Posts Tagged ‘Susan Braudy’s Diary’

Three Muggings and a $100 Profit

Written by admin on September 1, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Learning from having your adrenaline switch tested By Susan Braudy Thank goodness muggings are pretty much a thing of my past. Some things are getting better—a lot better—in our town. My first mugging took place at dusk on the University of Pennsylvania campus. A man pushed a wad of dollar bills into my coat pocket
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Going Topless?

Written by admin on August 18, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Women shouldn’t give up the mystique and power of their breasts By Susan Braudy Let me tell you why the accelerating—and alarming—trend that has women baring their breasts in public places other than locker rooms may turn out to be bad for us. Up until very recently, most women wore transparent fabric that beguiled, teased
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Gloria Allred: A Fighting Spirit

Written by admin on August 4, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

The women’s rights lawyer’s autobiography leaves me feeling empowered By Susan Braudy I’ll stop cracking my knuckles, gentle reader, to tell you how powerful I feel after reading the inspirational page-turner Fight Back and Win by Gloria Allred, the world-changing women’s rights lawyer from California. Your diarist is no slouch either; she has corrected history
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Magic Carpet Ride

Written by admin on July 7, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Shopping on Ambien reaps unexpected rewards By Susan Braudy Gentle reader, I’m a late night shopper. The computer’s a magic carpet that flies me to Osaka, Kyoto and other parts of the faraway country of Japan. I can almost hear Joe Weintraub snoring next to me as I journey. He’s thankfully unable to protest my
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My Philip Roth

Written by admin on June 23, 2010. Posted in Opinion and Column

Laughing till I can’t breathe with the great American novelist By Susan Braudy Philip Roth is a street treasure. We see him strolling 57th Street and the Upper West Side. The only place to begin a short rumination about him is with a priceless quote from the greatest American novel of the last century: “She
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Thoughts on ‘The English Vice’

Written by admin on May 26, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

New York needs a more European approach when it comes to sexuality By Susan Braudy I recently read that Christopher Hitchens’ upcoming memoir tells of his passionate love affairs with boys in boarding school in England. No big deal for the now-married, smart-as-a-whip pundit and gray eminence. Have we missed the boat? I think so
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Gold Is Beautiful

Written by admin on May 12, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Musing race complexities in the age of Obama By Susan Braudy Years ago, I took the A train to Harlem to speculate about living in a refurbished brownstone with thick walls. But that night I dreamed about losing my long view up Central Park and awoke homesick. In Harlem, I strolled into the Studio Museum
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The Best Film You Never Saw

Written by admin on April 28, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Have you read about the “Cinderella” novel that, after three years of rejections from publishers and agents, just won the Pulitzer? Well, I’m dying to nominate the totally hypnotic movie Who Do You Love for an Academy Award. Alas, I can’t. Every story doesn’t get a happy ending. And I wish I could review a
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Starbucks Sucks

Written by admin on April 15, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Guns stink. Children kill children. Police kill innocent people who appear to be brandishing guns. Hooray for Mayor Bloomberg, who urges our president to start enforcing gun laws. I contribute money to the Brady campaign to end gun violence. Google it. You put guns in people’s hands, they use them. Is this somehow our Wild
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Behold the Humble Mutt

Written by admin on March 31, 2010. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

Who could begrudge Sadie the scottie her hotdog treat for winning Westminster this year? I think her silky coat and expressive eyebrows are spectacular. But remember Bill Maher’s question: When will we start shooting bankers? In the same vein, I ask you, gentle reader, when will we start shooting dog breeders? Or regulating their quest
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