Helen Klein Ross
@helenkleinross.com
Author THE LATECOMERS, Little, Brown. THE TRAVELER'S VADE MECUM, Red Hen Press. WHAT WAS MINE, Simon & Schuster. Formerly @BettyDraper on Twitter/X.
All Gender restrooms means guys stand in line, too. If I could write a play, it would be #Well, I’ll Let You Go at the #Irondale in Brooklyn. Set in Michigan with incredible acting and writing that sweeps you up for 2 hrs laughing & gasping & trying not to cry— so you’re glad no intermission.
September 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Biking, I made a water stop at Cleopatra’s Needle, an obelisk erected in Egypt in 1475 BC. It’s actually an ancient form of social media, on which pharaohs posted things like "I built temples & conquered lands & made Egypt great" Ancient boasts similar to the tweets of our country’s ruler today.
August 26, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Biking, I made a water stop at Cleopatra’s Needle, an obelisk erected in Egypt in 1475 BC. It’s actually an ancient form of social media, on which pharaohs posted things like "I built temples & conquered lands & made Egypt great" Ancient boasts similar to the tweets of our country’s ruler today.
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
“In recent months, a curious fixation has emerged in corners of academia: the em dash. More specifically, the apparent moral panic around how it is...
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July 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations
current mood--escaping the present at Museum of Childhood in Edinburgh
March 1, 2025 at 6:08 PM
current mood--escaping the present at Museum of Childhood in Edinburgh
Every coffeehouse in Edinburgh.
February 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Every coffeehouse in Edinburgh.
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Proof that wokeness has run amok: Nearly 7% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women.
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February 5, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Proof that wokeness has run amok: Nearly 7% of Fortune 500 CEOs are women.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Exactly. No is a complete sentence
Murphy: "We need to act like a real opposition party in the middle of a constitutional and democracy crisis. That means we should not be moving forward nominees or legislation in the Senate. Ds should not be giving votes to nominee or legislation in the Senate until Rs get serious about this crisis"
February 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Exactly. No is a complete sentence
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NY Times, Feb. 11, 1933.
February 1, 2025 at 7:23 PM
NY Times, Feb. 11, 1933.
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it is *wild* how a primary effect of unspendable wealth can be making someone incomprehensibly thin-skinned
January 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
it is *wild* how a primary effect of unspendable wealth can be making someone incomprehensibly thin-skinned
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The temperature at noon on Monday will be 22 degrees which is the same temperature it was in 1961 when Kennedy was inaugurated.
The ceremony was held outside.
The ceremony was held outside.
January 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
The temperature at noon on Monday will be 22 degrees which is the same temperature it was in 1961 when Kennedy was inaugurated.
The ceremony was held outside.
The ceremony was held outside.
Years ago, a jeweler friend began making ornaments. Christmas eggs. Exquisite, made with specially sourced pieces of fabric, ribbons, bits of bling, all invisibly pinned onto styrofoam so they hung with almost no weight. He's been gone 5 years, but art keeps you in the world even after you die.
January 2, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Years ago, a jeweler friend began making ornaments. Christmas eggs. Exquisite, made with specially sourced pieces of fabric, ribbons, bits of bling, all invisibly pinned onto styrofoam so they hung with almost no weight. He's been gone 5 years, but art keeps you in the world even after you die.
Not the most reassuring image to contemplate while waiting in my 2024 doc's office.
December 5, 2024 at 4:44 PM
Not the most reassuring image to contemplate while waiting in my 2024 doc's office.
Is any melee more contentious than an Upper West Side annual co-op board meeting?
December 5, 2024 at 1:04 PM
Is any melee more contentious than an Upper West Side annual co-op board meeting?
