Jenny Singer is a freelance writer with pieces in Vox, The Washington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, Teen Vogue, and more. She was previously a staff writer at Glamour and the Forward, and she’s currently getting an MFA in nonfiction writing at the University of Iowa.
Jenny Singer
By Jenny Singer
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The Schmooze Aly Raisman Tells Abuse Doctor: ‘You Are Nothing’
Jewish Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman stood in front of her childhood sexual abuser, a courtroom full of onlookers and the world and delivered a clear message. “Abusers,” she said. “Your time is up.” The 23-year-old athlete, who in the past months has become one of the most ferociously outspoken activists against sexual abuse and…
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The Schmooze ‘I Love Dick’ Has Been Canceled By Amazon, With Other Shows
Tastes change. Amazon Studios has canceled the Jill Soloway-helmed TV series “I Love Dick” after one season. In what seems an attempt to scrub the studio’s slate clean after the ouster of top executive Roy Price, who resigned in the wake of accusations of sexual harassment, the production company has canceled a slew of shows…
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The Schmooze ‘The Gays And Jews Are Over’ In New ‘Heathers’ TV Trailer
In the TV remake of the 1988 cult-classic bildungsromurderous movie “Heathers,” times have changed. In the first trailer for the Paramount Network series, high school is run not by a ruthless squad of preppies but by a threesome that includes a genderqueer student, a black student and a plus-sized ringleader. “Asian kids can be popular…
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The Schmooze This Is The Dream Cast For The ‘Fire And Fury’ TV Adaptation
“Fire And Fury: Inside The Trump Whitehouse” will be developed into a TV show, it was announced on Wednesday. It would be “unpatriotic,” even bordering on “treasonous,” for us to not speculate about our dream cast. Here are our picks for actors who could portray the wild and wacky characters Wolff dreamed up* in the…
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The Schmooze The Beastie Boys Are Set To Release A Memoir This Year
The world has been waiting for a Beastie Boys memoir since surviving members Mike D and Ad-Rock inked a deal to write one back in 2013. Now we will finally be able to say “Hello, Nasty” to the long awaited memoir. “We’re actually going to finish it, and it’s going to come out finally,” Mike…
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The Schmooze How Should People Apologize For Working With Woody Allen?
Is Woody Allen guilty of sexually abusing his step-daughter Dylan Farrow as a young child, as Farrow alleges? Is Allen’s marriage to adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn evidence enough that there is something extremely wrong with Allen? Should we forgive it all because “Annie Hall” is just such a good entry into the cannon of great…
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The Schmooze ‘Modern Family’ May Actually End Soon, And Good Riddance
The tyrannical rule of the neoliberal trash, enemy-of-art ABC sitcom “Modern Family” may be coming to an end. “Our plan is to end it at 10 [seasons],” Steve Levitan, the show’s co-creator, told The Hollywood Reporter. “If we can leave with most of our audience wanting more, I think that’s the right way to do…
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The Schmooze No BDS Here: Chris Rock Really, Really Loves Israel
“Tel Aviv! Shalom, motherf*****s!” Chris Rock shouted last week, looking out over the crowd of 10,000 who had gathered in Tel Aviv’s Menorah Mivtachim Arena to watch the comedian’s first ever show in Israel. Nine years after the brash comedian’s last world tour, Rock has returned with 70 minutes of what is, by all accounts,…
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