By Susan Lilley When I was a lucky, lucky child, summer was full of books and dreamy hours of not doing much. On vacations with my parents, I was responsible for nothing […]
Not Exactly SLOTH: What Happened to Summer?
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BACKLASH: When Baby’s Last Name is Mom’s
Such a powerful piece on The Hairpin today by sister siren Molly Caro May about how she and her husband embraced HER last name for their new daughter. Excerpt: “That moment confirmed […]
WRATH: The Thing About Hinckley
Fiction By Elizabeth Searle The thing about Hinckley, thing about Hinckley, thing about Hinckley. Kennedy jogged up Goldust, past white-bright stucco walls, his shadow long in afternoon sun. Sun Mommy would NOT […]
LUST: Esquire and the “Older Woman”
You might have noticed the flap over Esquire’s condescending “tribute” to older women. Click the link below to read one of our favorite responses–Rebecca Odes for Talking Points Memo. Excerpts: “Did Tom Junod have any […]
Thriftshop Your Way to High Moral Ground with the Seven Deadly Sins
by Ann Rosenquist Fee I’ll say this first and I’ll be really clear about it. I have no problem with virtue. In regular life I’m virtuous as a routine and I appreciate […]
GREED: “Reunion”
Fiction by Kelly Luce Over the course of that interminable weekend after Jun died, Asian lady beetles overtook our place in shadowy Totsuka-cho. Orange, winged bodies coated the ceiling and left yellow […]
Bad Girls
By Terry Godbey Waiting outside the liquor store, we beg young GIs to buy us wine, working them over with candy smiles and hip-huggers so tight they’d unzip if we sneezed. “Be […]
The New Colossus
By Emma Lazarus Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with […]
WRATH: SCOTUS and Me
By Susan Lilley One reason I am always deeply interested in presidential elections is the crucial appointments presidents get to make to the courts, especially the Supreme Court. Let’s face it, presidents […]
July: Seven Deadly Sins
Throughout July, the Sirens celebrate (and bemoan) the 7 deadly sins via essays, poems, fiction, and visual art. Lust, envy, greed, pride, wrath, sloth, and gluttony–we’ve got you covered. No judgment. Stay […]
The Gloria Sirens 