Lori Fradkin

On a Saturday night in March, I left the musical "Once" and immediately checked my watch. If I hurried home, I could catch the last 15 minutes or so of the NCAA semifinals. If Kansas won that game, I would win my pool. (They did, and I did.) Though my...

Margaret Wheeler Johnson: Girls Episode 7. Have to say, I'm a little overwhelmed. It was so good!
Lori Fradkin: How do they pack so much in less than 30 minutes?
Margaret: I liked the credits this week. They were very "Party in Bushwick."
Emma: Me too. I...

Margaret Wheeler Johnson: "Girls" Episode 6. Who wants to begin?

VOYAGE TO THE MIDWEST

Lori Fradkin: This was the first episode that was really all about Hannah.
Emma Gray: I thought it was a really nice way of delving into her character a little more -- taking...

"Hysteria" director Tanya Wexler hadn't made a movie in years when producer Tracey Becker approached her with an idea: a romantic comedy about the invention of the vibrator. "I’ve made teeny little movies. Then I made a bunch of kids and so I was...

THE AFTERMATH

Margaret: "Girls" Episode Five. Go.
Lori F.: Overall this episode just made me sad. I started to tell a friend about it, and I was like, "Never mind -- it's just too much."
Lori L.: "Too much" how?
Lori F.: "Girls" is always...

"Doesn't your mom ever just annoy you?" I was at a bar with a few friends last year, and the discussion had moved to our families, specifically our mothers. The friend who posed this question had a relationship with her parents that would be enviable to many, but she allowed...

THE SEXTING

Margaret Wheeler Johnson: Episode 4 of "Girls": here we go. So we're almost to the anniversary of Anthony Weiner's special sexts. Good timing, "Girls."
Lori Fradkin: How sh*tty for Hannah to get that text from Adam, and then get, "Oops, wrong number."
Margaret: It didn't surprise...

"I need to kind of trick myself into thinking I’m not writing about myself," said Nell Freudenberger, author of the short-story collection "Lucky Girls" and the novel "The Dissident." Both works dealt with foreign countries and cultures, and her new book, "The Newlyweds"...

Lori Fradkin: Hi! We should start by welcoming Emma Gray, who is joining us for the first time this week.
Margaret Wheeler Johnson: Welcome Emma!!!!
Emma Gray: Hi! Excited to talk 'Girls' Episode 3!
Lori: Before we get into the details, can I suggest a...

Dear StyleList,

I bought this fabric necklace several years ago and recently remembered that it was in my nightstand. I didn't have a specific outfit in mind when I ordered it -- I believe it would best be described as an "impulse buy" -- but I thought it was so...

When I walk into my deli, I don't have to say a word. The guys behind the counter see me and reach for a big silver bowl. Occasionally, I have to nod reassuringly as their tongs hover over an ingredient bucket, but more often, I don't even have to look...

You know your children can't stay the same size forever, but you can't help wishing they wouldn't grow quite so fast -- especially when they have such cute little clothes. Sometimes it seems like the second you buy a new outfit, it's already too small. Luckily, hand-me-downs can go a...

If you've spent much time on dating sites, you may feel like you could teach a class on the topic. After browsing all those profiles, the dos and don’ts just seem obvious. But is it possible you still have things to learn?

How About We seems to...

Sometimes I just want to post a French-fry roundup on my dad's Facebook wall.

That my dad does not have a wall is not really a problem. I can email, and I do, and he does not have to remain in the dark about the vast array of dipping...

When HuffPost Women put out a call for random friends, I received an email from my aunt, Barbara Brounes, telling me about a woman she met on an plane. She and her seatmate, Colleen McMillian, realized they shared a love of "The Bachelor," and when they arrived at...

When the Daily Mail reported the latest in scientific research this morning -- the finding that women don't find beards attractive -- my immediate response was skepticism. It's not that I am a big facial-hair fan (in general, I am not), but a conclusion based on a few...

If you have fond memories of eating pudding as a child, you might want to make Clio Goodman your new best friend. Then again, you might have to get in line. In January, the 23-year-old opened Puddin’ by Clio in New York's East Village, a shop that allows...

"How did you meet?"

When you ask this question of friends who seem to know each other well, you probably expect to hear that they went to school together or used to work for the same company. Maybe their parents put them in touch. But every once in a...

When the raunchy "Bachelorette" debuted at Sundance this year, audiences were quick to note that, yes, the comparisons to "Bridesmaids" were inevitable, but that this new film was much darker. The woman responsible for this? Leslye Headland, a playwright who introduced the film's mean-girl characters on stage...

When a teary Octavia Spencer stepped up to the microphone to accept the award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, it was hard not to get swept up in the emotion. The "Help" actress, who won the Golden Globe for her performance, had been favored to win the Oscar,...