’t have a hometown, Stars Hollow has always offered me a special kind of comfort in imagining what it would be like to live and grow up in one place.” For Wear Your Voice Mag, November 2016.
“It’s Not Your Fault”: Netflix’s Jessica Jones and the Outward Ripples of Domestic Violence
“Jessica Jones — played with strength and haunted panache by Gilmore Girls alum Krysten Ritter — is a ‘hard-drinking, short-fused, mess of a woman’ with a minimalist fashion sense, private gumshoe leanings, and superpowered strength.” My 23rd article for HuffPost published in January 2016, and the first time I publicly spoke about being a survivor of domestic violence.
Self-Preservation
Approaching the eleven-year memorial of Wendy Soltero’s murder and my self-preservation instinct finally kicks in.