I’m sitting in a hairstylist’s chair in a fruity salon in the swanky Pittsburgh neighborhood of Shadyside. Women are all around me, but I’m getting my hair cut by one of just two male stylists in the place.
Richard, my stylist, is an avowedly gay man — wide open, yet respectful of others’ heterosexual hang-ups. But [...]
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Ophelia Street: Open during G-20
Posted in Essays and Observations, tagged G-20, Pittsburgh on 24/09/2009 | Leave a Comment »
Married Girl/Single Girl: Celebrating Point Brugge
Posted in Married Girl / Single Girl, tagged Bernadette Ulsamer, Point Brugge on 21/07/2009 | Leave a Comment »
{Discussed: Point Brugge, celebrating sports wins, mouth water.}
MG: It was a lovely rainy evening, and I was really enjoying my trench coat.
SG: Whilst I embraced the cropped sweater and my new patent leather peep-toe pumps.
MG: Those were cute. And I thought both are looks went really well with the atmosphere (which I thoroughly enjoyed) of [...]
Spring Break
Posted in Essays and Observations on 20/05/2009 | Leave a Comment »
UPDATE: Finish catching up on Dan Parme’s Hungry, because the final chapter comes the week of July 13. Then you’ll be able to buy the e-book for your friends, families and fellow cannibals.
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While we take some time to enjoy the beautiful weather and take a (much deserved, we feel) break, we invite you to catch [...]
Our 200th Post
Posted in Essays and Observations on 04/05/2009 | 1 Comment »
This is a big day, and not just because it’s Monday: In June 2008, Ophelia Street started publishing online. Nearly a year later, we are happy to announce our 200th post — the very article you’re reading right now. To celebrate this milestone, we pored over our data sheets and decided to exhibit some intriguing statistics about our [...]
For the Anorexic (or Those Who Just Wanted to Look Like One)
Posted in Essays and Observations, tagged Karyn Polewaczyk on 01/05/2009 | Leave a Comment »
What drives eating disorders? Misconceptions abound, even in psychiatric and primary care practices. “It’s the media,” one child psychologist will declare. A pictogram laden with ripe images of welter-weight runway models illustrates that the average teenage girl simply has aspirations to be rail-thin and worldly.
“No,” a pediatrician will retort, “it’s bad eating habits. It’s straying [...]
