Have you ever had a dream? I don’t mean one of those night-sweat-inducing versions of Technicolor that sometimes occurs in the subconscious, but an actual, bonafide dream, something you wanted to see happen more than just about anything else in life? My life is littered with shattered dreams, with unfinishedContinue Reading
One year all I wanted was Coldplay for Christmas, but let’s go back to where it all started… My Mom likes to tell the story of lugging all ten pounds of me around for an extra month of pregnancy. Apparently, I wasn’t interested in moving. Multiple times, she thought IContinue Reading
Dear Taylor Swift:
Congratulations! You’re in style, at the top of the charts and sold-out everywhere. I mean, you needed to be an octopus to carry your haul of gongs from the BMAs. There’s no blank space to your trajectory. I like nothing better than seeing a woman shake off the haters and live her wildest dreams.
Heaven forbid I’d ever be mean enough to attack a woman.
Especially one as powerful as you.
But Sweetie, I’m concerned. Power does strange things to people. It slants a world view. Removes natural filters. Causes bad blood. Makes some say unfortunate things like their anyone-would-die-for-it careers aren’t hard.
Yes.
You said that. BBC Radio 1. Nick Grimshaw. “It’s not that hard. I’m telling you now it’s really not.”
You probably modeled your career after Gwyneth Paltrow, didn’t you?Continue Reading