Sexism Is a Problem in the Polyamorous Community, Too by Carey

Originally published on Alternet.org View this story online The morning after a date, Hannah* woke up with what she described as "all the feelings." She and Greg* had met the night before fo…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 12:22pm on February 3, 2018[SHARE]

Theater: 'Say Something Bunny!' Re-Animates a Family's Mysteries by Carey

Originally published on The Culture Trip View this story online  The everyday becomes enthralling in Say Something Bunny!, a surprising new show that discovers compelling mysteries whe…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 12:34pm on February 2, 2018[SHARE]

Hayley Mills Shows Her 'Party Face' Off-Broadway by Carey

Originally published on The Culture Trip View this story online The definition of what constitutes a good party differs from person to person. For some, top-shelf liquor makes the night. For…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 4:11pm on January 31, 2018[SHARE]

How A 'Robin Hood' Business Model Supports An Artistic Clubhouse In Tribeca by Carey

Originally published on Forbes.com View this story online Robin Sokoloff wears many hats: dancer, choreographer, lighting designer, construction worker, activist and producer are some of the…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 12:45pm on January 31, 2018[SHARE]

Was Natalie Portman Right to Call Out Golden Globes' All-Male Directors? by Carey

Originally published on Playboy.com View this story online  FeatureflashSHM/REX/Shutterstock Natalie Portman is easily one of the more accomplished women in Hollywood, with many titles an…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:12am on January 9, 2018[SHARE]

Lesli Margherita Slays in the Raunchy Grinch Spin-Off Who's Holiday! by Carey

Originally published in the Village Voice View this story online In Matthew Lombardo's one-woman show Who's Holiday! (directed by Carl Andress), Cindy Lou Who is all grown up " and …

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:21am on December 24, 2017[SHARE]

A Ranking of Hallmark's Most Iconic Holiday Movies Based on How Problematic They Are by Carey

Originally published on MarieClaire.com View this story online Look at any given Hallmark holiday movie poster, and you’ll see the same thing: a woman dressed in an unbuttoned winter c…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 9:56am on December 20, 2017[SHARE]

December is an expensive time to be single by Carey

Originally published in the Washington Post View this story online January is a month of disciplined eating for many attempting to drop extra pounds gained during two months of holiday parti…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:41am on December 4, 2017[SHARE]

Is he interested in me, or does he just want Hamilton tickets? by Carey

Originally published in the Washington Post View this story online Dating is rarely easy, but it was a lot easier for me before 2015. Not because I was younger, thinner or less cynical. R…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:47pm on November 5, 2017[SHARE]

Of Thee I Sing Star Bryce Pinkham on Current Events, Corn Muffins and Carnegie Hall by Carey

Originally published on The Huffington Post View this story online "Apparently, we're all chasing corn muffins," Bryce Pinkham laughed, before adding in a more serious tone, "Hopefully not f…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:16pm on November 1, 2017[SHARE]

"No Fatties": When Health Care Hurts by Carey

Originally published on Longreads.com View this story online A fat person walking into a doctor's office can expect lectures, condescension, and misdiagnoses from a medical culture that chal…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 2:38pm on October 28, 2017[SHARE]

Theater: Women's Struggles Continue Post-Apocalypse in Zoe Kazan's New Play by Carey

According to Kazan's compelling After the Blast, progress for women is moving slower than we think. In this post-apocalyptic play, directed with clarity and compassion by Lila Neugebauer …

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 2:58pm on October 27, 2017[SHARE]

Theater: The Personal Is Political in {my lingerie play} by Carey

Originally published on The Culture Trip View this story online The need for "safe spaces" has been written about endlessly in the press. Some espouse the belief that people, especially dise…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:03am on October 17, 2017[SHARE]

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend's Paula Is Serving Up Sweet Revenge and Cathartic Rage by Carey

Originally published on Vanity Fair Hollywood View this story online Star Donna Lynne Champlin talks Paula's groundbreaking past"especially that abortion arc"and what's coming next in Season…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:20pm on October 12, 2017[SHARE]

Yearning for Neverland in For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday by Carey

Originally published on The Culture Trip View this story online   The program notes state that Ruhl wrote For Peter Pan on her 70th birthday as a gift to her mother, Katherine,…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 9:11am on October 4, 2017[SHARE]

A Clockwork Orange Bulges With Muscles and Ideas by Carey

Originally published on The Culture Trip View this story online No matter where the audience looks during A Clockwork Orange, male muscles are visible"flexing, tensing, and bulging. The c…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 1:29am on September 21, 2017[SHARE]

It Girl: Introducing Sophia Lillis, Heart and Soul of the Losers' Club by Carey

Originally published on Vanity Fair Hollywood View this story online Facing puberty is bad enough"but try doing that while also juggling an absent mother, a disturbing father, and an amorpho…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:07am on September 8, 2017[SHARE]

Seeing Yourself Onstage: The Heidi Chronicles by Carey

  I often go to the theater to escape my life. Not that my life is horrible, but who doesn't need a break now and then from their everyday problems, jobs, or relationships? Plays and mu…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 12:37pm on August 19, 2017[SHARE]

Why the Play "Wit" Made Me Cry So Hard by Carey

Originally published on Show-Score.com View this post online I didn't cry a lot when I was sick. I was too busy, stressed, and scared to allow myself to break down in tears. It was almost fi…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:18am on August 18, 2017[SHARE]

It's OK to Not Be Facebook Friends With Your S.O. by Carey

Originally published on Glamour.com View this story online Miranda and her boyfriend, Daniel,* have been together for almost two years. They've traveled around the country, spent holidays to…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 9:39am on July 14, 2017[SHARE]

The GOP's Health-Care Bill Is Absurdly Cruel to Sexual Assault Victims by Carey

Originally published in DAME magazine View this story online It never occurred to Jessica* to not report her rape. After being attacked at a bar when she was 24, she immediately told her fri…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 11:11am on June 25, 2017[SHARE]

Has Broadway Discovered … Feminism? by Carey

Originally published in Dame Magazine View this story online The Tony Awards are hardly known as a feminist event, but on Sunday, June 11, if we are lucky, we may be witnessing a first. In t…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 4:44pm on June 9, 2017[SHARE]

The Daughter of a Muslim Feminist Icon on the Many Faces of "Self-Defense" by Carey

Originally published in Fusion Read this story online In Front Lines, Fusion speaks to activists leading the charge in all kinds of ways. Nasreen Alkhateeb's teenage rebellion wasn't too dif…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 10:39pm on May 24, 2017[SHARE]

With "She," Jinah Parker Triumphs Over A Culture That Abuses Women by Carey

Originally published in The Village Voice View this story online Just over a year ago, when Jinah Parker began working on She, a dance- and spoken word"centered exploration of violence again…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 9:29am on May 19, 2017[SHARE]

For the men writing and directing female roles on Broadway, an exercise in empathy by Carey

Originally published on Broadway News View this story online A pivotal moment pauses a boisterous cocktail hour in the second act of "Oslo," the new Tony-nominated play chronicling behind-th…

SOURCE: Carey Purcell at 9:56am on May 15, 2017[SHARE]