I’m quoted in today’s New York Times. Michelle Slatalla interviewed me for her column, “ Comfort in Your Closet: Spring Staples“. She’s a very kind woman who took all the stammering out of my quotes and saved the smart parts. Thank you, ma’am.

This girl is waiting for the bus with her friend. She has day-glo pink hair and is wearing jeans ripped off at the knees over a pair of black and white-striped tights. She has a small safety pin through her left nostril. She is practicing what can only be a cheerleading routine.

Twee: Overly precious or nice. Affectedly dainty.

From Vendela Vida’s interview with Susan Straigt in The Believer:

BELIEVER: You told me earlier that that your middle daughter, Delphine, told you about a boy in her class who touched a girl, uh, where she didn’t want to be touched. How’d you respond?

SUSAN STRAIGHT: I asked her what she was going to do if that happened to her, and she asked, with this trace of malicious glee, Can I hit him? I said, No, cause then you’ll get in trouble for fighting. And I showed her how to throw that mean elbow that catches them in the jaw and the ear. I gave her the line to say after: Oh, you startled me, and I’m sorry you’re bleeding now.

My first Non-Expert Column for The Morning News. It’s on threesomes. I know this article just screams, “Send me some witty little email rife with sex puns and suggestive innuendo!” I’d ask you to resist that impulse. Thank you.