Heart to Hear

I couldn't help but wonder…
When did submission become the measure of piety and why are so many women being asked to shrink themselves to make space for insecure men dressed in the costume of "religious authority"?

It's a Saturday night, and I'm sitting at my favorite coffee shop, sipping on an almond milk macha latte (extra foam, obviously) when a white feminist walks in with her latest cause du jour. She's been listening to TED talks, reading articles, and now—she's come to save the oppressed women of Afghanistan. She proudly tells anyone who'll listen how...

The other night, while eating sushi, my friend Cindy and I found ourselves dissecting the mystery of men and their perplexing obsession with women who look more like inflatable dolls than living, breathing creatures. Cindy, a model with natural beauty that could melt glaciers, was perplexed (and I mean really perplexed). She had just finished...

By now, we all know that fashion is subjective. What one person calls "chic," another might dub "tacky." But there are moments, fleeting and rare, when you catch a glimpse of someone's outfit and wonder: How could this be real? A piece of me believes I'm just a victim of my own awareness—awareness that bad taste in fashion is out...

Do you ever find yourself wondering if you're the only one who can't seem to escape the feeling of being out of sync with the world?

We all know the feeling. You walk into a room, and you can just sense it. The tension. The cold shoulder. The person on the other side of the room is giving you the vibe of someone who's been wronged — only, you're not sure exactly what you've done. But you know it's personal. And in that moment, you...

In the bustling landscape of social media, where filters and facades rule the day, there's a new buzzword creating quite the stir: the "high-value woman." Suddenly, it seems, the ultimate aspiration for young women has transformed into a life of home-cooked meals, nurturing support for a man, and—let's be honest—a sprinkle of delusion about the...

Today, I had a conversation with my friend slash assistant of my last two creative projects on set, that made me rethink everything I thought I knew about male-female friendships. The topic was simple enough: Can men and women ever truly be friends? And I thought I had a solid grip on it, that is until my roommate dropped a bombshell on me....

I couldn't help but wonder—when did we start romanticizing ugly men and why is it still women who are stuck under the magnifying glass of beauty standards?

There's a certain kind of melancholy that hits you at 30,000 feet, somewhere between a bag of stale pretzels and the movie you probably shouldn't have chosen on a long flight. Today, that movie was the Marilyn Monroe starring Ana de Armas. As the plane hummed along, the film unfolded into a heartbreaking tale of a woman whose relationship with...