Claudia Gryvatz Copquin
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An award-winning journalist for twenty years, my articles have been published in The New York Times, Newsday, Crain's NY Business, The Los Angeles Times and a slew of other newspapers and magazines. I'm also the author and co-author of three non-fiction books, "The Neighborhoods of Queens," (Yale University Press), "Fast Track Networking" (Career Press) and "The Bride's Year Ahead" (Sellers Publishing). A bridal magazine editor for ten years, I'm the founder of Long Island's only bridal blog, www.GettingMarriedonLongIsland.com.

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The Prof Who Stole Christmas

2 Comments | Posted December 22, 2011 | 12:02:10 (EST)

Talk about a Grinch! A C.W. Post professor contends in his self-published e-book, No More Bullies at the North Pole, that the 1964 TV film Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer promotes bullying. He also points to incidents of sexism, favoritism, exclusion and hypocritical behavior in the holiday classic. That Rudolph, with...

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To Recline Or Not To Recline? The Ultimate Airline Question

Posted September 12, 2011 | 19:03:00 (EST)

To recline is uncouth. Not only that -- it's selfish and narcissistic.

That is, according to a snarling group of social media friends -- a virtual vicious mob, if you will -- who tried to school me when I posted the following status on my news feed: Are we supposed...

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Blended, Brady Style

Posted December 15, 2010 | 22:07:09 (EST)

I spent my childhood glued to the TV set, enchanted by my fictional friends Marcia, Jan, Cindy, Greg, Peter and Bobby. But more so than the step-siblings who made up TV's most popular blended family, it was their parents who captivated my imagination and I would have happily traded in...

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Don't Know How to Network? Just Be Nice

Posted November 27, 2010 | 11:55:00 (EST)

We've all read reports about unemployment and the slow pace of job growth. You can't avoid the dismal news even if you tried. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not have unemployment stats for recent college grads, but there's anecdotal evidence (just ask your friends and neighbors) aplenty that this demographic is...

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I Want My HGTV!

Posted January 5, 2010 | 11:23:44 (EST)

What a distasteful way to start off the new year -- as of January 1st, Cablevision has left some three million viewers at a loss by scrapping from its programming menu HGTV and the Food Network, the cable television networks that taught my generation...

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Now's The Time For Oprah To Discuss Critical Issues Affecting Women In This Election

Posted October 10, 2008 | 13:44:22 (EST)

In what is arguably one of the most misguided efforts of the 2008 presidential campaign, the Florida Federation of Republican Women are calling for a boycott of the Oprah Winfrey Show and encouraging women in general to cancel their subscriptions to O Magazine. This, they say, because Oprah will not...

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