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Wednesday BARB Up April 11, 2018

Thursday BARB UP April 19, 2018

April 19, 2018 147 Views 0 Comment

How Do You Stay In Touch With Your Friends? Is it important to you, to keep up? It is to …

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Tuesday BARB UP April 17, 2018

April 17, 2018 129 Views 0 Comment

It takes a lot of work being nice. Last year, I spoke to a room filled with college students. I told them …

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Monday BARB UP April 16, 2018

April 15, 2018 98 Views 0 Comment

And a good Monday to you, my sweet dears. I have been writing for the last few months about my …

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Wednesday BARB Up April 11, 2018

April 11, 2018 165 Views 0 Comment

On the subway last night, two men boarded the car I was sitting in. They were not together. They sat …

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Tuesday BARB UP April 10, 2018

April 10, 2018 119 Views 0 Comment

On the second Monday of every month, I produce a stand up show at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade Theatre in …

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Monday BARB UP April 9, 2018

April 09, 2018 158 Views 0 Comment

I have for as long as I remember wanted to be a writer. As a girl, I would use notebooks, …

ENTRE NOUS

Entre Nous: Nina Lorez Collins

April 05, 2018 995 Views 0 Comment

Entre Nous: Nina Lorez Collins by Marcelle Karp I met Nina Lorez Collins, author of What Would Virginia Woolf Do? …

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Thursday BARB UP April 5, 2018

April 05, 2018 201 Views 0 Comment

The Teenager is about to launch. For college, that is. A financial strain in more ways than simply tuition. There’s …

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Wednesday BARB UP April 4, 2018

April 04, 2018 89 Views 0 Comment

“Being a troublemaker is a privilege,” Cecile Richards said last night, at the Brooklyn Public Library, where women of all …

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Entre Nous: Joy Press

April 03, 2018 281 Views 0 Comment

Entre Nous with Joy Press by Marcelle Karp Joy Press and I have been friends a long, long time. Before …

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Transitions: Lydia Lacey

January 15, 2017 697 Views 4 Comments

I have been friends with Lydia Lacey since the very early 90’s. She was a Chicago transplant; our mutual friends …

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Friday BARB Up February 24, 2017

February 24, 2017 842 Views 3 Comments

She’d be turning 54 this weekend, Wendy, that is, my friend who committed suicide in 2001, only three months before …

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So…For 300 Dollars, Would You Have Sex With Me?

January 20, 2017 656 Views 3 Comments

“I already want to marry you.” The banter is going well, as well as dating-app badinage goes. It’s 11am, I’m sitting …

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Friday BARB UP November 17, 2017: My One Year BARBAVERSARY

November 17, 2017 726 Views 2 Comments

My daughter Ruby Karp wrote a book, Earth Hates Me. Order it here. Please. I have been blogging here at BARB for one year, …

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Entre Nous: Tracy Bonham

February 23, 2017 1657 Views 2 Comments

I remember clearly when Mother, Mother was on rotation on MTV; there she was, Tracy Bonham, reminding me that we …

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5 Things I Own and/or Covet.

January 29, 2017 284 Views 2 Comments

A list of 5 things I want and or covet. BAGS For the women who carry everything, or are in …

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Cinema Siren Says: It’s My Body And I’ll Wear What I Want To

May 19, 2017 1804 Views 2 Comments

Cinema Siren Says! ….a new column by Leslie Combemale… It’s My Body And I’ll Wear What I Want To Every …

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Thursday BARB Up February 2, 2017

February 02, 2017 295 Views 2 Comments

Last night, while I was out with a friend of mine, I got a message from a fella on one …

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Thursday BARB UP July 27, 2017

July 27, 2017 358 Views 1 Comment

For most of the 90’s, I ate at least one meal a day at a restaurant called Shopsin’s. I lived …

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Entre Nous: Cindy Gallop, Founder of Make Love, Not Porn

June 05, 2017 431 Views 1 Comment

I met Cindy Gallop a few years ago, at the Lambs Club, over dinner. Fascinated, as anyone would be. Our …

Thursday BARB UP April 19, 2018

Tuesday BARB UP April 17, 2018

Monday BARB UP April 16, 2018

Wednesday BARB Up April 11, 2018

Tuesday BARB UP April 10, 2018

Thursday BARB UP April 19, 2018

Tuesday BARB UP April 17, 2018

Monday BARB UP April 16, 2018

Wednesday BARB Up April 11, 2018

Thursday BARB UP April 19, 2018

Tuesday BARB UP April 17, 2018

Monday BARB UP April 16, 2018

Wednesday BARB Up April 11, 2018

Tuesday BARB UP April 10, 2018

Monday BARB UP April 9, 2018

Entre Nous: Nina Lorez Collins

Thursday BARB UP April 5, 2018

Wednesday BARB UP April 4, 2018

Entre Nous: Joy Press

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