Lifestyle
Learning to be free with Janis Joplin’s ‘Me and Bobby McGee’
Welcome to Formative Jukebox, a column exploring the personal relationships people have with music. Every…
Lifestyle
In praise of Joni Mitchell (and other ’70s female songwriters who changed my life)
I will always be my mother’s daughter, probably in more ways than I realize. Because…
Entertainment
Why I’m proud to be a ‘Harry Potter’ fangirl
When I was in the sixth grade, JK Rowling did a book signing at the…
Lifestyle
How to start a journal—and stick with it
I‘ve kept a journal since the first grade. I started it because my Great Uncle…
Love
The best advice I ever got about love came from my grandmother
My grandmother was always interested in my love life. In high school, this sometimes annoyed…