Geisha grrrls
The author of a new book about gender in Japan sets aside Western stereotypes and talks about how ordinary women are fueling a feminist revolution that's transforming the country.
Salon.com, January 2007

Brooklyn, Ink
A peripatetic comic-book heroine comes to Brooklyn.
Time Out New York, October 2006

Ancestor-Worship Chic
Do cramped New Yorkers want the spirits of their departed forebears as roommates?
New York Magazine, August 2006

Two-Year Colleges Tough Turf for Women's Studies
Women's studies proponents struggle for an in at community colleges, where some students think the discipline might be about housekeeping and child care. Fourth in a series on women and education.
Women's eNews, May 2005

Nice ice
Lab-made diamonds are as dazzling as those mined by third-world labor.
This bling may be easier on your conscience -- and your wallet.
Salon.com, December 2004

TV Show Raises Grim Realities of Emotional Abuse
A husband-and-wife team on a reality-TV show offered the spectacle of an apparently emotionally abusive relationship. This type of abuse is not illegal
and experts say many women who suffer it are not taken seriously.
Women's eNews, January 2005

The calculus of coitus
A new book explores "The Rule of 12 Bonks" and other mathematical equations
that help explain sex and relationships.
Salon.com , September 2004

Women vs. Wal-Mart
Just in time for holiday shopping, a new book portrays the world's largest retailer as greedy, sanctimonious and grossly unfair to its female employees.
Salon.com, November 2004

No Sex in This City
Review of “Ill-Equipped for a Life of Sex” by Jennifer Lehr
The Brooklyn Rail, November 2004