Jenny Singer is a freelance writer and a former Forward staff writer. She writes a weekly Substack about living with anxiety, called “Uneasy Going.”
Jenny Singer
By Jenny Singer
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The Schmooze Sweet Revenge: Sarah Silverman Has Been Eating M&Ms With Her Ex’s Face On Them
Chocolate and female friendship are scientifically proven to help women rise again after breakups, greater and more terrible than ever before, like Lord Voldemort. The ever-wise Sarah Silverman knows this well, though in her case the female friend is her ex-boyfriend Michael Sheen’s ex-girlfriend Kate Beckinsale. Also in this case, the chocolate is M&Ms Beckinsale…
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Culture Paul Simon To Stop Touring: Here Are His Eight Best Songs
Time slip-slides away from us all. Today, Paul Simon, that soft-spoken musical genius whose performance career has spanned six decades, announced plans for a farewell tour. In a note to his fans, Simon, 76, cited the recent death of his lead guitarist, Vincent N’guini. He said that he also wishes to minimize time away from…
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The Schmooze Frito-Lay Will Release Crunch-less ‘Lady-Friendly Dorito’
Women can have it all these days: jobs, kids, failed presidential candidates for major parties, and now our own special chips. PepsiCo announced today that their subsidiary Frito-Lay will release a special kind of Dorito chip that is “lady-friendly.” Women, observed PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi, “don’t like to crunch too loudly in public. And they…
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The Schmooze Ben Platt Will Star In Ryan Murphy Netflix Show, Streisand and Paltrow In Talks To Join
After a dramatic bidding war, Netflix will house Ryan Murphy’s new comedy series, starring Ben Platt, with Gwyneth Paltrow and Barbra Streisand in talks to co-star. No, you’re not having a mini-stroke at the Kotel, this is just an extremely Jewish piece of news. Is it possible George Soros is paying all these people to…
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The Schmooze Despite The Flu, Pink Delivers A Magnificent National Anthem At The SuperBowl
Spiky blonde hair combed flat, donning a blush-colored sateen jacket, and looking as resolute as the heroes of Francis Scott Key’s epic poem, pop star Pink delivered a stellar rendition of the national anthem at Sunday’s SuperBowl. And she did it while suffering from one of the deadliest and most damaging flu seasons in recent…
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Culture WATCH: Ruth Bader Ginsburg And Jane Eisner In Conversation
The interview proper begins at 7:11. Click here for the full transcript Associate Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is an icon, a living legend, a hero and a meme. She was the second woman to become a justice of the United States Supreme Court (that’s what “associate justice” means), where she has served the…
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The Schmooze Jewish Olympian Sasha Cohen Is Living Her Best Life Now
Sasha Cohen, the 2006 Olympic silver medalist in women’s figure skating, doesn’t miss it. She doesn’t miss the physical therapists. She doesn’t miss her lack of social life or chances to explore the world. She doesn’t miss “how small [her] world was.” In a feature with People Magazine, Cohen, who was prevented from seeking gold…
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The Schmooze Anthony Rapp Speaks Out About Kevin Spacey Accusations: ‘I Was Trying To Protect People’
Anthony Rapp, the “Startrek: Discovery” actor whose allegations in Buzzfeed that Kevin Spacey had made sexual advances on him as a child had an explosive impact on the #MeToo movement in October, gave his first TV interview about Spacey on Friday. WATCH: @startrekcbs star Anthony Rapp (@albinokid) responds to the outpouring of support he has…
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